Revised Homestead Entry by Proxys Noted in Pamphlet
Government agents listed for homestead entry via proxy relatives and intake details. Notices include contact points in Canada and the United States with addresses in Paul, Wilertown South Dakota, Omaha, and Minneapolis. Also mentions The Sioux City printing plant and fur trade items with unrelated remarks about animal behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Scott
Trawi Canada
E. T. Holmes
Jackson St Paul
Ming MacLachlan
Wilertown
South’ Dakota
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Neb
Back Handed Munificience in a Kansan Church
A Kansas church reports a very small contribution from Old Mr Budd who humorously labels his penny as a large donation. A deacon whispers that the gift is generous while noting it is not a dollar but a receipt for kerosene the church forgot to reimburse for the year.
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Philadelphia
Pantic Leger
Kansan
Budd
Brother Dudd
Endeav
Toby
Moravi
Seth
Dak
Mont
Ida
Colo
Salter
John A. Sulzer Beed Co
la Crosse
Win
C. N. AL
Amy
Big Amy
GROVE
New York
WORN OUr WOMEN Will Find Encouragement in Mrs Merritt Advice
Mrs W L Merritt of Anoka Minnesota shares kidney pain relief from Dean’s Kidney Pills in a testimonial. The veteran ad notes a 50 cent price and poster millburn company in Buffalo New York. The piece blends other light social humor and financial column items with vague consumer notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millburn Co
Buffalo
Winslow Scors Stir Wrath and Inflammation Note
Fragmentary item mentions Winslow scores provoking wrath and inflammation. Vague references to cures and a bootie and a later quoted dialogue about kissing and calling mama with a young looking woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Colin Scount
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Advised by Well Informed
The Well-Informed of the world demand a simple massant laxative of known value. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, a trusted laxative praised for gentle yet prompt action. Buy the genuine product only from the California Fig Syrup Co with a 50 cent price per bottle.
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Bliair
Senna
California Fig Syrup Co
Movers Pack The Finest Household Furniture In Wagon
A pithy note claims even the world’s finest household furniture will appear diminished when loaded into a moving wagon. The quip underscores the cumbersome nature of relocation and the effort required to transport prized possessions.
Commissioner Smith Defends Standard Oil at Indiana Case Clash
The text recounts Commissioner Smith’s rebuttal to President Moffett of Standard Oil of Indiana in a dispute over freight rates. It argues Smith’s points are weak, explains tariff filing quirks from Dalton and Whiting, and contends the government’s pursuit is excessive punishment for a technical filing error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Knox Smith
Moffett
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Whiting
East St. Louis
Alton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Illinois
Smith
Dalton
Commissioner of Corporations
Lnes
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
St. Louis
Chicago and
Dolton
Chappell
Harvey
Illinois Central
Blue Island
Rock Island
Ilinois
Standard Oillar
Ter
Ritory
President Moffett
Landis
Fone
Judge Landis
Wing
Marietta
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Commonwealth
Tarbell
Standard
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Jo Kenesaw Landis
Woman Tricks Husband Over Clothes In Telegraph Tale
A fragment from the Telegraph recounts a dangerous plot where a wife deceives her husband about his recovery and boasts of selling all his clothes to fund his funeral. The dialogue hints at deceit and improvised schemes amid a tense domestic scene.
Fragmented Request Blurs The One Hundred Dollar Reward Tale
A garbled plea promises a hundred dollar reward for an ailment cured by Chaney Sten pet asteriy with many broken phrases and unrelated inserts about pills, seeds, and a classroom joke. Distinct names are scarce. the text reads like a patchwork of ads and anecdotes.
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Chaney Sten
Walding
Manvin
Toledo
Hall's Catarch
Cuticura Remedies Promised Eczema Cure in 1906
A fragment recounts two sisters cured of eczema on the scalp using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. It praises the remedies and cites a Morrison Illinois sender dated Oct 3 1906.
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Edith Hainer
Morrison
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Gains Praise From Dissatisfied Worker
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female ailments, featuring a Beaver Falls woman testimonial about regaining strength to perform heavy work. It also notes a Prince Edward Island fox farm and a Grant Co. poultry ad, with a cryptic closing line about aging and signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cntiar
Lydia E
Pink Vegetable CO
Shreayville
Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lydia EB. Pinkhan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Prince Edward Island
Atroauice
Grant Co
Dept
Grandfather's Cure for Constipation
An early 20th century advertisement extols Cascarets from the Sterling Remedy Company as a natural bowel exercise. It claims two hours of wood sawing or ten mile walks as cures and pitches Cascarets as the portable, gentle laxative to prevent reliance on pills or castor oil. The ad urges shoppers to buy 10 cent boxes, stamped CCC, and warns against bulk sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Company
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Western
Canada
Pater Tient Wererton
Ion
Bailronda
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Gioux City
Australia
N W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Evelyn
Loraine
London
New York Evening Poet
Great Britain
Transvaal
Bank of France
South Africa
France
India
England
Berlin
Board of Trade
Germany
Russia
Imperial Bank
St. Petersburg
Sloan's
Earl S.sloan
Bostin
Mass
Commissioner Smith
The
Standard Oil Co
Railway World
Philadelphia Ledger
Ignatius
Mulhall
Sioux City
St. Jacobs
Chile
W.e.douglas
Enor
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