Twain and Grant on the world tour book launch
Mark Twain's Following the Equator is released with illustrations. The frontispiece bears a lonesome motto and the text recounts Twain's first meeting with General Grant in the White House, including a tense exchange and later reconnections.
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Mark Twain
American Publishing Company
Hartford
Paris
America
Mr. Clemens
General Grant
White House
Clemens
Chicago
Army of the Tennessee
Harrison
Digesting Food for Health Adds Stamina
A teaching on digestion emphasizes that eating what you enjoy only benefits health if the body digests it. If digestion fails, food is wasted and nourishment is lost, urging readers to seek simple stomach remedies when digestion is unsettled.
Shaker Digestive Cordial Promises Digestive Relief
Mount Lebanon Shakers market Digestive Cordial claiming it cures indigestion and dyspepsia by aiding digestion and nourishing the blood. It promises strength from digested food and offers a trial bottle for ten cents available at druggists.
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Mount Lebanon
Advertisements Flourish Across North American Publications
The era shows 22 000 publications in North America printing advertisements. Kansas produced natural gas valued at 24750 dollars in 1896, reflecting the era's energy market.
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Ther
North America
Kansas
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Highlighted in Brief
A fragment mentions DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and references a famous cough or tonic pill line. The note appears as a short historical reference to a patent medicine.
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DeWitt
How to Find Kidney Trouble and Swamp Root Claims
The piece describes home tests for kidney disease using a urine sediment after 24 hours and notes symptoms like frequent urination and back pain. It touts Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidneys, liver, and bladder with claims of relief and a price of fifty cents to one dollar, plus an offer for a sample bottle and pamphlet by mail.
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DR. Hathaway & CO
United States
J. H. Blackburn
Barnesville
Gazette
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Dinner in the Mountains Aims at a Congressman's Heaven
A Southern States representative recalls a October trip to a mountain interior county seat to obtain a deposition from a farmer's wife. After the work, he stayed for a homely dinner of cornbread and bacon where a 15 year old boy, curious and earnest, asked if there is white bread in the city. He declares he would rather be a Congressman than go to heaven.
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Interior
Washington Star
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Ad Claims Wide Healing
Advertising copy touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best skin remedy for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and eruptions. It promises cure or money back with guaranteed satisfaction and lists W A Wright as the seller at 25 cents per box.
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W. A. Wright
The Light of the World book sales drive in Chicago
A Chicago publisher advertises a costly religious volume The Light of the World costing over 100000 with nearly 200 full page engravings and entries from major European galleries Agents can earn by securing orders per day and editors predict quick profits A Proforma manager post and correspondence role are offered with full particulars provided by A P T Exper Publisher 278 Michigan Ave Chicago IL
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Michigan Pone Chicago Il
Hall's Hair Renewer Ad
If you are troubled with falling hair, dandruff, eczema of the scalp, or inclined to grayness use the best preparation made to correct and cure Hall's Hair Renewer.
Coughing Trick At Depot Sparks Claim of Lost Gold
A weary traveler with a persistent cough attracts attention in a depot waiting area. A traveling professor performs an "experiment" and reveals a ten dollar gold piece from the man's palm, claiming others lie hidden. The old man refuses further coughing and warns of consequences if more coins turn up.
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William Henry Wallace
Radical Cure for Piles Endorsed by Satisfied User
A Pond's Extract Company testimonial from New York dated October 10 1894 reports a radical cure for piles. The testimonial credits the remedy with decisive relief and urges others suffering from the disease to try it. It also includes a brief endorsement from J Bupone an evangelist in Ashway Rhode Island.
Tales of shooting boasting and a cough cure plug
A humorous crowded exchange features girls bragging about shooting at birds cats and frogs while a critical youth counters with comic feats. The piece ends with a Mrs Mary Bird testimonial from Harrisburg praising One Minute Cough Cure for her child and a doctor’s note.
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St Louis Republic
Mary Bird
Harrisburg
W. A. Wricut
Nebraska's first iron works opens in Omaha in 1879
The first iron works in Nebraska began operations at Omaha in 1879. Agricultural products of Kansas for 1897 totaled $230,410,143. About 32 percent of Arkansas' tillable land was under cultivation.
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Nebaska
Omaha
Kansas
Arkansas
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles Scalds Burns
An old advertisement proclaims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles burns and scalds. The patent remedy promotes quick relief and healing of skin irritations with witch hazel as a key ingredient.
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Hathaway & CO
South Broad St
Atlanta, Ga
Willi
M. Born & GO
J. W. Stafford & Sons
Anes Saeed
S. Broad ST
Chambers Drug Store
Luther Holmes
Milner
Lamar
H. J. Lamar & Sons
Macon, Eorgia
Leffel
South
James Leffel & CO
Springfield
Ohio
Bucklen
The
Parker
Lisbig Company
Diebig CO
P O
Newark
Draughon
Practical Business College
Nashville
Tent
U. S
Advocate
Georgia
Savannah
Central of Georgia
Ocean Steamship Company
New York
Boston
Merchants and Miners
Baltimore
J.C. Haile
E. H. Hinton
Youths’ Advocate
Rome
Youths Advocate
Texas
Mexico
California
Alaska
Point
Fred D. Bush
Louisville & Nashville
A. Re
Wall St
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