The Guinea madness plot and ink bottle clue
Dr Macpherson recounts a gunboat voyage off the Guinea coast where Lieut Gilby battles fear and jealousy linked to Miss Callan. Lashton fakes a deadly plan, ink on the arm becomes a mystery, and a letter reaches Miss Callan as Gilby contemplates self-destruction amid monomania.
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Macpherson
Lashton
Gilby
Guinea
Lie
Pall Mall
Dr. Macpherson
Mediterranean
Bay of
Lagos
Kakoga
Lieut
Miss Callan
Malta
Kaktyra
Hie
En- Lashton
The Medicine Habit Alarm Nationwide
A Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette warning decries widespread medicine use for every ache and illness. It notes ready made cures lure nervous invalids, credits recovery to medicines, and argues a national trend toward excessive self treatment without physician guidance. The piece also promotes nose breathing and deep breaths as healthful, citing an English physician on heat generation and circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
Mand-Painted Novelties Make Fashion Sparkle
Mand painted satins are among newer novelties used for bodices parasols and capes and hand painted ribbons are imported for various trimming uses in fashion circles.
Dr Miles Remedies Claims Heart Cure in Elkhart Ad
An 1840s reader from Fort Wayne Indiana recounts forty years of heart trouble with fluttering pains and breathlessness. After trying several doctors a single bottle of Dr Miles Heart Cure stopped the palpitations and the Restorative Nervine restored rest, allowing normal daily life. Advertisement notes sales by druggists and a free book from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Weil
Miles
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
OhioRepublican Platform Endorses McKinley For 1896 Nomination
The Ohio Republican state convention at Zanesville endorses William McKinley for president in 1896, reaffirms adherence to protective tariff and bimetallism, denounces the Democratic administration, supports a Nicaragua canal, and praises John Sherman and Joseph B. Foraker while extending sympathy on Walter Q. Gresham’s death.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Democratic National Administration
Hawaii
Nicaragua
Pnrce
Pension Bureau
Veterans of the Republic
William McKinley
General Assembly
United States
Congress
United States Senate
John Sherman
Joseph
B. Foraker
Wiliam McKinley
Walter Q. Gresham
Lightning Hot Drops Fun Pain Relief Tone
A quirky ad notices a product named Lightning Hot Drops hailed as funny yet claims to relieve all pain. It proclaims wide availability and universal payment of relief as a selling point in a brisk, tongue in cheek style.
Cheap Excursions to National Encampment and Park Dedication
Cheap trips via C MH Vv and T National Encampment to Louisville and Chattanooga for the Grand Army dedication of Chickamauga Park. Athens to encampment fare 5.0 tickets on Sept 8–11, valid to Oct 5. dedication fare 10.49 tickets Sept 16–19, valid to Oct 5. Ohio Central Lines offer daily excursions to Lakeside Park for groups of three or more with promising fishing.
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Grand Army
Louisville
Chickamauga National Military Park
Chattanooga
Athens
Ohio Central
Lakeside Park
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Pivis
Dr. Miles
N. C. Miller
U. S
Supreme Court
G, & C, Merriam CO
Springfield
Maas
U.S. A
Xente
Huster MG GO
Cincinnati
Erter
Susveaisla
ARM and Hammer
Church & CO
New York
WNO Hagq
Lightni
Asc
Herb Medicine Co
the Messenger and Herald
Athens County
THE
Messenger and Herald
Advar
Hrbaali
Lbserivers
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Geo. W. Best
Tribune Building
New York City
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