McKinley Memorial Fund Book Push Offers Profits
An advertisement by GM Charles H. Grosvenor promotes a book tied to President McKinley’s death. It claims proceeds go to a McKinley Monument Fund and urges readers to become contributors by selling copies. It promises an elegant photogravure portrait and a lucrative outfit for 24 cents postage.
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Charles H. Grosvenor
Wfe Jong
Congress
National Capitol
Canton
McKinley
White House
Continental Assembly
Corcoran Bldg
U.S. ,Treasury
Washington, D.C
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets In Stock
A new remedy for biliousness is on sale at The Avenue Pharmacy Oak Park G I Harris and Schultzus Pharmacy Austin. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets offer quick relief and may prevent an attack if taken at first signs. Price 2b cents per box samples free.
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Avenue
Oak Park
G. I. Harris
North 48Th Avenue
Schultzus
Austin
Chamberlain
Illinois Day at Pan-American rail trip advertised
Through-train option on Nickel Plate road priced at 10 dollars 50 cents round trip. Tickets on sale October 5 and 6, return valid through October 11. Dining car meals range 35 cents to 1 dollar. Sleeping car and longer limits available. Inquiries to John Y. Calahan general agent 111 Adams Street Chicago. No. 3311
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Nickel Plate Road
Tor
John Y. Calahan
Adams Street
Chicago
Bequests From Lancaster Woman Distribute Funds Locally
The will of Mrs. William J. Cooper of Lancaster bequeaths 5000 dollars to the city of Lancaster for coal purchases for the poor. It also leaves 2000 dollars to the Ann C. Witmer Home for Aged Women in Lancaster and 1000 dollars to the Home for Aged Couples in Philadelphia.
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Lancaster
William J. Cooper
Ann C. Witmer
Philadelphia
Croker Shapes Letcombe Village Improvement Plan
Richard Croker and his visitors at Moat House detail benefactions to Letcombe. He widens and straightens roads, extends a picturesque wall, adds village seating, and creates a lake with regulated bathing hours. A fountain near an old mill is promised and many workmen are employed on the project.
Dr W C Gray Dead Presbyterian Editor and Advocate
Dr William C Gray editor of the Interior and leading advocate of Presbyterian creed modification died at 1 05 PM Sunday at his Oak Park home. He had been unconscious since 2 AM with wife and grandchildren at his bedside. Funeral sermon by Rev N D Hillis will be at Third Presbyterian church Ashland Ave. Burial at Forest Home.
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Interior
Oak Park
William C. Gray
Kenilworth Avenue
Gray
Chicago
Third Presbyterian Church
Ashland Avenue
Forest Home
Everett Sisson
North Pine Avenue
Austin
Moreland News Highlights From Community Life
George Harris and children return from Canada. Laurin family welcomes a baby boy at 2316 Ohio Street. George A. Campbell to speak on If Christ Came to Moreland at Rohberg's hall. Mr. Davis and wife leave for a Southern California trip. Lady Macabees ball at Central Park hall a success with a large crowd. Gordon suffers a stroke but improves. Louis Olson dies of heart failure at his home near 49th street. Adrian M. Newens performs at Rohberg's hall for Union Congregational church. Miss Bessie Edmonds tours with a theatrical company in Vermont. Dance for 3800 youths at Rohberg's hall honoring Misses Virginia and Edith Rehberg. Fire wipes out Fred Paulsen's meat market at 206 North 48th avenue. loss $800, building insured for about $1,500.
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George Harris
Canada
Laurin
Ohio Street
George A. Campbell
Rohberg's Hall
Moreland
Davis
8348Th Avenue
California
Lady Maccabees
Central Park Hall
Gordon
Erie Street
Louis Olson
49Th Street
Park Avenue
Adrian M. Newens
Rehberg’s
Union Congregational Church
Bessie Edmonds
Washington Boulevard
Vermont
Moreland and
Vicinity
Rehberg
Virginia
Edith Rehberg
Michigan
Fred Paulsen
North 48Th Avenue
Stricken Man Regains Use After Pain Balm Trials
Henderson Grimett of this place was paralyzed on one side and arm restored after two bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. George R. McDonald of Logan County Va credits it for cure and cites other cures for partial paralysis. The balm is also known for rheumatism sprains and bruises and is sold by several local pharmacies.
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Henderson Grimett
Chamberlain
Geo. R. McDonald
Man
Logan County
W. Va
Avenue
Oak Park
G. H. Harris
North 48Th Avenue
Schnitzus’ Pharmacy
Austin
Magnificent Imperial Gift Centerpiece For King Edward
Berlin correspondence notes Herr Otto Roloff, arts and crafts teacher, crafted a grand epergne on imperial design as a gift from Emperor William II to King Edward VII. The one meter tall centerpiece features a bottle-shaped top, laurel circlet, lion heads, acanthus motifs, and crown-decorated elements, praised as unmatched in Berlin since the eighteenth century.
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Otto Roloff
Arts and Crafts
Edward
Frederick
Royal Palace
William II
Edward VII
Berlin
London Times
Oak Park Club plans billiard alley tourney and dance
Oak Park Club faces delays in completing new alleys due to a strike but reports two finished lanes of high quality. A monthly prize for top score starts in October, with Dr Pred BE Halls at 200. A team selection tournament for the West Side Club league begins October 7 with a 50 cent entry and $150 total prizes. The season opens with a dance on October 15 after a September 28 event attended by about sixty couples with Goldsmiths Orchestra.
