Notable Talks and Tales From Josh Billings in Albany
The piece recounts encounters with Josh Billings in Albany including autographs, quips about his cat named William and a fire afflicted feline. It recalls a Yale barroom episode where Billings outwits students over a dog price and a legislative mix up in New York about a man named William Lyon recognized as a girl on health records.
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Red Star Cough Cure Promoted Amid Fear of Morphia
A chronicle of remedies warns of morphia in cough syrups and promotes Red Star Cough Cure as free from dangerous ingredients. A widow recounts hardship from unemployment and a circus job, while ads tout Dr Bull’s Byrup at 25 cents and an oil costing 25 cents, reflecting period concerns over medical fakery and price.
Charcoal Furnace Smoke Yields Creations At Elk Rapids
A charcoal furnace in Elk Rapids Michigan produces fifty tons per day from twenty five brick pits each filled with one hundred cords of hardwood. Smoke is used to create acetate lime alcohol tar and gas. Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic is praised for blood purification and gentle aperient action addressing dyspepsia costiveness bad breath piles pimples and more. Price fifty cents at H K Dorr's drug store. A Malden girl prays to be good enough to avoid punishment.
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A Drummers Rally After Court Strikes State Tax
A court ruling finds a state tax on commercial travelers unconstitutional. The Associated drummers’ performance followed, while Stephen A. Douglas’s son delivered a Chicago lecture with box office receipts listed at 150 dollars.
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Canadians Eye Future Beyond Dominion Ties
The Montreal Star mocks Sir John Macdonald's dinner claim that only war could sever Canada from Britain. It argues Canadians seek more self government and predicts a rising generation will push for change. Also notes a tonic ad and reports France facing a murder epidemic with daily killings and failed attempts.
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