Stephens of Georgia dies after centennial trip
Governor Alex. Stephens of Georgia, long feeble health, died in Atlanta at 2 o’clock Saturday night from a cold contracted at the Savannah Centennial. The piece recounts his long public career from the 1840s through the Civil War and his later role as a Confederate leader, noting his Unionist stances and pivotal Georgia speeches.
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Alex
Correas
Mark A. Cooper
Stephens
Con
Texas
John Tyler
Milton Brown
Tennessee
Polk
South
California
Utah
New Mexico
Green County
Georgia
Daniel Webster
Washington
C. J. Faulkner
Congress
West Virginia
Webster
Toombs
Buchanan
Harrison
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
General Taylor
Taylor
Adam
Milledgeville
Lincoln
Bob Toombs
Union
Montgomery
Virginia
Women report beauty boost from Peruna and Manalin
J M Walker of Lawas Pa says spring health elixirs Peruna and Manalin improve digestion and heart and lung condition and notes younger appearance of New York women at 40 versus Boston or Chicago. The piece also notes spring rail construction across the Northwest with 12 000 workers planned by April for the three Pacific lines Central Northern and Canadian.
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New York
Boston
Chicago
J. M. Walker
Lawas, Pa
A Woman’s True Friend Electric Bitters Sold for 50 Cents
A promotional note praising Electric Bitters as a reliable remedy for diseases and female ailments. It claims a single trial proves effectiveness and notes the product’s pleasant taste and low price of 50 cents per bottle, sold by H. K. Lorr.
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H. K. Lorr
Christine Nilsson on American women and European chivalry
Mae Christine Nilsson judges American women as beautiful and notes men here are less polished than European gentlemen yet more chivalrous and genuinely devoted to women. She contrasts outward politeness with heartfelt devotion.
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Mae
Christine Nilsson
Long Lane That Has No Turning and Medical Cure Claim
A marketing note asserts Dr. Bigelow's Positive Cure quickly and permanently treats coughs colds croup whooping cough and all throat and lung troubles. It promotes free trial bottles offered by druggist E E Lash.
Philadelphia wedding without display of gifts shocks guests
A Philadelphia girl blurted that the donors’ names would not be shown with wedding presents. News spread and at the wedding not a single gift was displayed. The items included 732 plated sugar spoons and 1,580 salt cellars.
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Philadelphia
Cure for Coughs and Consumption Promoted at Local Drugstore
An advertorial snippet urges readers to visit FE Lash's drug store in Athens Ohio for Dr Quinn's Great Discovery touted as a cure for coughs colds and consumption with no opium or morphia and claims evident effectiveness. It also promotes Dr Benson's Celery and Chamomile Pills and notes a satirical item about a newspaper bustle with a brother asking for the date of a bustle. A Washington moderation society named three drinks a day is mentioned.
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Ayer
FE. R. Lash
Athens
Washington
Pat
Orange County
Benson
Seabury & Johnson, Chen
Aurora
F. Gleas" & Co
Summer Street
Boston
Mass
J. ©. Mason
Syracuse
Farss
James River
J. FW. Mancha
Claremont
Virginia
Cure for urinary diseases offered at $1 by Ohio depot
Advertisement notes a new four day cure for urinary affections including smarting and frequent urination and kidney diseases priced at one dollar at druggists with Ohio Depot in MO and D Park & Sons in Cincinnati. The piece adds a quirky aside about a young man who visited a butcher’s shop for a liver pad and was a brother to another man who went to a grain elevator to have his coins removed.
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Buchupaiba
Ohio Depot
D. Park & Sons
Cincinnati
Health Renewers and a Cynical Anecdote
An advertisement touts Skinny Mom and Wells Health Renewer claiming to aid nervous debility and generative weakness, sold for $1 at druggists with Ohio Depot and D Park & Sons of Cincinnati. A joke notes a wife sending her husband upstairs to fetch something from a dress pocket to get rid of him for an hour.
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Ohio Depot
D. Park & Sons
Cincinnati
Rough on Rats advertisement fragment from Springfield News
An OCR fragment promotes "Rough on Rats" with claims to clear rats mice roaches flies bed bugs and more for 15c per box. It cites Druggists and mentions a testimonial from Breeno non from a skin oi Skin Cure and a Plantersville Alabama buyer paying $1 at all he waite.
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B. Plantersville, Ala
Brown's Iron Bitters touted to cure back pain and digestive ills
An eyewitness testimonial from Togansport Indiana dated December 1 1880 claims Brown's Iron Bitters cures stomach and kidney disease and restores appetite strength and weight. The ad asserts leading physicians and clergymen recommend the tonic and that the product treats a wide range of ailments by improving blood quality.
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Togansport
Ind
B. Sarceni
Remarkable Kidney and Liver Ailment Reversed by Hunt remedy
Mrs GEO. DAWLEY of 73 Knight Street Providence Ki relates to a reporter a dramatic cure from kidney disease and liver enlargement after using Hunt's Remedy. She describes relief from swelling, nervous pain, insomnia, and fatigue and says she can do housework again after a few days.
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Gro. Dawley
Knight Street
Providence
Hunt
Thad
Dave
Geo. Dawley
Hunt's Remedy Endorsed by Dr A W Brows of Providence
Dr A W Brows of Providence endorses Hunt's Remedy as safe and reliable after sixteen years in practice. The vegetable compound, prepared by a registered pharmacist, claims to cure diseases of the kidneys bladder liver and urinary organs.
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A. W. Brows
M.D
Providence
K. I. Save
Hunt
Magnetic Medicine claims cure for numerous ailments
An advertisement touts Magnetic Medicine as a universal cure for nerves, impotency, weakness, and related disorders. It promises restoration of vigor, sale through druggists or by mail, with a money back guarantee after twelve packages plus five dollars and pamphlet details mailed free.
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Detroit
Mich
Athens
H. K. Dorr
Central Drug Store
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