Moral teaching in public schools and religious liberty
A speaker urges an educational symposium of Catholic Protestant Agnostic and other leaders to seek common moral ground in New Testament ethics for schooling. He argues morality transcends supernatural or natural bases and should be taught without state endorsement of any creed, safeguarding free exercise of belief.
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Republic
Jesus
Robert Ingersoll
John Fiske
Oliver Johnson
Atlantic
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advert Split From Syrup Claim
Ad copy notes authentic tonic claims for Hood's Sarsaparilla using concentrated extracts of roots and barks. It contrasts this with a molasses and water mixture, asserting superior medicinal properties and efficacy.
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Hood
Two Topics Float in Page: Sufferer Tales and Health Ads
The page features a sensational tale of a woman who endured severe constipation and pill overdoses, urged to seek relief from Dr. Hartman’s remedy, and a light note about Dom Pedro’s long reign and a royal visit to England. It also promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla with claimed endorsements and medical recognition.
Geddes On License System In Politics
Geddes criticizes the Scott law as unconstitutional license and notes the Democratic party backs a license system. He warns ministers may push him to clarify his stance if nominated for Governor. The Hour discusses Other People’s Money, urging thorough consideration amid scarce funds. A Portland well yields a 50 foot air current, prompting fear of a hidden cave beneath the city.
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Ohio State Journal of Monday
Geddes
Portland
Oregon
Semi King Sheut Obie
Obie was admitted to the Union in 1806 and spans 225 by 2 miles with 30.4 square miles of area. Ohio’s rivers and coastlines define borders, its major cities, counties, farms, railways, and topography are noted, including the first territorial and state governors and the oldest town Marietta.
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Ohio
Obije
Ohio River
Ashtabula
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Bellefontaine
Logan County
Arthur St. Clair
Edward Tiflin
Marietta
Mystery Illness Locks Newtown Youth In Stupor
Sherman W. Platt, a well known Newtown youth from a respected family, has slept since last Christmas and does not speak. He sits with eyes closed all day, eats little, and awakens briefly to eat in another room. Doctors are baffled as to his condition following malarial fever and a sunstroke.
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Newtown
Conn
Sherman W. Platt
Platt
Miss Maggie Martin Recovers With Hartman’s Remedy
From the Oil City Derrick July 21 1881 Miss Maggie Martin long ill at home regains health after trying J e r u n a crowd praises Dr Hartman’s book free of charge. Mr Simmons the druggist sold 184 bottles last week while Mr Cowell also offers the remedy and advertises Hartman’s Life book.
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Oil City
Maggie Martin
J’eruna
Simmons
Cowell
Harvard President Urges Ministers to Comment on Books
President Eliott of Harvard says ministers should occasionally discuss new books and read others sermons to guide congregations to good reading and to know the minds and works of historic leaders. He advocates directing listeners to living and dead thinkers.
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Eliott
Harvard
Dr Quinns Great Discovery and Irish Liniment
Advertisement style notices urge readers to try Dr. Quinns Great Discovery for coughs colds and consumption claiming no opium or morphia and to use Dr Quinns Irish Liniment. Claims Hoodssarsaparilla purifies blood and wards off disease with a New York physician cited.
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E. R. Lash
Athens
Dr. Quinn
Arnica Salve Advertisement by Buachien
An advertisement for Buachien’s Arnica Salve promotes the salve as the best treatment for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a 25 cent box price and lists H. K. Dorr as the seller.
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H. Kk
Dorr
Small Georgia counties vote totals reveal sparse turnout
At the recent Georgia election one county cast 13 votes another 15 and a third 19 with eighteen counties overall polling under 50 votes. The notice also promotes SHILOH'S VITALIZER for consumption loss of appetite dizziness and all symptoms of yepeP sia priced at 10 and 75 cents per bottle sold by E R Lasb.
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Georgia
Shiloh
E. R. Lasb
A Blessed in Disguise Plaster Endorsed by Mrs Tompkins
Mrs BE Tompkins endorses Ar cock's Porots Piastrms as a universal remedy for rheumatism kidney bronchitis and numerous ailments. She reports rapid relief and urges wives and mothers to use it with Brandreth's life giving pins for restoration to health. The testimonial touts backache strengthening plasters and overall satisfaction.
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Breen
Marei
Brandreth
BE. Tompkins
Man's Proposal Ends With Cold Doorstep Rebuff
A city youth, full of presumption, plans to marry a pretty girl and live in a cottage. He questions her about wifely duties while she counters with a list of his vices, declaring she can never be his. She dismisses him and closes the door.
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Detroi Post Cod Tribune
Porous Plaster Claim Sparks Public Praise and Warning
An advertisement extols ALLcock's Porous Plaster as superior, denouncing rival “porous plasters” as frauds. A separate note lauds the moral impact of well kept schoolhouse flower beds, saying no child ignores their silent influence.
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Allcock
Christian Union
Parker’s Ginger Tonic renamed Parker’s Tonic in ad change
Parker’s Ginger Tonic becomes Parker’s Tonic with Hiscox Co stating no formula change. Pharmacists at 1802 State Street Marble Block Chicago defend the product and warn against inferior substitutes. Official notes promise to honor existing bottles with the genuine medicine bearing the facsimile signature.
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Hiscox & Co
Parker's
Parker's Tonic
Wil
Parker’s
Watches Prove Dust Proof in Harsh Water Tests
Letters recount tests of Patent Dust Proof Cases tested by railroad and mill men. Reports from Valdosta Georgia and Clinton Indiana describe watches submerged in river bends and snow, returning in runs with no damage beyond minor spring wear. Manufacturer advertises gold and silver dust proof stem wind cases as world changing and sold by first class jewelers.
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Valdosta
Clinton
Ellery Watch
Ellery
Orld
Illness and Recovery of Lincoln Curtis After Peruna
The narrative follows a man in extreme joint pain fever and near paralysis in Pittsburgh. Doctors declare no hope, then Peruna is started and within six weeks Lincoln Curtis is well and back at work. The account cites Dr. Hartman’s Ills of Life as a reader’s reference.
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Sammy Tilden
Grammercy Park
Samuel
Sammy
Mr. Tilden
Pittsburgh
Lincoln Curtis
Dr. Hartman
Decline Seen in New Hampshire Rural School Attendance
A New Hampshire paper notes the country district schools are far from what they were a generation ago. Benches were crowded, now nearly empty, with only solitary scholars walking to school as towns provide funding but lack pupils to fill classrooms.
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New Hampshire
Antidotes for kidney disease and skin ailments praised
An advertisement touts Hunt's Remedy as a cure for Bright's disease and kidney, bladder, liver and urinary disorders, and promotes Dr Benson's Skin Cure for skin diseases. It also claims Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy cures catarrh and fresh breath benefits. Cited quotes warn Niagara Falls water waste without a meter.
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Bright
Hunt
Benson
Niagara Falls
Boston Transcript
Shi loh's Cure Offered for Croup and Whooping Cough
A vintage advertisement touts Shi loh's Cure as relief for croup whooping cough and bronchitis. Sold by BE Lash featuring a patent remedy claim and consumer cure language.
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Shiloh
BE. R. Lash
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