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Public Library
Springfield
Mass
President McKinley
M.kinley
Exposition Buildings Brace For Railings and Pension News
A note mentions the St Louis Exposition riding halls may hold all railings from Buffalo Exhibition. Also, a Spanish American War veteran learned of a pension increase to 33 dollars per month. Washington Democrats discuss an unspecified measure amid city streetcar chatter.
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Woo
Hoosier claims and carnival plans in scattered notes
A collage of notes covers forecasts by the Oklahoma Fair Commissioners on crop exhibits for St. Louis next year, Indianapolis negro population and voting power, Royal Baking Powder ad spend, a Hoosier divorce satire, religious instruction critique, chintz bugs in corn, accidental insect traps, blackberry harvest profits, a Knox county Watermelon Carnival plan, Henry Miller’s solo farming feat, Dillion brothers buying a brick plant, and sobering comments on saloon patronage and dog-driven prohibition in America.
Coal Circles Promise Vast Steel Fuel Reserves
The article details major coking coal sources beyond Connellsville Pennsylvania and surrounding regions. It notes West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and Colorado Utah deposits as ample to feed world blast furnaces for centuries, with railroads mines and coke ovens needed to unlock them. It also states anthracite use remains small and diminishing.
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Pennsylvania
Nature
West
Mountain
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Warrior
Alabama
Colorado
Utah
United States
Lost Articles in Hotels Highlight Widespread Carelessness
A prominent hotel manager cited widespread loss of portable hotel items due to carelessness and haste by staff. Napkins spoons towels stamped with hotel names travel between establishments, aided by mistaken packing and inventory gaps. Theft exists but is often linked to servants and wait staff pockets, with hotels supporting staff housing to curb it.
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New York Herald
Europe
Paris
New York
Cure a Cold in One Day Lakatve Bromo Quinine Ad
Advertisement notes a one day cure claim for a cold with Lakatve Bromo Quinine Tablets and a druggist refund promise. E W Groves signature appears on each box. Indicates nursery stock available from Burns City Nursery run by F B Garrett prop Burns City at low prices.
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E. W. Groves
Burns City Nursery
F. B. Garrett
Prop
Burns City
Wanted CBs 4B reps for old established business
Advertisement seeks several persons of good reputation in each state to represent and advertise a wealthy business house. Salary 21 dollars weekly plus expenses, cash paid from head offices. Horse and carriage supplied when needed. References and self addressed envelope requested. Colonial Co. Chicago address.
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Colonial Co.m
Dearborn St
Chicago
Weather and local notices blend of storms and remedies
Forecast predicts frequent storms from the 1st to 4th with heat crisis around the 21st and additional stormy periods through the 30th. Short pieces of advice include a testimonial for Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and Boschee’s German Syrup as treatments, with miscellaneous local notices about miners and camp activity.
Purify Blood for Better Complexion Says Beauty Ad
An old-time remedy promotes liver health to clear complexions. Green's August Flower is claimed to cleanse blood, aid digestion, relieve biliousness and nervousness, and improve sleep. A bottle costs 42 dollars or 2 cents. available at druggists.
Health ads and quack cures in a late 19th century column
A jumble of testimonials and product pitches notes Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption, Electric Bitters for nerves and digestion, Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic, Force cereal, and various local endorsements. The piece mixes medical claims, editor quips, and misleading health advice typical of era advertisements.
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J. F. Hughes
du Pont
Dr. King
Z. Webster
Z.webster
Three Big Days Old Settlers Event at Odon Indiana
A historical notice announces August 20 to 22 in Odon for an Old Settlers gathering with prizes for the oldest residents and longest tied housing history in Daviess County. It lists age and achievement categories including oldest man and woman, longest in same home, longest army service, top dancers and fiddlers, and best child recitations in Madison and Van Buren townships. Many other prizes are offered.
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Madison Township
van Buren Township
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