Salt Rheum Cured by Johnston's Sarsaparilla Quart Bottles
An 19th century advertisement extols Johnston's Sarsaparilla as a cure for salt rheum and skin diseases. It cites personal testimonials from Miss Abbie J. Rande of Marshall, Michigan, claiming complete cure after five years of suffering. The copy claims the product purifies blood, wards off serious illness, and is sold in one dollar quart bottles by Michigan Drug Company in Detroit and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waris
Johnston
Nature
Michigan Drug Company
Clines Pharmacy
MeWre
Aihens Cline & Son
Atainy
Through the Air Shaft Aboard a Witty Flat Dweller
A Chicago Daily Record fragment follows a flat dweller who uses an air shaft to air private grievances about neighbors. He recalls hearing a quarrel from Mr Jackson and a stubborn piano critique while obsverving Willie on the red carpet and cabbage prices. He teases tales of Mrs Carmichael and the building’s social pecking order, all filtered through a sly, humorous lens.
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Nearside
Mr. Jackson
Mr Jackson
Lars
Stres
Aisemile
Henry
Trenry
Jackson
Willie
Beels Onout
Chicago Daily Record
Emperor's Hat Incident and Bear Encounter
A kingly setting shows the German emperor entertaining his sons in a study next to his work room when a joke turns serious. The crown prince recounts a trick with the emperor’s opera hat, prompting an inquisition and a new hat purchase for the professor. Separately in Oregon, a woman berry picking fends off a black bear with help from her shepherd dog, a nicked leg, and a wary retreat, leaving her to carry a gun-wielding pail home next day.
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Papa
Cuban Post Office Staffing Gap Sparks Debate
In Cuba the Post Office Department employs about 600 clerks with 500 identified as Cuban. The statistic underscores discussions on local hiring and national representation within the postal service.
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Gubdau
Cuba
Post Office Department
Dr Miles Nervine Promises Safe Cure for Nervous Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Nervine as a non narcotic restorative free of opium morphine and chloral. It claims to strengthen rest and calm nerves without alcohol or stimulants and offers a money back guarantee with testimonials from Mrs Elizabeth Topping and others about relief from nervous prostration and morphine withdrawal. It invites readers to obtain a bottle and write for advice and booklet from the Dr Miles Motor Co.
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Miles
Miller
Dalton
Mass
Elizabeth Topping
Axed
Joan A. Riciey
Lizz Torzine
McKineey
Texas
Miles’ Nervine
Miles Menicar Co
Elkhart
Ind
Paris exposition to feature 7000 exhibitors USA leads display
At the Paris exposition more than 7,000 exhibitors will present. The United States ranks in the first tier of exhibitors, with a strictly representative display of American production quality. A stone map of France from Russia showcases departments in jasper, seas in lapis lazuli, rivers in platinum, and towns in precious stones, set on a marble slab with a silver frame.
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United States
France
Russia
Rope Walking at Niagara Falls Check Provokes Caution
A Niagara rope walker was restrained by authorities to prevent a perilous crossing. The piece contrasts danger with disease, touting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a faithful cure for constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria and nervousness, claiming a fifty year cure record and a private revenue stamp on the bottle.
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Niageta
Remedy Rid for Colic and Diarrhea Advised by Reader
A reader is urged to tell anyone afflicted with colic or diarrhoea about Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It promises prompt relief and is sold by WHI McKee.
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Chamberlain
Whi McKee
Skeleton of 2 Mastodon Unearthed in Illinois Project
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Railroad digs near Rome, Tennessee, for a new double track bridge on its Chicago to Omaha main line. Foreman Peter Mattson found a T-shaped bone three feet high and four feet eight inches wide fifteen feet below the river bed amid quicksand. Experts deem it part of a prehistoric mastodon skeleton, unearthed during grading and grading work for the project.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Railroad
Chicago
Omaha
Rome
Peter Mattson
Batavia
A Different Matter Entirely
A college professor is described as a knowledgeable professional in a young Indies' seminary, challenging the listener’s disbelief about his worldly understanding. The remark frames the professor as more seasoned than assumed, highlighting a contrast between expectation and reality.
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Tie
Young Indies
Two Possible Explanations for Higgins Christmas Shopping
A light Chicago Record quip notes Harry Higgins may be fond or frugal as he goes Christmas shopping with his wife. The joke hinges on shared spending and domestic routine.
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Harry Higgins
Chicago
Diamonds from Kimberley Mine Describe Pipe Formation
An area of thirteen acres once owned by the Kimberley mine was dug into an enormous hole that now stands about 110 feet deep. Diamonds form in pipes that run down through shale layers.
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Kimberley
Marriage Blessing by Mother Heussman In San Francisco
A San Francisco event features Mrs. Kate Heussman, an ordained minister, performing the marriage ceremony for her daughter Miss Mary Violet Heussman and Felix Drapinski. The ceremony marks an alleged first in which a mother conducts her daughter's wedding.
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San Francisco
Kate Heussman
Mary Violet Heussman
Felix Drapinski
Heussman
Independent Bible Society
Grain-O Ad and Notable World Geography Facts
Grain-O promotes a grain based drink claimed to aid digestion and nerves, priced about the same as coffee. The article also notes the Nicara gua divide and the Isthmus of Panama low points, with Panama Canal work in progress. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills are marketed as cures. An attempted Northampton peace meeting was dispersed with violence against Henry Labouchere.
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Nicara
Guaa
Panama
Canal Commission
Culebra
Panama Canal Company
Northampton
England
Henry Labouchere
Marietta Ohio School Offers Commercial and Stenographic Courses
The text advertises an oFr Fr Marietta Ohio catalog request for the most complete commercial and stenographic course in the state. It notes common branches as a specialty and disclaims any relation to the Ohio Valley B C, with address n281.
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TVES
Ohio Valley
Cancer cure claim by Dr Owen gains endorsements
A group of physicians and surgeons from Ohio and West Virginia declare success against cancer with Dr. R Owen's treatment. They guarantee a cure when lymphatic glands are not involved and list several cured patients as references. Charges are modest and no payment until cure.
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R. Owen
Stobart
Miller
Gribble
J. Allard
Pomeroy
Ohio
Rathburn M
Jones
Greenfield
Spencer Owen
Mason City
W. Va
England
Wales
Lyvill
Disney
Joan Price
Glen Ray_ Ghia
B. Curtis
Middleport
Chico
Henry Aimes
Silver Run
Koehler
Mulberry
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J, Carlisle
Manchester
Tenn
Coffee County
Aszive
Pierce
Niagara
Sidious
Cynicus
Philadelphia Record
Zeus
China
Xidues
Chiedgo
House Committee On Military Affairs
War Department
Alaska
St. Michaels
American Mig. Co
Terre Haute
Hood
Marietta Commercial College
oFr
Marietta, Ohio
E.G. DeWitt &Co
U.S
Washington
C.a.snow& Co
Orr
Patent
Bo c
Law Building
Atedesits
Offic
Mauicb
Standard Oilco
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