Wabash Offers Cheap Summer Passes to World's Fair
Special fares from Omaha to St Louis via the Wabash Railway with return within seven days of sale. Tickets dated July 8 and 25, with through routing via Wabash to the World's Fair grounds. Train times City and Union stations listed, with reduced summer rates to eastern and southeastern destinations. For details contact Wabash city office or A P D Harry E Moores. Facts in the case twelve bottles of beer.
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St. Louis
Omaha Union Station
Council Bluffs
St. Louis Union Station
Omaha
Wabash City
Farnam Street
Harry E Moores
A. P D
Rosebud Indian Reservation
South Dakota
Chicago & North- Western Railway
Chicago
Bonesteel
Do You Want the Lowest Fares East by Erie Trains
Advertisement from Erie Railroad Company Chicago inviting inquiries at 555 Railway Exchange for lowest fares one way or round trip to eastern points. Three daily trains from Chicago and St Louis to New York Boston Buffalo Pittsburgh with free stopovers at Niagara Falls Cambridge Springs and Chautauqua Lake. Also notes local weather folklore about bats and rain tomorrow.
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Chicago
St Louis
Erie Railroad Company
555 Railway Exchange
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Niagara Falls
Cambridge Springs
Chautauqua Lake
Allen's Foot-Case Powder Ad
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Case powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures swollen hot sweating feet corns and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. Sample sent free address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY. Kine when they assemble at one end of a field with their tails to windward often indicate rain or wind.
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Allen
Alan S Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Greek emi grants to U S reach over two million mark
Greek officials, bankers and public figures estimate that Greece received more than 1 930 501 93 dollars from Greek emi grants to the United States during 1903.
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Greece
United States
Home wart removal method with vinegar and soda
A simple remedy instructs applying a drop of vinegar to the wart then covering with carbonate of soda soaked up by the vinegar. Keep for ten minutes and repeat two or three times daily until the wart drops off leaving a small white mark.
Court Proofs Cheap Chocolate Fakes in Candy
Testimony in court shows that cheap chocolate candy contains no real chocolate. A substitute made from coconut oil extract is used for the cream and the outside is formed from ground cocoa husks sugar and sago.
Wife for Six Shillings In Tanganyika Goats
Wives in Tanganyika are portrayed as a luxury with prices ranging from five to six goats on the Tanganyika Plateau. At Is per goat, one wife costs six shillings, making a wife affordable in terms of livestock value rather than currency.
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Tanganyika
Zululand
Tanganyika Plateau
Wrong Track Diet Change Promises Strong Health Boost
A reader credits Grape-Nuts and cream with reversing lifelong digestive problems and restoring strength. He recalls poor appetite, loss of flesh, and eventual improvement after adopting the cereal, noting continued daily use and satisfaction. The advertisement urges readers to try Grape-Nuts and to obtain The Road to Wellville book.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
COLLEGIAN HAS BEST SHOW IN EDUCATION STUDY
The United States Bureau of Education estimates 14,794,403 men over 18 lack education 1,757,023. common schooling 12,951,335. high school 657,432. college 823,013. Who's Who biographies show education strongly affects likelihood of success, with college graduates most successful and self taught individuals least noted.
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Bureau of Education
United States Bureau of Education
Violets and Blossoms in a Puck Poem Note
A romantic excerpt from Clinton Scollard as printed in Puck extols violets and spring as symbols of a beloved. The lyric voice muses on scents, beauty, and enduring affection, linking flowers to the lover and to yearly renewal.
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Joy
Clinton Scollird
Puck
Congressman's Joke About Seeds Surfaces in House Laughs
Representative Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey shared a farmer tale where a letter requesting several garden seeds was sent with a postscript noting unused seeds found in the farmer's barn. The farmer declared he had enough seeds. The anecdote drew laughter during the talk.
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Fowler
Charles N. Fowler
New Jersey
High Prices for Old Snuff Boxes
A London Globe note highlights the Hawkins sale where snuff boxes dominate a £127,000 portion. A Louis XIV oval gold box inlaid with plaques and classical paintings fetched £1,050, illustrating the strong allure of antique snuff boxes and the high sums collectors pay.
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de Vertu
London Globe
Rules for Politicians in Indiana Dialogue
Democratic leader Taggart sets three deportment rules for politicians. First, never drink to avoid intemperance. second, never refuse a drink to avoid bad friendships. third, never worry about others unless it affects you.
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Taggart
Indiana
Jones Family Ages Inquiried In Quirky Exchange
A humorous exchange has Mrs Jones being asked about the ages of her children. The first child is reported as one year two months and eight days old, while the youngest’s age is uncertain, with Jones replying to ask his wife.
