Train mishap near Beauvoir sparks early return
In a fragment from a Boston Globe clipping, a southbound rail line to New Orleans jammed after a collision near Beauvoir. An engineer reversed to pick up two passengers including Mr. Davis, who overheard a young couple discuss Jeff Davis, prompting remarks about the Civil War alignment and its lasting pain. The column surveys assorted sketches, jokes, and brief notices from several papers, including local humor on holidays and public concerns.
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Beauvoir
Mr. Davis
Philadelphia
Mr Davis
Jeff Davis
Free vegetable remedy offered for throat and nervous ailments
An elderly physician reports a simple vegetable cure for bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous disorders after testing it in thousands of cases. He offers free mail delivery in German French or English with instructions, sending to W A Noyes 149 Powers Block Rochester NY. Senator Mahone plans railroad work after retiring March 4. Lincoln county Minnesota supports a single pauper with a $6 50 barbers bill allowance.
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W. A. Noyes
Rochester
N. Y
Athlophoros touted as cure for rheumatism and headaches
An old advertisement extols Athlophoros as the sole reliable cure for rheumatism neuralgia and nervous headaches. It claims dramatic personal testimonials, notes high costs of doctors and liniments, and urges readers to buy from the Athlophoros Co. of New York, priced at 1.00 per bottle and 0.50 for pills.
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Josiah White
New Paris
Ohio
Athlophoros Co
Wall St
New York
Electric Bitters heal eight year leg sore claim
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg N says Electric Bitters cured a running sore on his leg after eight years and doctors warned amputation. He used three bottles and Bucklen's Arnica Salve, now reports his leg sound. Sold 50c a bottle and 25c a box by Henderson & Minar.
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Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
Bucklen
Arnica
Henderson & Minbar
Gabriel's Horn and Liquor Advised in Aged Tale
An edition fragment features a child asking what Gabriel will blow, with dialog about a horn and a mother’s silence. It includes an unrelated moral vignette about liquor as a curse from a traveling “doctor” figure and a string of assorted ads and quips.
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Gabriel
Wille
Papa
Rough on Itch cures skin humors and skin eruptions
Mr. Singerley owner of the Temple Theater in Philadelphia which burned recently gave a check for 250 to have the fireman who was killed properly interred and another check for 500 to the widow with the assurance that she should receive a pension of 5 dollars a month as long as she lived
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Singerley
Temple Theater
Philadelphia
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Severe Cold in Chattanooga
D A Radford of Chattanooga Tenn claims a severe cold settled on his lungs and many remedies failed until he used Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, which cured him after a few bottles. He has since used it for coughs and colds with the best results. Trial bottles free at Henderson Minzar's Drug Store.
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D. A. Radford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dr. King
Henderson
Minzar’s
Senator Jones in Detroit Cost Florida Senate Representation
The item reports Senator Jones of Florida staying in Detroit during Congress, neglecting duties, while a prominent societywoman in Washington refuses his advances. It notes Florida has only one senator and questions GOP rivals amid claims of internal issues. It cites Cleveland Leader on Gould backing Cleveland for re election and lists uncalled letters at Athens post office.
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Florida
Detroit
Washington
Senate
Jay Gould
Cleveland
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