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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
7
Readable fragments describe a new job of monitoring service staff to expose cash and check fraud by waiters, bartenders, and cashiers in downtown venues. The article explains a scheme where dummy checks and misrouted payments inflate tips and steal funds during rush hours.
A Brooklyn Eagle item notes a perambulating peddler selling an insect preventing lotion. The humorous caption questions if anyone is ever annoyed by such products and includes the line bat say baves for anying to keep dog from bitin' people.
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy tablets with the slogan C. C. C. on every tablet. It warns they are never sold in bulk and urges shoppers to look for the mark, accept no other, and beware of counterfeit versions. Drugstores price is 19 cents.
A fragmentary line from Deaver Times quotes an exchange between John and Mary with accusation and oblique reference to drinking, reflecting local dispute captured in a brief newspaper snippet.
Semi weekly Transcontinental Tourist Cars operate via Nickel Plate Road with same sleeping accommodations as regular Pullman. Cars depart Health and Francisco on specific days while some Buffalo departures run at 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM. Cars are sold at reduced rates with heating, food and drink facilities and family friendly comfort on long journeys. Agent information for Nickel Plate Road trains and schedules is available.
Encouraging reports from New York indicate robust demand across jobbing lines and steady supplies in dry goods houses. Iron and steel buying remains active, with cautious notes on plate mill orders and a record surge in pig iron for 1902. Reports from Chicago and Western Canada highlight mixed grain sentiment, strong exports for wheat, hogs, and corn, and a growing stock of high quality cattle and grain production potential in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
Overview of price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across major markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee New York Buffalo and notes on grain and butter prices. Prices show wide variability by region with cattle from about 2.90 to 8.76 dollars per hundredweight and hogs commonly 3.00 to 5.60 while grains and butter range in the low to mid dollars per unit.
Fragmentary report notes last week's wheat exports and trade in heavy draft horses in Iowa. Weaker readability and garbled text leave critical details unclear, but mention of 1900 dates and exchanges at peers hints at financial or agricultural market activity in the region.
An advertisement touts a bastion external counterirritant labeled Capsicum and Vaseline as a superior remedy for pains in the chest and back, headaches, and rheumatic symptoms. It claims quick relief, safety, and universal usefulness, urging readers to try the product named in the article.
A damaged 19th century notice states Frank Cheney, a sailor partner in a TesPO0 city firm, owes one hundred dollars per person and references a so called Halas Catarrh Cure. The document is dated November 1880s and bears witness by a local official.
Fragmentary chatter cites Mrs Seldom Holme and Mrs Nexdore on new tenants moving into a nearby flat. The overheard talk mentions vanity and dislike of the newcomers, with observers noting their large covered vans hide the furniture’s appearance. A jumble of ads and notes follow about assorted products and colonial-era industry.
An amid scraps of notices and ads recounts a mock Buckwheat claim and a front line letter in which a young officer pleads for 50 pounds home while in hospital. The text includes a Pall Mall Gazette quip about a missing leg, a Putnam Faceless Due refund offer, and miscellaneous ads for stamps and printing outfits.
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