Veto Over Public Building Funds Stirs Ohio and Alabama Debate
The Dayton Journal notes President vetoed a 150 000 appropriation for a Dayton public building while approving a similar Birmingham Alabama bill. It criticizes wartime voting imbalances and political power in Georgia versus Ohio, calling for understanding of postwar conditions and urging readers to study the Journal’s analysis.
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Dayton
Birmingham
Ala
Dayton Journal
Georgia
Ohio
Congress
Gulf State
Clase
Alabama
Black Belt
Democratic Party
Com
Gaz
Blazes
Somerville Journal
Brace Up With Electric Bitters Pure Health Essence
A 19th century admonition praises Electric Bitters as a remedy for low spirits poor appetite headaches and nervousness. It claims the tonic purifies blood but warns against alcohol based stimulants and touts a government style police judge exchange about a liquor habit with a jab at the medicine.
Trade tariff debate sparks praise and rebuke across papers
From Texas to Alabama and beyond, editors split over Roger Mille and Mills. The Express denounces Mills for misrepresentation while praising Kelley’s factual critique and urges better parliamentary mastery in future tariff talk.
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Express
Roger Q. Mille
Kelley
Mills
The
the Express
San Antonio (Texas
The Best Salve for Cures and Piles Sold by Henderson and Minear
A salve claims to cure bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions with money back guarantee. Sold for 2 cents per hex by Henderson and Minear.
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Henderson & Minear
Kemp’s Balsam touted with free samples in Athens
An Athens resident praised Kemp’s Balsam for the Throat and Lungs as a superior remedy noting instant cough relief. Drugstores offer a free sample bottle, with large sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar. Also mentioned is John Gray, Revolutionary War veteran buried in Noble county, with Congress considering a $2000 monument appropriation.
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Athens
Kemp
John Gray
Noble County
Congress
Whistling language found among Gomera islanders
Lieutenant Quedenfeldt reports a whistling language used by Gomera residents, blending Spanish with Guanche heritage. People communicate across bays by finger whistle and lip positions, understood over a mile, while outsiders remain unable to learn the system.
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Quedenfeldt
Gomera
Canaries
Guanches
Spring tonic promises renewed vigor with Hood’s Sarsaparilla
An ad touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as the ideal spring medicine to purify blood, vitalize the body, sharpen the mind, and restore appetite and strength after months of fatigue. It claims faster thinking and livelier energy as the season begins.
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Hood
English Remedy Promises Cure for Cough Dangers
An old Philadelphia Call fragment markets an English remedy claiming positive cure for lung disease cough and croup with a guaranteed result. It lists prices of 10 and 50 cents and notes sale by C B Henderson on Voyager near the Styx with a satirical chat about mortality and a steamboat hire.
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York Street
Jersey City
Seigel
W.H. Hall
A.j.white
Warren Street
New York
C. B. Henderson
the Styx
Charon
Philadelphia
Prominent 19th Century Patent Pills Mentioned in Ad
An OCR fragment notes tablets advertised as a cure for indigestion and constipation priced at 256 and 50 cents sold by B Henderson. A Detroit Free Press remark claims circuses must renew serpents yearly, hinting at sensational circus lore and a delirium tremens anecdote about a man with a bulge.
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Henderson
Detroit Free Press
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G. W. Blakeley, M. D
A. B. Frame
Athens, Ohio
Washington Street
Knowles, S
Welch
Knowles
Charles Townsend
J. H. Edgerton
Ownsend & Edgerton
Attorneys & Counsellor
SAT Law
Wt & Welch
Lawe
Supreme
U.S
John Welch
Ji.m. Welch
Acpav Pion
Comrades Brows House
W. W. Watkins
John Ring
J.S. Basom
D. D
J. E. Edmundson
A. Dille
Athens,ohio
Perkins Block
the Bank OF Athens
United States
John Brown, J.D. Brown
Cashier
Presiden
Board of Examiners
Athens County
Btinson & Co
Portland
Hallet & Co
Maine
Nome
Nisat Somkt
Marte
Agere Ta
Baise
Mmcunean Elie
H. K. Dorr
Lincoln Journal
Messrs. Stevens & Bruner
Monroe
N.C
Sirs
Stephenson
Winchester Post Office
Union Co
N. C
Potter Drug and Chemical Co
Williams
Stevens & Bruner
Boston
Sanford
Potter Drug & Chemical Co
Potter Daly & Chemic IT
Mass
Mesley
Carlyle
Dr. Pierce
John B. Craddock
Mary A. Wilkes
Brownville
Staffordshire
England
America
Salt Lake City
Craddock
Salt Lake
Oil City
S Jacobs OL
Watermen
Paul Boyton
Mer
Jacobs Oil
Charles A. Vogeler
Chicago Tribune
Drake
Baeghicen
Brmien
Whistler
Castoria
Sammy
Smith
Caus
J. Smith
H. Troyer
New Albany
Ind
Athlophoros CO
Wall St. N.Y
Adams Express Company
Portage
A. Neelen
W. Stach
Cincinnati
Ealed Towers
A. Prislips
Notary Public
Edwin M. Phillers
Great West
E. A. Phillips & CO
Bird City
Cheyenne
Kansas
Golden
Golden’s Female Elixir CO
Columbus, Ohio
Athena
Nature
Nature’s Aid
Mrs. B
Mr. W
Nature’s Aid Pills
Big Ran
Hendin & Minear
C. E. Gard
Marietta
Reilly &Coo
Pearl Street
Bes
Pou
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