Elegant Dining Cars On Iron Mountain Route
The Iron Mountain Route inaugurates new dining car service on its fast daily trains from St. Louis Memphis and intermediate points to Texas. Cars are Pullman built with electric lighting fans and upscale china glassware and silverware. This line runs dining cars from St. Louis to Southern Missouri Arkansas and Texas with triple daily service to Texas and double daily service from Memphis to Texas.
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Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Memphis
Texas
Pullman
Missouri
Arkansas
Well Named Mrs Bacon Why call employment agencies bureaus
A Yonkers Statesman joke dialogue notes that employment offices are called bureaus because a man rarely finds exactly what he seeks, highlighting the paradox of job hunting. The quip reflects light humor on daily work life and names.
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Mrs. Bacon
Promise for refund on unused dues at Monroe Drug
An old advertisement promises a refund of 10 cents for every package if the user is dissatisfied with dues paid to NAM ACELESS DUES. The offer is tied to Monroe Drug in Unionville Missouri and specifies a refund policy for unsatisfied customers.
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Putnam
Monroe Drug
Unionville, Mo
Boston Talk Turns On Perfection In Men And Marital History
In a light exchange, Graham quips that perfection isn't found in any man, while Boston responds that such flaw may exist, noting her late husband's position. The dialogue reflects character dynamics and a wry take on relationships.
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Graham
Boston
Boston Transcript
Stops the Cough and Works of the Cold Ad Card
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets offered at 25 cents. This advertisement promotes a medicine claimed to ease coughs and cold symptoms with a simple price point. The copy emphasizes quick relief and common early 20th century remedy language.
Caught Coakley Budds Florist Exhibits Inquisitive Plant
A Philadelphia Press item notes florist Coakley Budds displaying a curious plant described as inquisitive, with the quip rubber as a punchline. The playful caption highlights the exhibit and the public’s amused reaction to the pun.
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Coakley
Budds
Philadelphia Press
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertised for Foot Relief
An advertisement promoting Allen's Foot-Ease by A S Olmsted of Le Roy New York offers relief for swollen and tired feet. The product costs 25 cents and a free sample is available by mail. Druggists and shoe stores stock the remedy.
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Allen
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Quotable caution on giving opinions puck quote
A brief aphorism notes that offering an honest opinion should be avoided when it is explicitly requested, attributed to Puck. The remark highlights prudence in response style and timing in discourse.
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Puck
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar relieves coughs
An old advertisement notes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar as a remedy for whooping cough, and Pike's Toothache Drops claim a cure in one minute. The line about responsibility and perceived size adds a satirical touch from Puck.
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Hale
Pike
Cough cure praise from J W O’Brien cited in ad
A brief reader quotation from J W O’Brien of Minneapolis dated January 6 1900 declares Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure The message also quotes a maxime about poverty from Ram's Horn emphasizing discontent with abundance.
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J. W. O’brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Surgeon’s Knife Not Needed Says Salt Lake Woman
Mrs Eckis Stevenson of Salt Lake City credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing ovarian and womb inflammation after years of pain and a near surgical operation. She describes a three month recovery and urges women to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ennis Stevenson
State St
Salt
Lake City
Utah
Niagara Falls Excursion at Low Rates by C H & D Ry
The C H and D Railway will run its annual Niagara Falls Excursion on August 2. Excursion trains offer sleeping cars and an excursion manager to ensure comfort and hotel arrangements. Fare is reduced to about one third of usual rates with no need for an experienced guide. Women and children receive careful protection, plus privacy for small groups traveling in one car. For details contact I W Bellows at 4th and Vine Cincinnati or your local railway agent.
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I. W. Bellows
4Th and Vine Streets
Cincinnati
Ohio
Unique Boston Town Joke From The Chicago Chronicle
A Chicagoan in Boston notes the city’s bulwarks and paralyzing symptoms unseen by locals. The Boston host asks if Boston is unique, prompting the westerner to quip that unique comes from unus and egus meaning one horse, joking on Boston’s uniqueness.
