Glorious Perfidy and a Confederate Dilemma at Laura Fains
Laura Fain faces a moral test as Mark and Jakey flee a Union officer. Captain Cameron Fitz Hugh arrives as a fiancé of Laura, heir to Confederate loyalties, while Laura struggles with fear and secrecy. Mark calls her the loveliest woman for acting bravely amid danger.
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Mark
Jakey
Laura Fain
Laura
Jakay
Cameron
Dallas
Poe’s
Forrest
Sparta
Fain
Old Dominion
Mrs. Fain
Captain Fitz Gugh
Mamma
Fitz Hugh
Chattanooga
Pet
Catarrh Cure Promised as Universal Remedy
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh with a $100 reward if it fails. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urges readers to request testimonials. Also includes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills pitches and a cartoon caption about a two faced matron and a boy.
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Hall
F. J. Coengry & Co
Toledo
Hood
Mrs. Gabble
Dr. King
Bucklen
L. M. Bosworth
Monsieur Eiffel
Panama Canal
Hood's Sarsaparilla Credited With Grips Cure
A Vermont reader describes severe grip attacks two winters apart leaving weakness and stomach pains. After using Hood's Sarsaparilla the symptoms fade, appetite returns, and pain disappears. Also mentions Hood's pills and other remedies like One Minute Cough Cure and De Witt's Little Early Risers as popular patent medicines of the era.
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C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Hood
Geo. W. Coox
Johnsbury, Vt
de Witt
Stout Man and Castoria Advert for Stout Man and Castoria
A collage of vintage ad lines notes stout men licking Columbian stamps and a popular Castoria remedy. It also mentions Mrs. N B Forrest’s death in Memphis and promotes Dallam's German Worm Lozenges, a 25 cent worm remedy sold by L M Bosworth. The Boston Journal cites two million dollars connected to Iron Hall sieve.
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Pitcher
The
Boston Journal
Dallam
Lt. Bosworth’s
Dullam
Grand Rapids
Michigan
L. M. Bosworth
Castoria and cures fill early state ads in city issue
A jumble of medicinal ads and notices shows James G. Longstreet opening an Atlanta office, Dullam's German remedies sold by L. M. Bosworth, and testimonials for Castoria and De Witt's products. Railroad schedules, Kipling notes, a Bobby Burns statue plan, and light humor intersperse with drug warnings and health claims.
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James G. Longstreet
General Longstreet
Atlanta
Papa
de Witt
Debate over the unearned increment at Syracuse
A heated Syracuse debate pitted Hon. R. G. Harr against Henry George before 2000 attendees. Harr pressed George on copyright profits from Progress and Poverty, arguing the author earned $30,000 to 40,000 from unearned increment while landowners bear the tax burden. The crowd reacted with laughter and shouts.
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R. G. Harr
Michigan
Tribune
Henry George
Syracuse
N. Y
George
Harr
Horr
Life of James G. Blaine advertised for sale
Hon James G Blaine famed statesman praised as the greatest American of his era. T C Crawford prepared the Blaine biography endorsed by political and literary figures. Curtis Co Cincinnati offers the volume at two dollars with postage prepaid and an advertisement noted in a separate column.
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James G. Blaine
Mr. Blaine
United States Senate
National Congress
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Congress
T. C. Crawford
Blaine
The One-Hoss Shay and Woman’s Rights Rhetoric
A fragment contrasts the one-hoss shay’s flawlessness with stereotypes about female weakness and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for female organ weakness. Dialogues reference dining cars and time tables as social critique of women’s rights.
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Dams
Ad. Lobe Bible Publishing Co
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Phila
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Mason City
Peoria
Marshalltown
Lows
Sun
St Lows
St.Louis
Albia
Given
NORTA
C. H. Ackert
A. F. Banks
T. P. Bavay
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
C.a.snow &Co
D.C
Aphho Medicine CO
Gregom
Ames
Iowa
Druzzists
G. C. Bittner & Co. To.coo, O
M. Ricord
M. C
Masonic Temple
Scientific American Agency For
Woo Hancock
Eee & A
New York
America
Broadway
New York City
Co. West
Bosworth
K. Wilson, Publishers
F. A. Mitchel
Snow
Geo. W. Cook
St. Johnsbury, Vt
Coal Trust
Pitcher’s Castoria
L. M. Bosworth’s
A. B. Snell
Hamilton, Mich
Memphis
Ilinois Central Railroad
J. F. Merry
L. Pass. Agt
Manchester
Kipling
Denver
Bobby Burns
W. Grant Stevenson
Edinburgh
Harpers
Richard Harding Davis
London
Egypt
Castoria
Chili
Lullam
Columbus
Mr. de Athil
W. H. Crowley
John C. Dullam
Flint, Mich
Notary Public
Genesee Co
France
Panama
Chas. Rogers
Bay City
Mich
DeWitt
California Pioneers
H. Hicks
Rochester
Boston
Dr. Pierce
James Whitcomb Riley
Krause
S. J. Warner
Eer
Dr. Zero
Atlantic
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Fort St.John
Penelope
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Mrs. Wiggin
Studies In American Biography
George William Curtis
Sherman
Rodgers
Arcadia
Francis Parkman
Atherwoods
Fort St. John
Stedman
Aldrich
Bynner
Prof. Shaler
Miss Repplier
Carl Schurz
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Olive Thorne Miller
Deland
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Wiggin
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George H. Palmer
Miss Preston
Thomas M. Cooley
Edward Everett Hale
John Fiske
Rudyard Kipling
P. Marion Crawford
John C. Ropes
Whittier
Hawthorn
Emerson
Longfellow
Bryant
Holmes
Houghton. Mifflin & Co
Park St
Boston, Mass
P. Lorillard Co
World
Crawford
U.S
E.R. Curtis & Co. Publishers
Cincinnati, Ohio
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Osaoon
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Kroonerer
Conway, Ark
H. A. Arcugr
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Children's Department
Hosrrratayp Dispersary
Mags
Surra
Pres
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
R. G. Horr
Mr. Horr
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Hannah
Maria
Amos
King
L. M. Rosw
Denton
la Grippe
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H. Hallett & Box
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