Fort Worth tale of Dusenbery and four strangers standoff
A Fort Worth incident features Dusenbery, the famed “Tire-eating Terror,” confronting four dangerous strangers in Callahan's with pistols and knives. He forces them to retreat, then collapses from the strain as the crowd gasps at his display of nerve. Nearby, a Southern critic laments culture waning in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Deisenberg
Callahan
Laguiappe
Dusenbery
Strang
Andeir
Dusenbergeve
New Orleans Times-Democrat
South
Harvard
Princeton
Jeet
Fragmented 19th Century Advertisements and Sayings
A collage of odd snippets includes a hotel tale about a bill, multilingual directions at a temple like place, Bible sales, a Goethe quote, and various product pitches. Mentions a female director, the Colorado coal fields, a store keeping tip, and Mishler’s Herb Bitters among miscellaneous ad copy and cultural fragments.
Cure Kidney Disease With Hunt's Remedy, Claims Ad
An advertisement extols Hunt's Remedy as a sure cure for kidney liver and urinary complaints including Bright's Disease and back pain. The copy urges readers to try the medicine before conditions worsen. A separate quoted dialogue features a fiery exchange between a fire department father and daughter about discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Bright
Kitnar
Hood's Sarsaparilla Boosts Spring Appetite
A local businessman touts Hood's Sarsaparilla after his wife recovered from poor appetite following a week of use. He praises three bottles as the best three dollars invested. A schoolboy misreads a sentence, turning lighthouse into landlord and deacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
C, L, Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Hartman treatment praised by grateful parent
A letter from N. Baldwin of Wattsburg Pa thanks Dr Hartman for successful eye treatment of his daughter and urges affordable fees for the poor. He also notes a free book offer on life illnesses and asks readers to trust the physician.
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Dr. Hartman
Perwada
Eb. H. Baldwin
Wattsburg
M.& C. Railway
Co. W. Paris
Cincinnati
Ohio
Christopher
Chillicothe
Diamond Dyes Offer Perfect Color Samples at Drug Stores
Samples show a full range of dye colors praised for brilliancy and uniform coverage. Unsurpassed color quality advertised for textile use with druggists carrying the line.
Daughters Wives and Mothers Cure by Dr Marchisi Remedy
Advertises Catholicon Females remedy for ovarian troubles and other female ailments with refunds. Prices 1.00 and 1.50 per bottle. Also Italian Pile Ointment guaranteed to cure with money refund. Sold by E R Lash in Utica New York area.
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Marehisi
E.R. Lash
pmordds-Ly
Yellow Sea
Haylock & Jenney
Dey Street
New York
Mercantile Review
Haylock & Tenney
Hayloc & Co
America
Dey St
JC. & CO
Rock Candy Cough Cure Offered for Sale
Advertises Warranted to Cure coughs colds hoarseness throat and lung troubles for children. Rock Candy Cough Cure contains pure white rock candy with root and herb extracts. Priced at 25 cents, large bottles £1.00. Sold by R Lash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Lash
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Akoe
Papper
Pierce Tellons
Thellinois
Indiana
Jefferson
Walter C. Dowgiow
Douglass
Font
Virginia
Pepperford County
EH. Ek. Dorr
The
New York Sup
Carolinas
South Carolina
SANES
First National Bank
Athens
Pitie
the Bank OF Athens
Favorale
sVerms
United States
John Brown
J.D. Brown
Cashier
Becowre Memaiaitin Spa
His
seTrrer
Goethe
Colorado
State
Union
Mishler
Buffalo Express
M. N. Milner
Steubenville
Hudson River
Mary Stuart
Lash
Peter Henderson & Co
Cortlandt St
Inkerton
E. J. Allen
United States Army
C. C. Wick & Co., Publishers
Cleveland
Springwater
Wia
Samaritan Nervine
BB. Bacoa
Hiattayile
Kao
Wm. Henson
Aurora
J. A. Epix
Beaver
Hopson
New Albany
Janie Warren
West van Buren St
Chicago
Henry Knew
Vervilla, Warren Co
Tenn Samaritan Nervine
Albert Simpson
Peoria
J. W. Trornros
Claiborn
Misa
Rev
Wa. Mantin
Mechanicstown
Mas. K. Fortis
West Potsdam
N.Y
Samaritan
Mich
Samaryvan
A. Richmond & CO
World's Epileptic Institute
VF. Joseph, MO
T. G. A. Dilla
Smreeon
Offre
Omeein Phanix
Starrs
E. Edmundsod
Main Street
Phoenixz
Hothima
Houah
Elmer Goldan
Pregmetor
Stockhtidess
GreState
Court House
W. Towsley
Bouildir
Atkinson
Warren House
Sellers & Co
Pitteburgh
North High St
Columbus
Fistimatea
OUR
Athens County
Fr. M. Koons
Pleebec and
Sidier
Tort Westoft 2
Vv. BR. BR
Jeeper Stuens Oe
Say
Bet, 6Th and 7Th Streets
Cincinnatt
AO Dai
Bowers
Walnut Street
Foo Choo
Ohio & Mississinni
Ohio & Mississippi Railway
Cincinnmas
Loate
Great West
Cimeramati
St. Louis
Mississippi
B.amer
Cimmanton
Louis
Ohio & Mississippi R’y —S Ginneral Up
Biazweert
Mississippi R
Ty Tide Es
Cipelmmati
Hie & Mississippi Railway
Amion Depot
Weere
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Arizona
Craner
Walnut St
Grand Hotel
Mill Street
Eabod
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