East St Louis Cyclone Devastation Rips City
United efforts unfold after a devastating cyclone hit St Louis across the Mississippi. By 4 30 p m the storm killed hundreds and injured many as hospitals were improvised in bursts of emergency care. Bridges, mills, depots, and factories were leveled leaving East St Louis and the surrounding area in chaos with countless homes destroyed and masses displaced.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Sunak Foulee
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St.” Clair Avenue
Voulke
Boulkeav
National Stock Yards
National Hotel
Patrick Kennedy
Cash and Credit. Tailor’s Payment Ask in Old Ad
Fragmentary OCR shows a tailor offering options for cash and credit. A student asks about cost and time, with the tailor stating twenty dollars down and forty later. The readable bits hint at a payment plan and final price terms in a vintage ad.
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Eliegende
Blaetter
Where They Met and The Dinner Party Jig
An anguished exchange between a wife and husband joking about their long marriage recalls a dinner party of thirteen at table. A diner complains the chicken is tough, and a waiter explains it is too young to be tender, plucked before ripe.
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N. Y
Disjointed Jokes and Tiny Tidbits from Old Papers
A collage of cartoonish gags and witticisms from various newspapers. Jests touch on marriage, poverty, manners, and daily life with lines about battering carpets, daughters, hot arguments, and humorous exchanges. Includes quips about fashion, singing, and summer plans.
Joyful Health Promises From Syrup of ipecac
Excerpted quips from a Washington Star debate where one native mocks new health elixirs and others discuss progress and danger. The exchange highlights envy of reform and a sharp remark about the fastest path to elevation, reflecting a period voice on medicine and progress.
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EicLaNo
Washington Star
Reward for Catarrh Cure Promoted by Toledo Firm
Historical advertisement fragment offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Mentions F J Cuskey Co as principals and a list of Toledo wholesalers. Claims testimonials from various figures and promotes other tonics and hair products. Contains mis-spellings and dated marketing language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cusxey & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
We & Tupax
Ohio
Hall
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East ST. Louis, Too
Het 18
Great End’s Bridge
Wiggins Ferry
Reese
Louisville & Nashville
Aleton
Vandalia
Old
Cook Street
Hetzel
East St. Louis Cold Storage Co
Kehler Mills
Quincy
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Hetzel Mills
Tremont
George
Texas
New York
Gotham
Ethel
Chicago Post
Fanny
Nanny
Fenny
Yorkers Statesman
Toa
Yonkers Statesman
Bill
Washington Times
Chitago Record
Chicago
Ueno. Lays
Louisville
Cicero
Sone
Plato
Glenn
Hill
Virgil
Onaeheee
Piso
Napoleon
Ayer
ION Pacific BY. CO
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Porchatora
Omaea
Rootbeer
Charles K. Hires Co
Pailedeiphis- AM
Raed SE Pees
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