Age of a Horse and a Thanksgiving Nozzle of Love
A veterinary guide outlines age estimation in horses by tooth development from 3 to 15 years, detailing nippers grinders tushes and wear marks. Separately a Cincinnati Gazette note recounts a Thanksgiving wedding at a shoe store after a clerk elopes with a Tennessee telegraph operator.
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West Fifth Street
Fifth Street
Race
Elm
Birdie
Tennessee
Cincinnati Gazette
No Beef Wanted Here Sign Backfires on Peddlers
A Salemite posts a placard reading No beef wanted here to stop early morning meat peddlers. That night a dark knock at his door prompts him to rush out. A man on the step asks for a light to read the sign and tears it from the door in a hurry. The peddlers resume knocking as before.
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Winston
N. C
The Stinging Tree of Queensland
A description of the stinging tree in Queensland notes its luxurious shrub form from two to three inches up to ten or fifteen feet tall and its disagreeable odor. Travelers recount near misses while turkey hunting as the plant’s scent warns of its proximity. The sting leaves no visible mark yet causes maddening pain lasting months, with animals and people reacting intensely.
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Queensland
Saya
Sweet Curing Seeds and Ayer’s Pills in Celestial Trade
A high Chinese official praised Dr. Ayer for introducing the “Sweet Curing Seeds” into China, calling the term a fitting translation for Ayer’s Pills. The letter acknowledges the products’ arrival and notes their effectiveness and proper naming in the Celestial Empire.
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Ayer
China
Sheridan recommends new Indian policy and land sale plan
General Sheridan’s August and September explorations in Wyoming Idaho and Montana yield a report to the Adjutant General proposing an Indian policy. He suggests granting eighty acres to each family head buying the surplus lands from Indians and funding perpetual support with government bonds. The plan envisions selling purchased land to settlers and opening the country while using bond interest for ongoing support.
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Sheridan
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Crow Nation
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Congress
Parrot Talks, Dog Reacts in Porch Drama
A Cleveland resident owns a talkative parrot that provokes a nap loving dog. Poll lures the dog with calls, the canine attacks the bird, shakes Poll, then flees as Poll laments overtalk.
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Poll
A Butcher's Trouble In The City
A medical student in the dissecting room filled pockets with ears and fingers and scattered them near a sausage machine at a butcher shop. Customers fled in horror as the student demanded explanations. The frightened butcher fled across roofs to avoid lynching, vowed not to return until officers fetch him for murder charges related to sausage meat.
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Boston Post
Lady bargains seal-skin cloak for silence
A lady agreed to remain silent for an hour in exchange for a seal-skin cloak. After seven minutes she objected claiming the cloak must be worth $250.
Mishler's Herb Bitters Label Slogan
A historical label line proclaims Mishler's Herb Bitters with the motto Moppries. Modo scripto in the manner directed to be seen on every bottle. The phrase reflects period marketing language for a medicinal herb bitters product.
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Moppries
Mishler
We Don't Like That Silk Underwear
A shopper balks at a $75 silk underwear set in a Boston Post anecdote. The clerk asserts no better item exists, the buyer rejects the price, and leaves without purchasing, the clerk left astonished.
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Boston Post
Two Guildhall Giants and a Patent Remedy Tale
A humorous ramble contrasts two grand wooden statues in London with Mishler's Herb Bitters praised as a universal remedy for indigestion biliousness and blood diseases. A quip about Daniel Webster follows, noting a sharp editor glare and a vow never to publish poetry, then a remark on poets' sensitivity.
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Guildhall
London
Mishler
America
Daniel Webster
Statesman
Hunt's Remedy Cures Kidney Diseases In Took Dated Claims
Cures for Brights Disease and other illnesses are claimed with testimonials from Joshua Tuthill of Saginaw Michigan John Hunt of Providence and S G Mason of Providence. The text also notes bees do not hear ordinary sounds per Sir John Lubbock.
