Reminiscences and Elections Across Ross County
An obituary notes the death of Mr BD B Cole and several local deaths, while election results show a large turnout with strong support against saloons. Reports cover township officers, Roman Rome township margin for a Children’s Home, and Rail travel comparisons between America and England.
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Cole
Big Ken Wes
Tressa P. Rowell
O. Rowell
Owen Jarvis
H. D. Barrows
Ruth BR. Payne
Capt
C. Byron
Rome
Dean School
Rob’t Wright
P. G. Grubb
J. M. Rowell
Co. DD
Ross
Athens County
Ross County
Dr Kings New Discovery and Electric Bitters Sell Well
Rome Georgia druggists report two years of strong sales for Dr King s New Discovery and Electric Bitters with many cures in the city. They claim several pronounced consumption cases were aided by a few bottles taken with Electric Bitters, guaranteed by the supplier.
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W. D. Hoyt & Co
Rome
Dr. Bing
Bucklen
Dr. King
H. K. Dorr
Deaf Ox and Ear Trumpet Aid Chebanse Farmer
A Chebanse Illinois farmer who found his ox did not respond to commands bought an ear trumpet. The device proved effective, enabling better control of the stubborn animal.
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Chebanse
Illinois
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Spring Blood Purifier
The article extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a premier spring medicine that purifies the blood and strengthens the body. It claims to cure scrofula pimples boils biliousness dyspepsia sick headache catarrh rheumatism and other diseases caused by impure food or a run down system. Try the peculiar medicine.
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France
New York
Ohio
D. Otho Fruth
Provident Medical Dispensary
Dr. France
France Medical Institute
West Gay
St. Vitus
Hood
Ex Senator Conkling's Gallant Fight for Life
The ex Senator Conkling's brave struggle last week shows how strong physical condition aids life in crisis. His habit of temperance, regular exercise, and plain fare is credited with sustaining him, contrasting with an easy decadent lifestyle that could have led to his death sooner.
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Conkling
Fragmentary Ad copy and odd quotes from a late 19th century page
The text presents assorted phrases about sale pitches for Liver Pills and a desert Arab joke about asking if a sister will leave home. It also includes a generic reassurance about sympathy and a proverb about dogs, with a brief mention of a sale by C B Henderson and a guarantee price of 25 and 7 cents.
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Desert
Oasis
C. B. Henderson
Poor Widow Bedett and the Deacon's Favor
A faded tale notes a widow failing to charm a deacon with verse. It suggests using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to treat female ailments, claiming it would bring cheer and possibly win the deacon's regard.
Sam Jones criticized for local tariff talk and ridicule
The piece attacks Sam Jones for treating tariffs as a local issue rather than a national question. It suggests his talk harms his image, portraying him as more of an ase than a revivalist and showing he backs Cleveland’s renomination, a stance the North would see as foolish.
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Sam Jones
Cleveland
Georgia
North
Kemp's Balsam Promise and Courtroom Outburst
An Arkansas court hears a trial where a prosecuting attorney urges the jury to accept a claim about Kemp's Balsam for throat and lungs while a young man in the gallery shouts a dramatic interruption about a witness engaged to him for over three years. The Tribune notes the contrasting scenes of medicine advertisement and legal drama.
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Arkansas
Chicago Tribune
Mormonism and Utah statehood debate in current events
A Cincinnati Times-Star interview quotes U S District Attorney W J Clark of Utah in Columbus. He says Mormon proselyting falls due to government confiscation of wealth, calls for Utah statehood, and accuses church leaders of duplicity in denouncing polygamy while avoiding abjuration in court.
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W. J. Clark
U. S
Utah
Collumbus
Ohio
Cincinnati Times-Star
Union of
Waterbury Watch Mistaken for Heart in Silly Exchange
A man mishears his beloved claim of love as she presses against him and confesses hearing a heart beating. He reveals the sound is actually the ticking of his Waterbury watch, ending the moment with embarrassed humor.