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Boston
Unus
Chicago Chronicle
Self-made man recalls corn doctor start and dandruff cure
A Baltimore American quotation notes a self-made man who began as a corn doctor and, after a year, invented a dandruff cure that made him independently rich. The speaker adds that starting from the bottom can lead to quick ascent, illustrating ambition and ingenuity.
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Baltimore American
The Prophet's Chamber in The Four-track News
A May feature story titled The Prophet's Chamber appears in The Four-track News and promises farmer wives in New York and New England practical information. The illustrated piece is set to be mailed free to subscribers in the United States for 50 cents a year, with single copies at 5 cents. Published by Geo H Daniels at Grand Central Station New York.
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New York
New England
United States
Geo. H. Daniels
Grand Central Station
Men Battle Schemes That Promise Money With No Work
A Chicago Daily News remark notes men face recurring traps offering easy money while demanding no effort, reflecting skepticism about such schemes and the allure of effortless gain.
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Chicago Daily News
Laugh Worth a Hundred Groans in Any Market
A pithy quote from Charles Lamb about humor and market sentiment notes that laughter can outweigh complaints, suggesting levity improves commerce and public mood even amid tough trading conditions.
Ohio Congress Passes Redistricting and War Memorial Bills
Ohio lawmakers completed the 75th General Assembly with the redistricting bill reshaping the 12th district and adding Franklin County to the 11th, creating a Republican-leaning map. A $50,000 appropriation funds Antietam battlefield monuments and a presidential tribute to McKinley. The session adjourned sine die, with other measures including a state inspector of air brakes and public accounting reforms enacted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Auditor of State
Senate
York
State Board of Agriculture
San Jose
Arthur
Union
Congress
Howey
House
Willis House
Earhart Bank
Thompson
Kinney
Chamberlain
Myers
Hamilton County
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Fraser
Common Pleas
Common Pleas Courts
75Th General Assembly
Franklin
Fairfield
Jones
Lucas
Peculiar to Itself St Jacobs Oil touted for cures
The ad extols St Jacobs Oil praising its unique ingredients known only to manufacturers and trusted staff. It claims remarkable pain killing effects and credits thousands of former cripples who found relief and healing. It asserts top sales among proprietary medicines and leaders among oils and liniments.
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St. Jacobs Oil
Vogeler's Curative Compound Promises Health For Weak Children
Advert says Vogeler's Curative Compound can strengthen weak malnourished children with poor digestion, claiming it purifies blood, improves color, and adds flesh. Recommends two to five drops twice daily for birth- long-standing illness. sample bottle offered by St Jacobs Oil Ltd of Baltimore.
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Vogeler
St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
Man saves dog, injures ankle in Cleveland crash
Cleveland May 12 Col Myron T Herrick president of the society for savings risked his life to save a dog and was left with a broken ankle after his car hit a curb while swerving to avoid the animal. He was thrown to a grass plot and twisted a small bone in his ankle.
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Cleveland
Col
Myron T. Herrick
Society For Savings
Col. Herrick
Only a Song by Mother's Sweet Prayer
A memory poem reflects on a mother's singing of Sweet Hour of Prayer. Martha Elizabeth Gammons recalls the comforting hymn as a channel to faith, guiding her to her Father’s throne and comforting a weary heart. The piece honors a mother’s love and faith from Ram's Horn.
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Righ
Mother
Martha Elizabeth Gammons
Story of Blankenship in Alaska's perilous drift
A sensational tale from the Klondike era recounts Blankenship a sawed off Maine man with a volatile temper fleeing men and morality. He rows and roams Alaska in a rowboat and along Copper River staking claims selling diggings and amassing riches. His wild journey ends with a Portland wife a burned hotel and a charred body found, leaving a Boston widow and daughter prospering on government bonds.
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Alaska
Maine
Blankenship
Lynn Canal
Icy Strait
Cross Sound
Cape Spencer
Juneau
Pyramid Harbor
Chilkat
Inlaw
Pacific
Copper River
Chil ‘Kat
Hinchinbrook Island
Sitka
Nuchek
Squaws’ Creek
Mount Wrangel
Eagle City
Yukon
Portland
New York
Mrs. Blankenship
Cleveland Team Abides by Court Ruling on Sunday Game
Cleveland Ohio May 12 The American league club did not attempt a professional game Sunday. Kilfoyle president said the team would defer to the court before whom the injunction argument was heard and no game would be played while awaiting a decision.
