Cure Miracle Claims Stop Skin Eruptions, Man Says
A New York man recounts severe dry skin eruptions on hands scalp and face that kept him housebound until using Cuticura Remedies. He spent years and dollars on doctors with no relief before reporting complete restoration at low cost. The note ends with a light remark about wives not striking for eight hours.
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Henry 2
Kamping
Eagle Ave
New York
N. Y
Sam
Pete
Puck
Bull Run
Minneapolis Journal
Nothing Doing a Shopkeeper ad Lesson Poem
A humorous poem shows a shopkeeper failing until he finally advertises. His store sits idle until a bold ad turns interest into a crowd and sales. The piece ends with the moral that advertising improves business.
Quips and Quarrels Across Papers and Eras
A collage of wry lines from era newspapers. Jokes mix temper, invention, romance, and politics. Snippets include self made men, a shell of light, a talk with a chicken hearted fellow, and Civil War bravado.
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Elsie
Ada
Sloper
Statue of John Howard Payne at Oak Hill
An Oak Hill Cemetery statue of John Howard Payne miscopied facial hair after a sculptor allegedly used a photo of a bearded man. The cost and monument were funded by William Corcoran, and the statue marks Payne’s resting place.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Georgetown
James G. Blaine
Edward M. Stanton
John Howard Payne
Africa
United States
William Corcoran
Washington
Payne
Oak Hill
Five Beautiful Postcards Free for college-bound youths
Public notice offers five postcards free to anyone who sends a list of names and addresses of boys and girls likely to attend college this year or next. Separate lists for boys and girls requested. J. W. Beeson Meridian Mississippi, paper citation.
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J. W. Beeson
Meridian
Miss
Recipes and a Suffragette Tax Protest at Market Cross
A jumble of historic recipe snippets includes Scrambled Lamb, Pigs in Blankets, Shrimps and Peas, Tomato and Cheese Rarebit, Vineyard Candy, Chocolate Cookies and more. The text also reports a 5 000 strong Edinburgh Market Cross crowd watching a furniture sale of Lady Steel’s property with her protest against taxes for women’s suffrage, the tax £18 9s. The sale is noted as sourced from the London Graphic.
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Market Cross
Edinburgh
Lady Steel
James Steel
London Graphic
Lydia Pinkham's Remedy Promoted for Nervous Female Ills
Letters from Mrs Geo A James and Mrs Nellie Makham praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervous prostration and female weaknesses. The ad cites testimonials from Fredonia and Buffalo urging women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice in Lynn Massachusetts. It claims the remedy contains native roots and herbs with no narcotics and asserts worldwide cures with voluminous testimonials.
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Geo. A. Ji
Fredonia
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie Makham
Morgan St
Buffalo, N. Y
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Mrs. Pinkham
Garfield Tea health claims flood ad page
An assortment of promotional notes tout Garfield Tea as a cure and health aid, with claims it purifies blood and treats rheumatism. It cites Pure Food and Drugs v Garfield Tea Co and lists Brooklyn, N Y as a maker. Also appears as a humor item about soul weights and a medical brief for Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer.
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Garfield Tea
Pure Food and Drugs
V. Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Garfield Téa
Garfield Tea Co
N. Y. Ald
Pulpit vs Stage Attention Cures Bodily Ailments Claim
The New York Herald asserts that intense mental focus neutralizes minor ailments. It argues that if pulpit attention matched stage concentration, coughing and drowsiness would lessen in audiences.
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The
New York Herald
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