A Trip to Hollend A Franco Dutch Cruise Sketch
A travel narrative from Orefeld Germany July 1 1809 recalls a sea voyage to New York aboard a crowded steamer. The writer sketches fellow passengers including professors D D ministers artists and students, describes life on deck the moonlit nights and one day trip to Marken island with its tiny houses and preserved Dutch customs.
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Orefeld
Germany
Dean Teisonary
Green Mountains
Champlain
New York
Goodby
Liberty
Chaka
Prolfessor
Ann Arbor
D.D
Kangad College
Kansas
Mary Ellen
Gen. Funston
Kipling
Dalegate
Mary Ellens
Rhineland
Grand Rapids
Buckeye
Fiske University
Tennesse
Ohio
Oberlin
Paris
Columbia University
Lowell
Boston
Hetella Ue
Dutch Zee Island Life Narrated by a Traveler
Bright colors and wooden shoes mark the Zee island community where both men and women wear heirloom gold beads. Fishermen dominate the streets, fish is the staple food, and houses sit near hay fields with few livestock. In winter the Zee freezes and residents travel on wind driven ice boats to the mainland. After a lunch of bread and cheese and fresh eggs, the traveler sails back to a German home.
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Zee
Julian Phelis
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
A Victorian era advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to strengthen the patient and offers $100 to any case it cannot cure, inviting readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Coa
Toleda, O
Narrow escape as gun fires on express car at Omabs
Monday at Omabs the Pacific Express wagon man E D Conrad nearly died when a loaded shotgun handed to him discharged during unloading after the Milwaukee train arrived at 8:30. The shot ripped his sleeve and skin, struck hat feathers and burned a nearby lady and conductor, then shattered an office window and stovepipe. Conrad is the son of Geo Conrad of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Conrad
Pacific Express Co
Omabs
Conrad
Dissolution Notice of the Silas Wilson Company
In Atlantic Iowa on June 26 1899 stockholders meeting voted to dissolve the Silas Wilson Company by mutual consent. The notice includes unrelated advertisements for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve lightning rods copper center rods and local supplier contact details.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Silas Wilson Company
Silas Wilson
J. A. McWain
F. H. Cromain
Cuaries Blocx
J.W. Cuykendall
Eona
H.S. Rattenberg
J. S. Barransone
Lowa
Whooping Cough Cure Praised by South Burgettstown Parent
A letter from J. L. Moorn of South Burgettstown Pa says his young son nearly died from whooping cough but improved after using Chamberlaing cough remedy. He reports one bottle cured him fully and calls it the best cough medicine he has owned. Sold by Vic Emmert and H G Weber Co.
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J. L. Moorn
South Burgettstown
Vic Emmert
H. G. Webea
Chamberlain
Charles Holzhauer
Newark
N.J
Vic Emmert & Co
H. G. Weber & Co
Mra. G. Lackamp
Elston, Mo
W. M., Gallagher
Bryan, Pa
Gave Up All Hope Louise Prickett Urges Foley’s Honey and Tar
Louise Prickett of Danville Illinois writes after years of asthma and failed remedies that Foley’s Honey and Tar stopped her coughing and let her breathe freely. She claims it is the only medicine that ever gave relief.
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Louise Prickett
Bryan Aye
Danville
Ill
Foley
Epidemic of Diarrhoea Prompts Cure Claim in Conca Nut Grove
Mr A Sanders of Conca nut Grove Fls reports an epidemic of diarrhoea and a severe attack cured by four doses of Chamberlain's cholera and diarrhoea remedy. He claims others were helped and the medicine is the best they ever used. Sold by Vic Em mert & Co and H G Weber & Co.
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A. Sanders
Concanut Grove
Fls
Vic Emmert & Co
H. G. Weber & Co
Pains in the Back Cured By Foley's Kidney Cure
A. R. Farrington of Constantia New York credits Foley's Kidney Cure with curing years of kidney trouble and back pain after one bottle. He says it gave him great relief and he recommended it to friends. Sold by Vic Eniwed and F Parsons & Co.
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A. R. Farrington
Constantia
N.Y
Foley
Vic Eniwed
W. B. Conklin
Bowersville, Ohio
Editor endorses Chamberlain's diarhoeas remedy
From Sylvan Valley News Brevard NC the editor asks if editors may recommend medicines and advocates Chamberlain's colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy noting twenty years of personal use. It warns the product can prevent excessive suffering before a physician and lists Pemmech & Co and H G Weber as sellers.
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Sylvan Valley News
Bregrad
N.C
Chamberlain
Pemmech & Co
Epworth Leaguers Meet at Indianapolis Fourth Biennial Convention
Indianapolis July 20 Delegates estimate 12 000 to 15 000 will attend the Epworth League fourth biennial international convention of the Methodist churches with about 500 colored delegates from southern states. Opening sessions will be held in a tent and Tomlinson hall with extensions to English Opera House. 1901 meeting site to be chosen among Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Indianapolis
Indra NaPolis
Epworth League
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist’ Episcopal Church South
Canadian Methodist Church
Epworth
State House
Court House
Tomlinson Hall
English Opera House
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Roberta
T. ©. Tliff
Salt Lake
Epworths
Senator Fairbanks
Washington
Watchman Ben Stump Shot by Tramp in Falls City
Falls City Nebraska July 20 A watchman named Benjamin Stump was shot during rounds at Missouri Pacific yards by a suspected tramp who fled as bloodhounds from Beatrice were readied to track him. Stump is in serious condition.
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Benjamin Stump
Falls City
Neb
Ben Stump
Missouri Pacific
Stump
Beatrice
Health tonics and cures fill old newspaper ads
A dense run of patent medicines and remedies promotes kidney cures, cough syrups, Grain-O coffee substitute, healing salves, and dyspepsia cures. Advertised products include Foley's Kidney Cure, Grain-O, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, Banner Salve, Warner's White Seal Syrup, English Spavin Liniment, and Dr Fowler's extract. Multiple firms like Vic Emmert & Co and F Parsons & Co back these remedies with claims of quick cures and health benefits.
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DeWitt
Sarr
Vic Emmert & Co
Cure a Cold in One Day Warners Syrup Ad
An old time ad touts Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as the best cough remedy while urging use of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. It promises soothing gums easing pain and curing wind colic and diarrhea, priced at 25 to 50 cents.
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Ob Warner
H.G. Weber &Co
Warner
H. G. Weber & Co
Kidney Cure Praise From Oscar Bowman in Lebanon Ky
A Kentucky resident Oscar Bowman of Lebanon declares Foley kidney cure cured his kidney disease. He states the treatment would have cost him his life and urges others with kidney trouble to try it.
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Foley
Oscar Bowman
Lebanon
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trans-Mississippi
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North Sea Canal
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Amsterdam
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Isle of
Marken
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Buckien
Arnica
Itrigut
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Kan
Ted Aiken
Thomas Rhoads
Centerfield, C
DeWit
Vie Emmert & Co
Green Bay Lumber Co
B. R. Wasson
Vie Emmatti Co
F. Parsons & Co
Vic Exmertle
Ueture
Fowler
Melvine Quint
Teachure
Locust St
C. B. Hess
Levi Downs’ Store
Chestnut Street
Nichols’ Bank
Postoffice
United States
Europe
Gall
Atlantic Iron Works
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