Testimonials on stomach disease cures in old Massachusetts letters
A set of dated testimonial letters from Massachusetts residents praising medicines labeled Indian Stomach Disease, Bicep SynuP and Inplax BLOOD Synor for loss of appetite and bowel regulation. Names include N. Dennis Barnstable County, Mus Pauter House, and Jane Stafford.
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N. Dennis
Barnstable Co
Mass
Pauter House
Berkshire Co
Mus
Jane Stafford
Remedy for Rheumatism Report from Pirrskeep Mass
Dear Sir I was badly afflicted with Rheumatism and commenced the use of your INDIAN Bicop Syrvur which has greatly relieved me I now feel better than I have in four years Joun McKim.
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Pirrskeep
Berkshire Co
Mass
Joun McKim
All that it is Recommended to Be
A letter from Sarah A Johnson of Lawrence Essex County Massachusetts praises INDIAN BLoop Syrup as effective, endorsing its advertised benefits and quality. The note reflects a customer testimonial to a local business.
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Lawrence
Essex Co
Mass
Sarah A, Johnson
A Very Excellent Medicine Testimony From Mass.
A letter from Franklin County Massachusetts by H B Rowley endorses the Indian Loop Library medicine as the best for its intended use. The writer praises the remedy and adds a cheerful testimonial to its merits.
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Franklin Co
Mass
H. B. Rowley
Restored to Health Through Indian Blood Root Remedy
Dear Sir I was afflicted with poor health and tried doctors without relief. After trying your Indian Blood Root Syrup I was cured. Tolman of Shelburne Falls Franklin Co Mass reports two years use and calls it a reliable remedy.
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Sheeverly
Fas
Franklin Co
Mass
Tolman
Shelburne Fai
H. E, Tolman
Spriingrelp, Hampden Co
James Jobelyn
Best Medicine We Ever Used in Family Notice
James D Barnes of Prescott Cooleyville Franklin County Massachusetts on February 10 1879 certifies buying your Indian BLoop Syrep from JL Haskins and after trial finds it one of the best medicines ever used in his family and recommends it to all who are afflicted.
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Prescott, Cooleyville
Franklin Co
Mass
C. E
Indian Blood Purifying Syrup Praised by Family
A Massachusetts letter from January 1879 hails Indian Blood Syrup as a good medicine. The writer, Prootok Whiteker of New Savern, Cooleyville, Franklin Co., Mass., claims it purifies the blood, invigorates the liver, and tones the stomach, recommending it to others in need of health benefits.
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New Savern
Cooleyville
Franklin Co
Mass
Prootok Whiteker
Testimony on InDIAN BLoop Syrup in Franklin County Mass
A letter dated February 11 1579 from WrxwELt Cooleyville Franklin County Massachusetts commends InDIAN BLoop Syrup as a valuable medicine. The writer says a pamphlet from the agent inspired a family trial, resulting in the belief it is among the best medicines they have used. Mrs CHARLES A FELTON endorses the remedy.
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Cooleyville
Franklin Co
Mass
Charles A, Felton
The Family Regulator Advertisement Letter
A letter from Cooleyville Massachusetts dated February 1 1879 praises Indian Blood Syrup calling it one of the best medicines. The writer Susannah Haselns recommends the product for regular use and endorses its public usefulness as a trusted regulator.
Indian Loop Syrup Cure Claim From Massachusetts Reader
A reader from Hampden County Massachusetts certifies that Indian Loop Syrup cured rheumatism and recommends it to others. The testimonial notes names James Jobelyn and carpenter at Orleans Street and asserts strong endorsement for the remedy.
Indian Blood Syrup Claimed To Cure Dyspepsia and Liver Ailments
A series of testimonial letters from Massachusetts readers praise Indian Blood Syrup as beneficial for dyspepsia indigestion liver complaints and related ailments. Names include N L Marsan Hagher Preston Aaron Maynard George Smith HN Marston and others with wholesale agents Weeks Potter Gilman Brothers and Goodwin Co. Boston listings indicate distribution in Hampden and Middlesex counties.
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Billerisca
Middlesex Co
Mass
Aaron Maynard
Mr. Rosenthall
Mace Luwnp
Mas. H. Oscoop
B. E. 8PacLpra
M. M. Coupry
GiorxGs Smith
Mus. Samouri Co.y
HN Marston
Mus
Geo
Kimball
Aniel Floyd
Mas
Jonas Stone
Haxarinctox
Boston
Weeks & Potter
Washington St
GEO, C. Goodwin & Co
Gilman Brothers
Marlboro Street
Rhodes
Eee
Transfusing Battery CO
Pemberton Square
Washinten St
Carter, Harris
Hawley
Washin St
Smith, Doolittle & Smith
Tremont St
Geo. C. Goodwin & Cox
Hanover St
Must Bros. de Wird
Poston Weekly Globe subscription notice
The Weekly Globe offers a one year US and Canada subscription for 100 dollars with free postage. Payments by postal order registered letter or draft on New York or Boston. stamps accepted in one two or three cent denominations. Address all mail to The WEEKLY GLOBE Boston Mass with full writer details.
