A Famous Old House of Walter Baker Co
Walter Baker and Co founded in 1780 on the Neponset river in Dorchester now runs the world’s largest cocoa and chocolate works. The firm maintains high quality at low prices, denounces fraud, and carries the La Belle Chocolatiere brand. Housekeepers should check for substitutions and request a free Choice Recipes booklet by sending name and address to 168 State Street Boston Mass.
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Walter Baker & Co
Neponset River
Dorchester
Boston
Walter Baker Company
la Belle Chocolatiere
Mass
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
State Street
Masa
Emigration plea from Assiniboia urged for Saskatchewan settlement
An Old Read quotes a Yorkton letter praising Assiniboia Western Canada as an ideal home. The writer argues spring relocation offers cheap land, thriving wheat, and growing towns with high-value buildings, urging readers to act before prices rise. Dominion government agents advertise new Saskatchewan districts opening at low prices.
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Yorkton
St. Paul
Minnesota
Western Canada
Assiniboia
John
Tick
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Saskatchewan
Dominion of Canada
Farm and market notes show mixed crops and livestock activity
Abundant vegetables and strong strawberry supplies contrast with poor oat prospects around Blossom Lamar county. Hail damaged crops in some areas. Texas tomatoes sold in St Louis at $1.50 per four basket crate. Numerous cattle shipments and sales reported from Dallas, San Angelo, and Waxahachie. Haymen organized in Van Zandt. imports include Angora goats from South Africa.
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Winsboro
Lamar County
Blossom
Texas
St. Louis
Col. C. C. Slaughter
Roswell
N. M
Marshall Field
Madison
Neb
W. C. Robertson
Howard County
Winfield Scott
H. C. Harding
American Pastoral Company
A. B. Robertson
New Mexico
J. W. Snyder
Georgetown
Col. W. E. Hughes
Denver
Dallas
Esseline
Montana
Continental Land Company
North Texas
van Zandt
Wills Point
H. C. Manning
E. E. Wright
Ennis
Richard Ward
Peoria
Hillsboro
Hill County
Waxahachie
Std
W. A. Briggs
H. A. Pierce
O. B. Sims
Taylor County
Oswald Wilson
Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Fort Worth
George Look
el Paso
San Francisco
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mexico
Landrum Bros
Laguna
Uvalde
South Africa
Jewel robber Houghton captured after dramatic escape
The English jewel thief Houghton eluded detectives across the country before fleeing into a traveling menagerie near Birmingham. He locked himself with two gray wolves, which refused to attack while a constable and keeper dragged him free. The chase showcases a melodramatic finish to a bold crime.
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Houghton
West Bromwich
Birmingham
Chicago Journal
Elder Ezra Mitchell of Weeping Water Dies at 93
Ezra Mitchell of Weeping Water died last week at age 93 from small pox. He had lived a long life and was known locally for his steady presence in the community. Interment details were not listed in the obituary fragment.
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Ezra Mitchell
Weeping Water
Buffalo Exposition Promises World Exhibits And Cures
Buffalo announces exhibits from around the world at the Buffalo Exposition which will intrigue attendees. It endorses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for pepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and nervousness and urges trials with a promise of cure and systemic toning effects.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Exposition
Hostetter
Winter Season Brings Hard Time for British Soldiers
The winter season has begun in South Africa and will continue until September, bringing tough conditions for British soldiers stationed there.
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South Africa
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Promotes Foot Powder Cure
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease as the only cure for swollen smarting burning and sweating feet coins and bunions. It recommends shaking the powder into shoes and notes 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with a free sample offer. The ad is signed Allen H Olmsted LeRoy New York. A bore is a man who has nothing to say and insists upon saying it.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Mrs Pinkham’s Advice Helps Women Seek Health
Mrs Chappell of Grant Park Illinois shares her success with Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad praises Mrs Pinkham for twenty five years of guiding women and offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Cure for Cancer and Blood Poison by Botanic Blood B B B
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for cancer and blood poison by supplying healthy blood. It claims effectiveness for ulcers, sores, swellings, and eruptions, with Dr Gillam of Atlanta offering treatment free after purchase. Endorsed by W M Endsley of Indiana in 1900.
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Gillam
Mitchell Sr
Atlanta
The Rabbit and the Tail-Bearer Saying
A light proverb notes that a rabbit keeps secrets poorly but its tale is not widely shared. The quip plays on the idea that gossip travels easily even when features are modest.
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Spain
J. K. Read
Paradise
Neill & Douglass of
van Alstyne
Sherman
Moore Bros. of
Bastrop
E. Lewis
Brownwood
San Angelo
J. F. Grant
Dallas Union Stock Yards
ofcLennan
J. F. Younkers
Aransas Pass
San Antonio
Geo. W. Johnson
Dixie Ranch
W. D. Nevels
Borden County
Wayes
Vancouver
Good Hope River
Alaska
Mrs, Pinki
G. H. Chappell
London
Piso
Wm O. Endsley
Vanburen, Ind
Jesse
Jesse French
Olive St
Beaumont Oil Field
Seven Quarters
F.m.gilbough
F. Adams
Sec’y & Treas
Galveston
Pine Street
Louis, Mo
Phelps Brown
Phelps Brows
Broadway
Newburgh
Thompson
Arbuckle Bros. Nation Department
New York City, N.Y
Russia
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