Wonderfully Invention Roentgen Light Penetrates Flesh
A Vienna letter describes Professor Roentgen's discovery of a light derived from radiant heat that penetrates organic matter. Crookes tubes emit the rays to photograph objects, revealing a living hand with flesh seemingly vanishing and a skeleton image of a couple. Early U.S. tests include brain photography and a weight appearing to vanish from a box. The invention promises a revolution in surgery.
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New York Journal
Vienna
Roentgen
India
Appesrea
Jeton
Sen
New York
Shaker Digestive Cordial Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An old advertisement touts Shaker Digestive Cordial as remedy for indigestion and general weakness. It claims the cordial helps the stomach digest nourishment, relieves symptoms, and acts as a tonic, with a trial bottle offered at 100 cents.
Thrift as a Path to Wealth and Virtue
The excerpt urges thrift as a path to prosperity for honest and industrious people and their families. It emphasizes saving small amounts, buying a home, avoiding waste, and teaching thrift to children, citing Benjamin Franklin as a model who taught the nation this lesson.
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Senjamine Franklin
New England
One Minute Cough Cure Praised by J D Pierce
J W Pierce of Republic Missouri reports using One Minute Cough Cure with satisfactory results for his family and himself. He says he will never fail to recommend it to others on every occasion. Doctor W A Warerr endorses.
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J. W. Pierce
Republic
W. A. Warerr
Apple and purse mix up on Rochester street car
In Rochester a woman sat with an apple and purse. A young man reached Union street after the car and retrieved both items from her sack pocket. He returned them to the woman who did not thank him, thinking he had picked her pocket. The mishap amused other riders.
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Rochester
One Minute Cough Cure Ad Claims Timely Relief
An old advertisement touts a remedy named One Minute Cough Cure that supposedly hits the right spot and time during a cough or cold. It urges readers not to cough and credits Dr. W. A. Waienr as the authority.
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W. A. Waienr
The Great Kentucky Land Deception Unfolds in Sudden Charge
John James Ingalls recalls a Kansas farm tale while two New York men from Syracuse pursue relief after purchasing a mythical 1200,000 acre Kentucky claim in Johnson County. They hunted the land in vain, finding only a promising map with no trace of property. They seek judicial remedy in U.S. courts.
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John James Ingalls
Kansas
Long Range
Mississippi
New York
J. Jones
J. ‘Il’. Lamar
Syracuse
Kentucky
Johnson County
United States
Democratic State Executive Committee Sets March Meeting
Hon. A. S. Cray announces the Democratic State Executive Committee will meet in Atlanta on Saturday March 7 to discuss the session in the first week of March. Past schedules show meetings around March 1 3 and 22 in earlier years.
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A. S. Cray
Atlanta
Hood's Sarsaparilla Offered For Vital Blood Purity
Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to purify enrich and vitalize the blood and restore vigor and vitality for the fatigued and impoverished.
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Hood
The Decline of Horse Hides in the Market
The article notes horse hides remain valuable for fine leather but prices have plummeted since electric streetcars reduced horse use. No1 hides bring $1.50, fair ones fifty cents, poor ones discarded as Europe increases horseflesh imports and US slaughter rises. Revival hopes fade amid stagnant demand.
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Europe
Orange Blossom tonic advertised for female ailments
An 19th century advertisement promotes Orange Blossom as a direct applied remedy for female troubles including fever, pain, irregular menses, dropsy of the womb, and other conditions. It claims immediate relief, painless cures, and offers mailing to addresses for $1 from Dr. J. A. McGill & Co. and J. S. Blackburn.
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J. A. McGill & Co
Panorama Place
Chicago
Ill
Blackburn
The World Owes Every Man a Chance to Die
An elderly man, rendered penniless and homeless by misfortune, recalls his past while shivering in a public hallway. He writes a stark contrast on the wall about life and death, then walks to the river and ends his life by leaping from the wharf, the world giving him a final chance to die.
Fitzsimmons Wins World Title In First Round Knockout
The long talked of bout between Fitzsimmons and Maher took place near Langtry just across the Mexico line. Maher was knocked out in the first round after a decisive blow from Fitzsimmons. Thousands of dollars changed hands as spectators watched the action.
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Fitzsimmons
Maher
Mexico
Langtry
Fitzsimons
Mather
De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve Promises quick cures
Seotling promotes De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as an enemy to sores wounds and piles with claims it never fails to cure. It stops itching and burning and supposedly cures chapped lips and cold sores in two or three hours. Wrraur advertises this aging remedy.
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de- Witt
Ds. W
Wrraur
Field and the Kiss in Emma Abbott’s Kansas City Visit
The Hartford Times recalls Eugene Field praising Emma Abbott and composing verses for her during a Times engagement in January 1880. A famed four column tribute highlighted Abbott's kiss scene in Paul and Virginia with elaborate praise likening it to Troilus and Cressida and elevating it to a standard expression in Kansas City.
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Eugene Field
Emma Abbott
Hartford Times
Emma
Kansas City
Field
the Times
Paul
Virginia
William Castle
Troilus
Cressida
Abbott
Indian Weed Medicine Linked to Native Women Strength
A St Louis Post Dispatch note describes Indian women as unusually healthy and endurance capable. It attributes this to a local weed used to make a medicine sold as Indian Weed by J. H. Blackburn. The account notes women march with babies on their backs and travel before and after confinement.
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St.Louis
Post Dispatch
J. H. Blackburn
Inexhaustible Good Nature A Gift From Heaven
A quotation extols inexhaustible good nature as a priceless heavenly gift. It describes this trait as spreading like oil over a troubled mind, keeping thoughts smooth and calm even in rough weather.
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W. Living
Doctor's Recovery Boosts Pink Pills in Local Practice
Nebraska report tells how Dr Samuel L Brown of David City credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for partial paralysis diabetes varicose veins and Brights disease recovery. He cites patient Postmaster Talbot of Brainerd who improved under his care and urges use of the pills as a blood builder and nerve restorer.
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Lincoln
Neb
Cail
Samuel L. Brown
David City
Butler County
Brown
Dr. Williams
Brainerd
Augustus Talbot
Bright
Postmaster Talbot
Neb. E
Runyon
Dr. Williams’ Med. Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Reed Turner clash echoes in historic House debate
The Monroe Advertiser praises Reed for trying to tell the truth about Turner's status as the oldest Democrat in Congress. The Valdosta Times recalls a lively two year old debate on the Wilson bill when Reed and Turner sparred over Reed rules and Supreme Court decisions, drawing Democratic applause and Republican frenzy.
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Monroe Advertiser
Reed
H. G. Turner
Congress
Valdosta Times
House
Wilson
Messrs
Turner
Supreme Court
Georgia
Furner
Awakening towns to self help draws outside investment
The Macon Telegraph argues that cities must rely on self help to attract outside capital, as bold claims of advantages no longer persuade investors. Confidence, prosperity signs, and practical results matter most for long term development.
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Macon
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