Cure of Psoriasis by Cuticura Resolvent and Soap
K. E. Carpenter of Henderson New York claimed cure by Cuticura Resolvent internally and CuricuraA and Cuticura Soap externally. He said it was the most wonderful case on record, with cure certified before a justice of the peace and notable citizens. All with itching and scaly diseases urged to send for the Fontimonitt sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. E. Carpenter, Esq
Henderson, N. Y
Weeks & Potter
Boston
Maasz
Two Sides 10 Every Teen and a Cottage Dream
Mr Norris a frugal clerk invites rich friends Henry Ard and Mr Andrews to supper to show his modest home. Ard’s boasts fuel envy, while Andrews charms praise for open spaces gas and luxuries. Contentment or discontent hinges on perspective and choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Mr. Norris
Henry Ard
Ard
Mrs. Norris
Holden’s
Norris
Mrs. Ard
Mr. Ard
Mr. Andrews
R. Norris
Oriental Proverbs And Paris Electrical Exhibition Accidents
A collection of Oriental proverbs urges perseverance and restraint while a Paris Electrical Exhibition reports multiple accidents from careless wiring. One man contacts exposed conductors via a watch, another case involves a dynamo system. a severe shock paralyzes muscles and alarms workers before a recovery and design fix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evxcraichy
Paris
The Kiwi Bird in the Ostrich House
A visitor describes the Apteryx or Kiwi Kiwi in a little compartment of an ostrich house. The nocturnal bird is cryptic, with a long curved beak and powerful feet, preys on worms, and lays eggs nearly as large as the bird itself. It is native to New Zealand and increasingly rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
New Zealand
Alderman Tucker Claims Cure From Cuticara Remedies
Boston Alderman Tucker asserts he paid $3,000 over 20 years for medicine and treatment with no permanent benefit, and says he is entirely cured of salt rheum by Cuticara Remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Tucker
Boston
Remarkable cured case by Cuticura Resolvent
H. E. Carpenter of Henderson New York claims a twenty year psoriasis or leprosy cure using Cuticura Resolvent internally and Cuticura and Cuticura Soap externally. He calls it the most wonderful case on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Adams
Newark
Uohlo
Curicura
H. E. Carpenter, Esq
Henderson, N. Y
Motherly request at the post office on delayed travel
A woman asks the Stamp clerk about sending a letter in haste and whether a special train could speed its departure. She finally asks for telegraphing details to her sister about a delayed visit and meeting at the depot, noting she will not go to Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Detroett Free
Presa
Ely Cream Balm Adverts and Jokes from 1880s Newton
A column of testimonials praise Ely Cream Balm for catarrh and hay fever with dated 1880 reviews from Newton New Jersey and Owego New York. Included are a short humorous juvenile chorus about milk taste due to water scarcity and a shopper remark about the balm’s claimed benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.O. Ayerson & Co
Newton
N. J
Ely
Jon W. ‘E
Newton, N. J
Messrs
Ely Bros., Duggrsts
Owego
N. Y
JT. F. McCormck
Judge Common Pleas
Elizabeth
Seoadv
Best of Times Delights in Cheerful Disposition
An exhortation to reject chronic gloom and embrace optimism. It argues that laughter, outdoor exercise, and timely meals foster a cheerful outlook, while constant complaint leads to peevishness and unapproachability. Notes from Baptist Weekly emphasize resisting despondency and preferring sweet notes over discords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Weekly
Norwegian hod-carrier gains humanity in tragedy
Detroit Free Press recounts a foreman's blunt view of workers who toil and endure. A scaffold accident reveals a Norwegian hod-carrier as a husband and father, torn from sorrow by news of his dead baby. The foreman expresses remorse and a wish to soothe the bereaved family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Street
Detroit Free Press
A Woman's Victory Across Hartford River a Widow Crafts Farm Payoff
A Connecticut widow with three children faced a $1000 mortgage and a worthless second mortgage on a farm. She foreclosed by securing the deed, cutting and selling tobacco, and using the proceeds to pay down the debt. By labor and price, she cleared the mortgage though she does not own the farm, which passes to her husband’s children due to lack of a will. The tale highlights a curious legal arrangement and a resilient, enterprising woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
New England
Connecticut
The National Flower of Japan the Cherry Blossom
The cherry blossom is Japan’s national flower, valued for beauty rather than fruit. Millions in Japan celebrate sakura with picnics called Going to see the flowers, singing and playing under blooming trees. People compose poems and even pray or worship under the cherry trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
England
France
Scotland
Ireland
A Terrible Revenge at Tahoe City Hotel
A Nevada resort tale tells how a plain dressed lady faced snubs from Western society at the Grand Central Hotel Lake Bigler. After sending for more clothes she returned in Worth gown and diamonds with her children, then ended by dismissing the guests with polite distance before leaving with trunks.
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Grand Central Hotel
Tahoe City
Lake Bigler
Nevada
San Francisco
Saratoga
Canadian publishing pains spark American ire
The Burling ton Hawkeye notes that American authors rage not only over piracy of their books but over Canadian editions using British spellings like honor favor labor and publick. The irritant is seeing their names on pirated works with altered spelling, shaping readers to believe American words are spelled with two g’s in wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Hawkeye
Gambetta Enjoys Luxurious Paris Residence
Paris Letter reports the great orator Gambetta indulges in pomp and comfort at the Petit Bourbon. He uses a restored silver bath of De Morne, rooms lavishly furnished, and roses in daily vases. Alphbaud oversees city parks while Trompetré hosts elaborate meals for Gambetta and companions.
