Water works and political calls in the 1902 letter page
A Nebraska postmaster’s fatal gunshot ends a defaulted debt. The piece rails at navy secretary Long and Alger era justice, critiques the Schley inquiry, questions city water quality against contract terms, and urges Indiana voters to press senators to allow popular vote elections for United States senators with postal card campaigns echoed by Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary Long
Navy Department
Alger
Department
Secretary of the Navy
Schley Court of Inquiry
Bryan
United States
Indiana
Fairbanks
Beveridge
House bill could alter rural mail carrier system
The House debates a bill to shift rural mail carriers to a contract system, risking service crippling and past scandals. Supporters say the current pay is inadequate and any changes should improve rather than regress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Postal Department
Alleman Bros Offerings Include Seeds Grains and Implements
Alleman Bros advertise a wide range of farm supplies and home goods. The catalog lists Ma China nests crushed oyster shells garden and field seeds grass seed Champion mowers and binders Scotch Clipper plows Pisyball corn planters riding corn plows and a complete line of implements. Also featured are China and Queeneware groceries Northern Diamond flour field peas bulbs and seeds with advertised special Saturday prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Canada
Kingery & Co Expands Storefronts For Bigger Trade
Kingery and Company are enlarging their dry goods and carpet store by leasing two rooms on West Center Street beside their current space. When ready, they will boast the county’s largest exclusive dry goods and carpet shop. New spring stock arrives, with carpets featuring elegant patterns and complete dry goods lines. The firm promises fair dealing and steady growth as it adds space and stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingery & Co's
Kingery & Co
Center Street
Kingery
Not Special Yet Daily Low Prices From Local Market
Not special but everyday prices. Beane four cents per pound. Twenty pounds at a sugar for eighty one. Four pounds fancy rice twenty five cents. Four pounds ruby prunes twenty five cents. Escusaca and Weimee.
From Napoleon to Ireland and the calm of lettuce lore
A compact survey traces Napoleonic era borders and France’s fate through old memories. It links a quip about driving through an Act of Settlement to Oldmixon, notes Stephen Rice’s rise and fall, and traces ancient comfort remedies from Greek and Roman times to the lettuce leaf myth. It weaves cultural anecdotes from history and medicine, ending with Galen’s claim of lettuce’s sleep aid and a Roman legionary’s vigil.
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Napoleon
France
Minalow
Magenta
Solferine
Ireland
Oldmixon
C. Stephen Rice
James HX
William III
Harges
Dioscorides
Pliny
Britain
Galen
Claudius Galenus
Relef
Bailey's Laxative Tablets Advertisement Claim
An old fashioned health ad promotes Bailey's Laxa tive Tablets claiming relief from constipation and related ailments. It touts 10c and 25c packages, chocolate coated, with directions to take one or two tablets at eight to feel better in the morning, by Lakeside Medicine Co. and sold by F. Clynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Lakeside Medi Liue Co
Chicago
F. Cylynch
Bailey's Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Quick Relief
An ad touts Bailey's Dyspepsia Tablets as a solution for stomach distress including nausea belching and indigestion. It claims rapid relief and a lasting cure, priced 25 cents each or 5 for a dollar, made by Lukrade Medicine Co. and distributed with W. J. Bailey branding. Bold by F. O. Lynch. Also notes availability of old papers at the union office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Lukrade Medicine Co
Chicago
W. J. Bailey
Lynch
Notice of License to Sell Liquor in Warsaw Indiana
Notice of Application for License to sell intoxicating liquor at a hotel room in a three story brick building on Center Street in Warsaw Wayne Township Kosciusko County Indiana. Applicant Kane M. Smith identifies as resident voter and seeks license to sell spiritous liquor other than five gallons at a time for on premises where sold and consumed. The board of commissioners of Kosciusko County to consider at April term 1902.
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Warsaw
Wayhe Townalip
Konciusko County
Indiapa
Todtanas
Eifeen
Tegel
Poteata Ghity
Waraw
W Vayne
Ta and
Counapp Board of Commis
Center Street
Uald
W.saw
Indiana
el Nd
Pebick
City
Indi Sop
Kane M. Smiti
Wisconsin Central announces reduced rail fares to western states
Board of Directors J M Basb J W Curtis John Grabner W D Wood A J Thomas Oscar Harding David H Lessig. The institution is incorporated as an Etat Bank Orient organization. Reduced rates to the West commence March 1 and run daily through April 30 1962. Wisconsin Central Ry will sell tickets from Chicago to Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and Columbia at greatly reduced rates. Inquiries to nearest agent or C C Hill DFP A 220 Clark St Chicago IL or Jas C Pond GPA Milwaukee Wis.
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Wisconsin Central Ry
Chicago
Montane
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Columbia
C. C. Hill
D. FP. A
Clark Street
Jas. C. Pond
Ailwaukes
Wis
LICENSE NOTICE FOR LICENSE TO SELL INTOXICATING LIQUOR
Joseph F Brown of Clay township Koschteke county applies at the April term of the commissioners court for a license to sell intoxicating malt and vinous liquors in quantities under five gallons to be consumed on the premises. The room is a one story frame building on Lot in John Packer's addition to Packer t on, fronting Main Street with specified frontage and depth, and includes a sixteen and a half foot wide alley to the south. Signature JOSEPH F. BROWN March 4, 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
Jtownehip
Koschteke County
Joseph Brown
Geod Inor
Townehip
Commissioners’ Court
Lota
John
Packer
Packerton
Main Street
Aid Main
Aixteen
Joseph F. Brown
Notice of Administration in Kosciusko County Estate
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of the Kosciusko Circuit Court in Indiana administrator of the estate of James Fisher late of Kosciusko County deceased. Said estate is supposed to be intestate. Stepen J. Fisher, February 14, 1902. Administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kosclusko Cirrcuit Court
Indiana
James Fisher
Kosciusko County
Psteplen
J. Fisher
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S.K. Bartholomew
Nebraska
Columbia City Post
Middlebury
B. F. Shively
Congress
Alleman Bros
Lis
Usiom
Warsaw Markets
Lake City Bank
Hamoelf
Lion Coffee
Schley
Santiago
Tntrey
U. S.8
Hrooklyn
Roosevelt
Winfield Seat Bebtey
Comtof
Perntl Buthor Telly
NEW York Herald Sage
Selies
Gonkey Company
Bavk
WM. Conrad
Chas. F. Nye’s
Chas. F. Nye
South Buffalo Street
Fort Wayne Oxygenor Co
C.N. Bussard, Mer
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Daniel Webster
Dors
Lara
Omar F. Neff
Milford
Ind
Por
Monroe Township
School
Ehore
Rogers
Furnitare House
Center
Furnitare
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