Bankrupt Tribe and the Great Twenty-Bis Day Gamble
A long, vivid account of the Puget Sound Wack River and Puyallup tribes engaging in a high-stakes gambling event known as the great sing gamble. Details include the pot of rifles, horses, buggies, blankets, money, and the dramatic losses and personal sacrifices of Capt. Jack and his Black River team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Puyallup
Aeeee San Examiner
Jake Talugh
Charley Jacobs
Tacoma
Ding Gamble
Jake
Neven
Puyallups
Black Rivers
Shuffier
John Powallia
Black River
Puyallupa
Iilnck Peat
Shiloh's Cure and Chamberlains Remedy Sold Locally
An advertisement touts Shilohs Cure with a guaranteed claim it cures incipient consumption and lists prices. It also highlights Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy used by a Tooleys La merchant M C Tisler with a reported forty minute recovery. Hood's Sarsaparilla billed as the best blood purifier and nerve tonic for fatigue and nervous weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
Tooleys la
M. C. Tisler
Chamberlain
Osburn
Don’t Stop Tobacco Cure Claim Ad From 19th Century
An old advertisement promotes Baco Cure as a scientific vegetable remedy to quit tobacco without willpower. It claims a Berlin physician developed the formula in 1872 and guarantees permanent cure in three boxes or money back with interest. It asserts users may continue tobacco use while taking it and promises nicotine-free results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sorenu
Yemen
Essa Oas Stator
Mple Ieee Co
W. Hornika
TUE
Prownen Purest Ag
API
Traveling man retails ink, cures rheumatism claim
A traveling man promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a quick cure for rheumatism lameness and sprains after suffering with shoulder lameness for days. The ad touts 50 cent bottles and direct sales with postage stamps for samples and proofs. Local druggist Osborne markets the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampe
Oreka Chemical & Manufacturing Company
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Solomon
C. W. Battell
Cincinnati
Queen City Printing Ink Co
Chamberlain
Osburn
Free Northwest journal offered with The Press subscription
The Northern Pacific Farmer based in Portland Oregon enters its twenty first year as a weekly Northwest paper edited by Frank Lee. It promises 16 to 32 pages weekly of agricultural market reports and domestic topics. New subscribers paying a year in advance to The Press receive one year free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Farmer
Portland
Oregon
Northwest
Frank Lee
Granger
United States
Pexss
Great Northwest Journal
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Tecoma
Victor Noworowsky
Premat
Galicia
Huntieh Museum
Lemburg
Mount Arie
West
Baden
Bisa
Baltimore Sun
Hareper
Kansaya
Mont Schermerhorn
Amoire
Ghias
Cretele
Che'logemake
Kaye
White County
Fin
Cincinnati Enquirer
Atlantic Sea
Hood
Court Street
Pendleton
F. H. Weston
Main Street
Mosgrove's — i Iina
Aresins
F. Riesecker
Shaw
Hi To Hood
Eityin Thera
C. A. Barrett Co
C. A. Barrett
Dr. Price
Mece
Demorest
de Longpré
Evry
Demorest'y
Demoryst
W. Diournece
D. Tomer
Athena
Alex McKay
Feu Erson
AER
Church & CO
New York
ISUN
Aly
OREN
Denver
Omaha
ST. Paul
Kansas City
San Francisco
W. H. Hurlbut
Gen. Pass Agt
F. Oakes
Henry (. Payne
Northern
Pacific
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Bameiss
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