Whittling Tales and Frontier Echoes From a Detroit Store
A Detroit Free Press account relays store chatter about old timber pulls in Michigan and frontier life. A long yarn from a York State forefather, a red whiskered lumberman, and a bold steer team anecdote mix with later reminiscences of Georgia settlers and rugged pioneer days.
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Michigan
Chip
York
Emall
York State
Buck
Bright
United States
Ilyson
Detroit Free Press
Stone Mountain
Georgia
Sear
Diggins
Texas
Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic cures stomach and related troubles
An ad hawks Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a perfect tonic and cure for dyspepsia appetite issues liver kidney and bladder troubles and for ague and malaria. It claims to aid digestion and purify blood at 50 cents from E R Lash. A Bristol flood memorial plan features forty lamp posts matching water levels from last autumn.
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Dr. Jones
E. R. Lash
Bristol
England
Pervnd praised by users across states
Letters from Hartman Co and various readers extol Pervnd as the best medicine for indigestion liver troubles and heart palpitations. Endorsers include Nancy Fetterman Cockport Indiana Co Virginia and Thomas Bradford Allegheny City praising relief after two bottles.
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SB. Hartman & Co
Osborn, O
Nancy Fetterman
Cockport
Indiana Co
W. P. Brandon
East Liverpoole
Perord
John Donahue
Sharpsburg
Alleghney Co
Novel Amendment Sparks Life Prison Term Debate
A Indiana Legislature committee considers replacing life imprisonment with a term of years based on an average life, with possible commutation for good conduct. Advertisements promote Brown's Iron Bitters for kidney troubles and general tonics. A Nevada hunt method uses salt to trap bears, while a child shuns milk after seeing a cow milking.
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Indiana
Ayers Hair Vigor Ad Claims Harmless Yet Effective
An 19th century advertisement touts Ayers Hair Vigor as a safe and potent dressing for preserving hair. It promises restoration of color and youth, thickening of thin hair, reduction of falling hair, and new growth where glands remain healthy, with scalp cleansing and dandruff prevention, while claiming to be colorless and perfume lasting.
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Staunton
First Presbyterian Church
Venus
Grorgia
Ayer
Dr. Bigelow
I. R. Lash
Ulster County
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New York
Lawrence Ballard
Ballard
Toombs
The
Atlanta Constitution
Meriwether County
Adamas Bakr
Hood
J. M. Gardner & Co
Oberlin
G. H. Wiicut
Columbus, O
Nevada
Hoon
Boston
Denver
Ayers
Andes
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Alyon&healy State
Monroe Sts
Chicago
Londry
Orleriog
D.m.ferry & CO
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Meendelsso
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PIA
Chas
Probate Judge's Office
Washington St
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C. E. M. Jennings
the Athens Messenger
Power Press
Job Printing Department
Athens
Ohio
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