Wabash Offers Fast World’s Fair Tickets From Omaha
The Wabash lines advertise round trip from Omaha at 850 for 7 days and 1380 for 15 days with travel to the World’s Fair. The railroad claims main entrance access and baggage check to the fair station, urging agents to route through Wabash and noting low southern rates. Also includes unrelated ad copy on eye remedies and a provincial saying about self made women.
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Omaha
Wabash
Farnam St
Harry E. Moores
Gen
Wab. R. R
Neb
Happy Women Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills Claim
Mrs Pare of Glasgow Kentucky praises Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble back pain and abnormal secretions. She reports regaining normal color reduced inflammation and relief from scalding sensation after use. Sold by all dealers 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Pare
C. B. Pare
O F Glasgow
Dean
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Glass Bottle Market Toursville Largest in Country
Toursville hosts the largest glass bottle market in the nation drawing buyers and sellers to a centralized trading hub. Industry demand and production trends reflect a robust market with wide variety in bottle styles and sizes.
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Toursville
Facts About the Coinage and Mint Practices
The director of the Mint explains old and new coin issues via circulars. The Mint buys rare colonial coins in fine condition for its cabinet, but not ordinary money. mutilated coins are purchased as bullion. No pattern pieces are sold and no premium is paid for returned coins. New coins require congressional authorization and only current issues are minted. Historic coins like the 1849 private gold strikings and several ceased denominations are noted. Mint marks indicate place of mint, with Philadelphia lacking a mark and other mints using letters such as C CC D O. Authorized coins include several gold and silver denominations. proof sets cost 3850 dollars for gold and 1.50 dollars for silver and minor coins. When idle, medals may be struck from dies supplied by others at cost plus metal value.
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Mint
United States
Congress
California
Philadelphia
Charlotte
N. C
Carson City
Nev
Dahlonega
New Orleans
San Francisco
A Lost Pocketbook Sparks Crowd Bidding at Races
At Overland Park Denver a bookmaker interrupts a speaker to announce the loss of a $500 pocketbook. A running sideshow of bids erupts from the crowd with sums rising from 50 to 150 dollars as the purse owner and audience react with laughter.
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Overland Park
Denver
Lace Overalls As Holiday Garments Stir Fashion
A New York Press summary notes lace overalls promised as holiday wear, with initial shock giving way to a simple drop shirt outcome. The fashion piece reports a West End draper displaying lace department specials for ladies, while readers anticipate milady’s American adoption.
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Milady
Manhattan
West End
New York Press
Risk All for One Warm Kiss in Sabine Style
A verse excerpt extols taking peril for love in a bold Sabine vein. It invokes Romeo and tragic heroines Juliet Portia Desdemona, praising ardor that defies danger and ends in a rapt, deadly bliss and a revival kiss.
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Romeo
Juliet
Portia
Desdemona
The Tailor’s Waterloo
A distressed customer refuses payment for a current suit, insisting the tailor must fix a poor fit. The exchange turns sour as the customer threatens to expose the tailor’s poor work and withhold payment until satisfaction is achieved.
All Up-to-Date Housekeepers Use Defiance Starch
Advertisement extols Defiance Cold Water Starch as superior with extra ounces for the price. Warns readers to beware of loose dogs and tight men.
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Marine
Alleye-Ile
Glass Bottle Market
Alma Pratt
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia KE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lyna
Mags
SKF
Burns
Joaquin Miller
Admiral Schley
Peruna Drug Co
Columbus
Ohio
W. S. Schley
Santiago
Nis
Sedley
Schley
Schicy
Feruna
Cervera
Peruna
Admiral
Slicker
A. J. Tower CO
Boston, U.S
A. Tower Canadian Company, Limited
Toronto, Canada
Great Britain
Ireland
London
Vatican
Rome
Mother Gray
Mother Cray
New York
A. S.olmsted
LeRoy
Lewis
Peoria
Ill
Western
Canada
Canaan
Ottawa
Sennett
New York Life Building
Sinola Central Railroad Company
Chcwlar No
Dubuque
wWa
J. F. Merry
Defiance
TRE Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Undoma Company
Handy Blueing Book
The
Handy Blueing Book Co
E. Lake St
MABE
Arbuckle-Goode Commission CO
Olive Street
St. Louis
St. Jacobs
Putnam
Carter
Sherman & McConnell Drug
Dodge
Omsha
Meena Thompson
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