Petersburg Women Rally to Build Town Hall Fund
Petersburg women launch a drive to raise funds for a two or three story town hall at Eighth and Walnut streets. Members pledge to earn eight dollars each, using varied jobs from shoe shining and dressing trousers to selling candy and carrying lumber. Local editor Tyner pensively participates as a fundraiser, while a chorus of volunteers writes in support of the project.
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Petersburg
Ind
Eighth
Walnut Streets
New York Telegram
2. C. Uaammnond
Thomas H. Dillon
Florence Tracy
Pettersburg
Hauny
Hammond
Sot
Ivery
Sol Frank
Frank
Rank
Mr. Tyner
Kate Fleener
Tyner
Misa Pleener
Society
Value of wide streets sparks Baltimore reform movement
The Baltimore fire prompts calls to widen business district thoroughfares to prevent similar losses. Omaha Bee notes western cities like Omaha built broad streets as a future asset, despite higher initial and maintenance costs. The piece discusses urban planning, insurance implications, and the long term economic logic of wider streets amid growth. It ends with anecdotes about geese, seasonal fruit, and a stubborn horse.
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Baltimore
Omaha Bee
Omaha
Women to Clean Kalamazoo Streets Under New Contract
Kalamazoo Michigan appoints Mrs Howard Murry Jones as assistant street commissioner. For ninety days the Woman's Civic Improvement League will direct street cleaning in the business district at 4 am daily, Sundays included, to beautify the town and shield against damage suits. The mayor says Kalamazoo is beautiful but dirty, and the league will oversee tools and operations.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Cincinnati
Woman's Civic Improvement League
Howard Murry Jones
First Congregational Church
Osborn
Civic Leagues
Every Tree Planting Makes the Public Benefactor
Each successful effort to adorn a lot park or suburb fosters community value. Ornamental plantings inspire others to pursue beauty in nature and cannot be kept by owners alone. Every passerby benefits, and anyone who plants a tree serves the public good.
Well Paved Town Emphasized By Savannah Mayor
Spearheaded paving efforts praised by Mayor Myers of Savannah Georgia who argues that a well paved town reflects credit on its citizens and attracts visitors and that improved highways serve taxpayers best.
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Ayor. Myers
Savannah
Chicago facing giant sidewalk damage suits
In Chicago, lawsuits totaling 38,666,052 are pending against the city over sidewalk accidents. Attorneys say bankruptcy is avoided only if all wooden walks are torn up.
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Chicago
Eldora Creamery Depot at Mrs. Allens for Dairy Goods
The Eldora creamery opens a public depot at Mrs. Allens restaurant offering one pound prints of butter and pasteurized cream and milk. Pasteurization boils to 180 deg F then cools rapidly to kill germs and ensure sanitary, sweet products suited for ice cream making and longer freshness than raw cream.
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Eldora Creamery
Locations for business along the Chicago Great Western line
An industrial agent in St Paul invites inquiries about mercantile sites and professional locations along the Chicago Great Western Railway. Maps and leaflets are available. Also notes indigestion remedies with Re-Go tonic laxative syrup offered at modest prices by Wilson Drug Co in Eldora Iowa.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
United States
W. J. Reed
Endicott Bidg
St. Paul
Wilson Drug Co
Ellsworth Drug Co
Eldora
Iowa
Temperance
Noff Sed
Cheap Great Western Summer Rail Rates Announced
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers daily summer fares to St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Superior Ashland Bayfield Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Salt Lake City at about half the regular price. Return tickets valid to October 31 and info available from any Great Western agent or J P Elmer. Additional routes via Alberta Arizona and other western regions start on the first and third Tuesdays through October 18 with extensive destination coverage and inquiries directed to Great Western agents or Elmer in Chicago Ill.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Ashland
Bayfield
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Great Western
J.P. Elmer
Chicago
Alberta
Arizona
Assiniboia
Canadian Northwest
Colorado
Indian Territory
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Saskatchewan
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
Ord. P.’ Elmer
GPA
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Marketed as Best
For a hundred years Witch Hazel has been famed as a remedy but E O DeWitt & Co Chicago created a salve combining Witch Hazel with antiseptics. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is advertised as ideal for sores cuts burns bruises and ills. Counterfeits arose and buyers are urged to seek the DeWitt name on the package, with no substitutes. Sold by Smith & Reed.
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DeWitt & Co
Chicago
DeWitt
Dr Kay's Lung Balm Promoted by Rev Garabedian
Rev F Garabedian of New York praises Dr Kay's Lung Balm and Renovator for curing severe colds in his daughter without a doctor. He touts tablet forms, no alcohol, and ease of carry, urging readers to buy from a druggist or write for delivery. He offers free advice in advanced cases from Dr Kay's Medical Company in Saratoga Springs.
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Shallenterger
Dr. Kay
F. Garabedian
Exst
Svarge
Dr.b
J. Kay Medical Company
Saratoga Springs, N
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