Umana jewelry store ad and varied notices from Chicago
An assortment of brief notices promotes Umana a jewelry art and cut glass shop at Fifteenth and Douglas with wedding stationery and cards available. Additional items include a fishing trap concept, a Chicago Board of Trade book offer, and commodity trading services for wheat corn and oats with specified lot sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umana
C S. Raymond Co
Fifteenth
Douglas Streets
Chicago
St. Louis
Installment plan makes marriage affordable says press
An Allegheny county justice of the peace offers marriages for 50 cents half down and the rest in weekly payments of 5 cents each. The installment plan is said to bring marriage within reach of all according to the Buffalo Express.
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Allegheny County
Buffalo Express
Embossed in Gold Souvenir Calendar Offer
Embossed in gold, Tur ComMrantoy's Souvenir Calendar for 1898 is showcased as a charming color work. New subscribers receive it at no extra charge and papers remain free weekly from setup through January 1893 and for a full year to January 189. The Youth's Companion advertises the calendar and prospectus, Columbia Ave Boston. Also notes veneer-cutting advances and Swanson Rheumatic Care ad. Do not wear bathing suits to Christmas parties.
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Tur
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes 20 for 5 Cents Offer
A local ad promotes Bmoke Sledge cigarettes at 20 for 5 cents. A household tip advises keeping a pan of water in the oven to prevent fowls from scorching.
Patent cure claims for catarrh by Cheney
An advertisement extols Hall’s Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy. It asserts catarrh is constitutional, promotes internal dosing, and offers one hundred dollars for any failing case. The ad promotes Druggists and The Yall’s Family Pills as best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney, & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J
Cheney & CO
Hood
New Wire Fence Device Fires Wires Simultaneously
A frame on a wheel carries three or more reels of wire with spindles to string multiple wires at once. The device setups for rapid fence construction, allowing concurrent winding and deployment of multiple strands.
Grain-O promoted as coffee substitute with grain base
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims broad appeal for adults and children, with the taste and appearance like coffee, at 15 or 25 cents per package, sold by grocers. A humorous line follows about 400 marriages a day in Texas and 800 souls with 400 thoughts.
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Texas
Free Information Promises Restored Vigor and Health
A mimeographed ad claims to restore full vigor after ten years of poor health without medical costs or payments. It promises free material with no doctoring and asks readers to mail a stamp to Lock Box 288 Chicago. It also extols a water basin in sick rooms and mentions Farrells Red Star Extract refund terms and chicken preparation tips.
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C.O.D
Chicago
Ill
Up-to-Date Hints on Peach Protection and Hemlock Use
Article summarizes Missouri Experiment Station findings on protecting peach buds from winter kill. Whitewash with lime milk mix proved 80 percent survival, others include shading, canvas covers, and earth layering. It also extols hemlock for farm building use, noting strength, rat resistance, and cost advantages in the West.
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Missouri Experiment Station
J. C. Whitten
Mississippi Valley
Horse numbers and prices report shifts 1889 to 1897
The Department of Agriculture notes Montana Wyoming Colorado New Mexico and western states show horse numbers rising from 1 479 768 to 1 972 532 through 1893. Average US horse price climbs from 59 86 in 1866 to 84 in peak. by 1893 declines begin, with 61 22 in 1893 and 31 51 at start of 1897. Exports to Europe grow, western herds shrink, ranges shift to profitable uses.
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Department of Agriculture
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
United States
Europe
Perach Growing in Georgia Expands Orchard Size
J H Hale, the Connecticut fruit grower, plans a major expansion of his Georgia orchard near Fort Valley. After boosting the trees from 100000 to 150000 last winter, 50000 more will be planted this fall, doubling the orchard to nearly 2 000 acres with emphasis on earlier peach varieties and Japan plums. The nursery now produces about 4000000 trees annually.
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Georgia
J. H. Hale
Connecticut
Japan
Fort Valley
Big Orchard
America
Southern Railway
New Exe preservative and grafting notes in old journal
A French method to preserve eggs uses a wax oil pomade to seal shells, claimed to keep eggs for two years in stable temperatures. A tale recalls 24 years of root grafts, frozen solid yet thriving, versus warm cellar stock. Feather eating in fowl is combated by a wire band on the upper bill, and soil preparation for tree planting stresses equal deep mixing to prevent water pooling and aid root life.
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M. Bournouf
California Poultry
Scenic Warrington California Excaratoria Sleeper Route
The Warrington Route California Excaratoria offers Thursday departures from Omaha via Denver and Salt Lake City to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Cars are modern tourist sleepers with through service, berths, and uniformed attendants. X ray dentistry shows teeth clearly, locating roots and fillings.
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Lincoln
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Denver
Salt Lake City
Burlington
J. Francis
Omaha
Neb
Poison and Patent Medicine Mentioned in Brief
The item notes malaria as a killer and promotes Hastetter's Stomach Hitters as a remedy that strengthens the system and combats dyspepsia constipation rheumatic and kidney issues. It also mentions a needle machine producing 1,500,000 needles weekly.
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Hastetter
Rand McNally seeks local representative no experience needed
Rand McNally & Co. of Chicago advertises for a local representative with no experience required. Suber at the Chicago office is the contact for those seeking a good salary and a path to a fine position. In Indiana, Indian mounds yield finds with stone axes once common in farming areas now scarce, leaving arrow heads as the more plentiful relic.
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Rand, McNally & Co
Chicago
Suber
Department of Rand, McNally & Co
Ills
Indiana
Railroad Receivers reject education for railroad youths proposal
A proposal from an eastern college professor offered to lease the B and O branch from Alexandria Junction near Washington to Shepherds on the Potomac to train boys in practical railroading as trainmen, firemen, engineers, and more. The Receivers declined the offer due to the branch's value.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Alexandria Junction
Washington
Shepherd’s
Potomac River
Capitol
Eastern College
Comet Temperatures Sparks Farce of Fevered Claims
A jumble of dated notices and odd assertions includes a claim that comets run hotter than iron, a mused cure for consumption with a Philadelphia address from 1895, speculation on women’s rights, a patent balm claim, and a toothing suggestion about restoring chairs with sweet oil and vinegar.
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Chicago Board of Trade
KR. J. Gaughery & Co
Kinko Building
The
Columbusa ‘Ave
Boston
Mage
London
Swanson Rheumatic Care Company
Atchison
Farrell
RED Star
Ayer
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co. Limited
Dorchester, Mass
Dr.Kay
Nellie Penoyer
Dr. Kay
Urbane
B. Kay
Cata
A. J. Tower
Mass
Berre
Nature
Jovasenon Necrsiy.Co
New York City
Cape
RIVES
Iowa
Ancut Horsen
Warrington
California
Folrson
Bank of England
Coe
Piso
C L. Baker
Regent Sq
Phiadelphia
Or. Sxay
New York
New England
Adams Street
Bentley
Olma Rey
Des Moines
Southern Homeseekers
Uiper
J. Merry
Manchester
Kellond
Louisville
Hatch
Cincinnati
Illinois Central Railrods
O’parrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C
B. & Ayn
Gneen
Alasta
GET
Edgar Tate & CO
B'dway
N.Y
W. N. Y. Omaha
St. Jacobs Oil
Russia
Star Tobacco
Thompson
McCrew
14Th & Farnam Sts
Nec
Haa
C. H
Mosby
Bowers Hil
New
Genete
Tay Toate
Rana Swanson
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