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Globe
United States
Canadas
New York
Boston
Mass
Tar Weekly Globe reports late press for Republican convention
The Wednesday June 9 1880 Tar Weekly Globe notes its issue went to press later than usual to fully report the closing hours of the Republican convention and promises graphic narratives from Globe correspondents to compensate readers for the delay.
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Tar Weekly Globe
Tar Globe
Democratic Convention in Cincinnati Report Promises Wide Circulation
Tax Wersly Grose announces a full report on the Democratic Convention in Cincinnati and urges subscribers to mail names of local Democrats to receive a free copy. San Francisco shows a mayor evading subpoena as Boston compares the affair to Kalloch. Maine reporters note strong Plaisted support and expected victory with an electoral slate of four Greenbackers and three Democrats.
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Tax Wersly Grose
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Boston
Kalloch
Pine Tree
General Plaisted
Bangor
The Chicago Republican Convention Exposed as Faction Fight
The Chicago gathering reveals a decayed party driven by patronage and factional spite rather than principle. Delegates openly chase power, with bribery, packed committees, and ticket sales highlighting a corrupt, profit driven process.
Party divisions wrecking the party at Chicago convention
The passage laments internal factional fighting within the party, noting that methods used by rival factions have destroyed the party. It argues any candidate from the convention bears the odium of its record, insisting the Chicago convention’s history alone will doom any nominee.
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Chicago
Hazing and shooting at Highland Falls draw U.S. academy glare
A violent hazing incident at Highland Falls near the national military academy left two young cadets wounded and facing possible expulsion. Beaumont Buck of Texas fired on a rival, Thompson of Ohio, after persistent taunts and hazing during preparations to enter the military school. The editorial calls for firm punishment and warns against glamorizing revolver violence while urging civic respect for the census enumerator and public officials.
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National Military Academy
Chicago
Whittaker
Highland Falls
West Point
Thompson
National House of Representatives
Beaumont Buck
Texas
Military Department of the Nation
Young Buck
Huse
Cozzen
Buck
Army of
United States
The Census Taker and the Humorous Strain of Duty
A humorous reflection on census enumerators facing public suspicion and awkward encounters. The piece contrasts the anxious public with the enumerator’s duty to record names ages and relationships, including intimate details, amid social scrutiny and personal discomfort.
Flanagan's speech frames GOP convention as office hunt
Governor Flanagan declares the Republican convention exists to secure offices, revealing factional bribery and lavish spending. The critique portrays a platform driven by centralization and federal overreach, undermining states’ rights and constitutional limits, with the party accused of double standards and weak principles.
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Flanagan
Texas
United States
Republican Party
Chicago
Hayes
Congress
States
Washington
Weighing Offices and Pledges in Political Row
The speaker condemns excessive pledges to pay soldiers pensions and seeks offices. The platform is charged with sacrificing patriotism to lust for office and patronage. A delegate proclaims the purpose is to gain offices by backing a candidate who will distribute them.
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Democratic Party
From the Free Press items on age, travel, and stray notes
A string of brief observations and quips from the Detroit Free Press covers aging dignity, drinkers and corn crops, a newborn baby born heavy, literary lines, political jests, and local curiosities. It mentions submarine cable miles, a murderer's heart, and light humor about umbrellas, cats, and public entertainments with strong nods to New Haven and New York papers.
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Detroit Free Press
Sullivan Mine
England
Georgia
Ben Hill
Bob Ingersoll
Hell
Chicago
Brown
Jones
Connecticut
Danbury News
New Haven Register
Hoar
Judas
Christ
Philadelphia Chronicle
Charles Francis Adams
Sierra Nevadas
New York Herald
Annie Larock
Kansas City
South
Freedman’s Bank
Treasury
Washington
France
Ah Lee
Amsterdam
N. Y
Alabama
New York Commercial Advertiser
Lake Mooseluc Magnatic
Maine
China
John Chinaman
America
Maine Conventions Reach Unanimous Plaisted Victory
In Bancor June 1 report on Maine Democratic and Greenback conventions the parties unite behind General Plaisted for governor. Sawyer withdraws. Bradbury, Cromwell, and Chase feature in delegate battles with Alden narrowly chosen for central Maine. A platform favors government control of currency, debt handling, and extended suffrage. Greenback committees organize delegates for national convention.
