Soldier's Escape and the Pink Pills Miracle
Postwar tale of Asa Robinson, disabled by sciatic rheumatism after civil war service, who recovers after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The piece includes affidavits from Justice of the Peace Joan G. Genler and Dr Henry M. Cowen confirming his improved health. The ad promotes the pills as a cure-all for rheumatism and related ailments.
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Dr. Williams
Asa
Ronrson
A. D
Joan G. Genler
Justices of the Peace
Asa Robinson
Henry M. Cowen
A.M
M.D
R. E. Vandeventer
Brown County
Tite
Cure Claimed for Embersville Man by Witch Hazel Salve
After years of suffering Pursell of Embersville Pa was cured by a single box of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. The ad claims the salve cures eczema rash pimples and obstinate sores and credits Dr W A Wricurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Pursell
Embersville
DeWitt
W. A. Wricurt
Age of science eclipses literature in modern view
The piece argues we live in an age of science and invention where exploration, medicine, astronomy, and global communication advance rapidly. It contrasts this with literature asserting poets and novelists of today pale beside masters like Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, and Dickens. The author cites figures such as Tennyson and Kipling to claim true literary greatness wanes. Crimson and White.
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Niagara
Chaucer
Milton
Shakespeare
Byron
Fielding
Dickens
Scott
Thackeray
Fox
Burke
Webster
Prentiss
Austin
Riley
Kipling
Stanton
Tennyson
Doyle
Hope
Sienkeiwicz
Hardy
Howells
Ford
Davis
Hopeful Indication Encourages Women Education Progress
The piece argues girls show higher high school completion and college attendance than boys, predicting women will become educated leaders in society. It cites the “Crimson and White” and stresses training for women as key to racial advancement, while warning boys to seize learning opportunities. It then pivots to a health advertisement touting Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a constipation cure.
Browns Iron Bitters Promises Strength Against Weakness
An advertisement claims Browns Iron Bitters restores strength and soothes nerves amid descriptions of weakness and wasting tissues. It urges readers to use the tonic instead of pricey medicines and notes the product is sold by all dealers. The passage also contrasts newspaper poetry with high quality editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebsen
Contra- Costa News
Martinez
Cal
Dr. Miles
Miles
DS. Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Bat interrupts prayer in Presbyterian church uproar
A New York Sun account describes a warm Sunday evening in a small Presbyterian church where a bat flew in during a sermon. The pastor halted and resumed after the bat was identified, while some congregants faulted the interruption as improper but others saw humor in the incident. DeWitt's Little Early Risers ad ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Free A Beautiful Picture and Up To Date Humor
Advertisement promising beautifully colored pictures suitable for framing and four copies of Up To Date issues. Each issue features forty to fifty large humorous pictures by famous American artists. Messages readers to send ten cents in stamps to Up To Dare in Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chicago
New Cure Claim For Consumption By Dr Slocum
A New York chemist Dr T A Slocum offers three free bottles of a claimed universal cure for consumption and bronchial diseases to Barnesville Gazette readers. He asserts vast trials, religious duty, and worldwide testimonials, asking readers to mail addresses and mention the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Slocum
New York City
Barnesville
M. C
Pine Street
New York
Building materials and lumber for sale by practical owners
500 hand turned and sand papered timber available along with 200000 No 1 shingles 100000 No 2 cut before sap rise and a full assortment of paints oils doors windows brick lime and other building materials offered cheaper than any rival. Owners supervise in person and invite buyers to call.
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Sterling
Richmond
Falen
Appomattox
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Ass Robinson
Mt. Bierling
Lincoln
Democrat-M
Robinson
Som
Phadelphis
Iswayne
Galien White Ant
Cts
Learin
Fbiiadvipaia
Pedak Poor Druggia
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All
Lunn & Co
F St
Wash
Ad. G Remedy Co
the Devil
M. G. Brown
Richard
Bond Pee
Kainit
Kali Works
Nassauate New York
Nelson the Gallery
W. A. Wright
Infanis
AI Fletchen
Castoria
Lidne
Gordon Institute
Georgia
Candler
Jerem Pound
Turner & Prout
PANDY
Crine
Sterling Remedy CO
Montreal
Can of
Pittsburg
Toronto
Can
New Orleans
N.Y
Washington
San Francisco
Ill
St Louis
Denver
United and
Canada
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