Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad Claim Success
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease with internal dosing and a money back guarantee. It states the product is manufactured by I J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and sold by Drugeists in Tc. Hall's Family Pills are praised as the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & CO
Drugeists
Tc. Hall
Enamored Youth Tells Fondmother Girls Fool Him
A humorous exchange where Mrs Fondmother warns her son that girls tell falsehoods and will fool him, while the youth contends they are pleasing in their deception with a beatific smile.
Reduced excursion tickets on multiple railways
Excursion tickets will be sold at all stations on the North Western line and allied rails to all points on the system and Union Pacific within 200 miles of the selling station at greatly reduced rates on December 24 25 26 and 81 1898 and January 1 2 1899 good until January 4 1899. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Bay for full particulars.
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North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Dawn of Independence
A playful exchange features a parent scolding a boy for carelessness and joking about future independence as the child imagines wearing pants when grown. The light dialogue conveys a domestic moment framed with a hint of budding self reliance.
Perfection Poultry Mixture Seeks Agent in Country
An advertisement offers $15.00 per week salary for a man with a rig to introduce Perfection Poultry Mixture, touted as the greatest egg producer. Apply with stamp to Perfection Mfg. Co. in Parsons Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perfection Mfg. Co
Parsons
Kansas
Cause of the Debate in a Bitter Quarrel
Dialogue reveals a quarrel between a young Winthrop and his wife over who loves the other more. A Havana reader notes Mrs. Hattie Dean seeking relief from Coat's Headache Capsules, priced 10 and 25 cents. The item ends with a philosophical question on why men like to be mistaken for more than they are.
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Priscilla
Winthrop
Priscella
Havana
Lil
Hattie Dean
Coat
Samory the Congo’s former foe ends long career as captive
The article traces Samory’s rise from a Bissandugu slave to a regional warrior who defied French and British forces along the Niger and Sierra Leone frontier. After decades raiding rivals and negotiating with Europeans, French forces finally cornered his hinterland stronghold and captured him, ending a quarter century of slave-raiding. His downfall may avert broader clashes, though West Coast merchants remember his patronage of luxury goods.
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Congo
Baron Dhanis
Nyangee
Kasongo
Bohanzin
Dahomey
Prempeh
Kumasi
Khalifa
Samory
Napoleon
St. Helena
Rabbeh
Bornu
Bissandugu
Niger
Sierra Leone
Sori Ibrahim
Senancore
Mussulman
Senegal
Karamokho
Paris
Ivory Coast
Xong
Gold Coast
Djimini
Henderson
R. N
Bona
Dawkita
Sarakeni Mory
Liberia
Calm Advice In Rain Storm At Lake Shore Tragedy
A Chicago Democrat report describes a fierce rain and snowstorm with a steamer foundering opposite the Auditorium and several other vessels in distress. Gusting winds drive pedestrians to buffer against the elements as a lone man battles the wind amid the downpour.
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Chicago Democrat
New French Execution Device Promises Instant Death
A Paris scientist François Esclangon proposes the “Executioner,” a helmet-like device with a steel bar and revolving cartridges that plunge into the brain. Connected to a battery, it aims to deliver instantaneous painless death with a simple prick at the eye angle.
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Cinel
Francois Esclangon
le Monde Scientifique
Cerebrum
Stormy streets curb Samory pursuit in rain and wind
A stormy pursuit narrative describes Samory, called the Almamy, moving through Fifth Avenue and Washington Street in rain. A tall stranger advises another man to hold his head up, a small moment of courtesy amid a harsh day.
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Fifth Avenue
Washington Street
Corn stalk tragedy in Kansas town
Osceola Clipper reports a young man climbed a cornstalk to check ears and is starving as the plant grows faster than he can descend. Three men try to cut the stalk but fear they cannot save him before his supply of corn runs out.
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Kansas
International Press Association
S. Clinton St
Chicago
Berlin Giants Club Admits Only Six Foot Plus Members
The Giants Club in Berlin restricts membership to individuals who are at least six feet tall, excluding anyone shorter from joining.
