Molasses Cake Lift and Spiced Variety Recipes
The text describes a molasses cake lift recipe using three cups flour one and a half teaspoons baking powder one cup sugar three quarters cup butter three eggs one teaspoon ginger one teaspoon cloves one teaspoon cinnamon one teaspoon mace one cup molasses and one cup cold black coffee baked in a slow oven. It also lists a spiced molasses cake lift with similar ingredients and method plus nutmeg and milk or coffee. Another entry covers vanilla wafers made from flour baking powder yolks of eggs sugar vanilla and stiffly beaten whites baked as small cakes.
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promoted As Trusted Remedy
An ad style passage touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a trusted remedy for frost bites burns indolent sores and skin diseases. It warns against dishonest imitators selling counterfeit products.
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de Witt
Ted
DeWitt
Dr. Tichenor Antiseptic Praised as Healing Wonder
An old promotional notice urges readers to visit their druggist for Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic claiming it preserves flesh prevents inflammation and heals rapidly. It notes the pleasant scent and rose water like cleanliness.
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Dr. Tichenor
Early American Painters and Writers highlighted
The piece notes John Watson as the first American painter in Philadelphia in 1715. It credits Gilbert Parker with shaping his literary craft through early newspaper work and mentions John W. Alexander winning the Walter Lippincott prize of 300 dollars for "A Ray of Sunshine." Edmund Clarence Stedman is described as a literary man by night, engrossed in banking by day.
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John Watson
Philadelphia
Gilbert Parker
John W. Alexander
Walter Lippincott
Philadelphia Academy
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Negro Home Controversy In Weathersfield Conn
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Association plans a $10,000 home for aged and indigent widows in Weathersfield. Locals oppose the project while Northern observers say intolerance of colored people runs high, even where population is small.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Weathersfield
Conn
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Connecticut
Successful physicians recommendation from Atlanta firm
We heartily recommend Dr Hath away & Co of Atlanta Georgia as perfectly reliable and remarkably successful in treating chronic diseases of men and women They care where others fail Readers in need of medical help should write these eminent doctors for a free expert opinion by return mail without cost They guarantee their cures Write them today
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Dr. Hathaway & Co
Atlanta
Cora Watrous
I. C. Watrous
Clarion St
Bradford
Atong
Bradyford
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Vesuvius Seen Through Mixed Naples and Rome Mood
In Naples the latest eruption glow fills the sky at night while daylight shows smoke. A visitor recalls five hours to reach the crater and notes indifference there. A restaurant near the crater hosts a visitor register with playful remarks about the volcano.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Rome
Cook
Niagara
Hawaii
Free Boschee's German Syrup Samples Offered
An advertisement invites adults with cold or lung troubles to visit John II Blackburn to receive a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup. One bottle per person, no children without parental order. Claims vast historic distribution and physician endorsement with a 75 cent bottle also sold nationwide.
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John ii. Blackburn
Boschee
Miss Bingley at masquerade as Mary and her lamb
A brief Plain Dealer item notes Miss Bingley disguises as Mary at a masquerade and draws comment on the costume. The exchange centers on the joke that the outfit resembles a lamb more than a hit.
Dr King’s New Discovery Promoted in Local Ad
W M Repine editor of Tiskilwa Illinois touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. He claims it is the true remedy after trying many others and guarantees satisfaction with trial bottles at W A Wright’s Drug Store.
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W. M. Repine
Tiskilwa
Dr. King
W. A. Wright
Morning Bicycle Rides Stir Breakfast Debate
A Chicago Record excerpt notes John’s pre sunrise bicycle rides sparking concern over possible harm. The speaker questions injury risk while recounting the habit and the need to prepare breakfast before his rides. The brief hints at routine and family involvement in the morning.
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Chicago
A Word to Mothers About Children’s Sleep and Peace
A reflection from Family Christian Advocate urges mothers to send children to bed with glad thoughts and smiles. Forgiveness should be assured if wrongs occur, and love from all should be felt before sleep. The approach aims for a child to fall asleep in peace and awaken with joy.
Not One Child Dies From Croup Curing Cure Claim
A historical clipping touts One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy for severe lung and throat troubles. The claim credits Dr. W A Wright with the product and asserts immediate cough relief.
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W. A. Wright
Poetic Missive Describes Odd Pledges and Wants
A fragmented verse lists seeks for suspenders to mend breach es of promise a barber to share the face of the earth a bar for the bed of the ocean and cradle of the deep a dentist to work on the jaws of death a sea horse to feed from the trough of the sea a few feed from the flower of speech and a pair of corsets for the waste of time.
What Shall We do to be Saved
An editorial by Henry Watterson presents four propositions for the Democratic party. These cover curbing capital combines that limit production and raise prices, reforming tax policy with a revenue tariff and graduated home tax, restoring public franchise to the people, and reorganizing the judiciary to reduce elite influence through calm reform rather than upheaval.
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Henry Watterson
Democratic Party
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed for La Grippe
Thomas Whitfield and Co promote Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe. They claim it provides prompt relief and counters the tendency to pneumonia. For sale by J. H. Blackburn in Chicago.
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Thomas Whitfield & Co
Wabash Ave
Corner
Jackson Sr
Chicago
J. H. Blackburn
Crimmins Building Seats Shrinking After Tenants Leave
The Crimmins building again shows many vacancies as two tenants the brass band on the second floor and a Populist debating club on the third floor both departed after disputes, leaving the property largely empty.
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Crimmins
Chicago Tribune
Browns' Iron Bitters Promises Strength and Nerves Aid
This vintage ad urges readers to combat weakness and wasting tissues with Browns' Iron Bitters. It claims the bottle restores strength, soothes nerves, improves brick and red health, and outperforms costly medicines, noting the product is sold by all dealers.
Belated Poetry and the Editor’s Delays
A Texas reader laments long waits for poems and recalls his grandmother’s illness and death before seeing his work in print. He notes his uncle’s poem is also waiting and asks the editor to send it to the printer promptly. The piece humorously critiques impatience in publication.
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Texas
Stanton
Travel Tonic Syrup of Figs Advert
When traveling take a bottle of Syrup of Figs to ease kidneys liver and bowels and prevent fevers headaches and sickness. 50 cent bottles at leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Sense and Nonsense in Everyday Life
A collection of wry observations on money and virtue, noting money as root of evil while prosperity comes to many, yet warns some fail to notice fortune. It humorously recalls a man who forgot his subscription and jokes about charity starting at home and staying there.
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