Almanac and regional prospects headlined by rail line
The 1903 Almanac for the Kansas City Southern Railway promotes regional prospects across Southwestern Missouri Cherokee and Choctaw Nations in Indian Territory Western Arkansas Eastern Texas Northwestern Louisiana and the coast. It highlights farmers stock-raisers fruit-growers and merchants seeking new action and markets.
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K. C. & Almanac
Kansas City Southern Railway
Missouri
Indiana Territory
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Halls Catarrh Cure Promoted by Cheney & Co
A dubious 19th century advertisement claims Hall’s Catarrh Cure can cure disease by cleansing blood and restoring vitality. It touts internal pills from Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and promises quick health benefits, common in period patent medicine notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Chio
Drugeles Tc
Halls
Where Wistets Are Raizen and Violet Boom in Dutchess
Recent years bring a huge rise in violet cultivation across Dutchess County New York. In the Ed Hook Rhinebeck area over 125 violet houses operate with many more under construction as soil proves ideal for violets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutchess County
New York
Ed Hook
Rhinebeck
Ministers Barred from Tennessee Legislature Seat
Constitutional provision bars ministers and priests of any denomination from eligibility to serve in either house of the legislature. The text emphasizes ministers are dedicated to God and the cure of souls and should not be diverted from their primary duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Lydia
Pinkham
America
Lydia E. Pinkham
Oten
Oman
Unusual cure cited for child’s spinal illness in Friarpoint
Frantic case from Friarpoint notes a boy plagued by night terrors and paralysis linked to spinal disease. After two months without progress, father G L Butler tried Dodd’s Kidney Pills, giving eight boxes to his son until full recovery. The missive credits the remedy with ending his son’s fear and illness.
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Friarpoint
Miss
G. L. Butler
Change from coffee to Postum improves health dramatically
A Michigan woman reports severe distress, chest pressure, and heart palpitations from coffee. After switching to Postum two weeks ago, she notes dramatic health improvement, better digestion, regular bowels, and no remaining symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creek
Mich
Mall
Bae
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Extranera Daley
Loomis St
Ill
St. Ruth's Court
Order of Forresters
Irate guest and waiter in sandwich cheese joke
A waiter serves a Swiss cheese sandwich with holes. An irate guest complains there is no cheese, while the waiter points out the cheese is present but punctured by holes. A flirtatious exchange follows with a maid declaring she could not be a wife for a poor man and a young man agreeing she would make a poor wife for a good man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Last Night's Tangles in a City Home Comic Bits
A string of compact vignettes and wry exchanges airs in a domestic scene. A husband bristles at his wife while a servant from Boston reports a bath and food request. Jokes hinge on debt, mosquitos in the ark, and cautious appetite in old timey banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Henry W. Noah
Ark
Boston
Defiance Starch Promises and Public Notices
A jumble of promotional claims for Defiance Starch includes price points and guarantees, alongside reports of a New York picnic for 26,000 children and a rule against color or creed exclusions. The text mentions lightning rods fading from use, a street robbery pattern on open cars, and a Bulgarian prince's superstition linked to his horse. Also notes Russian wheat prospects and a Providence journal remark on cloudbursts near rivers.
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James John Frawley
New York
Central Park
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Indiana
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Idria
Italy
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Russia
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