Meccas of Western Tourist Travel by Missouri Pacific Railway
Surpasses for first class travel offered by the Missouri Pacific Railway with superb equipment and two routes to summer resorts from St. Louis to Kansas City and the West. Exceedingly low one way and round trip rates this season. Free descriptive pamphlets from H. C. Townsend G P T Agent St Louis Mo.
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Reliable
Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis
Kansas City
H. C. Townsend
Scenic Line of the World links Denver Grand Junction routes
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad offers two mountain lines for tickets between Denver and Grand Junction and Grand Junction to Ogden via Scenic Line options. Tickets through Leadville Glenwood or Marshall Pass Black Canon allow travel in both directions, aiding tourists from Salt Lake City Ogden or San Francisco. 8. K. Hooper Denver Colo. G. P. & T. A. provides illustrated pamphlets.
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Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Rockies
Mountains
Denver
Grand Junction
Ogden
K. Hooper
Colo
Fighting Bob Evans and his famed hunting prowess
The New York Tribune describes Fighting Bob Evans as a legendary early hunter in Virginia country. He is praised as unmatched in bringing home rabbits and birds and breaking colts, earning the Nimrod nickname for his skill.
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Bob
Bob” Evans
Virginia
New York Tribune
Allen's Foot-Kase advertisement for foot powder
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Kase a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Address Allen S Olmated LeRoy N Y
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Allen’s
Allen S. Olmated
LeRoy, N
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
The Wedding Cake Stands Tall at English Fashions
The cake at English weddings is a star feature at fashionable affairs. It is usually fully six feet high and an architectural icing structure adorned with flowers and figures.
Perfect System Cleaners and New Zealand Cream Trade
An ad urges cleanliness inside and out with Cascarets Candy Cathartic and other home products. It notes New Zealand farmers ship frozen cream to London for butter making, reflecting an international dairy trade.
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New Zealand
London
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Other Patent Remedies
An assortment of patent medicines and health claims appears with prices and testimonials. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is advertised as constitutional with a price of 750, Coe’s Cough Balsam touted as oldest and best for fast cold relief, and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething. Other items promise cures for corns, bunions, and headaches, plus travel tips and free samples from Coat’s Hyacine Capsules. Public notices reference Mormon missions and locations in Crawfordsville Indiana and Mason City Iowa. Details include manufacturers Thomas & Brown and H H Coat, Chom, Paterson New Jersey.
Wild Man Captured After Forest Chase in Wisconsin
Report tells of a wild man seen across towns fifty miles away, described as bearded and pale, who fled through woods with kangaroo-like leaps. Constable Burnett organized a fifty-man posse, trapped him near a tree, and brought him to Chippewa Falls for confinement. The man, about sixty, cannot speak and may be the survivor of a historic 1894 fire incident.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Black Bart
Michigan
Wisconsin
Constable Burnett
Burnett
Armer
Canada
Hinckley
Miaon
Capture of a Wild Man in Tree Seeks Calm Resolution
A search party led by Constable Burnett locates a wild, unkempt man perched in a tree, wearing a sack robe and a dirty coon skin cap. The crowd contends with the man as he fights and bites, finally being subdued after a chaotic struggle.
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Ing
Burnett
Music Means Death to Caterpillars in Catskill Forest
A woman in Catskill New York discovered that playing wind instruments and horns lured and killed caterpillars by sound waves. Various instruments including a cornet trombone and drum caused caterpillars to fall from trees and burn as pest control spread among farmers. The report notes other opinions and a professor suggesting sound waves cause the effect.
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Catskill
N. Y
New York
To Expel Foreign Bodies From the Nose
Simple method for removing nasal foreign objects in children. A caregiver holds the child, covers the mouth and nose with a cloth, and the adult delivers a quick puff to expel the item. Report mentions plum stones and buttons often shifting enough to allow removal without probing. Willie asks capital of the United States.
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Willie
The
United States
Willie Todate
French Law Punishes Wearing Red Ribbon Badge
A Paris court fined Froment Adeodat two months for wearing without authorization the red ribbon bow of the Legion of Honor in his coat buttonhole. The piece warns American and British tourists that such insignia are illegal in France and carry penalties.
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Paris
France
Froment Adeodat
Knights of
French Legion of Honor
United States
Seine
Washington Post
Free Trial of Zaegel's Swedish Essence Life Cure
Offer promotes Zaegel's Swedish Essence of Life as a free trial remedy claimed to cure constipation, rheumatism, headaches, biliousness, liver and kidney complaints, backache, nervous diseases, and women's illnesses. Instructions urge writing to M. R. Zaegel & Co. for a sample and include a postage stamp.
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Zaegel
M. R. Zaegel & Co
Sheboyan
Wia
Rheumatism Relief After 15 Years of Pain
Vincenz Jacob of Tillamook Oregon writes April 10 1898 that after using the sample pack he and his family took two doses are entirely relieved of rheumatism pain. He recommends the remedy and says he would not be without it.
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Tillamook
Oregon
Vincenz Jacob
Zaegel's Swedish Essence of Life Praised
A Aug 21 1898 testimonial from Joun Pf of Piles Greenleaf Wisconsin attests to relief from blind piles after using Zaegel's Swedish Essence of Life, endorsing the product as advertised and beneficial.
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Greenleaf
Wis
Zaegel
Joun
Swedish Essence credited with curing consumption in Iowa case
Cyrus Sanders reports recommending Zacgrts Swedish Essence to a cousin in Knoxville Iowa who was dying of consumption. Seven months later her health improved with cough gone appetite restored and no signs of consumption. He asks for two more packages for H A Herrick and one for Carne Herrick.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Shea
Zaegel
H. A Herrick
Carne Herrick
Long Beach
California
Cyrus Sanders
Medicine promises cure for rheumatism and stomach complaints
An advertisement claims a medicine cures rheumatism stomach liver and bowel complaints by removing disease germs from the blood. It cites hundreds of letters in the office as proof and offers a free sample for a two cent stamp. A $500 gold reward is offered to anyone who can prove the remedy is not genuine.
Good Judge of Horseflesh Will Horner Returns From Trade
Will Horner came back Saturday from a horse trading trip with six or seven horses and a better lot of animals plus cash. Bill is praised as one of the best horseflesh judges in Marshall county. In Vienna organ grinders are allowed to play only between mid day and sunset.
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Will Horner
Bill
Marshall County
Lacon Home Journal
Vienna
Chicago Private Sanitarium Offers Conscientious Care
Mrs Dr Zara at 279 W Adams Sr runs a private sanitarium for women with 12 years of experience, safe painless confinement and infant care, well furnished and confidential. Sidney Cooper, English artist near 96, viewed four paintings at Burlington House this season and sold all. Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a family medicine with us since 1865.
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Chicago
Zara
W. Adams Sr
Sidney Cooper
Burlington House
J. R. Madison
42D Ave
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Mal Lie
Thomas & Brown
Crawfordaville, Ind
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H.h.coat
Ayer
J. G. Fae
Germany
Ladies’ Home Journal
Parlat
Chicago Tribune
Wille Haaen
Illinois College OF Osteopathy, Sorcery and Edicine Incorporated
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Nature
Opie Head
WRLD
D. EL Er
Galesburg
Lombard University
Pres. C. Ellwood Nash
DR. H. Sanche & CO
State Street
Decatur Tent & Awning CO
Decatur, IN
Morria
Eleims
Atty Aluce
Tom Sueens
Ue reIe
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Cricago
VIA
S&s. Crane
Buckingham
B. P. Hall & Coe Hae Shale Ay Sree
Tenga Chemical Co
Thompson
W.N. U
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