Wabash Railroad Excursions Offer Low Rates This Fall
Greatly reduced rates advertised for home visitors excursions to Indiana Ohio and Kentucky with long return limits. Fares to Baltimore Little Rock and Detroit. Homeseekers trips to the South and Southeast on first and third Tuesdays monthly. Route via Wabash with city office in Omaha and agent Harry E. Moores. The Wabash advertises direct routes to World’s Fairgrounds with through connections and comfortable equipment including free reclining chair cars.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Baltimore
Return
Little Rock
Ark
Detroit
Mich
Wabash
Wabash City
Farnam St
Harry. E. Moores
Omaha
Nebr
Ana
Prima Donon High Tone Quotation Sparks Debate
A fragment notes a critic describing the Prima Donon rendering as rather uncertain in high tones while others suggest she strikes some notes and approximates others, reflecting mixed impressions from a performance.
Love Story Thread Ties In A Cough Cure Ad
Short clipped note reflects a sale pitch for Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product. Includes a dated personal quip and a street address in Minneapolis. Ends with a humorous line about marital life.
Big 500-Pound Steel Range Offer Pushes Home Stove Deals
An advertisement promises the best 500 pound steel range and a free three month home trial from Sears Rogavee Co. The mail order pitch urges sending in the notice to receive a free big stove picture and a $1.00 steel range offer while hinting at nationwide access to top cooking and heating stoves.
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Ust
Sears, Rogavee & Co
Asphalt race misread sparks yacht tale
A man misreads the yacht race as Lipton’s Shamrock. He insists on the Asphalt taking the cup, despite there being no such boat. The discussion reveals the confusion between a race name and a nickname.
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Lipton
Catarrh Cure Promised as Absolute Medicine Claim
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh, claiming internal action to destroy the disease’s foundation and build the patient’s constitution, offering a hundred dollars for any failure to cure with testimonials. It also mentions Defiance Starch and other patent remedy pitches and generic household tips.
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Hall
Hal
F. J. Cmeney. & Coq Teledo
Draggtate
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promotes Cleaning Product
An old advertisement urges good housekeepers to choose Red Cross Ball Blue for cleaning, highlighting its quality with a 5 cent price at leading grocers and endorsing its superior cleaning power.
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Red Cross
Milwaukee boards face food inspection plan for boarding houses
Milwaukee health officials push an ordinance to regulate meals in boarding houses and hotels, setting standards for fat content and ingredient ratios. The plan aims to protect hungry patrons while noting the large voting boarder population may blunt political backlash.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Health Department
Common Council
Aristophanes
Milwaukee Health Board
Narrow Escape In Automobile Race Question
A quoted interview reveals a risky automobile race ended in injury. The subject recalls the event with a short recount of injury and recovery.
New Route to Health Through Postum Coffee Alternative
A woman recounts years of sick headaches and coffee sickness ending after switching to Postum Food Coffee two and a half years ago. She reports improved health, no headaches, and doing all housework for six, noting neighbors also favor Postum over coffee. The ad cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Wellville
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mid
Fairbury
Central Park society woman faints after eye injury from baseball
A renowned society woman from Central Park West recounts a sharp eye blow from a baseball at a Rye home. She bore the pain but fainted at the fear that her appearance might be marred, a reaction she says would affect any woman.
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Central Park West
Rye
New York
Express
Elks and the Mayor in Atlantic City Parade
Atlantic City's Mayor Mr. Stoy greeted a traveling party of Elks from the Baltimore convention. The Elks teased him about missing the East, then joined him in conversation as the group continued along the boardwalk amid a lively, humorous encounter reported by a New York Sun correspondent.
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Carnival Society
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Mr. Stoy
Elke
Mayor Stoy
Elks
CN. J
New York Sun
Recurring Themes in Papal Names Over 130 Years
The article notes eight popes in 130 years chose common names Pius John Gregory and others. It mentions Urban Boni face Benedict Adrian Marcellus Innocent Sixtus and more as historic options. It also references Clement as a long running papal title and five Pauls among popes.
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J.c
Gregory
Urban
Boniface
Benedict
Adrain
Marcellus
Innocent
Sixtus
Papacy
Pius X
Hall Caine
Clement
John
Peter
Pauls
Burmese girl’s coming of age celebrated in ornate ceremony
A discussion of Burmese customs describes a girl’s transition from childhood to society marked by ear piercing and elaborate festivals. It portrays the young woman as she adopts a polished appearance and seeks to charm local youths, noting her reputed charm and attractiveness.
The Rose of Yesterday by Horace Keller
A reflective verse fragment speaks of true love as transitory and cynical buyers of affection. The imagery shifts to nature scenes and a fading bond, concluding with the line There is the rose of yesterday attributed to Horace Seymour Keller.
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Tell
Towers
Horace
Seymour Keller
Ride Lights on History Amid Vesuvius Ashes and Lava
A fragment depicts citizens fleeing Vesuvius as ash clouds rise and lava nears a doomed city. One man stops to laugh aloud, prompting stern questions about propriety as others react to a recall of a $1,500 Twentieth Century stage show.
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Old Vesuvius
Elty
Personal Reflections On Writing An Epitaph
A fragment quoting Oliver Goldsmith urges readers to craft their own epitaphs early in life. It advocates writing many terms aloud and dedicating one's career to meritorious deeds. The tone is reflective and admonitory about self-authorship and legacy.
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Oliver Goldamith
Fragments from a Coroner Jury Testimony
Testimony before a coroner's jury describes a man being shot in the early hours. A physician's statement notes the fatal injury while another witness asserts the shooting occurred on the left side.
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Fanny
Marie Tomment's backslide stirs church upheaval
A fragment notes Marie Tomment’s alleged backsliding within the church causing leadership tension. The text claims “er fngs” and a “ Mighty heap” of people are headed to the house where current work occurs, signaling a potential collective response.
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Marie Tomment
Freedom of Thought Amid Quoted Aphorisms
A compact fragment references the value of changing one’s mind and following a wiser guide. The text attributes a Marcus Aurelius vibe, mentioning learning and freedom in thought.
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Marcua “Aurelius
Dodd’s Kidney Pills Endorsements Float In Arkansas
Duff Searcy County reports Justice of the Peace Mr E K Reeves writes that Dodd's Kidney Pills cannot be beat for kidney trouble. J P E B Cox also backs the remedy recounting a man who recovered after using six boxes and shared it with friends. A final note mentions a humorous domestic anecdote about a wife and her stories.
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Justice
Dodd
Defiance Starch and DS Kline's remedies touted by retailers
Storekeepers report Defiance Starch offers more quantity and superior quality, making other brands hard to sell. Ads tout DS Kline's preparations as effective on first use, with references to Mustard plasters and drawing instruments. The frenzied mix of product pitches includes dyes and quips on the North Pole, showing era advertising style.
Fragmented Quote Reflected in Local Column
Incomplete OCR reads a dialogue about blame and responsibility, noting a shift from initial injury to later disability on crutches. The passage appears as a quoted reminiscence with scattered phrases about eggs and accountability.
Catarrh Claims Kidney Cure by Peruna Endorsements
Letters from James M. Powell and Cyrus Hershman tout Peruna as curing catarrh of the bladder pelvic organs and kidneys after prolonged illness and failed medicines. The ad claims Peruna uniquely treats systemic catarrh and invites readers to seek free advice from Dr. Hartman, president of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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Cyrus Hershman
Sheridan, Lod
Peruna
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
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