Ambitious book agent misreads sales chance in west
A young aspiring book agent seeks to impress a rancher by delivering a life of Grant but misreads cues. He returns after one attempt, having scattered the book and lost the chance. The tale touches on persistence and luck in early sales. The item also promotes Grigg's Glycerine Salve as a cure for skin ailments and mentions a Cleveland preacher noting the Lord’s beloved sleep.
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Metanga
Col. Bowen
Grant
Cleveland
Hevaa
Athlopacros CO
Wall ST
Simmons Liver Regulator
Simmons Liver
Lincoln's enduring renown and the coming Reminiscences volume
The piece lauds Abraham Lincoln as a premier American president after Washington, cites his emancipation of enslaved people and humble nature, and notes the forthcoming Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln edited by Allen Thorndike Rice with contributors like Washburne Beecher Whitman. It previews publication by the North American Publishing Company around May and subscription sales with a steel portrait.
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Abraham Lincols
Washington
America
Abraham Lincoln
North American Publishing Company of
New York
Elihu B. Washburne
Henry Ward Beecher
General Butler
Walt Whitman
Mark
Lincoln
Allen Thorndike Rice
The
North American Review
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted As Spring Medicine
Purported spring health tonic Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised to purify the blood and strengthen the system. A booklet of cures is offered on request to C. I. Hood & Co. Lowell Mass. 100 doses for one dollar. Also includes a moral reflection on contentment and wealth.
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C. I. Hoop & Co
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
A Complication of Diseases and a Dinner Party Joke
The passage mocks incompetent doctors blaming drugs for deaths and advertises VineGARE Birrens as a cure. It also recounts Charles Lamb on a crowded omnibus where a stout man asks if there is room, and Lamb quips about a final piece of pie.
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Charles Lamn
Lamb
Mustang Liniment and Wind River Dogs Reported
Mustang Liniment is advertised as older than most men and increasingly used each year. Reports describe fierce, intelligent WILp dogs near Wind River head, said to be cross between the car and bulldog, chasing a man and team three miles. A Buffalo, New York reader claims Bu ck Blood Bitters cured illness. a Kansas teacher quips about grain loss to grasshoppers in a child’s remark.
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Wind River
W. T
St Jacobs Oil Relieves Headaches in Tropical Heat
An 19th century remedy pitch notes tropical heat causes headache and claims St Jacobs Oil instantly relieves pain. The copy urges perseverance through adversity and cautions against counting friends until they face hardship.
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St. Jacobs Oil
Notable Early American Leader Elias B. D. D. Signature
Elias B. D. was born in Philadelphia on May 24 1748 and died in 1820. He served as Commissary General of prisoners and member then president of Congress, signed the 1783 peace treaty, oversaw the mint, and led Princeton donations. He helped found the American Bible Society and wrote on Israelite origins. An unrelated health patter and streetcar remark follow.
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Reudinet
Elias
Philadelphia
Congress
Washington
Princeton College
American Board of Commissoners For Foreign Missions
American Bible Society
Century magazine reports over 200 copies in circulation
The Century notes its circulation surpasses two hundred copies in a periodical feature. The piece outlines contents including sections on war peepers and local remedies and lists the magazine’s regular features and the start of a new series.
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Omariabde
Magasine
Regeim
Frank R. Stockton
Helen Jackson
H. H
Roy Hallock Foote
Joel Chandier Harris
H. H. Boyesen
T. A. Janvier
Julian Hawthorne
Richard M. Johnston
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Brooks Oil CO
Euclide Ave
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Deoxi Direct
I. O
Arias Paineco
Pittsburgh
Athens
SER
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Acker
Henderson
Mirerar
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Spice Islands
Senex
Kentimore
Democratic Party
Arctic Circle
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Milwaukee, Wis
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Beast
Adelaide O
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Buffalo, N
Kansas
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Jacobs
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Pearlace
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8 GAS CO
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Longstreet
Irge
Alabama
W.D. Howells
Mary Halck Foote
George W.cable
Mr. Howells
Mm Hechter Wein
Silas Lapham
Mrs. Poote
Mr. Usables
Louisiana
Pennell
Edward Eggleston
Persia
S.G. W. Benjamin
U.S
the Century Co
Ideal Young People’s Magazine
Boston Journal
ST. Nicholas
Mary Mapes Dodge
ST. Nicholas &Ims
Frances Hodgson Burnett
W. D. Howells
George Washington
Horace E. Scudder
Louisa M.alcott
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J. T. Trowbridge
James
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Wash- Soa Gladden
Rossiter Johnson
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Hezekiah Butterworth
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