Washington name blamed for river tragedies and a century of trips
The piece notes superstition around the name Washington harming river crafts in the west while reporting that the steamer Martha Washington on the Potomac and the Washington running New York to Havana marked their 100th and first runs respectively since 1877. It urges river men to keep patriotic spirit alive amid such records. It then reports Chicago police experiments showing anarchist bombs are as destructive as claimed and warns of calamity if attackers were bolder.
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Washington
Eure
Eastern Seaboard
Martha Washington
Potomac
New York
Havana
Noember
Great
Mississippi
Washington Star
Chicago
Hood's Sarsaparilla Marketed for Unique Strength
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla highlighting three peculiarities in its remedy blend and extraction process. It claims unusual strength and cures previously unknown, with testimonials from J. P. Thompson and I. Barrington praising health benefits and appetite, urging readers to send for a supporting book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
J. P. Thompson
Register of Deeds
Lowell
Mass
Grandparents Demand Kindness Through Generations
A moral exhortation urges young people to be patient with and kind to grandparents and the elderly. It warns that bitterness and neglect harm both the aged and the young, and asks readers to make small sacrifices, share time, and offer reading and warmth. The piece stresses that kindness earns lasting love and divine blessing.
Florida land of flowers offers health to consumptives
A local writer extols Florida as a paradise for invalids and praises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for chronic throat and lung diseases. The piece also denies a Southwest dispatch claiming General Miles offered rewards for Indians and Geronimo, predicting official contradiction soon.
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Florida
R. V. Pierce
Southwest
Miles
Geronimo
Arizona
New Mexico
Pensions Abroad and Local Farm Ethos Highlighted
The article notes that in France pensions account for about 2 percent of national income, England under 4 percent, Germany just over 4 percent, and the United States around 20 percent with 11 percent regular pensions and the rest arrears. It also praises a young farmer who excels through neatness and promptness learned in a drug store, cites a humorous doctor’s boast and a Kentuckian needing a bicycle for extreme height and weight, and mentions Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a remedy for languor from warmer weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Germany
United States
Old World
Digest of liquor tax law and political notes
The article outlines a 1870s state liquor tax regime with annual payments and midyear splits, penalties, and enforcement duties. It also cites letters from Alexander H. Stephens praising Simmons Liver Regulator and includes a critique of Bill Springer’s Dakota admission report. It ends with a Rural New-Yorker commentary extolling farming as brains applied to commerce and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Stephens
W. G. Stephens
Crawfordsville
Alexander H. Stephens
New-Yorker
Sozodont and salve ads appear with cure claims
An 19th century advertisement bundle touts a skin salve promising cures for cuts sores and ulcers with a money back guarantee. It also promotes Sozodont teeth breath and appearance claims and Spaulding's Glue as a handy household mender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson & Minear
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted For Spring Strength
The ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as spring relief for a weakened system and impure blood. It claims the tonic will do more good now and urges immediate use while warning about arsenic dangers in insect control and the need for careful labeling and storage away from children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Resting Georgia’s Governor Race Hinted by Local Wit
A Macon Telegraph note from Ogiethorpe records an old countryman interrupting General Gorton during his speech. The countryman quips that after hard war service the governor deserves rest and that Bacon should be allowed to run for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogiethorpe
Gorton
Endurin
Florida
Bacon
Macon Telegraph
Old physician promotes universal remedy and tomato evolution
A retired East India physician offers a free copy of a vegetable remedy for bronchitis and nervous disorders, mailed in any language from Rochester, N Y. The article also notes the tomato evolving to solid pulp and the potential elimination of seeds. Henderson and Minear advertise Acker's Blood Elixir as a cure for blood and skin diseases including syphilis and rheumatism, claiming scientific basis and guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
W. A. Noyes
Power’s Block
Rochester
N.Y
Henderson & Minear
Acker
Henderson and Minear
Ohio Democrats adjourn to June 10 for apology plan
The Ohio Democratic party faced internal turmoil as frauds and runaways weakened its structure. The state central committee adjourned to June 10 to craft a plan of apology to the people before seeking renewed public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Ohio
State Central Committee
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ER. A. Sanford
Kent
Saleratus Soda
John Graham & CO
DR. Thomas
Egypt
Canadas
Scranton
M.L. Blair
Ald
Fifth Ward
Grayville
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Thomas
Oliver J
Belle Isle
Merrimack Street
Davenport
Iowa
Rowley
Weetrath Street
Ife
Pitigeu
Siyguers Trust
Police
General Revenue
Bill Springer
House Committee On Territories
Dakota
United State Senate
Congress
Union
John A. Bingham
Bingham
Chase
Wade
W. H. Steward
Lincoln
Douglas
Illinois
Bucklen
Reo Star
Ann
Tue
Charles
Jacobs
NCE
TME Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Railroads
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Toledo
Snuth
Fostoria
Carey
Sandusky
Marion
Prospect
Delaware
McArthur Je
Gallipolis Pomeroy
Lancaster
Ly Columbus
Logan
Pomero Tesene
Gallipolis
Athens
Sandy
CAPOY
Sccoceeee
Union Depot
Newark
Zanesville
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Phildepaia
Dayton
Cincinnati
Louisville
Detroit
Michigan
Canada
G. R. Carr
A.j.falkenbach
C. O
I. RY
New York City
New England
Boston
Niagara Falls
City Ticket Office
N. Mighst
A. J. Smith
Ag’t
James de Wolfe
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mas. Piwanam
Healts
Lydia E
Pinkhan
FAI
Wright
Backadir
Palace
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kmanans City
Omaha
Otto E
Columbus & Hocking Valley R
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Phildelphia
Kansan City
Missouri
Kansas
Nebrska
California
The
Territories
Pullman Palace Cars
Philadelphia New York
E. A. Ford
Pittsburgh, PA
Jas
McRea
Thomphon & Gees
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