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Gambetta
Petit Bourbon
de Morne
M. Alphbaud
Trompetré
Duc de Noilles
Gambétta
Dejeuner
Paris
Sulphur Bitters Cited As Cure For Jaundice
A Hoboken resident, J. Boyd, claims long illness and high medical costs were avoided by using Sulphur Bitters. He says the remedy cured jaundice and reduced expenses from doctors and pills in recent years. Additionally a woman eighty nine notes pride in age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TuHry
J. Boyd
Hoboken
Curious Beards and Time Keepers From Old News Echoes
The article recounts social scorn and eventual acceptance of facial hair from 1850 New York to Brooklyn clergy, citing clerical debates and a bishop’s beard. It then details antique Japanese and European timepieces, including a three-foot frame clock with a tortoise hand, various novelty watches, and century clocks shown at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
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New York
Pine-street
The
Journal of Commerce
Dr. Bethune
Brooklyn Heights
Lactantius
Theodoret
St. Agustine
St. Cyprian
Clement of Alexandria
Bethune
Carthage
Luther
New York Journal of Commerce
South Kensington
London
Ely
Saxony
Catherine I
Russia
George III
England
Philadelphia
Remarkable Editorial Career of S C Hall in London
In retirement in London, S C Hall, eighty, spent fifty seven years as an editorial writer and forty two years editing the London Art Journal which he founded after severe losses. His wife contributed since the start and shared a government pension as the journal helped make England a rival of France in art and industry. Hall published forty thousand engravings at his own expense and now works on a book titled Recollections of a Long Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
S.C. Hall
London Art Journal
Hall
England
France
S. C. Hall
Mr. Hall
Poison Ivy Distinguishing and Remedies
Poison ivy is highly poisonous to some people and harmless to others. It causes acute skin inflammation and swelling lasting months. Typical remedies include cooling purgatives, external lead water, and hops solution. It is often confused with Virginia creeper which has five leaflets. The plant belongs to Rhus genus.
Tre Working Man s Supper
A narrator recounts a carpenter’s stomach troubles and a proposed remedy of oatmeal porridge with warm milk at supper. He notes the man’s fear of digestion issues and claims the regimen cured him within a month, praising hot milk and oats for working men with dyspepsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Dr Radcliffe Library and the pudding quinsy tale
Dr Radcliffe endowed two hundred thousand dollars for Oxford University Library named after him. A visiting friend asked for his study and he pointed to vials and a skeleton saying This is Radcliffe's Library. He once treated quinsy with a quick pudding prescribed to his servants to entertain the patient, who laughed himself well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Serviceable Friendship and Beecher’s Engine Favor
Henry Ward Beecher faced a missed railway route to a New England lecture. A Universalist superintendent, moved by Dr Chapin’s friendship, defied orders and provided an engine to rush Beecher to his destination, arriving as the audience prepared to depart, proving the power of friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
New England
Mr. Beecher
Chapin
Hartford Post
New Bloomfield Patient Praises Hop Bitters Cure
AMississippi resident in New Bloomfield writes that five years of severe itching ended after four bottles of Hop Bitters. He endured fifteen doctors and arsenic treatment, with bloodletting, but credits the medicine with restoring his skin to a clean, smooth condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bloomfield
Miss
Liam
Henry Knocue
Rates and deadlines for local advertisements
The notice outlines advertising rates for one inch and one week, with extra charges for special notices before marriages and deaths. It requires prepayment for transient ads, offers yearly contracts on reasonable terms, limits yearly advertisers to their own business, and states that ads must be submitted by Friday noon to appear in the next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leary
Africa population larger than Americas in old statics
Population data show Africa with about 203 million people versus 84 million in the Americas, with East Africa at 30 million and equatorial Africa at 40 million. The text notes tribal villages, merchant activity, fixed dwellings, and growing literacy and craft among some groups, challenging the view of Africa as desert beyond a few tribes. It also mentions 180 million negroes and cultural development across regions. A separate item reports a bone transplant breakthrough demonstrated in Glasgow where living bone fragments from different patients united to form a usable humerus, marking a milestone in grafting and growth.
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Africa
North
South
America
Niger
East Africa
Equatorial Africa
Royal Society
Glasgow Infirmary
Winks the Dog’s Accident and the Parade of Mock Sympathy
In a curious tale from a historic period, Tur Wiz or 4 Doc.-Winks grows bored of a carriage journey and runs to exercise. He limps back after a supposed injury, while Dick and others mock him. The creature’s “wound” proves trivial, exposing deceit as the group scoffs at Winks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winks
Sle
Curious Nostalgia and Drunken Railways Riff
A faded ad extols Parker's Hair balsam for restoring color and shine. The piece shifts to a dark moral anecdote about drunk men seeking railroad tracks, dreams of sleep beside cold steel, and a fatal irony as the train outpaces the drinker in the end.
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Parker
Tophet
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C. A. Greene
Phoenix Buiilding
Hope Street
Albert Kingsbury
Keene, N.hs
Bullard & Foster
Keene
N. H
Psoriasis
Mis
WM. Pellington
Sharon, Wia
Salford
Sanford
Parsons
Christias
Santa Claus
Providence Furniture Co
United States
Ali
Providence Furniture
Broad
Mathewson St
Bixon
Castile
Harmess
Crawford Munrro
Crawford Munro
Florence H. Birney
Aolden
Notantil
Ball
Raynham, Mags
C. I. Hoop & Co
Taunton
Gratefuny
ED F. Whitman
Pittsfield
Mass
C.L Hoop &Co
B. Nash
Hecarles
Lowell
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