Attention Farmers Move South for Year Round Work and Profit
Farmers urged to relocate to the South to farm year round, growing crops like velvet bean and cassava. The message highlights lower feeding costs for stock, reduced shelter needs, and greater profits from general farming, fruit and berry growing, and truck gardening. Contact G. A. Park, General Immigration and Industrial Agent, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Louisville, KY.
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Alabama
Florida
Oir Road
G. A. Park
Louisville & Nashville
R. R. Co
Louisville, KY
Sure Thing: Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption
A 19th century testimonial advertises Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal cure for lung and throat ailments. Mrs C B Van Metre of Shepherdstown West Virginia credits one bottle with curing bronchitis after a year of failed remedies. The ad touts its use for croup whooping cough grip pneumonia and consumption with trial bottles free and full sizes priced at 60 cents and 1.00.
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Dr. King
C. B. van Metre
Shepherdtown
W. Va
Henry M. Langerak
Reliable remedies for colic and diarrhoea urged in ads
In advertisements the author promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted lifesaving medicine kept at hand. Also advertised is Dr B Decthon's Anti Diuretic claim to help with bed sharing issues, with druggists Stubenrauch and F Keables listed as sellers in Pella Iowa.
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Chamberlain
Stubenrauch
The Peacock Joasta Dies in a Last Pose for Glory
Jocasta, famed as a Castilian dandy and self styled heir to pride, chooses one final display. He rides to defend companions from Indian attackers, guns blazing, and dies in a heroic last pose. His family’s fall from prestige ends with his own sacrifice.
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Sid
Jocasta
Castile
Haaste
Jim Dandy
Speaking of animals a cleverest elephant tale
An old man recalls Jacko the elephant who could read and once tangled with a Bengal tiger. After the fight Jacko fled and, humorously, went not to a surgeon but to a tile shop with a sign offering trunks repaired while you wait. The tale ends with playful commentary on the elephant's misstep.
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Jocasta
Jim
Arizona
New Mexico
Jacko
Cellini's Per seu s statue born from fire and iron
A tale of patient craft and risk in sculpture history. Benvenuto Cellini faced exhaustion during the casting of his Perseus statue. He revived the process by burning out impurities with a massive oak fire and pewter vessels, prompting a successful final casting amid relief.
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Benvenuto Cellini
Perseus
Cellini
Per- Beus
A Promising Young Diplomat
A Philadelphia Press item recounts Bertie, a future diplomat, and his sister who receive two goldfish. One dies overnight. Bertie proclaims the sister’s fish is dead, sparking the sister’s question. Bertie flippantly retorts with a jab about women, revealing childish bias in a family anecdote.
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Bertie
Philadelphia Press
The Hero and the Boy Acknowledges A Leader
A Blackwood's Magazine passage notes the boy Ike the American idolizes his athletic leader as a hero, paralleling how adults revere leaders in politics and war. A Cambridge youth's nod to the boy during a vacation walk sparks a moment of pride in the boy's eyes.
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Ike
Blackwood
Bin
Arrow
Cambridge
Ind
Look father the boy identifies Cobden in sight
A brief dialogue depicts a boy proudly confirming the man seen is the great Cobden, and a father seeking any relation to the famous figure. The exchange emphasizes recognition and curiosity about Cobden's lineage.
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Cobden
Great Cobden
Actor Crane Meets Speaker Cannon at Capitol Office
William H. Crane, the actor, met Speaker Cannon in Cannon's capitol office. After a handshake, the speaker joked that it was a peculiar pleasure to see him without having to pay a dollar and a half for the privilege.
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Cannon
William H. Crane
Speaker Cannon
Capitol
Bull Pups Insurance Case Echoes Declining Trade
An London insurance firm insured any animal except bull pups. Previously high risks were accepted, premiums doubled, yet bull pups died. After several years without business in this direction, the issue remains unresolved.
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London
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BELL
Java
Bells Fall Coffee
H.bellk CO
J. H. Bell & CO
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Thedford
Caroline Martin
Parkersburg
Bright
Vander ZylBros
Pella
Iowa
J. C. Mitten
VanHemert
M. Porter Auctioneer
Kleins Shoe Store
East Side of Square
M. Porter
B. F, Keables
A. Haselbarth
Wormhoudt's
J. A. Gulledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
Henry M. Laygerak
Ates
Paconts
Mann 4 Co
Scientific American
Natire Een
Rocky
Fares Ie Seton
Dan York
York
C. B. Lewis
Joenstn
Mar
Lars
Tucson
Old
Lydaver
Wil
Dilemnaat Bell Foundry
Ose
Cractona
ANNON
Buffalo
Parris
S. If’. Boyd
Davenport
J. M. Cox
Agent Pella
Brices
Wm. Kruger
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