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Waterbury Watch
Spring Enervation Hits Most As Warm Weather Arrives
A fragmented reader note describes spring fatigue spreading among people as bracing air gives way to warmth, signaling bodily weakness and a rising sense of tiredness, with a muddled reference to a tonic medicine.
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Chas. FP. Shutt
Laird, Josten & CO
Buggiggs, Phaeton &S
Shutt
Veo
Ely
Y Bros
Greenwich St
N.Y
Sedalia Coal Company
Buchtel
Athens Township
J. C. Stedman
Alex. Ewing
Henry «. Crippen
T. M. Pickering
J. H. Cornell
Wm. A. Root
Charlies Young
T. J. Morris
C. H. Minton
E. T. Rose
B. S. Miles
York Township
H. L. Lee
Chas. W. Lee
John C. Parker
M. Vore
Charles Butt
Henry Radcliff
Nelsonville
Wesley C. Hickman
Alexander Beattie
Eben Wilson
W. G. Hickman
Isaiah Tedrow
Firet
J. W. Bates
James Verity
J. F. Coe
C. A. Cable
James Stater
Pres. Liddel
Trimble Township
Wm. Riddison
J. S. Danford
B. F. Headley
James Kempton
E. Wyatt
D. C. Cook
J. M. Drake
Trimble Corporation
D. H. Kidwell
G. H. Johnson
Henry Lee
J. B. Rose
J. W. Johnson
M. M. Dunlavey
Wm. Stump
Wm. Southard
Dover Township
John Brawley
W.S.S. McKittrick
John Mourn
Chauncey
James White
Millfield Precint
Thomas Miller
William Craig
John Fulton
H. Stephenson
Rome Twonship
W. W. Skinner
H. J. Smith
Frank Carter
H. P. Minear
John Featherston
Waterloo Township
8. H. King
M. L. Griswold
L. Straight
Marshfield
I. V. Minear
Mineral
W. R. Hayes
G L. Pake
G. W. Ely
Troy Township
J. M. Tidd
E. W. Johnson
Samuel Fitch
Waren Patten
W. C. Hickley
J. Cole
Waldo Humphrey
John Wise
Lawrence Petty
Albert Humphrey
Coolville Corporation
A. 8
Tidd
R. F. Parrish
J. E. Hartnell
L. C. Wedge
J. C. Bailey
J. R. Spyder
G. K. Campbell
A. C. Davis
Ames Township
J. YP. Brawley
L. H. Glazier
John Patterson
J. J. Beasley
Wm. Triplett
D. Stiles
Canaan Township
John O. Hill
J. W. Baird
James D. Ashton
Andrew Culloms
Marion Brown
Charles Kelly
Bern Township
O. H. Bowman
D. L. Dille
R. Edgerton
C. B. McCune
F. W. Taylor
L. C. Dille
Albany Corporation
P. Armstrong
W. C. Lindley
Earney
John Woodgett
John W. Lindley
M. L. Means
A. W. Lynch
W. H. Vorkes
T. Cline
Jesse Baughman
Amos Knowlton
W. W. Norton
T. W. Duffee
H. Tope
James C. Robinson
C. Moler
New England States
Chicago
England
Albany
London
Sheffield
Great Northern
Boston
Manchester
Glasgow
Scotland
America
Baltimore and
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Migon, Blakeman, Taylor, & CO
Broadway
Mesenger
France’Medical and Surgical Institute
Columbus
D. Ortho Fruith
Athens
Warren House
THE
France Medical Incorporated
West Gay Ste Ent
Surgical Institute
Aires
United States
Rookivdy
Frath
M. Weeks
D. Hinent
M.D. Ate
Toronto
Cania
Fenwood
National Beak
Ourth National Bank
Farmers’ National Bank
Findla
Hochpares
Esa" Macenes
Nail and Express
Francd
West Cay Street
Smoothtext
Richee
Burdette
Milwaukee
Kansas
Cain
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