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Cleveland, O
Kilfoyle
State Opticians Form Ohio Association
The Ohio State Association of Opticians was organized in Columbus on Monday evening with J. C. Gebhardt of Dayton as president, E. L. Jones of Sandusky as secretary, and L. Beckman of Toledo as treasurer. It will affiliate with the American Association of Opticians.
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State Association of Opticians
Columbus
Ohio State Association of Opticians
J. C. Gebhardt
Dayton
E. L. Jones
Sandusky
L. Beckman
Toledo
American Association of Opticians
Widow of Rev Johannes Kramer Injured by Cat
In Newark Ohio on May 13 the widow of the late Rev Johannes Kramer is confined to bed after a cat she was feeding bit her hand severely. The incident is reported as the main fact with no further details available.
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Newark, O
Johannes Kramer
Grogan Found Wandering in London Amid Delusions
William Grogan, described as demented, was found wandering near Summerfield in London and arrested. A telegram two weeks old directed him to the bedside of a sick brother in California, Hamilton County, his sole possession.
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London, O
Wm. Grogan
Summerfield
California
Hamilton County
Wealthy donor Wade boosts Cleveland charities
Cleveland Ohio May 10 reports J H Wade gave 100000 to the fresh air camp and a similar sum to Lakeside hospital. He also donated 50000 to the Cleveland day nursery and 10000 to the Salvation army citadel, expanding his support for local charities.
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Cleveland
J. H. Wade
Fresh Air Camp
Lakeside Hospital
Wade
Cleveland Day Nursery
Salvation Army Citadel
Reds Drubbed 27 to 4 In Cincinnati Line Game
Piqua Ohio May 12 Dayton Reds suffered a poor performance Sunday against the Nationals at Strickler's Park. Dayton played miserably and was routed 27 to 4. Batteries for Piqua were Slagle and Riddle. for Dayton Greg ory O'Brien and Furte.
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Piqua
Dayton Reds
Nationals
Strickler’s Park
Dayton Boys
Slagle
Riddle
Dayton
Gregory
O’brien
Furte
Monument at Missionary Ridge Embraces Gear House Bill
Columbus Ohio May 10 The Gear house bill appropriating twenty eight thousand dollars for a monument at Missionary Ridge and for markers for regiments engaged in that battle and the battle of Lookout Mountain was made a law.
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Missionary Ridge
Columbus
Gear House
Lookout Mountain
Wright denies quitting Cleveland after Pittsburg trip
Cleveland May 10. Pitcher Wright returned here and denied quitting the Cleveland team after a visit to Pittsburg with President Ebbitt of the Brooklyn club. He says the Pittsburg trip was “just for fun.”
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Cleveland
Cleveland, O
Wright
Pittsburg
Ebbitt
Brooklyn
Brakeman Walter Maxwell Fatally Mangled at Gettysburg
Bradford Indiana May 13 local freight brakeman Walter Maxwell died after being mangled by a cut of cars at Gettysburg Monday morning. He lived in Indianapolis.
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Bradford
Walter Maxwell
Gettysburg
Indianapolis
Traveling salesman found dead in Cincinnati hotel room
R O Moore of Louisville Ky lay dead for 24 hours before discovery by a Stag hotel chambermaid. Moore aged 35 worked as a traveling salesman for Eureka Soap Co of Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
R. O. Moore
Louisville
Stag Hotel
Moore
Eureka Soap Co
Elevator Fall at May & Co Department Store
Elevator fell at May and Co department store in Cleveland Ohio Friday morning injuring several people seriously and leaving the attendant in critical condition. Local firefighters and responders assisted at the scene as authorities investigated the accident.
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Cleveland, C
May & Co.’s
Farmer slain by savage boar in Meigs township
Zanesville report says Jacob Roth, a wealthy Meigs township farmer, was attacked Sunday night by a savage boar that gored him with its tusks, disemboweling him. The incident occurred near his home as neighbors investigated the sudden attack. Local authorities began an inquiry into the animal's behavior and potential danger to residents.