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Oak Park
Cook County
Pred BE. Halls
McKinney
Goldsmith
Walker
Geek
South African store offers full range from needle to anchor
R Larson of Bay Villa Sundays River Cape Colony runs a general store serving farmers within thirty miles. He notes fourteen local residents cured by Chamberlains Cough Remedy in the past year, a notable record. The remedy is sold by The Avenue Pharmacy Oak Park G Harris Schnitzus Pharmacy Austin.
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R. Larson
Bay Villa
Sundays River
Cape Colony
South Africa
Larson
Chamberlain
Avenue Pharmacy
Oak Park
G. H. Harris
North 48Th Avenue
Schnitazus’ Pharmacy
Austin
Roosevelt as the youngest U S president
The article notes that Roosevelt is the youngest president at forty three, compares him with Cleveland Garfield Grant and Franklin Pierce who were over sixty or under fifty at inaugurations, and mentions Grant was forty seven at his first inauguration.
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Roosevelt
Cleveland
Garfield
Grant
Franklin Pierce
PAW AMERICAN Buffalo Nic Cel Plate Road Round Trip Prices
Tickets on sale October 5 and 6 with return validity through October 13. Round trip fare ten dollars fifty cents. Dining car meals range from 35 cents to a dollar. Sleeping car upgrades and longer limits available for a small increase. City ticket office 111 Adams Street Chicago. No 3511.
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Buffalo
Nic Cel Plate
City Ticket
Adams Street
Chicago
Passing of the Table Cloti Fashion News
Fashionable society embraces bare wood tables with no cloths. Daily polishing keeps oak and other woods looking handsome. Hemstitched damask squares serve as centerpieces, with simple flower arrangements and clear glass, bright silver, and fresh napkins. Chicago Chronicle.
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Chicago Chronicle
Spess Illinois Day at Pan American
The Nickel Plate road offers three through trains daily with tickets on October 5 and 6 at one cent per mile good for return until October 18. Through trains to New York and Boston. City ticket office 111 Adams Street. No 3411.
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Nickel Plate Road
New York
Boston
City
Adams Street
Largest Tableland In the World
A St Petersburg correspondent describes the Chang or Great Tibetan plateau as the highest and largest tableland. Captain Hamilton Bower notes camps averaged over 16000 feet from late June to mid November, with altitudes ranging from 14621 to 18760 feet, and the barren landscape showed no trees and only two small shrubs.
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Thibet
Chang
Thibetan
St. Petersburg
Hamilton Bower
Bower
A Word to Travelers Urges Chamberlains Remedy
Travelers are warned that excitement and changes in food and water may trigger diarrhoea. Do not leave home without Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Available at The Avenue Pharmacy Oak Park G H Harris 79 North 48th Avenue Schnitzus Pharmacy Austin.
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Avenue Pharmacy
Oak Park
G. H. Harris
North 48Th Avenue
Schnitzus’ Pharmacy
Austin
Advertising Mania and a War Time Night Alleys
A literary note in the Monthly Review laments the advertising craze that could turn English shores into spaces to let and warns of a future where theater of war and patient evacuations merge with ads lit by night. Humorous quips mix hospital ship scenes with brand names appearing along the coast as a captain and boatswain discuss digestive lozenges in a breezy wartime vignette.
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Mary Cholmondeley
Monthly Review
Albion
Lemco
Labby
England's Aging Premier and his Curious Detachment
The London Chronicle notes Lord Salisbury appears younger in leaving the foreign office yet older in neglecting broad governance. It recalls an undelivered personal attack in the House of Lords on the treasury and a later retract, with Sir Francis Mowatt resigning. The piece hints that Sir Reginald Welby remained the treasury’s permanent head, unexpectedly centered in the prime minister’s view.
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Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
House of Lords
Treasury
Francis Mowatt
Francis Wowatt
Sir Reginald Welby
Lord Welby
London Chronicle
Modern Advertising in the East A Brief History
The piece traces advertising's rise from derided practice to a powerful force. It recounts a hardware firm that learned to move excess hotel supplies through promotional notices, revealing how a small bet on publicity sparked demand. It notes the growth of catchy phrases, clever visuals, and substantial spending, while warning that poor ads waste money yet strong publicity with merit can build fortunes.
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South Boulevard
John Hemwall
North 48Th Ave
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Harry F. Brown
North Forty-Eighth Avenue
N. 50Th Court
the Anderson Restaurant
N. 48Th Ave
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Cicero
12Th Street
Judge Carter
Jesse A. Baldwin
John Lewis
N. G. Moore
J. D. Andrus
John Ritchie
W. Pringle
Ross Hall
Geo. Struckman
William
M’kinley
Illinois
W. C. Gray
Chicago Inter Ocean
Garfield Bedding Co
Sts Dealers Int LA
M. Kravitsky
Prop
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WM. Wilken
Chicago & Western
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Belt By. of
A. Tennyson
Park Ave
Ontario St
Austin, Ill
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King Edward
OAK Park Club
Spess Illinois
Thrifty Beacons
Conrad Kampp
Jos, P. Kampp
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