Parish as big as New York parish aims to grow Montana church
Leonard J. Christler, a Montana legislator and minister, leads a vast parish 400 miles long and 22 meeting places centered along the Great Northern line. He notes two train loads of homeseekers head to Montana next Tuesday to spur growth of state and church. He travels by stage or horseback to reach towns off the rail lines.
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St. Paul
Leonard J. Christler
Montana
Christler
Questionable Library Philanthropy and a Snake Story
A quip about a philanthropist stopping costly library buildings citing education from books. A town storyteller recalls a fish tale where a man drinks snakebite remedy, then the snake twists into a hoop as the tale’s punchline.
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Canaggy
Catarrh Cure Promised as Universal Remedy
A 19th century ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages and promises $100 for any case it fails to cure. It explains the constitutional nature of catarrh and extols internal use to reach blood and mucous surfaces. The notice targets readers with testimonials and lists T J Chenery & Co of Toledo as suppliers. Also promotes Hales Family Pills for constipation amid a miscellany of jokes from the Washington Herald.
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Hall
Mall
T J Chenly & CO
Toledo
Resino Cure for Skin Ills and Wounds Featured
D M Castle of Philadelphia praises Resino ointment for quick skin cures and wound healing. a family staple used daily. A separate humorous exchange shows a gardener defying a parent's croquet ground decree due to steadfast roses and horticulture plans.
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D. M. Castle
Philadelphia
They Are Climbers in City and Country Homes
The Kiiches once lived in a city apartment and a country cottage. Now they reside in a home labeled Arms in town and a bungalow by the shore.
Indignation Meeting Planned Over Lapstone Detectives
Illinois report from Lyons details funds to prosecute Detectives Trafton and Sharp for alleged third degree torture of Bernard Brockmeyer in the murder case involving August Brockmeyer. Coroner’s jury declined to aid in bringing them to criminal court. bonds reduced and posted.
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Chicago
Trafton and Sharp
Woods
Alka
Bernard Brockmeyer
August
Lyons
Brockmeyer
Harry Hasman
August Brockmeyer
Justice Trhr PP Aana IA
Armond TV Ont
Oak
Cavgnasg
Ghg
Gomana
Peoria
Harry C. Mosher
Pekin
Mosher
Denver
Harrison Milton
Sterling
Clinton
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Normandy
Here
Milestone
J. Mills
Frank Kerr
West Chicago
Torrence Avenue
Frank Sapron
Oak Park
the Road
Knight
George McNary
North Side
Jeona Koehler
Lincoln Park
Bloomington
Hendrickson
Jefferson Building
H. Latimers
J. Murphy
Latimers
Vernon
Landeval
Paris
Special agent offers to purchase estate site
Nervy Nicholas claims to represent Andrew Morganfeller and seeks a site for a vast estate. He offers to buy the place with cash at a 90 percent discount.
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Nicholas
Andrew Morganfeller
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Mrs. Wolf’s Health
An item cites Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf of Tipton Missouri crediting Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her bladder inflammation and back pain after a lengthy illness. It notes the product price and distributor Foster Milburn Co. plus other miscellaneous ad-like lines and quotes from various sources.
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Elizabeth Wolf
W. Morgan St
Tipton
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Unusual Luck and Ghosts Stir Curious Chats
A humorous dialogue features Noah declaring primacy on Ararat while declining the pole, plus a play on etiquette and a haunted house rental. The house’s new tenant, an actor, chose the residence believing the nightly ghost would be a comforting companion.
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Washington Herald
Illinois News
I. Who
Megg Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake CO
Battle Creek
Mich
W. K. Kellogg
Omaha
Mary
Harper’s
Henry Drummond
Bengal
India
Allen
de Lesseps
Noah
Ararat
Bocker
the Wizard of Horticulture
Luther Burbank
Mr. Burbank
Stark Treeson Commission
Stark Bro’s. N. & O. Co
Louisiana
Missouri
Perfection
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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