Descriptive Letter on Del Norte and San Juan Valley
A nephew writes from Del Norte Colorado describing the town’s climate water supply and irrigation system. He extolls mining proximity and a growing agricultural economy and notes rich land government lands and favorable wages for laborers and trades. The letter paints Del Norte as a healthy, resourceful valley with strong prospects for settlers and entrepreneurs.
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Ties G Angell
F. J. Prajer
Athens County
Messexcer
del Norte
San Louis Valley
Denver
Denver and Rio Grande
San Juan Country
Rio Grande
Colorado
Presbyterian College of the Southwest
Summitville
Wagon Wheel Gap
Shaw Magnetic
Rio Grande River
Connecticut
Sierra Blanca
Sangre de Cristo
Ohio
Kansas
Athens Co
Ing. F
Blind tiger huts along Kentucky roadsides and a haunting visit
An eyewitness recounts meeting a Kentucky marshal and a boy in a shack moonshine setup called a blind tiger. The hut hides a drawer and bottle exchange to conceal the sale. The scene shifts to a moonlit Cumberland gorge as a blind boy watches, while a later note discusses labor disputes and Knights of Labor rhetoric and a senator’s theatre visit anecdote.
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Eerete
Kentucky
Louisville Courier Journal
Barboursville
Harlan Court House
Bell County
Laurel Mountain
Cumberland
Gross
Women Physicians First Use Red Clover Blossoms Medicine
German women and physicians pioneered Red Clover blossoms as medicine with Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic touted as the best remedy for blood diseases stomach and liver troubles pimples costiveness bad breath piles ague and malaria indigestion appetite loss low spirits headaches and kidney diseases. Price 50 cents from H K Dorr. Also a humorous revival meeting anecdote with a drummer and the evangelist. Dr Bull’s Baltimore Pills marketed for female complaints. Day’s Sessa Powder for horses. Helen’s Babies cited as best selling in stores. Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup priced 25 cents.
Youth Attacked by Wasps at Champaign Dance
A youth from near Champaign Illinois wearing his father's summer suit attended a dance. A colony of wasps nesting in unused garments heated by the ballroom stung him, causing a fall into the nearby yard as the music played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sullivan
Hatter
Danbury
Conn
Champaign
Ill
Patent remedy claims to cure biliousness and prevent illness
The notice touts Jak Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for seasonal symptoms including bitter taste offensive breath coated tongue headaches and dizziness. It promises prevention of fever serious illness and even premature death if used promptly and is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jak Hood
Athliophoros
Athlophoros CO
Wall ST
New York
Simmon Liver Regulator touted for bilious symptoms
An old advertisement extols Simmons Liver Regulator for torpid liver and biliousness with a dose schedule to trigger daily bowel action. It cites a Cincinnati Gazette quote on government and individual progress, notes over a million boxes of Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets sold, and pitches Henderson & Minear offering Dyspepsia Tablets with a guarantee.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Congressional Committee of Investigation
Acker
Henderson & Minear
New York swindlers push organ scams in Nebraska farms
A Nebraska warning details New York con artists promising free organ delivery with a $4 freight fee. Two weeks after shipping, an organ arrives by mail. The piece notes many illnesses including blood disorders and skin diseases and cites Henderson and Minear claiming Acker's Blood Elixir cures them all. It also mentions Secretary Manning's recovery and critiques partisan passions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
New York
Henderson & Minear
Acker
Henderson and
World’s Pinponenny Medical Association Advertisement
Cures guaranteed of every case of rupture undertaken. Book of particulars offered for 10 cents in stamps. Address the World’s Pinponenny Medical Association, Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World's Pinponenny Medical Association
Buffalo
Cat Claims Old Nest High In Elm Tree
In Columbns Georgia a cat has occupied a nest from last year atop a thick elm tree and now holds five young kittens in the urban animal welfare case awaiting authorities.
Mother who kept children inside house found at Erie
Report notes a mother who locked her three children indoors while she shopped or visited neighbors has resurfaced in Erie Pennsylvania. Only the three month old baby died in the blaze while the two older siblings were rescued by firefighters risking their lives.
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Erie
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Pinyon
Edar
Conejos
Saguache
Strange Sreare
Genntatn
Kecatarky
Persipewr Clevel
Congress
Powderly
Knights of Labor
Knights
Powder
Seouthera
Butler
Senate
Washington Capital
Grigg
Parson
Bille
Simmons Liver Regulator
Manning
M. P. Scanoog
W. Lake &J
Chicago
George R. Walker
Court House
Main Street
Athens, Ohio
D. C. Cornwell
Clocks & Jewelry and
Athens
J. Hugg
Middleport
W.R. Bernard
Kanbas Crry
Dregeala
H. G. Crns Shaw, RicuMmonn
Ireae Wansen
Simmons
Cenuine
J. H. Zeilin & Co
Philadelphia
Adrieng T.S. Page
East 26Th St
Golden
Golden’s Female Elixir CO
Columbus, Ohio
Henderson & Athena
Minear
Walnut Street House
Walnut St
Bet
Cincinnati
W. M. Tucker & Co., Prope
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