Commodore Montgomery Dies in Chicago at 85
Commodore Joseph F.B. Montgomery, former Confederate navy officer, died at his son Dr James Montgomery’s home in Chicago at age 85. Buried in New Albany Indiana, he left a wife interred there earlier and is survived by a daughter Mrs C M White and six grandchildren. He commanded river scouts and built the gunboat Nashville, earning fame in Belmont New Orleans and Memphis battles before being pardoned by President Johnson.
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Commodore Montgomery
Chicago
Joseph FB. Montgomery
James Montgomery
Case Street
New Albany
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C. M. White
Carrollton
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Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Leonidas Polk
Belmont
Grant
Montgomery
Mississippi River
Fort Pil
New Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Alabama River
Mobile
Admiral Farragut
Mobile Bay
Texas
Johnson
Naval school site to be chosen on the Great Lakes
Rear Admiral Taylor heads the commission to assess the Great Lakes shores for a naval school and training station. As chief of the bureau of navigation and former Newport naval school leader, he guides personnel matters and orders. He commanded the Indiana at Santiago during the Spanish fleet battle.
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Preparing the Mouth for Nauseating Medicines
A historical note recommends chewing orange peel or taking cayenne pepper to ready the mouth for foul tonics. It claims such methods render bitter draughts nearly tasteless, with an almond oil drop masking taste in castor oil without altering its medicine effect per the Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Ironing a Shirt Waist Instructions from The Philadelphia Inquirer
Home methods to iron and starch summer shirt waists with Defiance starch. Use a hot clean iron and damp cloths, iron from top to bottom, handle plaits, and air the garment before storage. Also notes 1874 grasshopper devastation and crop losses in Kansas Missouri Nebraska Iowa.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Notable Advertisements and Quack Remedies in a 19th Century Paper
A collage of early ads and notices: home cure claims for female ailments promising free instructions for Leucorrheia and womb disorders, Dreiss headache powder, cheap California rail fares, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, detective services, political views on women in politics, herbal cures, and odd observations on life and poverty.
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Ueranteca Cure
Mus
M. Summers
Hox
Notre Dame
Ind
Ada Webb
Pike Road
Ala
Ladies’ Health Club
Gerstle & Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Arctic birth theory and patent medicine notices
A Kansas University professor concludes early humans originated in the Arctic after field study. The page also advertises Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children with numerous testimonials, and Defiance Starch claiming high quality at low price. A quip about a wedding ceremony ends the excerpt.
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Polar
Louis Lindsay Dyche
Kansas University
Arctic Zone
Mother Gray
New York
Ruggists
Alien
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
First Maryland woman lawyer Etta Maaadox noted
The Maryland legislature recently allowed women to be admitted to the bar and Miss Etta H Maaadox has passed the bar exam becoming the state’s first woman lawyer. Defiance Starch is praised for higher quality and growing sales among dealers.
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Maryland
Etta H. Maaadox
To Cure a Cold in One Day Claim Ad
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Queen Tablets as a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee if ineffective. It also notes writers of farm life poetry lack interest in prosaic topics.
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San Francisco
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San Antonio
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California
Southern Pacific
Houston
Texas Central R. A
Galveston
T. J. Anderson
M. L. Robbins
A.G.P
Winslow
McCane’s Detective Agency
Sears
Home Remedy Co
Charles F. Klein
St. Louis
Z Exags
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Barron
Bouth Bend
E. M. Burke
Freokila Ave
Mousten
Moore
Thompson
Voy Maine &J
Uncle Ken
Jevone
W.N. A. Houston
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