Oil Burning Monster Locomotive No 988 At Topeka
In Topeka Santa Fe locomotive No 988, claimed as the largest locomotive ever built, is in the roundhouse drawing crowds of shopmen and officials. No 958 will soon depart Schenectady for service west. 988 is oil fuel capable and coal adaptable, with two cylinders per side, five pairs of driving wheels, a 78 to 88 inch boiler, 413 flues, 225 psi, seven thousand gallon water tender, and Westinghouse brake system.
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Topeka
Santa Fe
The
State Journal
Round House
American Locomotive Works
Schenectady
N.Y
Westinghouse
California
Discovery promises longer life from Dr King’s remedy
Churubusco editor C H L Downey proclaims Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption as the most infallible cure for coughs colds and grip with instant relief and certain cure. Drugstores guarantee the 50 and 1.00 bottles and offer free trial bottles.
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C. H L. Downey
Churubusco
Ind
Dr. King
Man kicks hat on sidewalk and limps home in anger
A man kicks an innocent looking hat on the sidewalk and then limps away, returning home to berate his wife for not having dinner ready. The line highlights quick temper and domestic tension in a brief, sharp scene.
The Beert of Long Life Health Tonic Ad
Electric Bitters claim to regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify the blood and improve appetite. The ad lists kidney troubles female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria as treatable with 50 cent bottles guaranteed by all druggists.
Stock horses for sale at Brown's livery stable
Two hundred head or more of stock horses offered for sale in Socorro at F. Fisher’s facility Brown's livery and feed stable.
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F. Fisher
Brown
Socorra
The Home Gold Cure for the Liquor Habit
An advertisement promotes a home remedy claiming to cure alcoholism as a disease, not a weakness. It guarantees self cure at home, with procedures said to be pleasant and soluble, sold for one dollar with full directions and physician advice on request. Address provided in Philadelphia, anonymous correspondence promised.
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Sinesa
Edwin B. Giles & Company
Market Street
Philadelphia
Remarkable Kentucky Twins Sowed by Telepathy and Twin Births
The Coleman twins Sidney and Smith of Anderson county lived in Harrodsburg for a day. They are identical in appearance and married sisters in a double ceremony. Each has three children all born in the same hours and days. The twins weigh the same and claim telepathic links, with one predicting the other’s injury. They are 28 years old. Obvious sensational tone with local anecdote and a nostalgiac note.
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Old Kentucky
Coleman Twins
Sidney and
Smith
Anderson County
Harrodsburg
Wedae
Sid
Katsenstein Candy Line Draws Shoppers to So Corro
Local store showcases a fine line of candies described as the finest yet seen. The storefront invites customers to visit and sample, promising a notable selection and a tempting treat experience.
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Katsenstein
Socorro
They Never Strike Housekeeping Wives of Laboring Men
A Seldon Sun quotation extols housekeeping wives as tireless, uncomplaining workers who manage finance, cooking, and family duties from dawn to late night. It notes their lack of rest, absence of recognition, and their role in sheltering homes while enduring social scorn and hardship.
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Seldon Sun
Cure for Lambago and Mirror ad in 1901 issue
A farmer from Amherst Virginia praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for lasting relief after a year of lambago. The St Louis Mirror is praised as a weekly review and offer to mail ten weeks for 10 cents. Then a 1901 Homestead Notice for Clara A B Corbin in New Mexico outlines final proof and witness list.
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W. C. Williamson
Amherst, Va
Lambago
Chamberlain
A. E. Howell
Socorro
W. M. Borrowdale
Magdalena
The
St. Louis
William Marion Reedy
Mirror
Tux Mrerox
Vis
Harry K. Mannakee
Santa Fe
N. M
Elijah A. Dow
Tajique
Jones T. Santilianes
Lemitar
N.M
James Spencer
East View
Maxvut R. Orxre
Register
Free Sample Tablets From Local Drug Store
Cut this out and take it to A and Howell in Socorro or W M Borrowdale in Magdalena to receive a free sample of tablets described as the best physic. The ad notes tablets cure stomach disorders biliousness and headache and adds a medical journal tip for keeping shaved ice in a sickroom using a soup pin and pillows for insulation. It also mentions an ice shaver made from an old jack plane set deep.
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Chamberlain
A. E. Howell
Socorro
W. M. Borrowdale
Magdalena
A. &. Howell
Divorce Suit Filed in Socorro District Court
Mamie Rice sues William T. Rice in Socorro County for divorce and further relief. Default judgment may be entered if he does not answer by February 17. Plaintiff’s attorney James G. Fitch, Socorro. Clerk Joan E. Griverra.
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William T. Rice
Socorro
New Mexico
Mamie Rice
James G. Fitch
Joan EB. Griverra
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C.C.C
Oriel
DAILY
New York Herald
Chicago Times-Herald
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
San Francisco Examiner
Denver Republican
Galveston News
Scientific American
Harpers’ Weeks Mining Journal
Sporting News
Police Gazette
G. Biavaschi
Tee
Price Bros. & CO
School OF
School of Mines
F. A, Jones
Sterling Mamady CO
Chicago
New York
J. J. Leeson
District Court For
Socorro County
Aatendant
Memphis
Birmingham
State
Florida
ORES
Rover and
MATH
Sadit Louis
First National Bank
Albuquerque
Joshua 8. Reynolds
M. W. Flournoy
Frank McKee
C. A. Hawks
O—Depository
A. T
United States Depository
F. and
A. & P. Railroads
Socorro Bottling Works
A. F. Katzenstein
Coyote Water
Socorro, New Mexico
Columbus Buggy Company
C.t.brown
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