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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1899

Page

8

Free bottles offered for Kennedy Favorite Remedy claims

Thousands of requests flood the Dr David Kennedy Corporation with trial bottles. A 91 percent success rate allegedly converts many to large bottles, claimed to treat kidneys liver bladder blood rheumatism dystpsia and chronic constipation. Send full name and post office address to Rondout New York and mention Bath Independent for free trials. Also promotes urine check and warns against whiskey or beer effects. Edy is sold at drugstores at one dollar per bottle or six for five dollars.

David Kennedy DR. David Kennedy Corporation Rondout N. Y

Hunting Tigers In Perata From Chambers Journal

The article compares tiger hunting methods across nations. It describes Chinese use of mirrors to lure tigers into traps and the Persian method of a bamboo cage guarded by a hunter who sleeps inside, waking only when the tiger sues the cage and then uses a spear or sword to kill it.

Perata Chambers’ Journal

They Were Both Right Hicks and Wicks Quip in Public

In the Boston Transcript a scene unfolds as Hicks notes Gabble and Maunder nearby, Gabble soliloquizes that the fellow makes him weary, and Maunder muses that he has lost a pound of flesh, all amid a moment of public boredom and amusement.

Hicks Gabble Maunder Wicks Boston Transcript

Public praise boosts use of kidney remedy on Middle street

A Middle street resident Mr Geo L Farrin describes a three year kidney complaint with painful urination and back strain. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills from Webber's drug store with rapid improvement after starting the regimen. Pills cost 50 cents per box and are sold by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.

Middle Street Geo. L. Farrin Doan Webber’s Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y U. S

Mutual Help Month and Date Riddle

Professor Gray asks the date asking what day of the month it is. Professor Sage answers it is the 20th and prompts for the month revealing a playful calendar puzzle.

Professor Gray Professor Sage Boston Transcript

Injurious Perfumes Declared Dangerous to Senses

A notice warns that certain perfumes are injurious to the sense of smell hearing throat and lungs detailing health concerns and potential harm from their use or exposure.

Society Warriors Tin Soldier Exchange

A cartoon caption from the New York World shows two Tin Soldier figures conversing. The First Soldier orders the march, while the Second notes they await Captain X’s pressed uniform, signaling military prep humor.

New York World

Foreigner-Vat Debate Sparks New York Journal Snarl

Fragmentary reads show a chaotic exchange about a mad dog and a foreigner in New York, with phrases about vat for and boy running and a tense back and forth. No clear names or dates are readable to anchor details.

New York Journal

No-Word Praise Sparks Unplanned Encore in Quiet Hall

A reflective observer notes that praising a performer may provoke an extra piece while silence invites a different choice. The quotation from Fliegende Blatter captures a mischievous dilemma in a moment of rehearsal or performance.

Fiendish Cure Claim Reported By Durango Sender

A Durango Colorado report recounts a man’s dramatic relief from stomach catarrh after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. George F Reynolds credits the pills with permanent improvement and urges others, including his wife, to try them. The Herald notes the remedy’s claimed blood and nerve benefits and lists purchase options and pricing.

the Herald George F. Reynolds Durango Colo Mr. Reynolds Dr. Williams Walls Cole Reynolds Go. N. Raymond Herald Henry J. Arnold

Subtle Plea in Madras Fine Case

During Grant-Duff's governorship in Madras a native Christian faced a fine with no lawyer present. He offered a remarkable plea stating that he might be right or wrong, asking the judge to let honor return the money and, at resurrection, if he is wrong, to repay the honor the money.

M. E. Grant-Duff Madras

The Many Kinds of Kiss in Nature Described

The passage compares Mongolian and European kisses among animals as different forms of the same instinct of preservation. It explains the Mongolian kiss signals a sniffed prey as agreeable and the European kiss signals a prey that would be a delectable meal, framing them as natural behaviors.

Also Mentioned on This Page

True J. F. True & CO Auburn MOTT Mall Toetentoar Crevelana L. B. Swett &Co Bath Ayer Geo. Smith People’s Drug Store Seymour, Conn A. C. Woodward Worcester Mass W. E. Terrill & CO State Street Montpelier Dr. Grise & CO West Gardner F. O. Collins Paris James Doane Kingzville Out Ayer’s Erbout dJudy Johnson Johnson & Co Boston Masse Percen Castoria Qtreet New York Ory Cleveland. D
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