Benson's Plaster Endorsed by 6000 Physicians in 19th Century Ad
In a historic ad style, Benson's Plaster is extolled as the universal external remedy. The copy touts reliability, rapid relief for coughs, colds, rheumatism, and back pain, and claims numerous awards. It warns against substitutes and promises mail orders with 25 cent price for postpaid samples. Seabury & Johnson, New York, are listed as manufacturers.
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Hanson
Ames
Oliver Anes & Son
Benson
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists
N.Y
Local court fines jurors and ends jury service
At the Perry county court the last term fined two jurors for drunkenness, 140 pounds and 100 days in the workhouse, with disqualification from jury service. Other items note a Ross county order denying witness fees in state cases without conviction and a temperance anecdote urging shredded woolen rags for wounds. The piece ends with a France suicide trend and 27,000 personal crisis reports in five years.
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Perry
Wright
Hocking Sentinel
Ross County
What Shall We Have for Dessert Jell O Ad
What Shall We Have for Dessert This question arises in the family everyday Let us answer it today Try Jell O two delicious dssert Prepared in two minutes No baking add hot water and act to cool Flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry at your grocera cts
Busy socialite dies suddenly after long, demanding life
A Philadelphia Record item notes a woman of many roles, including ten clubs, schoolboard service, and social duties. She endured pressure and illness, reading widely and traveling by wheel. Her husband faced nervous strain as she collapses from a sudden horry.
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Abe
Philadelphia Record
Less Hopeful For Himself In The Chicago Tribune
George the colored janitor sought money from the church treasurer who had none until next Sunday’s collections. The treasurer offered $3 from his pocket with a plan to recoup it from the church. George replied that if he cannot get it free now he will wait or seek his reward in the afterlife, highlighting his desperate financial straits.
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George
Mistah Gubney
Rue de Louse
Chicago Tribune
Counterfeiting Ring Foiled by Secret Service
The Secret Service exposes another gang of counterfeiters and seizes a large batch of bogus bills. The report notes widespread imitators of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, touting its benefits for indigestion and debility, and warns buyers to beware of fakes. It also mentions the young King of Italy freeing 13,000 prisoners in a birthday act.
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Secret Service
Italy
Night Was Her Terror in Alexandria Ind
The letter from Mrs. Charles Applegate of Alexandria Indiana describes a night of relentless coughing and blood spit due to consumption. She credits three bottles of Dr King s New Discovery with curing her and notes a 58 pound weight gain. The product is promoted as a guaranteed cure for coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. The ad also mentions Hood s Sarsaparilla clears impurities in blood and other random notes about Australian horsewomen and a bridge case in Shelby Ohio.
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Mra
Charles Applegate
Alexandria
Ind
Dr. King
W.H. MeeKee
Down In the South Aboard The Clo Einnatl Enquirer
An account from Clo Einnatl Enquirer describes a dockside scene with a dignified old man watching a darky fishing. The exchange focuses on a fish and a joke about Baptists, highlighting a religious atmosphere and old port humor.
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Charlvnton
Massa
Cloeinnatl Enquirer
Chinese Mother-ein-ing Story and Night-Wife Fable Report
The article recounts a London News summary of a lecture by Frank Browne in Wongkone depicting harsh Chinese punitive measures for filial piety violations. It also relates a humorous tale of a wife who schemes to curb her husband’s late hours, cycling through morning rises to force him to sleep, ending with the early worm proverb.
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China
Frank Browne
Wongkone
London News
Lim
Remarkable Cure of Rheumatism Story in Vindicator
The Vindicator editor reports two cures of rheumatism using Chamberlain Pain Balm with immediate relief after two applications. First from shoulder pain for ten days, second from thigh joint pain causing prostration. W. H. McKee sells the balm. Also notes Switzerland census gains in Zurich and Geneva, and a Salvation Army collection total of £11,060 in England via race-box offerings.
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Rutherfordson
N. C
Vindicator
Hng
Chamberlain
W. H. McKee
Switzerland
Zurich
Geneva
Salvation Army
England
Glasgow Leads UK Population Census Bright Future
Glasgow is described as the second city and leading in municipal improvement. the 1001 census is expected to show Greater Glasgow with a population around 1 million.
