Awakening Morning Banter and a Rambling Train Tale
A humorous essay extols pleasant waking as essential to daily life and critiques harsh morning routines. It opens with reflections on sleep, then recounts a warm Omaha train incident where a sleeping passenger awakens amid a chaotic parade of groceries and odd items, ending with a note on microscopic life in water and codfish mills.
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Paradise
Dante
Omaha
Punkville Palladium
Morpheus
Ts Be Bets Co
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Mrs Dailey’s Lung Complaint
Mrs Mary A Dailey of Tuckhan nock Pennsylvania suffered six years with asthma and bronchitis. She found relief after Oct when using Dr King’s New Discovery, soon fully cured and gaining 50 pounds. Free trial bottle offered at Henderson & Mi near’s drug store, large bottles priced at 1.00.
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Mary A. Dailey
Tuckhannock
Dr. King
Henderson & Minear’s
Statesmen foresee further labor turmoil and bloodshed
In Washington officials from across the nation warn that labor troubles have not peaked. They predict more bloodshed and property destruction as eight hours' work for ten hours' pay is seen as unreasonable and both sides are determined to win.
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Washington
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Relief From Biliousness
Advertisement claiming bilious symptoms including bitter taste offensive breath and coated tongue can be cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. It warns of serious consequences if untreated and asserts the product prevents fever and even premature death. Sold by all druggists.
Fire Crackers Labor Question in Striped Hat
The piece criticizes using Chinese convicts for making fire crackers at three cents a day and asks free-born American boys to avoid investing in such labor by July 4, urging them to wear the question in their hats.
Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure Promoted As Thrifty Cough Remedy
The ad urges economizing and observes thrifty neighbors purchases. It claims a fifty cent bottle of Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure offers more substantial benefits than a dollar bottle of any other cough remedy and promotes it as a prompt safe and pleasant cure for throat and lung troubles.
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Dr. Bigelow
Woman's testified ignorance in polygamy case court
A Salt Lake court heard a woman testify in a polygamy case that she did not know whether her husband had another wife. She stated it was of no sufficient importance to discuss.
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Salt Lake
Hood's Sarsaparilla Secrets in Preparation
The article notes Hood's Sarsaparilla uses a unique combination proportion and recess in its preparation making it distinct from other medicines. It emphasizes the distinctive process as a selling point and claims unmatched formulation.
Morrison Bill Planted Deep in Its Little Grave
In a breezy turn of phrase voters hear that the Morrison bill will be buried quietly with little ceremony as spring arrives and public attention shifts elsewhere.
Heave Uses Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil For Croup Colds
An unsigned testimonial from Buffalo New York claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil cures croup and colds. The contributor lists 570 Plymouth Ave stating the product’s positive effects.
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Dr. Thomas
Plymouth Ave
Buffalo, N
Knights of Labor Doubted Peace Urges amid Violence
The speaker questions the Knights of Labor for professing moderation and peace while their actions appear violent and lawless, challenging consistency between creed and conduct.
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Knights of Labor
Burdock Blood Bitters Praised for Kidney and liver Relief
An old advertisement extolls Burdock Plant as a top diuretic and claims Burdock Blood Bitters surpass all remedies for kidney liver and blood ailments.
Early baptismal parties in Beecher’s youth sermons
Rev Henry Ward Beecher recalls in his early ministry days preachers organizing baptismal parties where all candidates across several churches were immersed at once.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Great Conventioneering Debates and Odd Local Tales
The account recalls the 1860 Democratic National Convention in Charleston with factions and speeches about the African Slave Trade. It also mentions Simmons Liver Regulator benefits and a Saco tale about Mary Jane Ayer and a hidden house cache with $28 found among ruins.
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Mary Jane Ayer
Saco
Yellow House
Captain Kidd
Cape Elizabeth
Vinegar Bitters Claims Quick Exit for All Ailments
The advertisement asserts that a dose of Vinegar Bitters in the stomach drives diseases of the blood liver heart kidneys stomach and body from the system. It compares the expulsion to Lady Macbeth's guests who depart without waiting and emphasizes rapid cleansing.
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Simmons
Man seeks rich wife on the trail of love
A man pursues a wealthy wife and declares deep affection in warm tones. She rebuffs him with blunt logic, urging him to rely on figures rather than sentiment, exposing her shrewd view of his motives.
Ayer's Hair Vigor Restores Gray Hair Color
Advertises Ayer's Hair Vigor as a hair treatment that returns gray hair to its original color. Claims include scalp cleansing, dandruff prevention, and stimulated hair growth resembling youth.
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Ayer
Irishman Seeks Hat But Tries Boots Size
An Irishman enters a hatter shop and asks to buy a hat. When asked for his size he confesses he does not know his hat size, and jokes that he measures himself by boot size instead.
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Begorra
Rheumatism Relief Report for Athlophoros
Josiah White of Newis, Ohio reports no rheumatic return since starting Athlophoros in May 1883. He says he has recommended it to others who can attest to its usefulness.
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Josiah White
Newis, O
T.S. Page
East 26Th St
New York City
Proverbial Wisdom and Social Skits in a Detroit Fragment
A collage of maxims on virtue wealth and kindness contrasts with a crumbling social vignette from Detroit Free Press style chatter. A doorbell encounter reveals class pretensions and a dusting goods salesman quip while ads praise Griggs Glycerine Salve as a universal cure.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Aids Scrofula Cure Claims
The advertisement asserts scrofula is hereditary or acquired from weak health and lists symptoms such as running sores and swollen joints. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and cures scrofula, offering a book of cures from C I Hood & Co of Lowell Massachusetts.
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Hood
Organ blower snores during London service
In a London church the organ blower dozed and snored during the sermon, drawing a remark from Rev. Artur Hall who pretended to support rest but demanded the snorer be awakened. The offender was soon roused.
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London
Artur Hall
Chicago Tribune
Claim of Ackers Blood Elixir and a Cincinnati Card Prank
Henderson and Minear tout Ack er s Blood Elixir as a guaranteed cure for rheumatism syphilis and all blood disorders claiming superior merits and skin clearing effects. In Cincinnati a hotel prank had a man leave a card on an umbrella claiming speed but the umbrella vanished and a jokey return card followed.
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Henderson & Minear
Acker
Henderson
Minear
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Times-Star
Acker's English Remedy Promoted by Henderson and Minear
Henderson and Minear announce Ack er's English Remedy as a guaranteed cure for asthma coughs whooping cough croup and all lung troubles. They claim it is the standard remedy for consumption and that no equal exists among remedies they have found.
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Henderson & Minear
Acker
Ohio Girl Sues Father For Breach of Promise
A Buckeye girl sues her father claiming breach of promise after he withdrew consent to her marriage to her chosen suitor and he married another woman. Also included is an testimonial praising Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh relief, claiming cure after three weeks.
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Ohio
Ely
A. E. Newman
Graylinog, Mich
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