Local notices and ads reflect community concerns
Local notes praise businesses and services while warning against tampering with postings. Chambers of commerce promote Chamberlain’s remedies and Parrot’s Studio. White’s restaurant Warsaw offers meals, while Warsaw School of Music and Northern Indiana Normal push direct factory piano sales and a ban on football. Insane asylum funding and new facility discussions appear with Columbus and Anderson as applicants. Regular bowel health advice cites Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets sold by Chas. Rager.
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Chamberlain
Chas. Rager
Destruction of Lung Germs Compared to Cheese
An advertisement explains a germ destroys the lung as mold destroys cheese. It promotes Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a food to restore strength, mentioning a free sample offer and the price of 50 cents and $1.00 from Scott & Bowne in New York.
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Scott
Silver Lake Corn Prices Stimulate Local Trade
Silver Lake’s board of trade featured a corn competition between Stout and Son and John Olinger. Prices moved from 32 to 34 1/2 cents per bushel, benefiting farmers with abundant yields. The era’s corn crop is described as highly valuable with yields averaging about fifty bushels per acre, offering good income for twenty to thirty acres.
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Silver Lake
Board of Trade
Stout & Son
John Olinger
The Best Plaster A Pain Balm Cure Claim
An old advertisement touts a plaster made with flannel dampened by Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It claims fast relief for back pains chest pains and rheumatism after a single application. It promises superior results to any plaster and urges trial for prompt satisfaction.
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Chas. Rager
Public sale location misprint puzzles readers in Claypool
A confusing notice in the Claypool Weakly Reporter announced a public sale “three miles north and one mile south of Claypool” sparking questions about the actual site. The Omaha? Nickel Plate route change discussion follows as locals grope for the correct coordinates.
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Claypool
Warsaw
How to Cure Croup According to Mr Gray
Mr R Gray of Amena Duchess County says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is the best medicine for croup. He notes it safely prevents attacks if given early and should be kept at hand for instant use when hoarseness appears. Sold by Chas Rager.
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R. Gray
Amena
Duchess Co
Ixin
Chas, Rager
PAIGE
Sue Arbe Sas SU
Akron Savings Bank
Second National Bank of
Akron
Ohio
Smyth
Akron Sewing Machine & Bicycle GO
The American hen produced 13 billion eggs in 1900
A 1900 estimate notes the U.S. hens would lay about 13 000 000 000 eggs that year. If stacked, the eggs would form a column about 461 648 miles high, near twice the moon's distance. The value rivals coal in minerals. Also promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Tiger Tablets for stomach and liver relief.
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United States
How to Wash Kitchen Cloths for Cleanliness
Daily washing keeps cloths free from grease and odors. Use knitted cotton squares and add a teaspoon of Gold Dust Washing Powder to hot water to cut grease and clean them in half the time, then dry in the sun and air.
Sunday Round Trip Fares on Big Four Train No 21
Tickets go on sale each Sunday for round trips on the Big Four line to all stations. Train No 21 departs Warsaw at 5 15 am with stops at Claypool 5 28 am and Silver Lake 5 35 am. Return on No 26 arrives Silver Lake 8 45 pm, Claypool 8 53 pm, Warsaw 9 10 pm.
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Warsaw
Claypool
Silver Lake
Odd cat-raiser of San Francisco keeps rats at bay
An eccentric resident in the business district feeds and trains 150 to 200 cats daily. He markets cat services to warehouses and stores for rat control, storing meat and fish for the felines and collecting a monthly fee for their work. The man, Schnier, describes his unusual trade and his pets’ role in keeping pests away.
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Schnier
San Francisco
Kitty
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New York
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the City
Alvin Bowen
Chas. L. Pettis & Go
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J.L. Arthur
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Hibbard
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