Spirit edited Banner reports haunting in Hocking valley town
A Shawnee correspondent describes a local paper edited by Mrs. Smith in a Spiritist episode. The Banner, tied to the late L. C. Smith, allegedly receives messages from his ghost guiding editorial choices and forecasting events like the Montreal burning, drawing readers and spiritualist converts to Perry county's Hocking valley scene.
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Perry County
Cincinnati Evening Post
Hocking Valley
Banner
Smith
L. C. Smith
Bse
Mrs. Smith
Montreal
Electric Bitters Prove Life Saver for Disease Sufferer
Sinved its Life Mr D I Wilecoxson of Horse Cave by says years of Phibish and Diabetes caused severe pain and convulsions. After one bottle relief came and six bottles cured him gaining eighteen pounds. He believes he would have died without Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Henderson & Minear.
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D. I. Wilecoxson
Horse Cave- By
Henderson & Minear
Wasp Sting Prompt Sparks Rural Banter
A farmer and hired man trade a wry exchange about a wasp sting. The hired man jokes that only the female wasp stings, prompting the farmer to chide him into restraint in the company of a lady.
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Farmer
Blood Flixir advertised by a traveling vendor
A vagrant touts Blood Flixir as a universal cure for ulcers eruptions and syphilitic poisoning with claims to purify the system and banish rheumatic and neuralgic pains. C B Henderson at 4 MA sells the remedy while notes poke fun at poker on Sundays and biblical anecdotes recur.
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C. B. Henderson
Boschee's German Syrup touted for wide uses
An advertisement urges people to share the remedy for consumption and throat and lung diseases. It claims rapid relief after three doses and highlights 80,000 dozen bottles sold last year. Gists are urged to promote it to the poor and trials with sample bottles priced at 10 cents. Regular bottles 75 cents, sold across the United States and Canada.
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Boschee
United States
Canada
Piles Pain Relief Promised with Rough on Piles Cure
Advertisement promises immediate relief and complete cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding forms. Claims sure cure available for 50 cents at druggists or by mail.
Health K Renever Restore Health and Vigor
An advertisement for Health K Renever claims to cure Dyspepsia Impotence Nervous Debility and restore vigor. It targets weak men and delicate women with a $1 price and promotional language.
Man defends self with revolver in tense street encounter
A man recounts a street confrontation in which a mugger stuck a gun in his face demanding money. The victim says the revolver helped him escape and he intends to buy another for safety.
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Tommy Peterby
Jones
Enen
Smith
Canawha and Ohio Railway Time Card
Train schedule notes service between Charleston and Columbus with no car changes. Arrival and departure times are listed for all stops along the route.
Color and scent notes in hair care and a railroad humor exchange
The fragment describes gray hair restoration and a hair tonic that stops shedding and cleanses the scalp. It also includes a railway exchange between an engineer and a scientist about color perception, jokingly debating whether a zephyr is red or blue and ending with a playful remark.
Athlophoros Claim Against Rheumatism and Neuralgia
An advertisement extols Athlophoros for rheumatism neuralgia and related illnesses claiming relief for kidney and liver troubles. It features testimonies from Mrs Smith of Washington D H Ohio and Mrs Ella Smith Springfield Ohio praising rapid improvement and urging purchase from Athiophoros Co New York with accompanying pills.
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Ella Smith
North Foster Street
Springfield
Ohio
Wall St
New York
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