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Hunt
Joshua Tuthill
Saginaw, Mich
Bright
John Hunt
Providence
S. G. Mason
Sir John Lubbock
Stephen G. Mason
M. Goodspeed
Sullivan Fenner
A. D. Nickerson
E. G. Taylor
Frank R. Dickson
Geo. F. Clark
Hunt's Remedy CO
Rovidence
Get Rich from Hops and Health Crowded Ad Nonsense
A collage of ads and quips criticizes Hop Bitters pricing while touting profits from hops at 1.25 per pound and claiming health wealth. It also riffs on editors, a midnight intruder, Diamond Dyes, and a jab at a Free Trade column, reflecting satirical market chatter.
Shiloh's Cure advertised for coughs in old ads
An assortment of vintage ads tout Shiloh's Cure for croup whooping cough and bronchitis with claims of rapid relief. The notices mock Illinois political questions about succession to David Davis and humor about Bir Langtry, plus catarrh remedy and Nasal Injector offer.
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Shiloh
E. R. Lash
Illinois
David Davis
David
Hawkeye
Wells' Health Renewer advertised remedy in Ohio depot notice
An advertisement promotes Wells' Health Renewer as a cure all for importance lean ness and sexual debility. The Ohio Depot is listed with John D. Park & Sons of Cincinnati, Ohio as distributors and a price of one dollar.
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Ohio Depot
John D. Park & Sons
Cincinnati
Magnetic Medicine Co
Detroit
Mich
Athens
H. K. Dorr
Central Drug Store
Publishers rebuke author over failed sales
In Marathon Independent from Germantown C. E. Born, a publisher voices frustration at an author whose works did not sell, saying their language was uncalled for. The piece notes Brown's Iron Bitters as a claimed remedy, bought with satisfaction by customers.
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Marathon Independent
C. E. Born
Germantown
Brown
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Gog and Magog
Texas
Austin
Texas Sistings
Norristown Herald
FE. R. Lash
Trosk
Mrs. Langtry
Rosalind
Philadelphia News
Sheloh
EB. R. Lash
Adam
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Poston
Mrs. W
Maverick St
Boston
Brown Chemical Co
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore
D. C. Cornwell
Clocks & Jewelry and
Court House
Main Street
Ohio
E. Weldman
Bozman Bros
H. M. Roach
Al-Ys
Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine
True & Co
Augusta
Maine
H Hallett & Co
Portland
Howard A. Snow
Washington, D. C
Chipman, Hosmer & CO
EAT Market
Ncto
John Binu
Athens County
Railroads
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
Columbus
Delaware
Galion
Crestline
Cleveland
Erie
Dunkirk
Buffalo
Ar. Niag. Falls
Daily
Rochester
Cine
Fasan ‘Schenecta
Albany
New York
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Grommelisy
Elmira
Sinitay
Lehigh V.rr
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Mauch Chunk
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Dayton
Cinennati
Greenville
Union
Winchester
Munele
Anderson
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Kan
Chicago
Omaha
Ewenenenes
A.J. Smith
J .de Woure
Ag’t
Irnell
Southeast Cor
Washington & Congress
Sis
John Cornell
Panhandle
Pittsburg, Cincinnati
St. Loui R’y
Sez
Morrow
Wilmington Sabina
Washington Circleville
Lancaster
Dresden
Shmelbeniecs
Wheeling
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Newark
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Pittsburgh Express
Dresden Junction
Express
Enon
Zanesville
N. Lexington
Junction City
Circleville
Washington
Sabina
Wilmington
Aenia
Springfiel
Xenia
Union Station
Louisville
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Louis
E. A
FORD
Gen. Pass
Ticket Ag
James McCcrea
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad
Tabu
Kansas City
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Belpre
Parersburg
Marietta
Parkersburg
Marshfield
Zaleski
M’arthur
Hamden
Jackson
Oak Hill
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Mussleman
Greenfield Vienna
Blanchester
Lynchburg
Hillsboro
Loveland
Nog Daily
Jrrteer
Segins Osteees
Vno
Llzam
Wereeteae
Signet
Os. Land
Arives
Madisonville
Greenfield
Thos. P. Barry
Neval Pass'r & TicketAge
John FE
Transportatios
Offio
William H. Scott
Rane
Mbs Enghr Office
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