Pointers From 1840 in Harrison’s 1888 Campaign
The article draws parallels between William Henry Harrison’s 1840 victory and the 1888 campaign. It notes New York’s candidate, Van Buren’s era, and Cleveland’s current bid, arguing the protectionist Whig model could defeat a free trade president from New York. It links national unity, tariff policy, and industrial independence to electoral prospects.
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Harrison
Tippeca~noe
New York
van Buren
Cleveland
North
Niagara River
Canada
Tippecanoe
Skin Flaws Gone with Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
An earnest 19th century appeal claims blotches pimples and liver discolorations mar a maiden’s beauty. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery to regulate the liver purify the blood and restore youthful flesh. Cures scrofula tetter salts rheum pimples blotches eruptions and all skin diseases per the advertisement.
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Dr. Pierce
Prophetic Herb Plant Grows in Mixteca Mexico
A Mixteca plant known to locals as the herb of prophecy induces a hypnotic sleep in a subject. While asleep the person answers questions with closed eyes and shows insensibility plus a propspective gift and double sight. After awakening the subject loses will and remains under another's control, recalling nothing of the actions.
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Mixteca
Mexico
Mystery Author in a Distilling Case Is Bettie Smith
Arkansas Traveler reports Bettie Smith of Frontress county Tennessee was arrested for illicit distilling. Col Harvey Mathes of the Memphis Ledger claims Smith wrote a stirring romance The Blue headed Sapsucker or The Rock Where the Juice Ran Out. The tale notes her witty courtroom exchanges and a pointed joke about a deer-hunting party buying whisky.
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Mise Bettie Smith
Frontress County
Tenn
Harvey Mathes
Memphis Ledger
Miss Smith
United States
Nashville
First Dinner Debacle After Wedding Tour
A playful dialogue unfolds as a newlywed couple, Percy and his wife, argue over what to have for dinner in their new home. Each refuses to insist, both claiming to please the other, and they finally concede to roast beef as the food choice.
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Percy
Rosebud
Tillike
Darsling
Bochee's German Syrup Promises Cure for Cold Ailments
An advertisement extols Bochee's German Syrup as a cure for catarrh pneumonia and consumption. It claims thousands have been cured and urges readers to ask any druggist for the 75 cent bottle. The copy emphasizes breathing health and danger of neglect.
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Bochee
Bargain Marked Down From Thirty Three
Horace and David discuss Miss Jones age with her aunt claiming twenty one. David notes a business sense and suggests a marked down disposition indicating a bargain sale or sale of Miss Jones as a humorous remark.
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Horace
David
Do not trust fakes of Dr King’s New Discovery
Warns against cheap imitations of Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He urges insistence on the genuine remedy, claiming it relieves throat sun and chest affections and notes trials at H. K. Dorr’s Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Dr King
H. K. Dorr
Mule and two horses escape into clover field
A mule and two horses watch a Baltimore clover field from a rail fence. The mule lifts a rail and squeezes through. The horse backs up and kicks, sending the mule into the patch, then all three proceed to browse contentedly.
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Baltimore
Remarkable Cure Claims for Guysett Remedies
An advertisement touts Dr Guysett s Yellow Dock and Sarsa parilla as universal blood purifiers and tonics for urinary and digestive organs. It asserts health improves when blood and organs are strong, urging use when unwell and noting sales by R Lash.
Ice dealer tests arithmetic with boy in street scene
A brief dialogue shows an ice dealer questioning a boy about his ice business knowledge. The dealer asks a multiplication-type question, confirming the boy’s basic arithmetic claim and offering a trial based on the exchange.
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H--m
H—-m
H—m
Arnica Salve Claim and Local Sale Notice
Bricklen's Arnica halve claims curing power for cuts bruises sores and other skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Price 25 cents per box sold by Henderson and Minear. An elderly man over eighty died in autumn a rye sheaf was sent for the coffin by a friend and a neighbor attended the funeral.
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Henderson & Minear
Local Services Highlight Quality and Value
The message extols the area's premier offerings in Athens County, noting top quality and the lowest processing costs. It emphasizes strong service, reliability, and customer satisfaction in a compact promotional tone.
How the Cow Jumped Over the Neon
A teacher lights up Adirondack scenery for her class describing lakes ringed by cliffs that mirror night sky. She imagines stars and a moon reflected on still waters as a lesson in beauty. A child, seeking meaning, asks if that mirrors how the cow leapt over the moon.
