AN ANCIENT HOOSIER. Pioneers Suffered Malaria Milk Sickness
Special correspondence from Hawanp Parke County Indiana recounts frontier hardship in 1840s Wabash country. settlers faced malaria poverty and isolation, with high mortality and limited markets. The piece reflects on quack remedies, harsh travel limits, and the evolution to better schools and literacy, ending with a self deprecating note on Hoosier humor and language.
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Hawanp
Parke County
Ind
New Orleans
Wabash Valley
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Calomel
Jollop
Sam
Susannah
Indiana
J. H. Beavis
The Quakers Set a Good Example in Philadelphia Ordinance
Philadelphia enforces wide tire rules on heavy vehicles requiring four thousand pound carts to use inch tires and larger sizes for heavier loads. Fines of 100 dollars levied for violations. The measure aims to keep streets smooth, setting a model for other regions to adopt similar ordinances.
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Philadelphia
New York Notes A Princely Welcome For General Booth
Special correspondence from New York reports plans for a grand Salvation Army display for General Booth's visit, with 106000 cadets expected from across the United States and Canada. A parade from the dock to army headquarters will headline ceremonies at Madison Square Garden and overflow venues. Ballington Booth and wife lead preparations as authorities vow strong public order. Also noted are Steele Mackaye's Chicago Spectatorium fundraising efforts and New York’s aid in financing.
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Booth
Steele Mackaye
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
America
England
Union
Canada
Madison Square Garden
Society of Christian Endeavor
Salvationists
New York
Chicago
I. D. Marsua
Little Lesson From The Florist About Flowers
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a married man who visits a florist and is urged to bring roses to his wife. The florist notes changes since his courtship, but the husband insists love remains, yet the florist offers a reminder bouquet that is never returned.
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Detroit Free Press
Collision of Worlds Would Vaporize Ice Planet
An excerpt from the St. Louis Republic explains that a collision between two equal worlds at extreme speed would generate heat enough to melt boil and vaporize a mass of ice 700 times the bulk of both worlds. The note cites authorities and an eminent scientist's finial prediction.
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Finis
St. Louis Republic
Equal to the Occasion in a Novice Typist Tale
A former Postmaster General recalls a young typist who proved herself equal to an emergency. Dictating a political speech, he referenced Nicodemus and tariff knowledge. The notes misheard the biblical figure and produced a witty substitution about tariff understanding.
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James
Nicodemus
New York Press
Lake Route to World's Fair via Mackinac Pictures
Travel by the Floating Palaces of the Detroit Cleveland Steam Navigation Co offers two new steel steamers at 300000 each with speed of 20 mph and under 50 hours Cleveland Toledo Chicago runs. Four weekly trips link Toledo Detroit Alpena Mackinac Petoskey and Chicago with daily Detroit Cleveland in July and August. First class accommodations and low round trips, daylight Lake Erie ride, and services to Cleveland Put-in-Bay. Pamphlet available from A A Schantz Detroit and Cleveland Steam Nav Co Detroit Mich.
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Detroit Cleveland Steam Navigation Company
Lakes
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Detroit
Alpena
Mackinac
Petoskey
Lake Erie
Put-in-Bay
A. A. Schantz
P.A
Cleveland Steam Nav. Co
Mich
New Savings Bank Building Prompts Elevator Use
In the business directory notice CHAS, PETERSO, and other names are listed with directions to the new Savings Bank building on third floor. The entry advises patrons to take the elevator, noting the location of the offices for yne and THOMPSON.
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New Savings Bank
Peterso
Standard Oil Magnate Henry M Flagler
Long profile of Henry M Flagler, financier and Standard Oil magnate, detailing his daily work at 6 Broadway New York and his extensive Florida hotel empire. Describes his yachts country seat and lavish lifestyle, noting his focus on managing the Standard Oil interests and other ventures.
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Leaps Cone Karan
New York
Henry M. Flagler
Standard Oil
Broadway
Flagler
Florida
United States
Flower Land
Mr. Flagler
Ell. G
Quick Reply From Kindergartners on Cold and Hot
A Cincinnati Commercial Gazette item recalls a kindergarten lesson teaching cold and hot without spelling. When asked what one would get near a great big fire, Mary calmly answered it would be best to move away, leaving the teacher momentarily upset.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Scheme That Failed Lands Man In Landlord’s Dock
A young man behind on board bills drafted a postal to himself claiming 40 in a local bank. The landlady, reading the note in the same handwriting as the debtor, ejected him that same evening. A British scientist noted that a 140 pound man under a hydraulic press would yield 105 pounds of water and 35 pounds of dry residue.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Watches and Jewelry Galore at Our New Stock
Endless variety of diamonds jewelry and accessories including bracelets pens silverware opera glasses clocks and more. New and fresh stock invites you to call and look over the sale while promising savings of 311.
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Hill
Ohio Chemical CO
Opera Block
Lima
Ohio
Dak Sre
B. M. Jaylord
Leslie
Dossi Ferry
N. Y
W Johnson
P. O
Manor of Ny
Lara
M. Rave
Divueggiet
Warrer
Cubos. Rogers
Bay City
Mieh
Dewwitt
Dixson
East Warren
C.&e.bartsch
Water Street
Diamond
Warre
Warren
Xeill
Attorney AT Law
Aihee 2
Hoffman Winek
Samuels Bros
Sky Runds
Liberty and
Serond Streets
Ty Public
L. G. Nores & Co
Warren, Pa
Yne & Thompson
Beaty Bjork
A. A. Davis & C Bank
C. Thompson
Moog & Peterson
Attorneys AT Law
Norman Davies, MD
Liberty Street
W. W. Freeman
Hazeltine
Perry
Justice OF the Peace Age
Geo. Ball
A C McAlpin
R. W. Srounet
D. D
Frank W. Whitcomb
Third Street
Postoffice
Brig Eer
Greaves
Hell Block
Episcopal Church
Ossuth
C. F
O. Warren
Warren Lodge Hall
First National Bank
Second Street
Golden Horse Shoe
Meacham
Esquire
Cornelius
Alee Street
L. Gleason
P.g&e
D.A.V
PRR
Airstow
Kodak
Geo Ball
Wark
E. A. Coleman
Hickory St
Humphrey & Nemoyer
K. du Mont
Stly
Standard Oil Magnate
Snanial Carregnandante J
Kopf & Henry
Water St
Wyman
Jewelers
Wyman & Davis
Natiral Bank
AL. Waters
E. T. Hazeltine
D. Is Geroald
L. D. Dennison
O I Waters
P. Ball
John
Cornell
Lafayette
YALE
Marbury Bros. Pickings
Richmond
Imperial
Oxford
LA Perigne
Princess Royal
Monte Cristo
Birds Eye
Pehlman Brothers
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