Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises $500 Cure
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as curing Leucorrhea and Female Weakness with over a third century of success. It offers $500 to any case uncured and promotes The Common Sense Medical Adviser and Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and bilious attacks. The copy urges trials and lists Buffalo, New York, as the address for the World’s Dispensary Medical Association.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Pierce
United States
Common Sense Medical Adviser
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Local Furniture Deals and Sales from Scott Bros and The People's Store
Multiple local ads promote Scott Bros. furniture and kitchen goods at 9 West Side with items like beds, chairs, and Go Carts. The People’s Store advertises spring waists, skirts, shoes, and men’s dress shirts at low prices from the northeast corner square, urging early Easter shopping.
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Scott Bros
West Side
People’s Store
Northeast Corner Square
Sullivan County
People’s
Regulations for Rural Free Delivery Carrier Appointments
New rules effective February 1 1904 require applicants to be 17 to 55 unless Civil or Spanish-American War veterans. Applicants must reside in the route area, own or buy a horse and wagon, prove physical fitness, and secure four patrons of good character plus five references. Bonds of 500 dollars for carrier and substitute, application in handwriting, oath, and medical certificate. Examinations managed by Rural Carrier Examining Board in Washington with local notices. tests likely held in Sullivan at the county center.
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Washington, D. C
Free Delivery Service
Sullivan
Card of Thanks to Sullivan Co Voters
William H Hi Jr expresses gratitude for voters support before and after the primary. He pledges to remain a standing candidate for business, noting loans on real estate, protection, fire and life insurance, and thorough abstracts. He credits patrons for his success and aims to continue serving the public.
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Sullivan Co
Wm. H. Hi, Jr
Barber Shop Quarantine Report Clarified Near Depot
Notice to my customers denies small pox quarantine at my barber shop near the E. T. H. depot. The author states they were not at the shop during illness and invites patrons and new customers to visit a clean shop.
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Lani
For Sale Elevèr and Timothy Hay Baled
For sale first class elevér and timothy hay baled. See the undersigned Mrs. Florence Higbee.
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Elevér
Timothy
Florence Higbee
Harvey Gott Sues Summit Coal for 5000 in Personal Injury
Harvey Gott by attorneys Riddle and Riddle sues Summit Coal and Mining Company for 5000 damages after a mine accident cut off a finger. Bays and Bays represent the defendant.
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Harvey Gott
Riddle & Riddle
Summit Coal and Mining Company
Gott
Bays & Bays
Sullivan Loan and Trust Co Mortgage pitch
Reasons to borrow from Sullivan Loan and Trust Co include large farm loans comparable to eastern insurance firms, easier privileges, immediate loan payoff on sale or mineral sales with no early release bonus, quick abstracts and papers, reduced red tape and delays, and supporting local business by borrowing at home.
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Sullivan Loan & Trust CO
Eastern Insurance Company
Providence School Term Closes With Community Dinner
The Providence school house in Turman township marked the term’s end with a big Friday dinner. Recitations and musical numbers filled the day. Miss Lou Stewart, current Providence teacher, will teach the spring term at Glendora.
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Providence
Turman Township
Lou Stewart
Glendora
Wreck on Illinois Central Disrupts Coal Train Service
A broken rail caused a west bound Illinois Central coal train to derail near Caledonia on a Sunday before noon. Cars piled up, the west bound passenger train was delayed fifteen hours while the track was cleared. No injuries were reported.
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Illinois Central
Caledonia
I. C
Electric Bitters touted as cure for disorders
Sober sales pitch asserts electric Bitters cure liver and kidney disorders. It promises relief from overwork sleep loss nervous tension and general breakdown and claims to dispel nervousness rheumatism neuralgia and malaria germs. Offered by Joe K Smock at 50 cents with guarantee.
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Joe K. Smock
Tragedy Averted by New Discovery for Lung Diseases
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio reports her child suffering pneumonia and a terrible cough. After doctors failed, Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption was tried and the child recovered. The ad claims it cures coughs colds and lung diseases and offers free trials and bottles priced 50c and 1.0.
Working Overtime
Dr. King's New Life Pills are promoted as a cure for indigestion biliousness constipation and related stomach liver and bowel troubles. The ad claims millions rely on the pills for round the clock health and notes they are safe easy and inexpensive at 25 cents at Joe K Smock's drug store.
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Dr. King
Joe K. Smock
World’s Fair Bureau Information Center at Terre Haute
The Vandalia Line ticket offices serve as free information bureaus for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. D. B. Steer at 658 Walsh Ave Terre Haute Ind conducts the bureau and provides hotel listings and rates along with other exposition information.
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St. Louis
It Saved His Leg Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Sore
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered a six month running sore on his leg but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed it in five days. The ad claims benefits for ulcers wounds and piles and promises a cure with a 25 cent price. Sold by Joe K Smock druggists.
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P. A. Danforth
Lagrange
Buck
Len
Joe K. Smock
Excursion and Special Train Fares Announced by E and T H R R
Indianapolis travelers receive round trip excursion rates of 3.00 for Southern Indiana Teachers Association event from March 31 to April 2, 1904 with sales March 31 and April 1 and return by April 1904. Winter tourist tickets to southern resorts offered through April 30 with return by May 31. Home Seekers and Settlers’ rates to south, southwest, and west listed with varied sale dates and return limits. W W Casto, Agent Sullivan, and D H Hillman AGPA Evansville, Ind.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Southern Indiana Teacher’s Association
South
W. W. Casto
Sullivan
D. H. Hillman
AGPA
Evansville
Property for Sale in Sullivan by Hazelrigg
A. E. Hazelrigg offers several quality pieces of property in Sullivan plus multiple farms ranging from 15 to 200 acres available for purchase.
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Sullivan
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York Weekly Tribune
J.M. Billman
Sullig
Iit
L. L. May
Gents
Indiana
Providence School
Sullivan € O., Loan & Trust CO
National Bank Building
C. H. Stratton Loan Co
Sullivan, Ind
St. Louis World’s Fair
Insurance, Loans and Real Estate
National Bank
Sullivan, Indiana
T. B. Shaffer & Co
Vandalia Line
D. B. Steeg
Terre Haute
A. E. Hazelrigg
Davis Hotel Block
Sullivan State Bank
Crowder Milling CO
E. E- Muenler
North Side Square
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