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Glascoew
United Kingdom
Greater Glasgow
Striken a Rich Find and Health Remedies
A fragment references Fr Green of Lancaster New Hampshire praising Electric Bitters for indigestion and nervous debility with his wife also benefiting. It notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve curing a child's scalp sores and promotes health cures. Mention of New York City social service interest in model tenements and Hartford health board link to diphtheria.
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Fr. Green
Lancaster
N. H
W. H. McKee
New York City League For Social Service
Honest Medicine for La Grippe from Chamberlains Remedy
A reader from South Gardiner Me. praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for grip efforts noting it cured his cough, chills, and cold after trying many ineffective products. The ad touts an honest medicine and mentions sale by W H McKee. Also cites Nebraska cadetship applicants and Quantrell raid damages with totals.
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la Grippe
George W. Waltz
South Gardiner
Chamberlain
W. H. McKee
A Good Cough Medicine for Children
F P Moran a Petersburg baker endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children incl bad and whooping cough noting no opium or harmful drug and recommends it as best. Sold by W I McKee. Auditors and Greeks located a 120 cent discrepancy between Philadelphia City Comptroller and City Treasurer in a total of 60000006.
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F. P. Moran
Petersburg
W. I. McKee
Electromobile Aids Horse Rescue in Benton Street Hole
In Benton a recent practical use of an electromobile saved a stalled horse from a street hole. A testimonial from Mrs Gee of Colie Elgin Illinois credits Dr Miies Nervine and Heart Care with revitalizing her grip illness. A Russian inventor devised a wearable theater device that opens all doors and exits with a single touch.
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Benton
Miies
Vermont Farmers Look Ahead to Large Maple Sugar Crop
Vermont farmers anticipate a strong maple sugaring season with buckets to be set within three months pending conditions. The article notes an abundant crop likely and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood-boosting tonic. It also mentions culinary uses of a product as a frying fat and claims its superiority in France.
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Vermont
Does it Pay to Buy Cheap Boschee's German Syrup Ad
A dubious ad touts Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for coughs chest infections and lung troubles claiming it heals stimulates tissues reduces phlegm and provides rest. It urges readers to obtain Green's Prize Almanac and has a vague global sales claim endorsed by druggists.
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Boschee
Caby
Henderson
Philadelphia Feline Duplicity Unearthed
During the natural history hour a teacher asks for a non example of a deceitful cat. A dead boy recalls that in restaurants the cat sometimes passes itself off as a rabbit. Philadelphia Times reports the odd anecdote.
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Philadelphia
Natural History Hour
Philadelphia Times
Divining Nads From the Youth's Companion Note
A brief item notes a cheap divining rod praised as trustworthy with a steel bench and wooden handle shaped like an anchor. It suggests men buy at a hardware store asking for a pickax.
August Flower cure promoted in old ad copy
Advert says August Flower remains the largest medicine sale in the civilized world. It claims mothers and grandmothers used it for indigestion and biliousness, with doctors scarce. The text touts Green's Anguet Flower liquid as a remedy to cleanse the system, regulate the liver, and relieve head and other aches.
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Green
C.B. Henderson
Poor William and the Marriage Debate in Life’s Banter
A witty back-and-forth between William and his father centers on marriage finances as the dialogue playfully clashes desire for a $3,000-a-year life with practical concerns of sustenance. The exchange highlights social expectations and comic banter over vows and gowns.
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William
The Battle of the Battle and Other Martial Poems
Readers note three martial poems hailed as top works, with praise from Sir Philip Sidney and a testimonial claiming cure by Dr. Miles’ Nervine Pain Pills Nerve and Liver Fills. A claim about vast annual Pacific rock oil pumping follows.
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Marners
England
Philip Sidney
Chevy Chane
Aliles
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Athens County
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Bedford
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St. Louis, Mo
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Canton
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Des Moines
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Bowling Green
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Roscommon, Mich
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Washington, D.C
Genessee Pure Food Co
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Tompkins
Collier’s Weekly
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Board of Health of
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West Point
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Jefferson, Wis
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