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Adirondack Mountains
Sozodont Punchline in Civil War Style Tailpiece
A Gainesville resident recalls a tale of a terrapin found alive after twelve years wedged in a knot hole of a rail fence built by a colored worker. The story ends with a joking remark about weapon powder and a gentle General asking for views, answered with Sozodont.
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Gainesville
Beaconsfield Coined Dark Horse Phrase in Politics
The paragraph notes how the term dark horse arose in political use with Lord Beaconsfield’s Young Duke. It recalls a race where the first favorite vanished, the second never appeared, ten-to-ones fell behind, and a surprise horse surged to victory past the grand stand.
Hood's Sarsaparilla praised for blood purification and strength
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for curing where others fail, noting its home reception as a tower of strength abroad and its phenomenal sales. Also mentioned is Kemp's Balsam offer and an artesian well at Cumminsville yielding 800,000 gallons daily with 50 psi pressure.
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Hood
Caleb Dodsworth
Cumminsville
Cincinnati
Castoria Slogan Recalled From Vintage Ad Copy
A nostalgic line traces Castoria through stages of childhood from infancy to motherhood. The ad copy emphasizes the product as a trusted remedy tied to care for babies, children, and generations.
Pretty Miss Chandler Rescues Child, Locomotive Narrow Escape
A three year old child wandered onto a Punxatawney railroad track and was snatched from under a locomotive by Miss Chandler, who then fainted as cheering spectators looked on.
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Miss Chandler
Punxatawney
Unclear Medical Claim Reported by Professor Arnold
A fragment quotes Professor Arnold proposing an incurable cure within three months using unidentified methods. The garbled text references Ack e he and Gyapepete Subtete and ends with a sale note, lacking verifiable details or context.
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Arnold
Jury Sets Reward Over Horse's Death on Southern Rail Row
A jury awarded 17 060 dollars for the killing of the race horse Bristow on the C V M and G Southern Rail rowed. The text notes the horse’s husband was of a large family and that the amount would have seemed extortionate if the jury had considered other factors.
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A Sry
Bristow
V. M
G. Southern
Two Kinds of Courage From Porter's Century Essay
Gen Horace Porter argues courage has two forms not mere fearlessness. He cites soldiers at Petersburg and Lt Doughty and Sgt Rees who risked death to repair a fuse and enable the mine to fire, showing higher courage beyond panic or mere bravado.
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Horace Porter
Petersburg
Doughty
Rees
Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry
English Baby Soother touted as deadly to children
An advertisement claims that more than half of all deaths occur before age six and blames parents as criminals, praising Acker's English Baby Soother as the main cause of child fatalities and urging purchase through C. B. Henderson.
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England
Acker
C. B. Henderson
New Waiter Receives Quick Kitchen Guidance
A Newark Sunday Call excerpt shows a waiter seeking direction as the proprietor instructs on refreshing leftovers. The exchange highlights practical kitchen tasks like adding sugar to pies, dressing lobster salad, sending strawberries to the cook, and turning over steaks to prevent drying.
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Newark Sunday Call
Acker's English Blood Elixir Sold By Henderson
The notice claims early death symptoms from poisoned blood and promotes Acker's English Blood Elixir as a guaranteed cure for scrofulous or syphilitic poisons, offered for sale by C. B. Henderson.
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Acker
C. B. Henderson
Eggs hatch in constant 102 degree spring at Elsinore
A resident of Elsinore California uses a warm sulfur spring to incubate eggs. He places a tin pail of eggs in a spring at 102 degrees and after three weeks the chicks hatch. The eggs require no attention due to the stable temperature.
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Elsinore
Cal
Acker’s English Cough Remedy Advertised
A midday description of coughing and chest distress labeled as early consumption and promoted as cured by Acker’s English Cough Remedy. The ad claims a positive guarantee and lists C. B. Henderson as the seller.
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Acker
C. B. Henderson
Sudbury tavern sold at auction dating to early era
The famed Sudbury Massachusetts tavern once immortalized by Longfellow in Tales of a Wayside Inn has been sold at auction. The property traces back to the early days of the town.
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Sudbury
Mas
Longfellow
Bie
Joes
Unreadable OCR Phrase Surfaces in Local Paper
Distorted quotation from an undertaker appears in a damaged OCR fragment describing a speaker’s garbled words and unclear meaning. The legible elements are minimal, with no identifiable names, dates, or events to anchor a fuller summary.
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Cornell House
Athens, Ohio
Merrill Woodruff
AL. Woodruff
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Titi
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TOWER
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Phaeton S
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Detroit
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