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Newspaper
The Jefferson County Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1899
Page
3
Hayden Bros. The Big Store in Omaha sends free catalogs of furniture to requests nationwide. Orders arrive from many states and prices often undercut factory quotes. The firm processes over a hundred large furniture mail orders daily. The text notes that a good man’s faults can be more dangerous than a bad man’s vices.
An old advertisement promotes De Weer Feet Ache and Baraff Shake into your shoes via Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tight or new shoes. It claims to cure corns bunions and swollen feet. Also notes free samples and a local LeRoy New York address. Additional lines include a tariff brag about testimonials and a Warren Pennsylvania tar piso company quote and a president quip.
The Greater America Exposition Company forms a Department of Patents and Inventions with free space for patented models. Inventors should contact G. W. Sues & Co., Patent Lawyers, Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. R. T. Woodward predicts a hotter, drier summer of 1899.
A 1895 patent covers a filler made from compressed comminated corn stalk-pith for vessel protection. An 1899 appeal details a second patent for the same material, describing removal of sap and deleterious matter from corn-pith via high temperature air. Judge Morris notes this air-treatment step distinguishes the two filings from prior corn-pith patents.
J W Wolfe commissioner announces public auctions to lease about 695000 acres of Nebraska school lands in multiple counties starting after July first under new law. Auction results set at 6 percent of appraised value, with option to bid highest valuation. Interested parties may request land lists and arrangements by writing. Also includes brief ad notices and health cure promo.
The New York Central passenger department including leased lines from St Louis and Chicago leads the world in earnings. It surpasses the Pennsylvania system by 1 535 758 and dwarfs rivals in a figure ranging to 61 535 758 across two major systems. Buffalo Commercial, April 4, 1899. Nine-tenths of the born leaders of men are women.
An advertisement proclaims a pure vegetable compound with no mercury or mineral polygogue in Casca rete Candy CatDarth. It markets druggists’ supplies at 10c 2c and 50c and warns that the philosopher’s scales are useless outside the maker’s control.
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