Harrison Bibjie recalls Harrison prayer anecdote in 1840 tale
A McConnelsville Herald correspondent recounts General William Henry Harrison in Cincinnati joining a hotel stay, reading the Bible and praying. Harrison explains he prays out of respect to his mother who gave him the Bible, reflecting his early religious devotion.
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Harrison Bibjie
McConnelsville Herald
Elder White
Ohio
Cincinnati
Gen. W.H. Harrison
Columbus
Gen. Harrison
Mothers save children with Acker’s English Baby Soother
The advertisement claims many mothers let children die without Acker's English Baby Soother and asserts the product has saved thousands of lives. It states the item is sold by C. B. Henderson and emphasizes ongoing yearly use.
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Acker
C. B. Henderson
Can You Run a Soda Fountain Job Interview Brief
An applicant offers to learn but is rejected as too risky foroperating a soda fountain. The interviewer says the applicant cannot be trusted with prescriptions and declines the hire, citing inexperience.
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Drugeistt
Dyspepsia Cure Adverts and Child Scene
An old advertisement fragment touts Becker's English Dyspepsia Pills with bold claims for digestion and relief. A child scene echoes a domestic moment with a request to donate a nickel and a parent busy at chores.
Doctors Conquer Death and Other Tiny Items
Doctor Walter K. Hammond warns two thirds of coughs pneumonia and consumption deaths could be avoided with timely use of Acker's English Cough Remedy. A.C. Henderson sells the remedy under a guaranteed promise. A French officer allegedly invented a microphone to detect approaching troops. In Brazil some senators hold life terms and one has not appeared in forty years with back pay of 900000. A tale claims Italians train a bear to dance by scorching iron. A red headed girl jokes about spotting a fool when she sees a white horse.
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Walter K. Hammond
Acker
C. B. Henderson
Brazil
Senate
The Shoe Trade Trick Revealed In Sozodont Advice
A Chicago shoe store owner explains a perceived rule of thumb among sales staff. He says white hose signals lower price shoes, black hosiery signals finer stock and smaller feet, and that aristocrats tend to have long slender feet. The anecdote ends with a gag about using Sozodont powder in a brush at the front.
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Chicago
Sozodont Takes The Toilet Scene By Storm
Advert reads Sozodont as a fashionable tooth preservative replacing powders and washes. It claims to keep teeth orderly and freshen breath. Spalding's Glue is praised for reliability. A street scene shows a tramp and a lady exchanging banter about illness and a gout joke.
Salve advertised with refund guarantee at 25 cents
The notice advertises a medicinal salve for cuts and sores with a money back guarantee. Sold by Henderson & Mivear. It also quotes a political platform choice about protecting labor versus protecting monopolies and millionaires. The Philadelphia Times is cited.
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Henderson & Mivear
Chicago estimates Convention cost and visitor spending
Chicago officials estimate the Republican National Convention cost about 30 thousand dollars with 259000 visitors spending roughly 3100000 dollars. The note frames the event as a solid business opportunity and mentions local anecdotes about haircuts and hearing.
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Chicago
Break Off Mad Habits and Build Better Resolve
The text urges studying the habit’s harms until doubt is gone and avoiding temptations. It emphasizes staying busy, steering clear of triggers, and resisting repeated failures. It advises analyzing lapses to guard against recurrence and reminds that breaking long habits takes time and persistent effort.
Going Into Particulars In A Plymouth County School
A school visit by a county superintendent prompted students to write an account of his actions. Most echoed the board sentence about his writing on the blackboard and loving a good school. One student, following orders literally, added a playful, detailed sequence about the platform, water chain, and a wink at Miss B.
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Plymouth
Miss B
Chicago Trip Cost and Quirky Weather Notes
The piece jokes about a Chicago round trip costing 216,25 and remarks on booming warmth with playful lines about stamps sticking in the air. It also snippets rumors of refrigerated post office air and a satire on naming places by nicknames such as Tomville and Gussie.
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Chicago
Henry George
Henry
Pete
Bob
Georgia Pinery
Tomville
Maine
Gussie
Healthful beauty and health cures in old prose
A health themed passage discusses beauty tied to health and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription amid unrelated anecdotes. It mentions a South African diamond, a Kemp's Balsam sample offer, and a playful joke about dog anatomy from a magazine humor column.
Far Eastern Expatriate Reflections on Military Life
Fragmentary text presents an expatriate with experiences in the English army and Armeorien, asserting that such experience shapes views on loyalty, strength, and national service. Mentions Acker and Binglixh Bloest Miiatr in distorted form.
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Armeorien
Igor
Flaming Fire in the Veins
A partial OCR item describes a fire incident or related event with unclear names and location at Arter bre and mentions injuries or actions by individuals such as B and Henderson, but readable details are limited.
Tiny craft crosses Atlantic lone voyage to Queenstown
A man in a tiny boat named the Dark Secret was sighted by the North German Lloyd steamer near the Atlantic. He claimed to have set from Boston on July 4 and aimed for Queenstown. At about 400 miles from land he spoke with the crew, expressing happiness and asking that reports reach a New York paper.
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Thms
New York
Andrews
Boston
Queenstown
Atlantic
Baumann
Jungst
Queerstown
Capt
Atlantic Ocean
Bodily danger, fire risk, and Hood's Sarsaparilla ad
Noting dangers from smouldering fire and impure blood, the text promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to purify blood and strengthen organs. It includes a slang anecdote about a German band collector demanding payment, culminating in a citizen paying a quarter.
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Hood
Wonderful Discovery by a County Lady Ends Long Suffering
A county woman, Mrs. Luther Lutz, cured after seven years of disease with one bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. W C Hamrick & Co. of Shelby N C promote free trial at H K Dorr’s drug store. Also noted is a Monroe County Ga lawsuit over a silver dollar from 1775, one of thirteen paid to a Revolutionary soldier.
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Dr. King
Luther Lutz
W. C. Hamrick & Co
Shelby, N. C
H. K. Dorr
Monroe County
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as health aid
The advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for poor health caused by impure blood and weak digestion. It claims to improve appetite, tone digestion, and strengthen the whole system, urging readers to take the medicine now.
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Howl
Hood
Convalescent Confusion In Letter From Visitor
A Long Island Rail Road girl visiting grandmother grows stronger from illness and dissolves into a comic mix up in a letter home. She tries to write I am convalescent but ends with convulsive as the word.
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DR. France
France Medical and Surgical Institute
D. Othe Fruth
R Y
Athens
Frailen Ganetines
France Medical and Surgical Institue
W. Gay St
Trlephone
Trtroteze Capital
France
Fruth
M. D
France Medical Institute
ANC
United States
Nan Ly
Cc Peisoneus
Ted
West Gay Street
Ville M. Weeks
M.D
President Provident Dispensary
N. Y
T. Merideth
N.Y
Orvineeeroe Ae D
M. Davis
A.J. Tower
Mass
CHAS
Shutt
Laird, Josten & CO
East State Street
Mr. Shutt
Athens County
Webster and Brown Farm
BG Money
Nik Harrison and
Horton
Morris & CO
Parker
Lenevig
Becker
Bobby
Ivy
Spalding
Missus
Hacklens
Arnica Salve
Europe
Philadelphia Times
Warren House
W. H. Brown
Barker
Reevery
Geaynett
E.R. Lak
Puck
Female Beauty
London
D. Des. Mendes
Maiden Lane
South Africa
James
Journal of Education
Epward
Vassar
Sophia
Erne
Edward
Henderce
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