Glittering show girl era fades with season end
The New York Sun notes the glittering show girl era is ending after the current season. Once a vogue for three seasons she displaced many musical comedy stars, but now she must retreat from the front. The show girl, a refined chorus figure in long dresses, could command audience attention and strike an air of personal importance.
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New York Sun
Prixiam
Lydia Pinkham
Irene Crosby
East Charlton St
East
Savannah
Parson Quiets Sermon As Church Fires
The sexton warns the church is on fire and the parson orders calm. He directs the congregation to wake up and pass down aisles while the other side moves, interrupting the sermon to address the emergency.
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John
The Ont Wonder Seed Offer From Hfth Growers
An editor notes a marvel from John A. Bulzer Beed Co La Crouse Wistttes wtiff straw with white heavy ears and plump kernels. The notice promises a sample of this Oat Wonder along with other farm seed samples and a big catalog in exchange for sending the notice and 100 in stamps to the address. The claim cites yield 250 to 310 bushels per acre in 1908 across 40 states.
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John A. Bulzer
Beed Co
la Crouse
PTAMI
W.N. UD
Herb datum stramonium Reveals Secrets in New Caledonia Tale
A New Caledonian herb named datum stramonium is described as revealing a person’s hidden money when a tea made from its white flowers and rough berries is drunk. The account notes robbers use the tea as a knock off drop to locate treasure, as discussed in the current Annals of Hygiene and Colonial Medicine.
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New Caledonia
Wabash Special Rates to Winter South Resorts
The Wabash announces daily round trip specials to southern winter resort destinations with reduced fares plus 2.60 for first and third Tuesday of each month. The line operates from Omaha Kansas City Des Moines St Louis and Chicago with through connections to Detroit Toledo Niagara Falls and Buffalo. For details contact H E Moores Ontario Nebraska. An unrelated note denounces women’s dress norms.
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Hell
Main
World's
Fair Grounds
Omaha
Kansas City
Des Moines
Chicago
Detroit
Toledo
Niagara
Falle
Buffalo
Wabash
For
Harry. E. Moores
A. P.D
Ontario
Nebr
Defiance Starch and Local Ads From Sioux City
An OCR fragment shows a local advertising page noting crop payment offers for several choice farms with J. Mulhall of Sioux City Iowa, plus mentions of Defiance Starch and Putnam Dyes. Also includes quips about brideswear, teething remedies, and celestial dreams with brief promotional blurbs.
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Bend
J. Mulhall
Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska Notes Mixed with Local CrimEs and Trade
Nebraska notes report Fritz Hecker fatally injured by a corn shredder after a hand injury. Dodge county wheat may be light without snow. Land prices rise in the Wausa region and thefts plague Nebraska City cellars. A Beatrice cold storage contract goes to Louis Werner. Beatrice. Sheriff actions in Saline county yield egg counts. Beatrice Express ends Too Late to Classify. New Omaha group called Christian Volunteer Warriors forms. Kearney city payroll cuts and mayoral salaries. A Fremont dog attack prompts a fatal response. Dodge county cattle sale nets up to 18600 dollars. Frederick Riggert’s aged horse case. Nebraska City finds meat storage in an old distillery stack. Douglas county flood protection plans cost 250000 dollars. fascines debated. Havelock cement signal posts tested. tramway signals to be upgraded. Cobbey statutes dispute at the state house. legal process continues. Wolves threaten Riverside cattle in Cheyenne county. A railroad overland journey shows a winter travel risk. Americans moving to Western Canada praised for wheat and land prospects. Canada’s grain trade praised. Liverpool and Dominion markets discussed. New sash ribbons feature bold flowered silk designs. Hash canteen trials among troops praised.
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Nebraska City
Edquist
Douglas County
West Bank
Omaha
Burlington Carpenter Shops
Havelock
Supreme Court
Stonebraker
Secretary of State
Cobbey
State House
Riverside
Cheyenne County
Pat Rowland
Fremont
Norfolk
Local Physician Endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills in Ark. Column
Yorktown Arkansas physician Dr Williamson endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills, citing reliable relief for kidney ailments. A patient case is described of Mr A H Cole age 31 with kidney pain fever and pus in urine, treated with water intake purgatives and Dodd's pills, resulting in complete cure in four weeks. Also notes Defiance Starch value and packaging.
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Yorktown
Ark
Beland Williamson
Dodd
A H. Cole
Williamson
Newlywed Couple Mocked by Husband and Wife
Dialogue shows Mrs Newlywed lamenting ignorance about wifely duties and Mrs Elderly teasing. They joke that neither is educated in marriage after a year, quipping about divorce status. The sketch uses light humor to poke at marital roles and ignorance.
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Richard
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Remedies
Caution against using catarrh remedies containing mercury. It warns that mercury damages health through mucous surfaces. Recommends Malis Catarrh Cure by Ph. Cheney & Co Toledo as mercury free and taken internally. Mentions F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo manufactured product with testimonials available from druggists.
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Ph. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Draggiste” Price
Lake Lal
Burly Farmer Rebukes Confidence-Man in Farmyard Altercation
A burly farmer rebuked a confidence-man by kicking him over a fence and beating him. The victim, gaining courage, asked if the man was hurt and noted the incident shattered his confidence.
Seed company yields proposed for 1904 crops attract farmers
An advertisement touts Salzer's seeds with sensational per acre yields for 1904 including 120 bushels barley, 310 bushels oats, 14 tons hay and 160000 pounds of rape per acre. It urges readers to mail 10 cents and request the Salzer Seed Co catalog from La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Saizer
Rs ‘Utalog
Inditu
Ohio
Mitch
Salzer
Victoria
Salzér
Mr. Farmer
Salszer
John’ A. Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Wisconsin
Defiant Starch and Fashion in a District Talk
A stream of social vignettes and facetious asides on marriage, fashion, and courtship unfolds through banter about women handling business, corsets, gowns, and dresses. The dialogue toys with gender roles and humor as it sketches local life and witty exchanges.
Doctor’s Coffee and His Daughter Matched Relief Says Doctor
Grafton West Virginia physician describes vertigo heart palpitations and nervous derangements improving after stopping coffee and using Postum He notes his daughter with indigestion gained relief and reports others share favorable outcomes He endorses Postum as coffee substitute and predicts wider use Batue Creek Michigan promotes a booklet inside each package
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Grafton
Mrs. Long
Tretoad-toe-Wellville
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Nebraska Notes
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Wausa Gazette
Institute For
Beatrice
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Scribner
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