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Zanesville, O
Jacob Roth
Meigs Township
Wittenberg College Names Three Candidates for Ruthrauth Successor
Springfield Ohio May 12 The Wit tenberg college directors meet Janet to elect a successor to Dr J M Ruth rauth Three names will be considered Dr E K Bell of Baltimore Ref S A Greenawalt of Findlay and Dr C G Heckert of this city
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Dr. Ruthrauff
Springfield
Wittenberg College
Janet
J. M Ruthrauth
E. K. Bell
Baltimore
S. A. Greenawalt
Findlay
C. G. Heckert
Prominent Findlay Men Arrested in Conductor Assault
Charles Carney and Frank Wood, from well known Findlay families, are under arrest in Ottawa on charges of seriously assaulting William Wise, a conductor for the C., H. & D. railway.
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Findlay
Chas. Carney
Frank Wood
Ottawa
Wm. Wise
Patrick Smith, 75, Local Vessel and Dredging Veteran
Patrick Smith, a longtime Cleveland port figure and veteran of vessel and dredging work, died aged 75 after injuries from a streetcar accident the previous Sunday. His death is attributed to those injuries accelerating his decline.
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Cleveland, O
Patrick Smith
Parole Granted by Penitentiary Board in Ohio
Columbus Ohio May 12 The board of penitentiary managers has granted paroles for Anthony Norman of Trumbull county Charles Wilson of Allen county and Alphensy O Sholter of Brown county.
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Columbus, O
Board of Penitentiary Managers
Anthony Norman
Trumbull
Charles Wilson
Allen County
Alphensy O. Sholter
Brown County
Passenger refuses jump on express to Newburyport
A Boston Record tale recounts a Portland express passenger who bought a ticket for Newburyport and threatened to jump when told the train would not stop. The conductor argued as the clock neared Newburyport, but the man finally relented, smiling and deciding not to jump.
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Portland Express
Newburyport
Boston Record
Newburypere
Manila Prices For Beef And Other Meats In 1900s List
Manila meat supply largely from Australia with prices for Sirloin steak 55 cents per lb, mutton 40 cents, fresh pork 55 cents, lamb 55 cents. Also listed are smoked cod 60 cents per lb, bacon 60 cents, ham 65 cents, cheese 50 cents, lard 40 cents, turkey 65 cents, salmon 35 cents, mullet 50 cents, lobsters $2 each, butter $1 per lb, grouse $2.50 each, rabbits 60 cents, hares $1.25, fowl $1.50, tame duck $1.35, condensed milk 75 cents per pint.
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Manila
Australia
Only Young Men Wanted in Factory Ad Says Colorized Labor
A prominent New York iron molder declares that men of his trade with gray hair are compelled to dye their hair to secure employment. The remark highlights hiring biases against age and appearance in the industry.
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New York
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Market Report
Chicago
Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboa
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Seera Teres
F. Pedley
Joni
Columbia
E. T. Holaroom
Big Four
Etimeaseie Ind
Anakesis
Tribune Building
Mee
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island Sound
Ises
Long Island Railroad Company
Long Island
Ard M. Smith
Niaga
THE
Ohio G. A. R
Walton Weber
Department Commande
Lancaster
Ellen Applebaugh
Wooster
Woman’s Relief Corps
J. M. Roberts
R. L. Heaton
Gilead
D. L. Wilson
Eaton, O
C. W. Blodgett
Weber
J. W. Chanin
Story OF
Khondiker
Peruna
Sc.b. Chamberlin
M.D
Washington, D.C
C. B. Chamberlin
M. D
14Th and P Sts
Washington, D. C
U. S. Treasury
Llewellyn Jordan
U. S. Treasury Department
Columbia College
West Point
Dr. L. Jordan
Geo. C. Havener
Anacostia
D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
George C. Havener
Jeffe
Jefferson Avenue
St.louis
Gilicura
Charterhouse Sq
London
Rue de la Paix
Paris
Potter Drug and Chem. Corp
C. C. Mengel, JR
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