New Train Service via The Port Arthur Route
Rail lines announce Omaha to Quincy Kansas City and St. Louis routes via Port Arthur. Trains arrive and depart Union Station Omaha with fall season cheap rates. Inquiries to Harry E B Moores C P T A 1415 Farnam St Omaha Neb. Also a quip about underground wires and a smoking lamp.
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Port Arthur
Omaha
Quincy
Kansas City
St. Louis
Union Station
Harry EB. Moores
Farnam St
Paxton
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cente Guaranteed
An old advertisement promises No-To-Bac tobacco habit cure for 50 cents, claiming it makes the user strong and pure. The note credits Samuel Johnson on a quotation about writers and advice, reflecting period interest in moral guidance.
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Samuel Johnson
Pen
Spain Industries and Peace Negotiations Leverage
A Madrid correspondence surveys Spain's industrial and commercial vigor before peace talks. Cotton textiles dominate employment with 80 million capital in machinery and 12 million in buildings, centers in Galicia Castile Leon Basque Valencia and Andalusia. Mataro leads cotton underwear exports, while prints and fabrics boast durable colors and wide exports to France Italy Germany and colonies. Leather goods shoes saddles harness and toys flourish, Barcelona housing many factories. glove hats toys fans passementerie and lace also notable with global reach.
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Madrid
Spain
Galicia
Castile and Leon
Basque Provinces
Valencia
Andalusia
Balearic Islands
Mataro
France
England
Italy
Germany
Belgium
Portugal
Morocco
Austria
Singapore
Barcelona
Seville
Almagro
Mauress
Murcia
Toledo
Cordova
Saragossa
San Sebastian
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Argentine
Uruguay
Africa
America
Gerona
Gloucester Sailor Mistake Battleship For Yacht
The Gloucester log recounts a dramatic scene as a Spanish battleship spots a distant ship. Mistaking an American auxiliary cruiser for a battleship, the commander orders action but discovers the vessel is a Yankee pleasure yacht repurposed for war. He then orders to run ashore and blow up.
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Pittsburg
Son Opens General Merchandise Store
A Chicago Dispatch note states a father confirms his son has opened a modest general merchandise shop. When asked about product lines besides bicycles the reply affirms entry into business with various goods as planned.
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Chicago Dispatch
Catching Cold Quip Echoes through Jones Debate
A quip from the New York Journal quotes Jones contrasting heat and cold. Heat travels fastest, not kept, while cold is catchable in jest. The remark frames a playful take on speed and warmth.
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Jones
New York Journal
Gold Rush Echoes From Forty Niners Past
An elderly former forty niner Adam Van Gundy recalls hardships of gold fever in the Kiondike era. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing chronic pain after failed prior treatments. Notary public testimony dated September 30 1597 seals his claim, urging belief in the pills.
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Eliffa
Kiondike
Descert
Land of
Goll
Adam Vangundy
Blutts
Wic
Inter
Dr. Williams
Avan Vangunpr
Ranklin C. Foxk
Tobacco Spit and No-To-Bac Ad Mix in Remnant
An assortment of old advertisements appears, including No-To-Bac tonic claims from Sterling Remedy Co and a Western Mercantile Co prompt for farm implements and goods at Omaha wholesale prices. The page also cites curing laxatives, a coin ad for Cancarets, and a quip about skeletons in closets from the Indianapolis Journal.
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Western Mercantile Co
Omaha
Neb
Leavenworth St
September magazines preview empire notes and war coverage
The piece outlines contents for September issues of Tit-Bits and Century, including end of the Spanish American War discussions, Porto Rico campaign accounts by John A. Church, and financial summaries by Charles A. Conant. It notes profiles of William R. Day, a Malay Pirates paper by Dean Worcester, and Havana era sketches from Jonathan Jenkins with topics like yellow fever and coffee planting.
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Spain
John A. Church
Army and Navy Journal
Charles A. Conant
Henry MacFarland
Washington
William R. Day
Judge Day
American Peace Commission
Dean C. Worcester
University of Michigan
Philippines
Porto Rico
Cuba
Jonathan §. Jenkins
Official reports of vast gold find in Aoterover area
Official reports indicate a rich gold prospect spanning about 160 miles in width and 600 miles in length, covering roughly 100 000 square units. The description suggests a major mineral discovery across a vast Aoterover region.
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Aoterover
Standards of Army Enlistment Grow Socialistic Tide
An article links socialism rise to standing armies where men enlist and grow discontented. It touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best remedy for costiveness dyspepsia fever ague and nervous troubles and urges trying one bottle. Folliere notes a lover seeks favor with the household pet dog.
Cascade of Beauty Claims from Cascarets Ad
An old promotional item touts Cascarets as a beauty aid for clear skin and clean blood. It promises reduced pimples blotches and a bilious complexion with low price treats ten to twenty five cents and a satisfaction guarantee at druggists.
Muco Solvent advert promises cures and agents
CURES GUARANTEED Book mailed free upon request. Mothers remedy easy to take safe and pleasant. No home secure without it. Croup Coughs Cols Fevers Quinsy Catarrh Diptheria Sore Throats all overcome by Muco-Solvent. Costs only 1 dollar worth its weight in diamonds. Write us Muco Solvent Co Chicago Il.
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Muco-Solvent Co
Chicago
Illusionary Claims and Patent Remedies Advertised
A garbled 19th century ad mix touts Dr Louis Weigert Co nostrums and nerve restorers, boasts free books and testimonials, and promotes various cultural quips. It lists products like Dr Kline s Great Nerve Restorer and Wall s Catarrh Care with lofty claims and dubious benefits, ending with a teetering moral about saving a penny.
Iowa Patent Office Report and Patents Issued
The Iowa Patent Office reports appointment of ag com missioners to revise patent law. It notes a Canada patent issued to M. Kehoe of Cushing for an evener. It lists several US patent applications including a scale beam attachment by McCawley and Gabriel and an eight-horse evener for Knee and Robinson of Humboldt. Also notes W F Cooks Des Moines brick kiln and offers free consultation.
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Iowa
P. S. Grogsacup
U. S
Illinois
Francis Forbes
New York
A. P. Greeley
Canada
M. Kehoe
Cushing
United States
McCawley
Gabriel
Des Moines
Knee
Robinson
Humboldt
S. Sanders
Fort Dodge
W. F. Cooks
Thomas G. Orwig & CO
Solicitors of Patents
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Brooklyn
Ayer
Ayer’s
Dr. Ayer
J.C. Ayer
Lowell
Maas
Detroit
Wing Remedy Company
Hostress
York
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Rue
Pisin
Mickel Loopa
Acorm Wanaka
Harding Street
Indianapolis
Ind
UA Agia
Spains Industries
CHIEF
Ddress Sterling Remedy Co
Indianapolis Journal
Danny Scot
Paddy
Folliere
Beauty
Louis Weigert
Dr. Kline
Arab St. Philadetpcie, Pa
Coe
Wall
Piso
C. L. Baker
Regent Sq
Phildelphia, Pa
Wilson
Edinburg University
Queen
Goshen
Edward W. Walker Carriage CO
Gossten
Indiama
Sapolio
Cnns
May Barouer
Fort Meyer
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Mercantile
Omine
Sone
BattleAx, Plug
Europe
Douglas St
Millard Hotel
Kay
WH. M.greker
Fairbanks Scales
Dr. Kay
Stark Trees
Louisiana
Stark
Rockport
Ipana Chemical Co
W.N.U. Omaha
Wee Cele Tere T. WL Roberts
Mownte, Oien
Zirsacs
Evane Chemion Ncimmatilo “Ma
Draggtats
Express
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