Moody and Peruna touted by a Chicago jeweler and knight
A letter from Colonel Moody a Chicago jeweler and lodge member extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh and stomach issues after years of suffering. The piece cites others helped by the remedy and urges readers to try it, claiming lasting relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronel
T. P. Moody
Templar
United States
Buffalo
Chicago
Masons
Colonel Moody
Oriental Consistory Masons
Michigan
Moody
Pernuna
Resignation at Madison High School and Local Incidents
Prof Milo J Bowman resigns as Madison High School principal effective June. In other items, Lawrence Martin of Vincennes, 16, is missing possibly drowned in the Wabash River. William Barr of Muncie dies at work from pulmonary hemorrhage. Franklin County and Clinton County reports include a protective association formed, Nettie Seiler dies after straw fire, and various local agricultural and mining notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo J. Bowman
Madison High School
Lawrence Martin
Vincennes
Wabash River
Wiliam T. Barr
Midland Steel-Works
Muncie
Thrashermen
Clinton County
Samuel Paul
Hillisburg
Homer Wertz
Frankfort
Nettie Seiler
Bremen
Walter Neufer
Seed company ad touts hay yield and price in 19th century text
An advertisement from John A. Salter Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes hay production with figures like five to ten tons per acre and prices such as 50 pounds for 1.90 and 100 pounds for 2.00 plus freight. The piece also notes China’s vast inland waterway, remarking on its length of 2,100 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncle
Ffteen
Fistory
St. Joseph County
Tagerstown
Hos
Pot. Allen
Noblesville
Ao Committee of
Evtigens
Andrey
Feria Public Library
Suler
Ted
Beta
Purchos
Tuan
Terre Haute
Commercial Club
Gray
Rufus Janman
Kokomo
Clover Leaf Railway
Frank Canning
Oliver Canning
Muncie
Joseph Brunk
Greentown
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis. C
Lane's Family Medicine Daily Bowels Health Claim
A historical note claims Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels daily for health. It mentions liver and kidneys, cures headache, and lists price of 25 and Cc. The text also describes Nebraska streams with wild ducks and cheese and mentions many hunters in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Travel Offers
Advertises $323.00 trips to California Oregon and Washington via Chicago and Northwestern Railway from Chicago daily. March and April berth in tourist car costs £6.00. Excursions conducted Tuesdays and Thursdays from Chicago and Wednesdays from New England. Illustrated pamphlet on receipt of two-cent stamp from S. A. Hutchison Manager 212 Park Street Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Persoosity
New England
S. A. Hutchison
Lark Street
Comfortable Route to the Pacific via Nickel Plate Road
The Comfortable Way to Go is via the Nickel Plate Road and its connections for colonists bound for California the Northwest or North Pacific Coast during March and April 1902. It will be cheaper also than by other lines. See nearest agent or address C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind BR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate
California
Northwest
North Pacific Coast
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Woman's health testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
A grateful note from Miss Elizabeth Caine of Fond du Lac Wisconsin credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with easing eight months of suppressed menstruation and general debility. The letter urges other young women to seek the remedy and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elizabeth Caine
W. Division St
Fond du Lac
Wis
Woes of the Weather Man's Wife
A bride complains to her mother that her husband the weather man is a brute for predicting snow and cold. She mocks his thermometer reading as she plans spring dresses, noting 40 degrees below organdie in a Baltimore American citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Baltimore Amerran
More Factories Needed in Western Towns
The article argues for expanding manufacturing in Western towns, citing Unionville Missouri where the Putnam Fadeless Dyes Company operates a factory producing three million packages annually. It notes employment, a bustling post office, strong express and rail business, and benefits to the wider economy. It also references a sensational line about a mysterious death and a Col lier's Weekly sketch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
North
Missouri
Putnam Fadeless Dye Company
Putnam
Lee
Coughing Leads to Consumption Warns of Kemp's Balsam
An 19th century advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a quick cure for coughing claiming it stops the cough at once. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a sample bottle free and to buy 25 or 50 cent bottles, warning delays are dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
His Usual Criticism and London Skyscraper News
The dramatic critic Tawhkins vacations south and attends a lynching, calling it lacking action and incident. A printer ad urges Eagle Linen Paper for letter paper. London plans its first seven story faux skyscraper, likened to a fog-cutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tawhkins
London
Putnam Imperishable Dyes and Large Grain Barge Facts
An advertisement promotes Red Stross Ball Blue for whitening clothes sold by grocers and druggists. It notes the palm contains 2,500 pores per square inch and that pores joined would span about five miles. It also mentions a steel barge built for Great Lakes grain transport with a capacity of 72,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Territorial reports show extraordinary grain yields
Regina reports through the Agricultural Statistics branch reveal high actual threshing yields across the Territories. Notable samples include wheat from forty to forty five bushels per acre in Regina district and oats yields by J A Snell 28 000 bushels from 450 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Assiniboia
Canada
Agricultural Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Territories
Department of Agrculture
Territorial Department
J. A. Snell
Yorkton
W. R. Motherwell
Abernethy
Edmonton
T. T. Hutchings
S. Norman
Train Fares and Sleeping Cars to Pacific Coast Routes
The notice lists fares from Chicago to multiple destinations including Pacific Coast sections and western cities. It advertises fourist sleeping cars daily to the Pacific coast and invites inquiries to ticket agents or W B Kniskern at 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago for maps and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast ,Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victorian
Pacific Coast
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Granite cube crush test reveals 24 500 pound weight
A test shows it takes 24 500 pounds of force to crush two half inch cubes of granite. This measurement indicates granite strength and material performance under load in early testing.
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Perma
Peruna
Hartman
St. Joe County
Beradina Gente
Fransvill
Elizabeth Folz
Prox & Hrinkman Company
Terrey Coal Company
Geneva
Clinton District
Glendora
DC. W. Reynolds
Howard County
Frank Simms
William Campbell
Alexandria
Egias
Etya Mere
Corane
Basi
Pacreset
Ion Ine
Renee Trary
Sayon Aral
Exmnat Hergauanec
Wind
Zietscexira
J. Dolulas
Brockton
Maas
K&s
Me Geet
C&i Tire CO
Indsenapotis
Re AG Ug
ubLaaian
Cheney
Gee
Ushi
Ein Dus
Pawemiber
AL W. Gleasun
Aothy Palee
Catarris
Tyleaio
Biome
Hina
Oregon
Washington
Young People’s Christian Telerance Association
Elizabeth Aine
Fond du Lac, Wis
Charles
Collier’s Weekly
Gyuiy Cos
Preype Af
Seicuel Piyceer
LIS Vitek
New York
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Ayer
J. W. Fiala
Hadlyme
J.C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Amfass
A. J. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Western Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
F. Pedley
Ottewa
Can
Joseph Young
State Street Nast
Columbus
Ohio
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo
Michican
M. W. McInnes
Avenue Theater
Detroit
Jus. Griers
Sault Ste. Marie
C. A. Laurier
Marquette
E. T. Holmes
Indianapolis
Indiana
Government of Canada
New York City
Meyer & CO
Broadway
Bears
Castoria
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