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Berlin
Club of Giants
Giants
When a man has nothing to do he attends to it personally
A succinct proverb noting that idle individuals take on tasks themselves. The saying highlights personal initiative or insistence when there is no external demand. It emphasizes self-driven action and possible overzealousness in filling time.
Hope of the Continent Wheat Fields of Western Canada
A Milwaukee Germania letter describes Western Canada as a fertile bread basket with prairie settlements expanding across Alberta and Saskatchewan. It notes large wheat yields, growing forests, cattle-raising, and dairying, highlighting Indian Head, Calgary, and Edmonton as thriving centers and predicting Canada’s Northwest Territory could sustain an empire of fifty million people.
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Empire
Canada
United States
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Germania of
Milwaukee
Sheridan
Indian Head
Brandon
Regina
Germania
Madison
Calgary
Edmonton
North Saskatchewan
Dmonton
Yukon
Dawson City
Northwest
Northwest Territory
In the Way of Advice. A Trade Talk at a Counter
An Occasional Customer asks how a tradesman is and tradesman replies with a quip about weighing more than he does. The customer offers business advice: if you give customers better weight you will weigh more than you do. Boston Courier.
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Boston Courier
Louisville and Nashville Improve Through Service For Winter
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad enhances its through Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars and cushy day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St. Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Steamer connections will link to Cuba Puerto Rico Nassau and West Indies ports. Tourist and Home-Seekers excursion tickets offered at low rates via C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for details.
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Louisville, & Nashville Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
Mobile
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Thomasville
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Tampa
Palm Beach
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
West Indian
Atmore
The Police Commissioner Duties Questioned in Civics Class
In a civics lesson, Tommie quips that a Police Commissioner's main duty is to collect commissions from the police, reflecting a skeptical view of policing under a Tammany-era administration. The exchange appears in Harper's Bazar.
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Tommie
Tammany
Harper’s Bazar
The Dream of It Stage Theatrics And Audience Reflection
A reflective meditation on life as a stage where people act, imagine their part, and fear a fall if they quit the performance. The piece explores identity, illusion, and the belief that everyone plays a role in the world’s theater.
A Man Feels Loss of First Wife After Remarriage
A man reflects on the ache of losing his first wife that lingers after he marries again, noting the enduring memory and contrast between past companionship and present life.
Beads of Perspiration Question Way to Hard Work
Beads of perspiration are described as the jewels of toil in a reflection on effort and success. The text also advertises Kemp's Balsam cough remedy and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with promotional lines and guarantees.
Boots Boast Nearly 3000 Stitches in Hand Sewn Pair
A craftsman cites the astonishing hand work in a pair of boots with almost 3000 stitches. The article highlights meticulous stitching and the time invested in the boot making process.
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New York Journal
Ayer
J. C. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Ray
Western
Department Interior
Ottawa
V. J. Broughtam
Monadnock Building
Carcago
Napoleon OF
Africa
Cramer
Sofa
Imam
Bamory
Jack
Civica
Kemp
Daniel Webster
J. R. Madison
Cee
George Eliot
Seth Arnold
Mra
Wm. M
Fvrogue
Columbus
Kay
Baker’s
la Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Ppewey
ST. Jacobs
Zarah
Europe
Zara
Lock Box
Philadelphia
E. J. Tooze & Coo
Chicaco
Chicaro Scale Co
Omohi
Peleost
Chicago Bcale CO
Jackson Boulevard
Ill
Ont
Lou R
Ee “Pvt Sein Lis
Vain Mote
Holbrook & McNamara
Bridgeport
Conn
Buckingham
Uckiten
R.P. Hall & Co
Nashua,n, Bt
California
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Mississippi River
West
Adams St
Ils
Dava
U.S. 4
Druggiata
Uae
U. Ukeey
SONBA
Dr. Kay
W.N. U. Chicago
Waco
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