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Sawyer
Plaisted
Bion Bradbury
Portland
Union
Chase
L. D. M. Sweat
Cromwell
Messrs. Chase
Darius Alden
Augusta
Maine Democratic State Convention Nominates Plaisted by Acclamation
In Bangor on June 1 the Democratic state convention endorsed General H M Plaisted for governor by acclamation after a spirited session. The gathering featured delegates counted for national convention posts, with Bradbury and Sweat named as alternates, and a resolution slate supporting civil service reform and opposition to monopolies. The convention adjourned after绿 a conference with the Greenback committee and electors appointed in principle.
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Maine
Bangor
H. M. Plaisted
Democratic State Committee
Hans
L. D. M. Sweat
Bion Bradbury
Cincinnati
Darius Alden
John B. Redman
Arthur Sewall
Veereskee
Lharge
Chase
Colonel Sweat
Charles H. Chase
Bion Wilson
Democratic State Convention
Blaine
Grant
General Grant
People's Party
Senate
House of Repesentatives
James Rawson
Greenback Committee
Greenback Party Convening at Bangor Nominates Plaisted
Special despatch from Bangor reports the Greenback state convention drawing a large, enthusiastic crowd. Br. H. Mace of Bangor presented the platform and principles while Harris M. Plaisted is nominated for governor as the party's candidate.
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Harris M. Plaisted
Boston Globe
Bangor
BR. H. Mace
Harris M Plaisted Sketch of Maine Democrat and Greenbacker
A compact portrait of Harris M Plaisted born 1828 in Jefferson New Hampshire who rose from farmer to Colby College graduate lawyer and Bangor attorney general. It tracks his Civil War service from lieutenant colonel to brevet major general and notes his political career including attorney general term and one term in Congress, his switch to Greenback support, and opposition to the Hamlin ring.
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Democrate
Greenbacker
Maine
Bancor
Harris M. Plaisted
Jefferson, N. H
Colby University
Waterville
Albany
N. Y
A. W. Paine
Bangor
Penobscot
Morrill
McClellan
Charleston
Gilmorey
Richmond
Grant
United States
Plaisted
Wagner
General Plaisted
Hamlin
Remarkable Margin Call Reply From NY Broker
A New York stock broker seeking extra margin was met with a witty customer reply. He said he had sold property worth 100000 dollars to help, but his aged grandmother had an eighth interest and, as she was about to sign, she suffered a stroke. The line captures the man’s luck in a single humorous anecdote.
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New York
Jerome Park railway tale at breakfast party
At a Jerome Park breakfast party celebrating the opening of the branch road Leonard Jerome recalls how his old friend Travers quipped about why Jerome should be elected president of the Jerome Park railway. The remark echoes a French Academy joke about identity and lineage.
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Jerome Park
Leonard Jerome
Travers
Bein
Jerome
Duc de Richelieu
Restaut
French Academy
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Clark Johnson
Atlan
Dyrup
Massachusetts
Cooleyville, Franklin Co
Susannau H, Haselns
SrRinoricip
Hampden Co
Carpenter
Orleans St
Brandford, Hampden Co
N. L. Marsan
HapLey
Hampshire Co
Hagher Preston
Lev
Joel Preston
Poston Weekly Globe
THE
Cincinnati Convention
Story OF
Blane
Sherman
New York Times
Great
Matilda Jane
Thomas Henry
Matilda
Light Brigade
M. J
ME. Flanagan OF
Chambers’ Journal
Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald
Sixth Avenue
Elmira Free Press
Fred Grant
General Miles
Colorado
Europe
Norristown Herald
Corfe
Middlesex
Sprous
New England
Boston Daly Globe
Banor
Dyer
Farmington
Prince A. Sawyer
Phillips
Solon Chase
F. M. Fogg
Turner
Foster
Prince A. Sawyer, Esq
Greenback State Committee
Baxtor
E. H. Gove
Benjamin Bunker
F. W. Hill
J. A. Berry
James D. White
Charles Baker
Belfast
A. Q. Hill
Cairns
G. E. Church
Cherryfield
Lafayette Kimball
Bucksport
R. M. Springer
James A. Strout
Biddeford
D. A. Hill
Kittery
A. Calderwood
J. H. Blood
Auburn
J. B. Russell
Farming
Charles 8. Emerson
W. D. Chase
James Devine
Whitefield
Frederick O'Brien
Thomaston
Charles Downing
Fairfield
F. G. Parker
Presque Isle
Frank W. Folsom
Oldtown
Levi B. Patten
the Democratic Gathering
Greenbackers
Party
G. W. Rhodes
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