World's Fair Contest offers 500 prize in gold coins
The World’s Fair Contest Company announces a 500 gold coin prize fund for those predicting attendance at the St. Louis World's Fair. Funds are deposited with Missouri Trust Company and the contest closes October 15. The firm is based at Delmar and Adelaide avenues in St. Louis Missouri.
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Missouri Trust Company
Financial Institution
Delmar
Adelaide Avenues
St. Louis
Adelaide Aves
Red Cross Ball Blue and Pancake Flour Ad
Ad copy urges asking grocer for Red Cross Ball Blue large package at five vents and promotes Mrs Austin's Pancake Flour with a claim that the Christian cannot be a telephone unless also a telescope. Emphasizes grocer as supplier.
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RED Cross
Earth an episode in the history of heaven, say scholars
Readers are reminded of a philosophical reflection that positions Earth as a brief episode within a broader heavenly history. The remark suggests a meta view of humanity amid cosmic time scales discussed by scholars in ongoing commentary.
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Heaven
Beverly Farm Home and School for Nervous Children
Beverly Farm offers accommodations for 50 children of both sexes with individual study and habit training. Separate cottages for boys and girls and for under 10s, on 135 acres. Location described as ideal. One hour from Worlds Fair City on Chicago & Alton KR R. R. Write for terms to Dr. Wo C. Smith.
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Beverly Farm
Worlds Fair City
Chicago & Alton
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Wo. C. Smith
Mrs Brooks Credits Pink Pills For Dramatic Recovery
In Chicago Mrs Sarah L Brooks describes a severe stomach illness with vomiting and weakness, weighing 94 pounds. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People she gains weight to 142 pounds, resumes work, and says the pills cured her condition.
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Sarah L. Brooks
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Ilinois
Dr. Williams
Chicago Daily
Deserter Tom Smith and Major Bradleys Daughter Romance Ends in Tragedy
A court martial follows private Tom Smith of the Fourteenth Infantry for impulsive acts including a serenade under Major Bradleys daughter's window. Smith deserts after prison, returns to aid Miss Bradleys with Indians in pursuit, dies beside her lover in the ensuing conflict.
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Fourteenth Infantry
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Captain Jackman
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Ft. Snell
Tom
Fennell
Bradley
Sone
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Savares
Miss Hradley
Tori Smith
Alaska Indians See Big Tie Between White Men and Canned Goods
Burton Holmes notes Alaska natives equate white men with canned foods. He toured with a phonograph, showing it to an elder who had never seen a talking machine. Upon hearing the voice, the chief examined the instrument and exclaimed, Hur Him canned white mar.
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Burton Holmes
Alaska
Mr. Holmes
Saturday Evening Post
Fibroid Tumor Letter Prompts Treatment Advice
Boston woman Mrs. K F Hares complains of severe fibroid symptoms including back and front pain swollen abdomen and three years of flow. She credits Mrs Pinkham's guidance for relief after following medical and home treatment with improved appetite and mobility.
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Hayes
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
K. F. Hares
Dudley St
Roxbury
E. F. Hares
Lydis E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Masa
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