Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh endorsement notice
An endorsement by Henry Wells of Wells Fargo & Co. extols Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh as a safe certain permanent remedy. It notes local application by instillation and internal administration, claims rapid relief, blood purification, and restoration of digestion and organs. The piece promotes nationwide sales through Weeks & Rotter and lists Boston as a base.
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Messrs
Weeks & Potter
Boston
Mass
Sanford
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Nenry Wells
Wells, Fargo & Co
Aurora, N.Y
Henry Wells
Express
United States
Anford
Dr. Sanford
The Toaport of Orators and Their Fearful Stage
A Fortnightly Review writer suggests artists and orators bear heightened pain and fear due to sensitive natures. Anecdotes span Peel’s fatal reluctance to endure surgery, Bishop Wilberforce called a bundle of nerves, and Lords Derby Cicero and Follet show nerves and anxiety shaping performance.
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Toaport
Peel
Bishop Wilberforce
Qvatars
William Follet
Wiliam
Lord Derby
Cicero
Plutarch
The Drap-Brat Described by Dr. Holland in Scribner’s
The August Scribner’s Magazine quotes Dr. Holland defining dead-beats as men who lie to obtain money or dodge debts. It asserts such individuals shift from honest workers to dead-beats, living by daily expedients in business and beyond.
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Dr. Holland
Scribner's Magazine
Note on Advertising Rates and Deadlines for The Chronicle
Advertising instructions outline rates at 31 00 per square for one week and 25 cents per square for each additional insertion. Short advertisements under twelve lines receive special treatment. Notices for marriages and deaths cost double. Prepaid transient ads and yearly contracts are described with restrictions for regular advertisers.
When the mists clear love reveals its lasting truth
Poem fragment reflects on love and trust as metaphorical mists rise. It imagines better understanding between partners when obstacles fade and mutual support remains. The speaker contemplates fear of abandonment and hopes for enduring unity in the dawning of a new morning.
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Love
The Five Alls and the Runaway Brothers Mystery
In the village near Lichfield, James Wickstead runs The Five Alls a roadhouse and curiosity shop. A British soldier, Stanbridge, returns to find his long-lost brother entangled with Wickstead, who used him to commit crimes until a fatal confrontation exposes bones in the vault and ends the Five Alls.
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Lichfield
James Wickstead
Old Wickstead
Wickstead
Righ
Qld Wickstead
Caitiff
L Ife
St. Chad’s
Stanbridge
Qharles Stanbride
Charles Stanbridege
Charles Stanbridge
Gateswood
Ray
Vinith
Rascal
Jay
Stainbridge
London
Exeter
Desperado
Draper
Custers Image and Sheridan Era War Memoirs
The article reviews General Custer’s flamboyant appearance and love of action, his role in late Civil War campaigns with Sheridan, and his memoirs to be published in Galaxy. It notes his brothers and the praise by Sheridan, plus a meteorology section explaining cloud types and storm formation.
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Custer
Col. Newhall
Sheridan
Lee
Tie
Yellowstone
Senator Christiancy
Michigan
Clara Morris
Thomas W. Custer
Army
Richmond
Dinwiddie
C. H
Five Forks
Sailor’s Creek
Ohio
T. W. Custer
Little Horn
Custix Lee
Robert E. Lee
Semmes
Ewell
Miscellany Reflections on Heart and Past Life As Capital
A compact prose meditation urges deep waters of the heart to bear burdens without burdening the mind. It cites past life experience as valuable capital for future development and growth.
Principle and reward for right action
A soul acting on right principles from love will receive a just reward. If it neglects any known duty, its reward is reduced accordingly and becomes a crime in the matter.
Character Building Through Observation and Resolve
An exhortation on shaping a glorious character by analyzing every circumstance. It urges discipline, steady effort, and moral steadfastness to become a guiding beacon for others across time and eternity.
Pride and Self Indulgence Highlight a Cross-Bearing Christian
The writer notes that rare individuals of wealth and social rank who become earnest Christians deserve honor. He cites Theo. Cuyler's example, saying wealth and fashion often cause enervation, while true piety requires overcoming inner currents of pride and self-indulgence to serve Christ.
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Christ
Theo
Cuyler
The Mystery of Perfume Explored in 19th Century Thought
The piece laments the elusiveness of perfume and odor as physical phenomena. It contrasts weighable substances with scents arising from flowers and muck deer, noting the failure of science to pinpoint the essence of odors and their origins. It argues a breakthrough could advance hygiene and chemistry, benefiting medicine.
Supper as Symbol of Family Harmony and Heartfelt Home
The passage extols supper as the sweetest word and a symbol of domestic unity. It links eating together after a day’s work with warm light, relaxed faces, and shared happiness, portraying the family table as radiant and peaceful.
The Country Press Rightfully Earns City Respect
The country press deserves fair treatment from city journals as it has built culture and commerce in rural areas. Since 1865 country editors and printers have toiled against odds, helping villages blossom and rivaling city papers in fairness, independence, and quality.
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Country Press
Country
Man enigma in a nose tale by an erudite writer
An erudite writer notes humans blow noses while other animals such as the alligator elephant baboon and oyster do not. The text contrasts various noses with fanciful phrases and ends with a playful claim about Mat raising a handkerchief as proof.
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Mat
The First Europeans in Japan and the Christian Episode
A. N. Guernsey recounts Europeans contact with Japan beginning in 1542 with three Portuguese sailors. Francis Xavier and rapid conversions followed until Hideyoshi’s persecution and 1637 expulsion of foreigners except Dutch traders on Deshima. The era ends with two centuries of seclusion and a stabilized dual government.
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Japan
Francis Xavier
India
Deshima
Helland
Igeyasu
Iyemitsu
A. N. Guernsey
Harper's Magazine
Macaulay as a Playmate to His Nieces
A portrait of Macaulay's love of children and his delightful, inventive games. An old family friend recalls a favorite den-building game behind the sofa and notes children found him a true poet, with unassuming manners that hid his future stature.
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Macaulay
Holland
England
Tom
Doctor Explains Patient’s Death from Meningitis
A sick man asks the doctor what ails him. The physician names cerebro spinal meningitis and the patient sighs then dies, illustrating the grave seriousness of the disease.
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Collins
Voltaig
Collins’ Voltaic Plasters
Potter
Res Avel
N.C. Bedell
Orient Meadows
Five
Tropics
Blaisius
Biaisius
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