Catarrh Claims Boost From Peruna Remedy
Editor praises Peruna as the best catarrh remedy after suffering systemic catarrh. testimonials from Clem G. Moore of Crawfordsville, Ark captain and Washington, D. C. figures endorse Peruna. readers urged to write for free medical advice. Swiss fruit industry and other varied notes follow, including a snowshoe journey, a snuffbox sale, dropsy cure reports, and early 1900s health ads.
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Clem G. Moore
Advocate-Democrat
Crawfordsville
Peruna Medicine Company
Clem G
Percy W. Moss
Paragould
Ark
Wm. T. Zenor
Washington, D. C
N. Capital Street
Hartman
Glorious sight of wheat fields in Western Canada
A Duluth reader reports Western Canada wheat yields of twenty to thirty bushels per acre and dense shocks making driving through fields nearly impossible. The letter notes milder winters due to the Japan current and chinook winds, urges settlers to take advantage of low-priced lands in Saskatchewan valley, and directs readers to government agents for information. A brief ad for GRAIN-O and a quip about loafing conclude the snippet.
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Duluth
Western
Canada
Japan
Saskatchewan
New Fast Train to Colorado By Missouri Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railway expands to double daily service from St Louis and Kansas City to Colorado Utah and the Pacific coast. Trains depart St Louis at 9:00 am and 10:10 pm Kansas City at 6:00 pm and 10:00 am with through sleeping cars between St Louis and San Francisco. Tickets on sale. inquiries to company agents.
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Misouri Pacific Raltway
Missouri Pacific Railway
St Louie
Kansas City
Colorado
Utah
Pacific Coast
St. Louis
St Louis
San Francisco
H.C. Townsend
Trailblazing Woman Steamboat Agent Lena Bolton
Lena Bolton, the sole female steamboat packet agent on the Mississippi route network, runs duties from the Whep dockhouse to St Louis and St Paul lines. Appointed in 1898 after her father’s death, she hires no assistant and manages ticketing freight, receipts, and daily freight checks, even guiding ships by lantern at night. Mills, the peanut king, rose from train vendor to head a 600-strong workforce, selling peanuts on rails and expanding into slot-machine supply, planning 15,000 machines and 30,000 pounds of peanuts daily.
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Lena Bolton
Diamond Joe Line
St. Louis
St. Paul
Keokuk
Quincy
Miss Bolton
Packet Companies
F. W. Mills
Chicago
Mills
Cabbages and Free Men and a Bicycle Vision
An old ex slave in Memphis cashes an $11 pension, buys three crates of cabbages, and plans to eat them all. A dinner guest considers bicycles as unrivaled, arguing there can be no successor to the bicycle. A note on Biblemancy ends mid sentence, describing random verse divination as a superstition still practiced by some sensible people.
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Brooklyn Heights
The
Eagle
Memphis
Front Street
Cheap California July Convention Tickets via Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific promotes cheap round trip rates to California for a July convention in San Francisco. Tickets go on sale July 6 to 13 and are valid for return until August 7. W G Nelmyer, General Western Agent, Chicago offers maps and routes via SP Lines. Also included are stray ad lines about Red Cross Ball Blue and a humorous note.
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Ee Bert Wen
California
Cae
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific
W. G. Nelmyer
Clark Street
Chicago
New York Plans Record Apartment Expenditure
New York city recently filed plans in one week for apartment houses and residences totaling 15.822 million dollars, the largest city total in history. The Bulldime Room A revolution in residence notes two projects moving ahead in New York City.
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New York
New York City
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Plymouth Hoe
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White County
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