Trade At Home and the Mail Order Threat
An article urges local merchants to advertise to counter booming mail order houses. It argues consumers gain little from mailed goods while home merchants lose sales. emphasis on advertising, local pricing, and newspaper use to retain customers. It cites Minnesota’s food commissioner and urges persistent, weekly ads and mailings to defend local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward K. Slater
Minnesota
Retailers’ Journal
Chicago
Weiey
Engineers Overlook Earthquake Risk in Sea Level Canal Debate
The engineers favored a sea level Isthmian canal stressed stability not quake resistance. In light of San Francisco, earthquake risk gains importance as Nicaragua’s susceptibility was a major objection, while Panama’s risk remains uncertain though not inherently earthquake prone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Nicaragua
Panama
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Impossible collision hints at a merger
The exchange frames a paradox where an irresistible force meeting an immovable body yields a merger. The joke underlines a legal tone with a courtroom twist, presenting a concise quasi-mathematical dispute as a punchline.
Astonishing land values in history across continents
The article surveys remarkable land bargains and gifts over centuries in the United States, Canada, and beyond. It highlights how vast tracts were granted or sold for tiny sums, yet generated immense income or value, citing Manhattan, Pennsylvania lands, Hudson Bay territories, Liverpool, and Johannesburg as notable examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
James I
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Lord Stirling
William IV
Manhattan Island
Trinity Church
Pennsylvania
America
William Pinn
Charles II
Penn
Hudson Bay
Liverpool
Sml
London
Charles I
Johannesburg
Pratt
England
Forecasting Big Floods In The Mississippi River Valley
In early 1897 telegrams issued across 100 cities warned of an imminent Mississippi flood signed by Washington weather officials. Citizens in Cairo New Orleans and towns along the river ignored the warnings until the flood arrived, inundating 13000 square miles and threatening vast property. About 15 million dollars in value was saved by those who heeded the alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
J. BE
Watkins
Weather Bureau
Washington
Cairo
New Orleans
Escape provokes charge against Armstrong
The charge against Armstrong, who escaped while being taken to jail, alleged he got at large whithersoever he would to the great hindrance of justice and to the evil example of all others in the like case offending against the peace of the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Thoroughly Professional Note Sparks Wedding Plan
A Milwaukee Sentinel quote hints at a nurse identified as a professional who will marry once the groom can settle the arrangement. The exchange emphasizes urgency and social expectations around marriage in the era. The fragmentary report conveys a glimpse of personal lives within a public newspaper note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Sentinel
Catarrh Cure Claim Promises Nationwide Reward
An advertisement touts a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure that Mutts Gatarrh Curo cannot treat. The copy names FOI.CUBNET & CO of Toledo and touts long history, urging readers to buy WaLossa Kinway & Mawson Wholesale Qragelsts products. A Boston Herald item is cited about physicians and a Salem, Mass group discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOI
Cubnet & CO
Tuledo
Snegs
Moarta
Bis
WaLossa Kinway & Mawson
Tlal
Wake
The
Boston Herald
Salem
Mass
Hte
Incoherent quote on ancestry and Darwinism prompts debate
Fragmentary passage questions aristocratic lineage and Darwinian theory. The speaker mentions Yeben and Poe as acceptable, then hints at American identity and pride in a scattered, opinionated tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeben
Poe
Statesman vows close personal attention to investigation
A Washington Star quote shows a statesman pledging tight, personal focus on an ongoing investigation to prevent any unwanted developments. A separate Success Magazine remark links nerve health to thinking and ambition, noting health governs aims and ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Statesman
Washington Star
sSuccess Magazine
Diverse patent remedies and ad blurbs from a vintage page
A collage of old advertisements touts foot powder for sore feet and sweating feet 25 cent trial offers free addresses in New York and Le Roy. Also promotes Garfield Ten Lewis single binder cigars Winslow soothing syrup for teething and wind colic Garfield Tea for constipation headaches and liver issues. A quip about patience and cathedrals ends the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Fragmented OCR News Snippet From Brachtoa NY
A garbled passage references a herb cure and a person named Garfiehl in Brachtoa New York. It mentions being right to avoid enemies and hints at a legal or medicinal context but lacks clear events or details.
Waited to a shadow but found a cure after fifteen years
A. H Stotts from Columbus Ohio credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing fifteen years of kidney trouble heavy backaches and urinary disorders after a collapse and ten weeks bed rest. He bought twelve boxes at 50 cents each and weighs 188 pounds two years later. Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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A. H Stotts
State Capitol
Columbus
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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Cardy
Cardus
Wonder City
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Ozarks
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W. S. ST. George
ST. Louis, MO
G. A McNott
Blossom House
Kansas City, Mo
Railroms
Tor
Ottawa
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Nebraska
Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington, D
Thompson
Panama Canal
Unite States
Doctors
Allen
Garfield
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Uife
Voces
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W.L. Douglas
Monto
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Douglas Stone
W L.douging
W. EL. Douglas
Brockton, Man
Paige
Price
Chas. H. Fletcher
J. W. Dinsdale
Alexander E. Mintie
Cleveland
Ohio
J. S. Alexander
Neb
J. A. McClellan
Buffalo
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
C. H. Glidden
St. Paul
Minn
H. D. Benner
Philadelphia
J. A. Boarman
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn
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