Tragedy and gossip span a distant city memory
A long-ago Cincinnati tale recalls Cowan who killed his wife and two children in a riverside shanty near Second and Walnut. The murderer was captured near Price Hill and the boy Thomas witnessed the aftermath. The piece blends crime, memory, and local reflection with notes on English estates, Indiana politics, and assorted vignettes from newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second and
Walnut
Cinemont
Cowan
Price Hill
Cal
Thomas
Conan
Longview
Colored Asylum
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Telegram
Consumption cured by vegetable remedy promise
An old physician, retired, claims a simple vegetable remedy can cure bronchitis, catarrah, asthma and throat and lung effects, plus nervous troubles. He offers to mail the formula free of charge in German, French or English to any reader who requests it, addressed to W. A. Noyris, Rochester, N.Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Josefa T. Inmax
New York City
Columbus
Bob Kennedy
Senate
Bob
Hepsidam
Tennessee
Indiana
United States
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Cleveland
East India
W. A. Noyris
Rochester
N.Y
Remarkable sudden blindness at Grant University stage
Miss Alice McLain, a Grant University student, delivered a recital during a literary entertainment in Athens Georgia. She suddenly faltered mid piece, covered her eyes, and was led from the stage, later revealed to be totally blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Grant University
Alice McLain
Advertisements Claim Rheumatism Cure Athlophoros
A classified style notice promotes Athlophoros as a quick safe cure for rheumatism neuralgia sciatica and headaches. It quotes William Robinson of Washington D H Ohio claiming thirty years of chronic rheumatism cured after using the remedy and describes dramatic prior suffering and long bed confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robinson
Washington, D. H
Ohio
Ainge
Rough on Piles assures relief and cure in all forms
Claiming immediate relief and a guaranteed cure for itching bleeding and other pile disorders the ad promotes Rough on Piles priced at 50 cents available at druggists or by mail order.
Pest Control List Unclear Items and Units
A terse, fragmented note lists a mix of pests such as rats mice roaches flies ants and bed bugs along with mentions of beetles skunks jack rabbits sparrows gophers and the price 15c and a reference to Atdrug gists. The text appears as an unusable OCR fragment with no coherent action or context.
Rough on Corns Clocking Relief Ad
Advertisement promises quick relief and complete cure for corns warts and bunions. Mentions Wells Rough on Corns product priced at 15 cents.
Rough on Itch cures skin humors and itch remedies
A fragment lists Rough on Itch as a remedy for skin eruptions and related conditions priced at 50 cents per jar. The excerpt also includes brief dialogue about a painting and a British phrase about paying for pasteboard, with additional citations from Boston Courier and St. Paul Herald.
Our Great Americans Guarded Like a Westminster Abbey
The piece celebrates national heroes as living memory for Americans, comparing their honored status to a Westminster Abbey. It notes that future generations will recall military and civil figures who upheld American ideals, praising democratic virtue and enduring memory of great men. It ends with a local testimonial and a notice about a Baltimore bookseller’s bequest for public education and discussions.
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Westminster Abbey
John Luabbock
Europe
United States
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Farnssing
Athens, Ohio
Warren
Helen M. Thompson
Central Hotel
Athena
Marrill Woodruff
AL. Woodreff
Athens County
Hood
Lt. Louis
Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
M. A. Anbey
Worcester
Mass
Oj. P. Thompson
Register of Deeds
Lowell
I. Barrington
Bank Street
I. Hood & CO
ENTS
Great Newspaper
Cleveland Week
Washington News
Jean Merton
Ceader& Eudnas
Lladex Printing CO
Cleveland, Co
Ollege
Pittsburg
Cirmidress P, Durr & Sons Nolz
Exacs &c
W. J. Parker
Bulfinch Street
Boston
Mara
Cladstone-Parnell
Ton. T.P. O'Conner
Liverpool
R. M McCnade
C.s.parneit
T. V. Roy
M. D
British India
Ofice
South Bridge
Asylum
American Detective Bureau
Bain Ofices
Diamond St
Pittsburgh
David H. Gilkinson
Oragantaet
United States Secret Service
Neipal
United Mates
D. M.1lkinson
Heber McDowell
Jno. Dalsell
Unief Bairet Service
Atemer Bend
Circular
Loke Ailesbury
Wiltshire
London
England
Savernake House
Tottenham Park
Savernake Forest
Great Britain
Marquis
Democratic Party
Indianapoli
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
C. G
Sons of Liberty
Hoosier State
Morton
Stoges
Iowa Homestead
Ada Martin
Bronson
Mich
Solomon
Utlca Herald
Cleve
Garland
Hore
Meigs County
A. Hicams
Wyoming, N. Y
Gilmore
H. K. Dorr
Gilllmore
Anson Hovnan
Blackberry
Ill
Joan H. Yates
Batavia, N. Y
Jonathan Myers
Bloomville
New Yo York
Jupson
Jepson
Boston Courier
Cail
O'Connor
F. W
Ngham
Madison Street
Chicago
Price
Humphrey Moore
Baltimore
Velina
Osaatthorees Pak Paer
Velina Drug and Chemical Company
Balzibore
Nature
Nature’s Aid
Mrs. B
Mr. W
Nature’s Aid Pills
Big Run
Henderson & Minear
C. E. Gard
Marietta
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