Financial outlook shows relief and stronger crop prospects
A wartime era financial review notes stock markets steadier after $5,600,000 notes payment worries and avoiding Erie receivership. It highlights Harriman's potential railroad expansion, conservative trading, and a favorable government winter wheat forecast of 493 million bushels with high yields. Money is described as easier but credit remains selective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erle
Marriman
Harriman
Erie
The
Stock Exchange
Reigna
Do You Get Up With A Lame Back Kidney Trouble Ad
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder issues promising relief for lame back uric acid and Bright's disease. It offers free sample bottles and a booklet by mail and notes bottles are sold by druggists with the Dr Kilmer name and Binghamton New York address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
WN. Y
Foley’s Honey and Tar cough remedy guarantee card
A card certifies druggists will refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure a cough or cold. It claims to stop the cough heal the lungs prevent serious outcomes from a cold and to cure la grippe coughs pneumonia and consumption. The genuine product comes in a yellow package and warns against substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
New collision proof car joins service on busy route
The Pennsylvania Railroad has introduced the first of 200 all steel passenger cars, completed at Altoona, now in service between New York and Philadelphia. Car 1662 weighs 116000 pounds, seats eight, and uses a central box girder and cantilever design for collision resistance. It features magnesium cement flooring, electric lighting, improved heating and ventilation, and a new heavy duty coupler.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
Ihs
Seitie
Altoona
American Car & Foundry Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
Kossuth Delivers March 16 Address at Ezegler
Franz Kossuth Hungarian minister of commerce spoke at Ezegler on March 16 the sixtieth anniversary of the March revolution. He praised his father Louis Kossuth for his role in the great drama of 48.
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Franz Kossuth
Ezegler
Louis Kossuth
Revenge at the Police Versus Publicans Cricket Match
In a London Tit-Bits tale, police Constable Robinson ends a close cricket rivalry against publicans. He appears to score a run but is ruled out after a dispute with the umpire who declares I’m the law and you’re run out.
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Robinson
Mebbee
Trate Robinson
London
Pay of Army Officers Declines Compared With Civil Wages
A review of the army list shows most officers earn less daily than skilled civil workers. Officers endure homelessness, Arctic or tropical postings, and frequent moves with dual wardrobes and equipment. Travel costs rise, schooling for children suffers, and using rank to profit commercially is deemed improper, pushing investments to agents.
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Arctics
Tropics
Coarly
United States Service
Army
Navy
The old, old story of a seaside excursion mishap
A tired passenger named Simkins on a seaside day trip dozes in a train hatrack. A crab in a bucket crawls to the edge, falls onto Simkins, and clings to his ear as he mutters about an office. The anecdote, from London Pick-Me-Up, captures a comic travel mishap.
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Simkins
Kins
Eliza
London
Men Women and Adjectives in Language Use
The piece discusses how English adjectives for appearance are gendered with men seldom labeled beautiful while women use pretty lovely or belle. It notes handsome and good looking as the shared terms and traces pretty to an Anglo Saxon root meaning sly, while beau and belle shape gendered connotations.
Beauty in the Angleworm Description
A reflective piece extols the angleworm observed after rain. The worm’s surface under magnification reveals satin shimmer and rainbow sparkle from fine cross lines, transforming readers’ view of its ugliness into aesthetic detail.
Brotherhood and justice in Epictetus
Epictetus argues that when a brother acts unjustly, grasp not at his injustice as a burden to bear. Instead, appeal to kinship and shared upbringing to carry the burden, recognizing the obligation to endure together as brothers. The passage emphasizes framing conflict through relationships to make injustice bearable.
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Epictetus
Nero Fiddling Quip Sparks Quiet Practice Joke
A student quotes Nero as fiddling while Rome burned and Mr. Growcher counters that worse is violinists who practice when everything is quiet. The exchange, cited by the Washington Star, frames a tone of witty public remark about timing and sound.
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Nero
Rome
Mr. Growcher
Washington Star
The Compromise Joke About a World Tour
A humorous quip attributed to Meggen dorfer Blatter contrasts a bride’s wish for a weeklong wedding tour with a husband’s plan to stay home. The couple settles by touring the world, framing the joke as a playful compromise.
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Meggendorfer Blatter
Northwest emigration urged despite reports of labor distress
John R. Cook, representing Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul, declares eastern readers misinformed by land agents spreading false labor reports about Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana. He cites a lack of distress in Spokane and says NW job demand remains strong in fields lumber mining and construction with wages from 2.50 to 2.75 a day.
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Spokane
Wash
Middle Western
Southwestern Railroads
Northwest
John R. Cook
West Union
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Fourtie
Seattle
Chicago
Milsakee @ St. Paul
Nrthwest
Southwestern Railways
Panhandle
Texas
Middle
Lydia E Pinkham's Compound Cures Women Without Surgery
A Gardiner woman credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring her health in three months after doctors warned of necessary surgery. The ad touts the remedy for female troubles, inflammation, tumors, and related symptoms and invites readers to write for advice from Lydia Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Lydia
A. Williams
Gardiner
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alvina
Aebourne Ave
Chay Pri Ie
Chicago
Peng
Tydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinham
Florida highway meeting aims for good roads drive
Jacksonville Fla April 14 County commissioners and representatives of commercial and civic bodies statewide gather to support permanent highway improvements. The effort seeks a statewide good roads campaign to boost Florida’s reputation as a winter motorist resort.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
An Insidious Danger and Kidney Cure Ad
An ad-like notice warns that kidney trouble is insidious and may be fatal before symptoms appear. It urges taking Foley's Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble to correct irregularity and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes, by Pendleton Drug Co.
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Foley
Bright
Pendleton Drug Co
For rent seven miles northeast of Hellz and Echo land
For rent six and forty acres of wheat land seven miles northeast of Hellz and two hundred acres of wheat land five miles northeast of Echo. Enquire this office.
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Hellz
Echo
Unfurnished housekeeping rooms for rent
Unfurnished housekeeping rooms for rent, inquire at the East Oregonian office for details and availability.
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East Oregonian
He Went The Hungry Guest Jeamnes Dinner Time
The fragmentary notice hints at a London Express style snippet with a dining scene. A candid butler speaks of borders and service, capturing a moment of social dining and etiquette in a bustling household. The readable text emphasizes timing and ritual around meals.
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Jeamnes
London Express
The country cultivated with difficulty yields great men
A succinct aphorism attributed to Meuan der, noting that effort and struggle in nation-building forge exceptional individuals.
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Gool Roads
Folger’s
Columbia Bar
Main St
Corrigan Bros
Proprietors
Pendleton
City Brewery
Schultz & Strickhe
Empire Meat CO
W. C. Minnis
Henning
GIGAR
Peoples Warehouse
J. P. Sullivan
Prop
Cedar Brook
Old Joe Gideon
East Court Street
Carney & Tweedy
Telephone
John Gagen
Eagle Bldg
Court Street
Laave
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