Local Brevities Clippings From Ocal Column
A series of brief notes from local residents and visitors. Otto Boiteau of Jay, Cora Tedrow of Lysander, and Miss Minnie Lave figure among guests. J. Kessinger and Don Poston travel from Nelsonville to visit Athens relatives. Col. Pursell heads to Cuba with son Lewis. political reports note Orr’s local GOP activity. Tommy Wiley resigns after 2,000,000 miles with Hocking Valley. Weather and health notes mention Dr. Orr and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Yellow fever quarantines shift in Mississippi Valley. Rome reports an Anglo Italian alliance renewal and courting visits of royalty.
Hood’s Sarcaparilla Proclaimed Greatest Medicine
A promotional piece extols Hood’s Sarcarparilla as unmatched in cures. It quotes sermons on marriage and favors Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a mother’s aid for nighttime coughs in children and general cold relief. Notices include a Greenwood Ind. wedding on June 19, 1843 and long married seniors Mr. and Mrs. Pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. H. McKew
Joseth Piece
Mary A. McCrady
Greenwood
Ind
Alum Baking Powders Raise Health Concerns Across States
A newspaper notice compiles warnings about baking powders containing alum, naming brands and grocer labels. It advises that powders under twenty-five cents per pound likely contain alum and cautions households to avoid them, citing official sources and state commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Food Commissions
Ohio Food Commission
Agricultural Department
Washington
Huston
Todizna
Southers Mfg. Co
Richmond
Kenton
Potter-Partin Co
Cincinnati
Silver Star
Canby, Ach & Canby
Dayton
Calumeyd
Calumet Baking Powder Co
Chicago
Soldier Captain Denison Praises Remedy In Africa
Under date of Nov 4 1897 from Vryburg Becavanaland Captain C G Denison writes that he prepared for the last campaign by using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on himself and his men with beneficial results. For sale by W H McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Denison
Africa
Vryburg
Becavanaland
Chamberlain
W. H. McKee
An Ocean Voyage From Boston To Portland
A Portland arrival carried two Boston passengers who journeyed 151 days from Boston down the Atlantic coast around Cape Horn up the Pacific coast and along South American and western shores. They stopped at every port, fished, read books, played games, and found the voyage healthful and enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Boston
Mass
Atlantic
Cape Horn
Pacific Coast
South America
Questions on geography literature and basic math and logic
A mixed list of old quiz prompts covering geography including the Philippines and Transvaal, English government forms, African and Celtic peoples, language comparisons, plus reading questions about Emerson and Keats, plus definitions and writing samples, and a set of arithmetic problems and practical math tasks with hypothetical prices and measurements.
Theory and Practice Exam Review Fragments
A dense list of questions across education philosophy pedagogy grammar colonial history and biology. It catalogs topics on reason and instinct, inductive reasoning, open air effects on study, moral code for teachers, and various schooling methods plus language, math, and medical physiology queries.
Rough rider aids woman and child in Siboney
In Siboney amid flames Dumie holds everyone except American troops. A rough rider spots a wealthier Spanish woman struggling with a child and a Cuban attempting to rob her walnut box. He fires a warning, the Cuban retreats, and the rider escorts the woman and child to headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumie
Philadelphia
Grain-O Pasteurizes Health Drink Promoted to All
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a tasty coffee substitute offering digestion aid and nerve strength without stimulants. It claims children and adults may benefit, with price points of 15 and 25 cents and distribution through grocers.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Boost Health and Energy
Kamark’s reserve was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremen dous energy emerge when stomach liver kidneys and bowels are in order. If you want these qualities and the success they bring use Dr King’s New Life Pills. Only 25c at W H McKee’s drug store. It is reported at Hamburg and Metz that British recruiting officers hire German under officers for service in South Africa offering 100 per month.
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Chamberlain
W. A. McKee
Michael Curtaig
King
W. H. McKee
Dr. King
Hamburg
Metz
South Africa
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Jay
A. C. Sands of
Logan
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D. D. Polter
Saturgina
J. Kessinger
Don Poston
Nelsonyville
Athens
Lillian Tidd Wood
Tidd
Pomeroy
California
C. V. Harris
McConnellville
Democracy Quaidship
C. L. Orr
Lodi Township
Col
F. S. Pursell
Cuba
Post Ofice
Journal-Gazette
Lewis
Co. Pursell
Tommy Wiley
Hocking Valley Railroad
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Texas
Rome
Humbert
Wiliam
Francis Joseph
Hood
London
Gobl
W. J. Wood
Florence
Ala
Joseph Wheeler
Congress
Gen. Wheeler
Philippines
Philippine Islands
United States
Hery
Alaska
Taanete
Taree
England
Transvaal
Holland
Asia
Emerson, Garlyle
Hawthorne
George Eliot Byron
Keats
Prescott
Alcohol and Narcotics
U.S. History and Civil Government
Albany Congress
Cronville
U. S
Monroe
Tefferson
Osherman
Morten
Bradfield Regulator Company
Atlanta, Ga
Tvea Bookliet
the N.ex
Fairbank Company
St. Louis
New York
Cahan
Ouec Geye Cp
Huemes
Kisayan
Negros
Ans
Susan M. Miner
Old State House
Aguinaldo
Gen. Otis
Moses Cleveland
Cleveland, C
Thia
Cal
William J. Bryanto
Nebraska
Kamark
Hocking Valley
Finsr Towary
Lelween
Columbus
Toledo
Detroit
Michigan
Canada
W. H. Fisher
Gen
Soing Noth
Chiicay
Daily
M.P.M
P.M. Fain
Mathis
tDaily
Toledo & Ohio Central Extension
WM. HW
MORSE
T. DP. Dale
Marietta
Moore
Cutisr
Stewart Wey
Broadwell
Junction
Sharpsburg
Ames ¥le
Palou
Palog
Amesville
Sharnburg
Stewart Jonetson
Cutter
Ji Marietta
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad Co
Tangaster
Zanesvill
Lancaster
C.M. Sexsett
F.M. Willarmson
Gen’l Ticker
Ohio Division
Chillicothe
Parkersburg
Fast Mail
Gt. Louis
Poveno Wall
Athens Arkersburg
Paat Mail
Dar
Bars
Limited Sark
St . Louis
Etwreet Parke
Bar
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W.E. C. P. McCarty
Gc. Wanwas
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