The Favorite Prescription Adverts for Delicate Women
An early 20th century advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women with irregularities weakness and drainage. It emphasizes non alcohol content and printable ingredient lists, claims universals cures and endorsements from medical professionals, and offers free medical advice and samples by mail.
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Erce
Kr.v. Piero
Affalo
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Private Stamps and Early U S Mail Carriers
A historical look at private mail carriers in the United States during the 1840s and 1850s. The American Letter Mail Company, W. Wyman of New York, Overton & Co., and Hartford mail are noted rivals with stamps and routes spanning Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. Boston and Boyd operated city dispatch services, with stamps used from 1844 to 1878.
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United States
American Letter Mail Company
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
W. Wyman
Toston
Overton & Co
Letter Express
Wyman
Philadelphia
Hartford Mail
Hartford
Boston
Boyd
Park Place
Boston Herald
Oyster farming a long American maritime practice
The National Magazine notes oyster cultivation in America began in 1851 when New York oystermen shelled beds and adjacent ground before spawning, basing the craft on submarine agriculture. It stresses ongoing vigilance against weeds waste and predators as essential to success.
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America
Enet River
New York
National Magazine
Queensland Upas Tree and its deadly seed traps
A traveler describes the Queensland upas tree in Australia as having seed vessels that ooze a birdlime like substance. Birds strike the traps hung on panicles and wings cling, the bird becomes entangled and buried in layers of seeds leaves and twigs, effectively mummifying the prey.
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Queensland
Australia
Tee-tee-total coined in Preston temperance meeting
In September 1833 at the Temperance hotel Preston Dicky Turner the converted weaver launched the term tee-tee-total. Joseph Livesey praised it amid cheers and the word spread across Lancashire and beyond becoming the standard name for total abstainers worldwide.
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Dicky Turner
Preston
Derby
Joseph Livesey
Lancashire
United Kingdom
London Mall
Life Calling and the Apostle Paul as Model
A devotional on Paul’s single minded devotion to the gospel as the highest calling. It urges readers to embrace their own vocations with dedication, whether doctor teacher farmer or mechanic, serving God and the world while living for others.
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Paul
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Hig Hh
Jall
Heaven
Electric Bitters touted by Ark man for malaria relief
W C Klestler of Halliday Arkansas declares Electric Bitters cured his malaria and stomach issues. The tonic purports to purify blood, strengthen nerves, and restore energy, with a money back guarantee at W E Johnson's drug store.
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W. C. Klestler
Halliday
Ark
W. E. Johnson
Kodol for Dyspepsia Sold by Local Pharmacy
An article promotes the stomach’s digestive fluids and the role of healthy digestion in blood quality. It urges prompt, reliable remedies and highlights Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion as a trusted product sold by Hamrick's Pharmacy.
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Hamrick
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Hamrick’s
Pittsburgh
Abraham Lincoln
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Legion of Pelts
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Atlanta
Journal
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