Common Sense Wins Over Ill Health in a Family Tale
Aunt Tabitha mocks Delicate Mary for her cold ridden illness and promotes the laws of health. Mary adopts sensible living, keeps air fresh, wears warm but not suffocating clothes, eats plain food, and walks daily. John notices a brighter wife as Mary declines the sick role and gains vitality through reason over patent cures.
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Peter
Aunt Tabitha
John
Tabitha
Mary
Florida
Bob
Cuntie
Deacon Margrave
Mamie
Auntie
Will
Ada M. ‘Trotter
Yankee Blade
Cleaning a Marble Clock Case With Oil of Vitriol and Polish
A lady asks how to clean a marble clock case and restore its shine. The jeweler advises equal parts oil of vitriol and lemon juice to remove stains, then a beeswax and turpentine polish with a clean rag. A Michigan man reports a chicken sixteen years old.
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N. Y
Matt
Lerpress
Pleasures of Ranching From a Roundup Night
Wheddore Roosevelt recalls ranch life in the Bad Lands and along the Big Missouri. He notes bedding in blankets and tarpaulin in cool nights, mosquitos in wet areas, and windstorms that soak tents. Sleep becomes possible in open air, but rain and leaks ruin comfort during extended showers.
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Missouri
Wheddore Roosevelt
Century
Warner's Safe Cure claims kidney cure with global reach
Convincing guarantees from H. H. Warner & Co. touts kidney health as the key to all disease, claiming 93 percent originate in kidneys and promising perman ent cures. The ad lists testimonials, worldwide laboratories, and guarantees to prove honesty, urging readers to try Warner's Safe Cure to counter fatal kidney poison.
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H. H. Warner & Co
Warner
Ifth
J.P. Arnold
Camden
Tenn
Annie Jenness-Miller
Editres
Fifth Avenue
New York
New England
E. B. Price
Hanover C. H
Kright
Herman Urban
MacNeale & Urban
Safe Makers
Cincinnati
Dio. Lewis
E. J. War
Gettysburg
S.C. Farrington
Gotha
Fla
J. M. Long
East 2d Street
Coloring Sweets Technique for Colored Blancmange Molds
A Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery excerpt describes coloring blancmange in molds shaped like a grape bunch and a cucumber. It details precise water measurements, use of cochineal for grapes and spinach juice for cucumber, and careful layering to keep colors separate.
Round Trip Tourist Ticket Sale Across Western States
The Rock Island & Pacific and The Cureaco announce reduced rate round trip tickets to Colorado Utah Idaho Montana Wyoming and to local resorts such as Colfax Springs Spirit Lake and Lake Minnetonka. Spring summer 18 }
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Cureaco
Rock Island & Pacific Boy
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colfax Springs
Spirit Lake
Lake Minnetonks
Great Rock
E. A. Holbrook
Chicago
Markets Report Muddled By Odd Symbols And Numbers
Fragmentary market notes show scattered figures and letters like 870 bs Mihy Bits 45 amid unclear entries. No coherent prices or assets are identifiable, leaving a partial snapshot of trading activity with many unreadable tokens.
Special Land Excursions From Chicago To Nebraska And Beyond
Burlington Route announces special land excursions on May 5 22 and June 5 1888 from Chicago to Nebraska Kansas Colorado Dakota Minnesota and portions of Texas New Mexico Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Louisiana and Arkansas at greatly reduced rates. Tickets valid 30 days to western points and 60 days to other states with liberal stopovers. Inquiries to ticket agents or Paul Morrow General Passenger and Ticket Agent Be Qk Chicago Illinois.
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Burlington House
Chicago
Pear Ft St. Louis
Nebraska
Kan
Minnesota
Dakota
Colorado
Akron
Sterling
U. P. Ry
Nebraskty
Kansas
Burlington & Missouri River
R. R
Burlington
Texas
New Mexico
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Paavl Morrow
Illinois
Rock Island & Pacific R’y. Tts
West
Northwest
Southwest
Atlantic and Pacific
Joliet
Ottawa
LaSalle
Peoria
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Inlinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
West Liberty
Iowa City
Des Moines
Indianola
Winterset
Atlantic
Knoxville
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesote
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Pacific Coast
Union
Kansas , City
Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska
R’y
Great Rock Island
Kansas_City
Fairbury
Nelson
Horton
Roplin
Herington
Hutchinson
St Caal
Ttrf
Pat Oriest
Seneca
Kankakee
Lafayette
Council
Shaian
United States
Canada
E. A. Holbrook
Good Men and True Jury Backing Hostetter’s Bitters
A fragment asserts public favor for Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, citing benefits for malaria, dyspepsia, debility, liver issues, constipation, rheumatism, neuralgia, and nerve weakness. It notes high agent earnings for B F Johnson & Co and ends with a quip about a chess tournament on the square.
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Hostetter
Exence
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Baltimore & Ohio
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