Kind husbands and the paradox of too much kindness
The piece notes several divorce suits by women claiming their husbands were overly kind granting every wish. It cites Captain Marryat and Don Rebeira to argue that constant acquiescence deprives merit and that some disagreement keeps marriage lively, referencing New York World observations on matrimony’s tensions.
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Captain Marryat
Don Rebeira
New York World
California Senator Purchases Stir Debate
A Californian claims he bought four state senators for 450, arguing US senators cannot be bought for such sums. The text also advertises PAZO OINTMENT for piles and Piso’s Cure for consumption, with historical home remedies for tomatoes and frying onion butter sauce.
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California
United States
Free Allen's Foot-Ease Sample Offer in Le Roy New York
Advertises a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease by mail from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Claims to cure sweating hot swollen and aching feet ease for new or tight shoes and a remedy for corns ingrowing nails and bunions. Available at all druggists for 25 cents with no substitutes. Also notes discussion of Russian officers parole and a band once playing in Port Arthur city park.
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Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Allen
Port Arthur
North West
East
Urd Ave
Seattle
Wash
Advertising and remedies fill a old newspaper page
The text advertises Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with free trial bottles and a treatise. It also mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, a baking recipe, Laxative Bromo Quinine for a cold in one day, and a note about corsets in 1600 BC. It reads like a collage of patent remedies and household tips.
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E. W. Grove
Toledo firm offers hundred dollar reward for catarrh cure
State of Ohio and Lucas County affidavit by Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co. sworn December 6 1858 pledges to pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case uncured by Hallys Catarreyvre. Send for testimonials Toledo Ohio sold by Druggists Hall's Family Pills advertised with medical claims.
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State OF Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F.J. Cheney & Co
Halu
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Hiai
F. J. ¢ Heney & CO
Hall
One Hundred Years Ago In The Weekly Historian
A Saco Maine cotton manufactory burned for a loss of 300000 dollars. Napoleon controlled Holland’s military and foreign envoys congratulated Prince Napoleon. Britain opened corn imports to its possessions. The British slave trade bill barred new slaves from colonies.
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Saco
Napoleon
Holland
United States
House of Commons
Peruna Claims World Wide Catarrh Supremacy
Advert claims Peruna is a universal cure for catarrh with endorsements from Australia Hawaii Cuba and officials in Washington. It cites a vast laboratory and global testimonials while mixing jokes about Congress and a recipe for rice pudding and corn oysters. An Oklahoma note predicts long liquor prohibition after statehood.
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Senor Quesada
United States
Washington, D. C
Gonzalo de Quesada
Hartman
Globe
Peruvian Envoys in Paris Seek Government Recognition
Diplomatic representatives from Peru arrived in Paris to request recognition of their government. The Lyceum Theater in London suffered a fire destroying the building. A petition from English Jews demanding removal of civil disabilities was laid before Parliament. Military movements show fourteen hundred Spanish troops sailing for Manila and ninety eight thousand for Havana.
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Paris
Lyceum Theater
London
Spain
Manila
Havana
Paris Industrial Exhibition Opens and Global Events Report
A Paris industrial exhibition opens as world news details include the suicide of George W. Green in a Chicago prison, a financial panic with San Francisco banks closed, British Parliamentarians communicating by letter, Russian forces attacked Eupatoria and were repulsed, and Union troops seize Wilmington North Carolina. Also noted are Sherman’s march, Charleston’s capture, Columbia’s fall, canal survey, indemnities, railroad tensions, Lyell’s death, De Koven’s episcopal appointment, Eads project approval, nihilist arrests, Grant retirement bill defeat, anti foreign labor law, Korti reports on Buller, a plot against Berne, and the Washington Monument dedication.
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Paris
George W. Green
Chicago
San Francisco
Eupatoria
Wilmington
N. C
Sherman
North Carolina
Charleston
Richmond
S. C
War Department
Columbia
Mexico
Confederacy
Gen
Grant
Congress
Korti
London
Buller
Abulea
Berne
Washington Monument
Washington, D. C
Convention Opens Amid Global News from 1900s Dispatch
The National Council of Women opened its Washington convention as reports said over twenty small coastwise vessels were lost in an Atlantic blizzard. Field Marshal Oyama announced China’s surrender on sea and land at Weihaiwei.
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National Council of Women
Washington, D.C
Atlantic
Oyama
Weihaiwei
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