Tecumseh lantern contract awarded and council plans
Tecumseh lets contract for a lighting plant and hires John Martz of Seward as consulting engineer. The Tecumseh council authorized machinery purchases and an addition to the power house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tecumseh
Boettcher
Young Men's Christian Association
Chadron
Mauch Chunk
Ott Stevens
Arapahoe
Joe Tyrrill
Moore
Holbrook
Ashland
John McLaughlin
Oklahoma City
Calvin Chapman
Otoe County
Nebraska City
Mary Moffitt
Seward County
Seward Blade
Valentine
John Martz
Seward
Springfield
Greene
Eastern Hospital For Insane
Kankakee
H. Douglas Singer
Northern Hospital For the Insane
Norfolk
Neb
State Psychopathic Institute
M Johnson
Manley
Peter Coon
Johnson
Frank Jams
St. Paul
Richard Dibble
Beatrice
Gage County
Blue River
State Labor Bureau
Railroad and Express
Douglas County
Fisherman Adams Letter Delays Massachusetts Case
A Massachusetts case is postponed when John Quincy Adams, famed for fishing and light on the law, sends a letter to the judge. The note, later revealed, asks to continue the case until Friday, citing Isaak Walton and fishing as the reason. The anecdote frames Adams as humorous and devoted to fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
Adams
Isaak Walton
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain Says Farmer
James R. Keeler of Fenner Street Cazenovia New York reports fifteen years of back and kidney trouble improved from the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills with two boxes restoring him to good condition. He cites wife and friends also benefiting and recommends them. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Keeler
Fenner St
Cazenovia
N. Y
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Feet Out and Cold Nights Cue Coffee Switch to Postum
A South Dakota woman explains persistent restless legs and night twitching improved after abandoning coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee. She reports sleeping soundly with extra bedding and no nightly jitters, calling Postum “absolutely worth its weight in gold.” The letter adds a plug for the health booklet The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Dak
Wellville
Gift Not All a Gift Generosity Purely by Accident
A missionary bishop recalls novelist F Marion Crawford as a boy in Concord. He tried to fit a silver dollar into a missionary box top and the coin crashed through. The boy fainted, and the clergyman and family rejoiced over his generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Marion Crawford
Crawford
Concord
Cuticura Remedies Praised For Eczema and Poison Oak
A nursemaid discusses how Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills cured a girl with eczema in six weeks and healed a boy’s poison oak in three weeks. She credits the remedies over doctors and cites Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Walden's Ridge Tenn as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Vincent Thomas
Fairmont
Walden's Ridge Tenn
Allen's Foot Ease advert boosts relief for sore feet
An old advertisement proclaims Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for swollen hot and aching feet. The trial package costs 25 cents and is sold by A. S. Olmsted of Roy, New York, with no substitute. Goldsmith quote on riches closes the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
FRIBE
A. S. Olmsted
Roy
N. Y
Goldsmith
Advertisement fragment readies medical and tobacco promos
A fragmentary ad block touts Krause's Headache Capsules at 25c from Norman Lichty Mfg. Co Des Moines and Lewis' Single Binder cigarettes at 5c with lines about thinking en enlightenment and a quote by Secker. It includes dealer mentions Peoria and a generic tobacco pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krause
Norman Lichty
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Physicians Endorse Castoria For Health and Safety
Hall's Journal of Health reports Castoria as harmless and safe for infants and children. It praises Castoria as a substitute for Castor Oil and notes it does not contain opium or narcotics while aiding digestion and calming nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateman
Godfrey
Hall
Journal of Health
Chas. H. Fletcher
B. Halstead Scott
Chicago
Iils
William Belmont
Cleveland
Ohio
J. H. Taft
Brooklyn
R. J. Hamlen
Detroit
Mich
Fletcher
Wm. J McCrain
Omaha
Neb
J. R. Clausen
Philadelphia
Black Hod Carrier Earns Double Wages In Kentucky
A Kentucky Black worker earns double wages by doing the work of two men. He carries 40 to 50 bricks at a time on a board balanced on his head while climbing to high building tops.
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Nebraska
W. W. Leekins
Falls City
Minneapolis
Titus
Auburn
York College
York Business College
Judge
William Crookes
Krowalski and
Moscicki
Freiburg University
Miss Cayenne
Qak
Secker
Castoria
Ohl Dessmutzpuoker
Fac Sinwe Signature of
New York
Centaur Company
Putnam
AGO OE Drug CO
Quincy
Illinois
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. James
Chester
James Chester
35Th St
Pinkham
L. Douglas
W. J. Douglas
Pena
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
Kansas City Southern
Missouri
Arkances
Indian Territory
Louisiana
E. Roesler
Immigration Agt
Kansas
S. G. Warner, Gen’ Pass. Agt
MK. C. S. Ry
Defiance
A.N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
W. Adams Street
Hever Faile
Becahan Bros
Dea Malues
Tae
Thompson
Ill
Blanche E. Stephanon
Ladies Advisory Dept
The
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
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