Advertising's power lifts commerce ahead of its time
A column extols advertising as a driver of business, citing Grand Rapids furniture dealer success and Wanamaker's early ads in Philadelphia. It argues census costs, rail car elegance, and public notices reflect a broad view of progress, urging civic cooperation and continued investment in publicity for future gains.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Wanamaker
Quaker City
New York
Maryland Census Urged For Fair Enumeration
The Maryland controversy emphasizes a thorough population count over land concerns. A fair enumeration is deemed worth a large sum to the people, underscoring state interest in accurate census data.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Peace and Railways Press in Maryland News
A Cumberland Times note urges Mr State to act on a petition about unrest and constitutional questions, stressing self preservation. Maryland must handle its rail lines as Baltimore and Ohio loses Maryland citizenship. Oyster planting in Maryland is not an industry yet offers advantages for artificial culture in the Chesapeake. The Baltimore Herald calls for study of scientific oyster culture methods.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
State
Cumberland Times
Chesapeake
Baltimore Herald
Minutes of Merriness and Witty Quips Across Papers
A collage of humorous exchanges and cartoon captions from multiple papers. Jests about sailmaking, medical exams, school mischief, newlyweds, and a comic war anecdote mix with a pun filled Irish recruit tale. Characters named include Benzenhurst Dykerheights and Murphy in a lighthearted montage.
Advertising as News and The American Way in Dispute Resolution
A collage from The Brooklyn Eagle and New York Work extols progress and civility, notes amicable settlement of a New Jersey Central Railroad telegraphers dispute, praises the American way of resolving conflicts, and argues advertising in newspapers is essential and influential for buyers and sellers alike.
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CGN
New York
New Jersey Central Railroad
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
A 19th century style ad offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for unresolved catarrh. It includes endorsements of F J Cheney & Co and distributors Kase ef Troax and Marvin. Claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and lists price 75 cents per bottle with testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and Bromo Quinine Tablets with no cure, no pay.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J Cheney
Kisxan & Marvin
Ohis
Hali
Regiment of Russian Cossacks in Summer Uniform
About 100000 strenuous fighters arrive or head to Manchuria as czarist diplomats promise they will keep order and preserve peace in the Chinese province.
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Manchuria
Moments with the Muse Love's Garden and Never Mind
A Chicago Times-Herald feature blends verses on a walled garden of beauty with reflections on freedom and longing. It juxtaposes poetic images of nature and a child’s memory of a mother’s soothing line Sonny never mind.
Locust Year 1902 Forecast for June Return of Peat
In June next year the cicada scaptemdecim locusts return, after 17 years underground. Females lay about five hundred eggs, larvae emerge, feed on roots, then molt to winged adults. Males create the loud summer chorus while females damage foliage. The term locust is misapplied, as outbreaks in 1868 caused heavy destruction in Maryland.
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Maryland
Caught a Dreadful Cold Inspires Millinery Firm Testimony
Marlon Rooke of T. M. Thompson, a Milwaukee Avenue importer, describes a severe cold during late weather that kept him awake and hindered work. He notes a milliner’s relief from Chamberlin's remedy and claims his own rapid improvement. Sold by A. L. Pearre.
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Marlon Rooke
T. M. Thompson
Milwaukee Avenue
Calcago
Chamberlin
Lhougot
A. L. Pearre
Death warrant read in Towson Jail and other state items
Death warrant for Wiley Kirk read at Towson Jail. A two year old dies in Washington county from acards. A syndicate forms to buy and reorganize Columbian Iron Works and Drydock. Water restored to Williamsport level on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and boats resume. Work on Western Maryland Railroad track to Hagerstown and Potomac Valley Junction resumes under new contractor. A five building La Plata fire damages the Independent Building and plant. In Parkville a fight leaves William Willingham with a fractured skull and Lewin Gill shot in the eye and upper body by Willingham's son.
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Wiley Kirk
Towson
David Young
Washington County
Columbian Iron Works and Drydock Company
Williams Port
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Western Maryland Railroad
Hagerstown
Potomac Valley Junction
Willingham
Hand of a Hundred returns with colonial drama in Maryland
Maud Goodwin's new historical romance SLR CHRISTOPHER unfolds in Maryland and Virginia. Reappearing favorite figures from The Hand of a Hundred appear again amid tense sectarian strife. The tale blends romance with a faithful backdrop of colonial Catholic and Puritan clashes in the New World. Published by Little, Brown & Co.
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Maud Goodwin
Maryland
Virginia
Little, Brown & Co
Boston
Masa
Emerson Literary Society Elects Officers and Plans Funds Move
The Emerson Literary Society met Friday April 26 with Charles O. Ebart presiding. After roll call and minutes, members presented recitations and essays by Griffith Maulsby Cramer Ebert. Officers elected: President Downey, president Kreh, treasurer Hoffmoeier, secretary Maulsby, critic Cates. Motions to fund a commencement picture and shift college journal finances to Cates passed. adjourned to May 10.
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C. H. Kreh
BH. V. Hoffmoeier
H. H. Maulsby
B. E. Cates
Treasury
College Journal
Cates
News of the Churches in Utica and Nearby
The infant department of Evangelical Reformed Sunday school plans a peanut hunt Thursday evening. St Mary’s Guild of All Saints Episcopal holds a Springtime reception in the Sunday school room this evening. Rev James M Meminger of St Pauls Reformed Lancaster Pa arrives in the city and will be guest for several days of his cousin Rev S M Hench Worth Market St. Meminger, who toured Europe last summer, will lecture on his travels at Utica this evening Charlesville tomorrow evening and Kemp Hall Thursday evening.
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St. Mary’s
Guild of All Saints’ Episcopal Church
James M. Meminger
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Lancaster
City
M. Hench
Worth Market Street
Meminger
Europe
Utica
Qhariesville
Kemp Hall
Death of Mrs Sophia Blackler in Guthrie Oklahoma
Mrs Sophia Blackler daughter of Edward Nichols of Lickeville died Sunday morning in Guthrie Oklahoma from consumption aged about 25. Her family reached her bedside before she passed. The body will arrive at Tun*cers at 4 pm tomorrow. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 am at the house conducted by Rev Michael. Interment at Mt Olivet.
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Sophia Blackler
Edward Nichols
Lickeville
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Michael
Mt. Olivet
Curious Old Will From 1798 Becomes Topic In Beaver Dam Valley
A fragmented 18th century will of Anna Seiler, widow of Daniel Seiler, mentions estate bequests and heirs, including son Daniel Seiler and eldest sister Catharine Liverton, and notes burial next to her husband in Sayler burying-ground. The document, read aloud in a distant Minnesota setting, reflects aged memory and religious framing. In a separate note, Hon. L. G. Eddy of Minnesota traveled from Washington to Glenwood to be adopted as a member of Glenwood Camp Modern Woodmen of America, with members from nearby towns aiding the ceremony.
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Sayler
Beaverdam Valley
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Daniel Seiler
Frederick County
Beaver Dam
Alulovue
Catharine Liverton
Wathaniel Shriver
J Martin Garber
L. G. Eddy
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Starbuck
Minon
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