Favorite Prescription Promises Safe Childbirth and Wellness
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is praised as a valuable tonic for women with demanding duties and for nursing mothers. It is marketed as a non secret medicine with a known composition and glycerine base, claimed to prepare the system for childbirth and avoid surgery. A free endorsement book and Dr. Pierce's Pellets are also advertised for constipation relief.
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Pierce
Pleres
R. V. Pierce
Travel Tickets to Portland Seattle Spokane and More
Round trip and one way tickets on diverse routes. On sale June 19 to July A1 inclusive for events including Baptist Young People's union and International Christian Endeavor. Other destinations include Norfolk Virginia and Chautauqua Lake New York with dates in July. Contact HW P Salter Anniston Alabama or L Stone Louisville Kentucky for details.
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Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Convention Baptist Young People's Union
International Christian Endeavor Convention
Grand Lodge Good Templars
Texas
Chautauqua Lake
N. Y
The Flag That Made the Song History Revealed
Georgiana Hunter, granddaughter of Fort McHenry commander Colonel Armistead, recalls the original Star Spangled Banner flag. The private heirloom, stored in a Broadway vault by Eben Appleton, remains undisclosed in location as disputes and legends surround its preservation and custody.
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Georgiana Hunter
George Armistead
Fort Mellenry
Francia Scott Key
New York Sun
Armistead
Eben Appleton
New York
Broadway Trust Company
Colonel Armistead
Hunter
Baltimore
Tocqueville on American Expansion in 1835 Vision
In 1835 Alexis de Tocqueville predicted Americans would become one of the world’s greatest peoples and expand from polar ice to southern seas. He stated the continent they inhabit is their domain and that, despite future uncertainty, this expansion is an almost certain event.
Bearded Jones Receives Wife Gift From Abroad
In a humorous quip, Punch notes Jones grows a beard when his wife gives him tigs as a present. The Dutch Prover adds a proverb about inner quality reflecting outward appearance.
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Jones
Do Grandfather's Whiskers Yet Wave in July Fourth Fireworks
A Judge poem recounts a July Fourth night disaster as families endure burns and smoke. The speaker asks if elderly grandfather’s whiskers survived the blasts, while relatives seek salve and count the damage from the explosions.
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Johnnie
Papa
Grandfather
Henry
Lizzie
The Declaration of Independence and Its Vaults
William H. Michael recounts the history of the Declaration of Independence from 1789 to the late 19th century. It moved among the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of State, the Patent Office, and a state war and navy building before final custody in a fireproof depository. The document was once displayed in a steel cabinet and later sealed in a drawer for protection.
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William H. Michael
State Department
Washington
Congress
Department of Foreign Affairs
Continental Congress
Department of State
Patent Office
Interior Department
War and Navy
Old S. S. S. claimed to cure blood sores
In West Union Ohio a four year facial sore was treated after other physicians failed. The subject used S. S. S. and reports a complete cure with blood now pure and healthy and no sign of the sore since.
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S.S.S
SWIFT
ATLAN
West Union
Ohio
Sealed Declaration and Constitution Copies Restricted
The Declaration remains sealed by order of the late Secretary Day and is no longer shown publicly except by special direction of the state department, while a signed copy of the Constitution is referenced.
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State Department
New York Times
How to Cure Chilblains
John Kemp of East Otisfield Maine explains relief from chilblains by applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He notes it also treats salt rheum and other skin ailments, offering a 25 cent guarantee at local drugstores Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co.
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John Kemp
East Otisfield
Bucklen
Elam
Ordway and Houser’s
Scarbrough Drug Co
Fourth of July then and now on the Wabash
Uncle Joe Cannon reflects in the Milwaukee Sentinel on childhood Fourth of July scenes near the Wabash River with cows milking gardens and fishing memories. He praises modern times for affordable fireworks and novelty noise makers for boys in the twentieth century.
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Wabash
Joe Cannon
Milwaukee Sentinel
Illinois
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Norfolk
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Press Association
HW. P. Salter
G. A. J. K. Lanning
P. A
Anniston
L. Stone
Louisville, Ky
Robinson's Book Store
Normal School
Nonville
Aln
Alabama
W. Daugette
Dew Polson
Dandru
Contegheent Evans Chemicalc Snovnnatio
Caprese
Deen Bhot
Tak
Key
Min ‘Len
Hlunter
Philadelphia
Old South Church
Commodore Preble
Fort McHenry
General Lafayette
Peabody Institute
Gao
John
Cuti
W. D. Nesbit
Wryin
Price Tee Bradfield Regulator Co
Wiother
Fering
Wre
Atlanta, Ga
First National Bank
M. B. Wellborn
W. W. Stringfellow
H. A. Young
A. J. Goodwin
H. McKleroy
A. Davis
C. D. Roovruff
BR. F. Smith
Cnchia
The
Anniston National Bank
UNITED_ STATES and ESTATE DEPOSITARY
M. F. Doering
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