Rattlesnake saves frontier scout in Devil's Pass tale
A mountain guide recalls a 20 year old siege by drunken Indians and a perilous trek across the San Juan range. In Devil's Pass a rattlesnake lunged from the narrator's side to thwart a Native attack, saving his life and those of his companions before they rescued the party a week later.
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Ol “Yack Parmelee
Gunison
Diggins
Josh Congdon
White Pine Ridge
Jack Willis
Congdon
Jed Thompson
Willis
Dennison
Grass Valley
Jed
San Juan Range
Devil's Pass
Animas
Sam Juan
Atimas
Devil’s Pass
Andrew fends off use of his name in Wilson reelect bid
The Boston Journal recalls Governor Andrew resisting friends who proposed using his name to oppose Henry Wilson's Senate return. Andrew warned such use harmed true friendship and refused acquiescence. The Arkansas Traveler anecdote about a balloon accident is quoted for bemused effect.
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The
Boston Journal
Henry Wilson
Andrew
Wilson
Senate
Rooster Crowing Dog and Political News Mixed
A dog near Hobbs trained to crow like a rooster, as vouched by local gentlemen. GEO. CONKLIN discusses animal eyes as a constraint for performances. Dr OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES compares Gladstone to an Atlas of grievances. South Carolina ratifies a constitutional amendment to disqualify voters for minor felonies, seen as reducing the colored vote.
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Naenege
Hobbs
Wiliam Seve
Coffee
Eek
Lenessee Sentinel
Geo. Conklin
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The
Atlantic
Mr. Gladstone
Patrick
South Carolina
Peruna Remedy Praised By Satisfied Patients
A wife saved from a deadly cough credits Dr Hartman and Peruna with her recovery. A husband from South Chicago confirms the remedy’s virtues, citing a page from Hartman’s Ills of Life and the hourly dose.
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Hartman
Peruna
A. J. Miller
Chicago
Ill
Dr. Hartman
Seberline
Inconsistent Ads Praised Swayne's Ointment and Hunt's remedy
An old advertorial excerpt extols Swayne's Ointment for skin diseases and Hunt's Remedy for kidney and liver ailments. It denounces worthless ads and quotes New York penal code opinions on suicide prevention. It cites Homer and Ulysses to frame its claims and asserts public trust in these products and physicians' endorsements.
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Swayne
New York
Ulyses
Ulysses
Gilead
California exchange notes rising interest of women in field sports
A California exchange observes that in recent years women have shown growing enthusiasm for field sports. It cites examples of skilled women quail shooters and women anglers who could cast with skill beyond the usual hunter.
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California
Urinal Disease Cured at Rock Island Depot
A fragment describes bladder related discharges cured at Rock Island depot near Cincinnati by Jond Park and Company. The text references Ohio and a rail link, noting a treatment or remedy with dollar amounts.
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Rock
Ohio Depot
Jond
Park & Cincinnati
Century subscription offer for bound and unbound sets
Special offer from November 1882 provides a year’s subscription plus twelve back numbers unbound for $6.00. A subscription with the twelve back numbers bound in two gilt topped volumes is $7.50. New York publishers advertise this option for the periodical.
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FE. C. Stedman
Thomas Hughes
Joel Chandler Harris
Remus
Charles Dudley Warner
John Burroughs E. V. Smalley
H. H. Hoyesen
Nne Century. CO
New York
N. Y
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Arkansas
Arkansas Traveler
Imperial Deposit Bank
Berlin
Ine
Minnesota
Journal of Medicine
Meserolo
London
P.O
AB. Olb
John Bt
Swaruk
Addrees
Dr. Swayne & Son
Phila
Fostetter
the Nation
W.D. Howells
Thirteen Colonies
Epa Ward Eggleston
Sou Enianeaee
Tee Usin
United States
Mary Hallock Foote
Henry James, JR
America
Christian League OF Connecticut
Washington Gladden
Connecticut
Rudder Grange
Frank R. Stockton
Europe
Louisiana
Geo. W. Cable
Frank H. Cushing
National
Capitol
Supreme Court
White House
Southern
Hostetter
Willines
Ncu
Uci
Rane Naa
Nicholas
ST. Nicholas
Eland
Tinkham Brothers
Tide- Mill
J. T. Crow Badge
Our Young Foulks
Jack Hazard
Frank R.stockton
St. Nicu- Olas
Robin S Hood
Yeoman
Maurice Thompson
ES. Brooks
Eligabeth Thompson
Nier
Miss Thompson
Villiers
Archibald
Lincoln
Fmi
Euvenile
Louisa M. Alcott
Rome
New
N.Y
F. P. Graham
Athens
Ikmi
Miss Racer
Messenger
Sam
John B. Dalton
Tam
Tho Manufacture
Ezra L. Walker
Foo Choo
Yellow Sea
Haylock & Jenney
Dey Street
Mercantile Review
Haylock & Jenne
Haylock & Co
Dey St
Athens County
Athens Gas Light Company
W. Harris
First National Bank of Athens
Bankine Maven An
A. Norton
Nodg-45
People’s Building and Loan Company
Mayor's Sake
Tansee Lot
Clarke
Nore F
Athens Wateheel and Machine Company
H.R
Pg Stoshneidess
Heme
Nasional Bank
David JT Moore
Athenplomal Co
Bank of Athens
N. Pee Gman
A. WA Mu
W. Towsley
Aramaca
Warren House
White Pine
Mee Enger
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