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Jones
Jenkins
King Peter to wear bronze cannon crown in Servia
King Peter of Servia planned a June 15 coronation but lacked a crown. A French jeweler would not credit him, so a cheap bronze cannon relic will be used for the ceremony once completed, making the crowning possible with a heirloom-style memento.
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Peter of
Servia
Dr Johnson on Marriage and Celibacy
The article reports Johnson’s view that marriage is beneficial for men while celibacy brings no pleasures. It notes his claim that marriage brings pains but overall benefits, contrasting with celibacy’s lack of pleasures.
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Dr. Johnson
World Population Estimated at 1 03 300 000
A German statistician publishes an exhaustive study estimating the world population at 1 03 300 000. The figure is presented as the current total in a concise demographic note.
Population Boom Across Europe in Past Century
The article notes Europe's population more than doubled from 1800 to 1900, with Latin nations in the west and southwest contributing significantly to growth, while eastern regions lag due to slower adoption of modern civilization ideas. It cites statisticians and highlights uneven regional progress.
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Europe
Iss
Mountain Sickness Observed on Kaneeheriunga Ascent
D W Freshfield reports on a mountaineering ascent of Mt Kaneeheriunga with friends noting mountain sickness most affects climbers between 15 000 and 16 000 feet and no rise in symptoms up to 20 900 feet.
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D W Freshfield
Mt. Kaneeheriunga
Her Whipping Position Among School Applicants
A Kansas town school admits a young woman applicant after she is asked about whipping children. She replies that her usual position is on a chair with the child across her knee face downward, and is hired.
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Kansas Town
Saved Child's Life by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Sedgwick Arkansas July 11 A father recounts how his son, once swollen and unable to walk due to dropsy, recovered after taking thirty five Dodd's Kidney Pills over eight days. He claims the medicine cured the boy and restored his ability to run and dance. A stray note mentions dogs sensing rain.
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Sedgwick
Ark
W. S. Taylor
Dodd
Colorado Midland Railway Promises Scenic high Standard
A travel notice touts Colorado Midland Railway as the highest standard gauge line with top scenery. It advertises exceptionally low summer round trip rates to interior Colorado, Utah, California, and the Northwest and directs readers to Mr. C. H. Speers in Denver for details. A brief line on undying affection closes the snippet.
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Colorado
Utah
California
Colorado Midland Railway
Northwest
C. H. Speers
Denver
Colo
Is It Worth While to Travel for Low Rates and Good Service
An ad style clump promotes Erie Railroad information for Summer Tours and Chautauqua Lake Region visits. It cites Defiance Starch quality and quantity, local tobaccos from Lewis, and homeopathic fee joke. Various lines imply promotions, contests, and retail remarks.
Browning's Wonderful Sight and Miscellaneous Notices
Curious anecdotes on reading tiny print with a saber end and writing Horace on a small slip, plus disjointed references to maritime fiction and grand distances. The item also includes a sworn notice of partnership payment terms, a medical claim for a catarrh cure, and an advertisement promising Stanton health products.
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Royal Academy
Alma Tadema
Robert Moorein
Coe Exele
Horace
Teven the House Painter Brings Extra Coat in Cold Weather
Teven the house painter adds an additional coat as cold weather grips the area. Local contractors warn of delayed outdoor projects and urge homeowners to prepare for potential frost impacts.
Defiance Starch Co Offers Exposition Tickets to 25 Women
The Defiance Starch Co offers 25 round trip tickets to the St Louis exposition awarded to five women in Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri who send in the most Defiance trade marks from a 10 cent 16 ounce package. Mail entries to Omaha Neb by Sept 1 1904. Tickets mailed Sept 5 by registered mail.
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Defiance Starch Co
St. Louis Exposition
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Defiance
Omaha
Neb
Winchester exhibit at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The Winchester Repeating Arms Company from New Haven showcases its guns and ammunition at the St. Louis fair opening day. Visitors can view the automatic Popadjilig rifle, shotguns, smokeless powder shells, and rifle cartridges at the Manufacturers and Fish and Game Buildings. An unrelated punchline notes a dentists organization.
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St. Louis
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
New Haven
Conn
This Will Interest Mothers
This ad promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children used in the Children's Home New York. It claims to cure feverishness bad stomach teething disorders move and regulate the bowels and destroy worms sold by druggists 2 cents address A S Olmsted LeRoy New York. Rain is expected if cocks crow late and early clapping their wings.
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Mother Gray
New York
A. S. Olmsted
Leroy,n.y
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