World commerce tides shown by city exports
A compilation from global consular statistics reveals how diverse exports reflect regional strengths and cultures. Brussels carpets and Jamaica bananas illustrate contrasts, while Rome and Athens highlight art and iron ore trade, Canton coal and coffee show asian and pacific links, and Dawson City gold points to frontier wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aii
United States
Brussels
Belgium
Jamaica
Cologne
Rome
Athens
Jerusalem
Genoa
Columbus
Moscow
Calale
Cairo
Lst
Canton
Dawson City
Mo de Amnelio
Auckland
Hobart
Lasmania
Toledo Legal Bond and Patent Medicine Ad Fragment
A historical Toledo fragment shows a sworn oath by Frank J. Cheney partner of J. Curxey & Co pledging one hundred dollars per unsavable case of catarrh, plus an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure by Cheney & Co. The text also includes a personal diary note about a delayed town visit and a Philadelphia press mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Lucas County
Wet
J. Coergy
Dra
J.curxey&co
Ani
Senr
Frank J. Cheney
A. W.gleason
Jonnet
Rotary Public
Hall
Cheney & CG
Finita Maratly
Printing Supplies Ad from Fort Wayne Indiana
An old classified style notice advertises air cushion rubber stamps and printing outfits including daters. It invites readers to request a catalog and price list and provides Lock Box 210 Fort Wayne Indiana. The text adds a quoted line about cleverness in danger and disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cata Jonic
Fort Wayne
Ind
Marriage of Eady Uelen Stewart to Lord Staverdale in London
Eady Uelen Stewart wed Lord Staverdale in London recently. The union was described as momentous with gifts totaling about 1.7 million dollars in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eady Uelen Stewart
Lord Staverdale
London
Van Sant Seeks Aid On Northern Securities Merger Fight
Gov. Van Sant told Minnesota lawmakers in a special session that state laws already block consolidations of parallel railroad lines and urged extra funds for the state attorney general to pursue litigation. He called for a conference with other states to coordinate a uniform approach against the Northern Securities Co. and its railroad merger plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. van Sant
Minnesota
Tax Commission
Heanya
Northern Securities Co
New Jers
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Douglass
Railroads expand and invest across a growing network
Reports detail planned bridge across Salt Lake for Southern Pacific use, expanding rail capacity. New York Central holds $500000 in dining car equipment. Oregon Short Line plans shops in Pocatello Idaho. Grand Trunk eyes double tracking Chicago to Montreal. Tacoma investors form a plant for railway freight cars. Dividend history noted for Illinois Central amid Civil War era, with sustained payouts.
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Salt Lake
Southern Pacific
Transpacific
Grand Trunk
Chicago
Montrea
Tacoma
Washington
Illinois’ Central
London
San Frrancineca
New York
Lowell Mall
New ‘York” Central
Indiana Incidents Chronicle a Tangle of Elopements Suicides and Treasures
A sprawling Indiana column recounts Elwood and New Lisbon stories of elopements thwarted by families, a woman shooting herself in the breast to avoid marriage, another in Benton Harbor, and a Muncie incident where a mother saves her child by leaping into a snowbank. It also notes a hidden treasure found near English worth over 20000, multiple robberies, fatal accidents, a farm ore discovery, and a court graft case in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveline Showalter
William Showalter
Showalters
New Lisbon
James Mortin
Miss Showalter
Morris
Centerville
Bluegrass
Bessin Oster
Louis Ford
Elwood
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ford
Muncie Mra
J. B. Studebaker
English
George Peyton
Billard & Snyder
Richmond
W. HL. M. Cooper
Muncie
Divd
Ens
Alaska
New Davis Hotel
Brazil
Rathbones
Luther Ford
W. H. Daniel
Troy
Peruna praised by Hon. Amos J. Cummings for catarrh relief
New York congressman Amos J. Cummings writes that Peruna helped his catarrh aboard a Cuba trip and that a bottle remains in reserve. The piece claims catarrh is a national curse and a systemic disease, urging readers to request a free Peruna book from The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Cuba
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, O
The Pope's Valet and Other Curious Notices
A fragmentary collection notes Pio Centra the pope's valet and his daily routines in the Vatican. It contrasts his calm, dignified conduct with priests surprised by his control over the pope's meals and schedule. Also referenced are Ely's Liquid Cream Balm and light, skeptical quips about English speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plo Centra
Hhis
Plo
Ctran
Corte San Damaso
Vatican
Clenshaven
Pote
Theae Honora
Go' O'Ulack
Hig Holiness
Holy Father
Pio Centra
Lapponi
London
Ely's
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Mail
Kansas People Favor Western Canada Land Prospects
Contained in a chaotic fragment, the article notes Kansas residents and delegates influenced by Canadian representatives to visit Western Canada. It cites Didsbury Alberta accounts of settlers pleased with land, stocks, and early school plans. Phrases about crops, winter wheat potential, and growth are interwoven with unrelated ad-like sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brances
Canada
Manitoba
Asiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alverts
Thare
Aaturn Canada
F. Pedhey
Iimmigaration
Otuwwa. Can
State Street East
Columba Ohio
UM. Willis
Toledo
Ouic
Bliubieun N.Y. Mel Ni
Z. S. Crawford
Kansas City
Wheter
Missouri
Kansas
Isaac IG Levagood
Didsbury
Alberta
Collins
Tureé
Yeaterday
Ron
Hines
Lean Recommend Pizo's Cure for Consumption for Asthma
A reader from Farmersburg Indiana credits Pizo's Cure for Consumption with relief from asthma and reports strong confidence in its efficacy. The note dated September 8, 1901, endorses the product's restorative effects for respiratory ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Wood
Farmersburg, Ind
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Wissomi
Agltower CO
Boston
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Capsicum
Cheesebrough Manufacturing CO
State Street
Cit
Cheloken
Ae Sour Seemn
Bears
Thant
Oes Eee
Lady Melen Stewart
van Sant
Che Alanks
Copper
River
Yukon
Hallway Company
Vunder the
Lawn
Princy Williama
Sound
Tanana
Mt Myer
Yadle
Indiana
Gist Boece
Bublle
Kitiw Heredf
Rose
Burytarics
Arthur Priest
Earl Middleton
Eddie Stanley
Curtis Walker
Eurl Calvin
Marion
Arthur, Priest
Deep River
William Humburger
Thorn Creek Township
Walter Ware
Myrtle Bal- You
Bugsy
Frank Gooden
Terre Haute
Merican, Car and Foundry Company
Charles van Vachtar
Parke
Willis
Lakester
John Hi. Gillett
Daniel White
Bellman
Eee
Catarri
Catarrh
Belva A. Lockwood
Congressman Cummings
New York City
Mont North
Mont
Eouth
Joe Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
Santiago
Camepaign
Peruna
Sullivan
Pope
Garfeld
Tou
Tese
Western
Walt the
Peter the Great
Putnam
Medici
Garfield
St. Louis
Mon
Trismegistus
Weonde
Hermes
Winston
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Omr Oz
Betis Fucreaae
Anes Om Kable Dolommy
Zocufacturers
Coroma Colt
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