A Minister's Trials Narrative of Rev J N McCready
Rev. J N McCready of Elkton Michigan describes a dramatic nervous breakdown from overwork and the dramatic recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He testifies under notary public oath that the pills restored his health, allowing him to preach and conduct revival meetings. Dr Williams Pink Pills are portrayed as restoring nerve power and enriching the blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. McCready
Elkton, Mich
Williams
Rev. McCready
J. D. Brookes
Dr. Williams
Spee
Ezekiel Obear
Beverly
Mass
Miles
DR. Miles Medical CO
Bikbart, Ind
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Cures Ailing Knitnersville Man
After years of suffering from piles B W Pursell of Knitnersville Pa is cured by one box of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. The ad claims the salve also treats eczema rash pimples and obstinate sores as a famous remedy touted by Dr W A Wricur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Pursell
Knitnersville
DeWitt
W. A. Wricur
Dr Miles Nervine Restores Health At Four Score
A medical advertisement claims Miles’s Nervine restores health at Four Score. The notice touts relief from nervous ailments and fatigue through the patent remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles’ Nervine
Read's Impromptu Poem Wakes Senators in 1864
An old Washingtonian recalls T. Buchanan Read, famed for Sheridan's Ride, dozing in a Senate committee room during the Civil War. A peace-for-all debate raged as Read woke, then recited a vivid impromptu verse about a white winged bird nestling in the cannon's mouth to stop its roar.
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T. Buchanan Read
Sheridan
Washington
Read
Letter touts Pond's Extract as universal cure
A reader claims Pond's Extract cures boils swellings barber's itch bruises sore neck backache toothache and many other disorders. He urges everyone to try it then adds a note from Richmond Virginia about fatness baldness signaling a meek husband, per Governor Taylor.
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Pond’s Extract Company
Pond's
H. H. Wes
East Clay Street
Richmond
Taylor
Metaphysical Discovery Promises Cure for Disease
An advertisement from Mrs. M. G. Brown promotes a metaphysical system claiming to root disease through a threefold absorption via head organs. It lists eye water ear preparation and scalp renovator, offered by Metaphysical University at 61 Bond Street New York, with a 100 page pamphlet and forty years of establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Brown
Metaphysical University
Bond Street
New York
A SEA DEMON A SHARK TERRORIZED SAILORS ACROSS INDIAN OCEAN
The demon shark appeared repeatedly from 1863 to 1866 near Ceylon Mauritius and the Bay of Bengal. Captains and crews chased it with hooks harpoons and guns while several sailors were taken, swallowed, or lost at sea. The monster measured up to 88 feet 3 inches and vanished after a gunboat finally fired a shell.
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Fair Hope
Ceylon
Strait of Malacca
Singapore
Lloyd’s Register
The
James F. Bradwell
Bradwell
Bay of Bengal
Andaman Islands
Bombay
Speedwell
China
Philadelphia
Taylor
New York
India
St. Luis
Mauritius
Charleston
Navy
Madagascar
Cape Horn
Cape Town
Australia
Lakadive
Arabian Sea
Dialogue on height from Harper's Bazar
A brief exchange asks about height with playful quotes. One speaker claims about six feet, the other agrees similarly, mentioning boots and haircut. The fragment evokes light fashion period humor from Harper's Bazar.
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Herry
Harper's Bazar
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da Searen & Son
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Abientific Journal
Munn & Four
New
Ad.terling Remedy Co
Oor
Castoria
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Gordon Institute
Barnesville
Georgia
Candler
Jerem Pound
Turner& Prout
YANDY
Ine
Ting Remedy Co
Chicago
Montreal
Can
Ata
Pittsburg
Toronto
New Orleans
N.Y
Francisco
Cal
St Louis
Denver
United and
Canada
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