Ohio Centennial to Host Grand Militia Encampment
The Ohio Centennial from Sept 4 to Oct 5, 1885 will feature a large opening week encampment of the State militia. Columbus residents offer a well equipped camp ground with water drainage and comforts for camp life. Thousands in uniform will parade and drill to display Ohio's citizen soldiery and domestic strength. Ohto's military history is highlighted as the state aims to show capability for national or domestic danger.
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Ohio
Oet
Columbus
Oto
France
New York
Otho Fruth
Provident Medical Dispensary
France Medical Institute
West Gay Street
Orous
St. Vitus
Genius wheeled railroad contraption by Paw Paw inventor
A Paw Paw Michigan inventor unveils an aptirailroad collixeiomer a train of cars with a attached rail track that can pass over or under to connect with main lines, aiming for safe passage over approaching trains in either direction. The piece notes a winter wheat scare with mild sun and showers softening grain, boosting markets. Two brothers Sammy and Willie Baldwin aged fourteen and twelve walked from Kearney Missouri to St Joseph Missouri to see their mother in a state insane asylum, a distance of about one hundred miles, amid family strife.
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Paw Paw
Mich
Sammy
Willie Baldwin
Kearney
St. Joseph
New York Weekly Tribune
Tribune
New York
New York Tribune
Unday Tribune
United States
Blaine
Evarts
Hiscock
Pilate
Santa Claus
Waltham
Weekly Tribune
Wood
the Tribune
Bitter cold night brings Jennie to help with mat
In a terse vignette a small boy delays Jennie and her beau who are found hugging in the parlor. Mother reacts with horror while the boy jokes about hugging the stove. The ad line promotes Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup at 25 cents as a safe remedy for the baby and warns against opium or laudanum. A humorous aside about Edson’s inability to do many things well ends the piece.
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Mormer
Jennie
Acker's Blood Elixir Sold With Guarantee
A C B Wenderson offers Acker's Blood Elixir claiming it cures blood diseases and strengthens constitution with a stated guarantee. A mass of clam shells in sandstone was found at 100 feet near Forgtville California.
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Acker
C. B. Wenderson
Forgtville
Cal
Riverside misadventure at Kosciusko steeple climb scandal
A demented twelve year old boy wandered from home and climbed the Kosciusko Mississippi Methodist steeple. He carried a bucket and proclaimed he would go to heaven with God. Workmen coaxed him down after a brief stand off citing a wrong ascent. Separately a mix of political, advertising, and literary notices appears, including Republican League formation, Sohodo nt toothpaste, Spaulding glue, and testimonials.
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Kosciusko
Miss
Kerry God
Solid Earth
Castoria and old remedies in a wartime style vignette
A nostalgic ad voice recalls Castoria through generations from baby to mother while promising Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites as a cure for consumption and debility. The text blends domestic scenes with medical sales pitches and skeptical lodging-house banter.
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Scott
Quack Cures Advertised Amid Asthma and Coughs
An 19th century advertisement touts Acker's English Remedy for long troubles at 10c or 50c and Blood Elixir as a cure for ulcers eruptions or syphilitic poisoning. It promotes Dr Seliere and lists C B Henderson as seller, with a faded note on Hudson Valley leisure and funerals.
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Gar Sheehy Rebs
Acker
C. B. Henderson
C. B Henderson
Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Promoted With Broad Claims
An advertisement extols Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy promising a 300 reward for an uncured nasal catarrh. It lists a long array of symptoms from nasal obstruction to offensive breath and notes the remedy is sold by druggists for sixpence and has worldwide reputation. It also attacks public schools as enemies of free trade and ends with a quip about lovers and rivals.
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Dr. Sage
Athens notice for office and residence on Washington Street
An 187-nlé-v notice from Athens Oregon lists office and residence at the second door west of the Bank of Athens on Washington Street with prompt day or night calls. dated April 7.
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Bank of Athens
Washington Street
Nlé
Lens safely loaded for Lick telescope delivery
Great care is taken to ensure the lens for the Lick telescope is securely transported. The drawing room of a parlor car is secured for loading in Boston and shipment to California.
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Lick
Boston
California
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Kanawha
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