Untitled medical ads and funeral customs note in North Carolina
An assorted clipping highlights promotional claims for Lydia E Pinkham medicinal remedies and Dr D Jaynes Expectorant, alongside observations on North Carolina funeral customs. It mentions a New York Post note on church funerals and a Charleston News obituary anniversary practice in South Carolina.
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Carolina
New York Post
Primitive Baptist
Dobson
N. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charleston News and Courier
Syrup of Figs Promises Health Benefits and Safety
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and eases colds fevers and constipation without harming the kidneys liver or bowels. It claims medical endorsement and notes 50 cent and 1 dollar bottle sizes sold by druggists, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Hall
F. J. Cherey & Co
Tylers
Ohio
Uni
F. Ilcheney & CO
Tolsdo
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Frozen Soap Bubble Story from Colorado
A Colorado boy blew soap bubbles in minus 14 degree air and released one. The bubble fell to the snow as a hollow sphere of ice. When the temperature rose to zero the bubbles would not freeze, but the reason remains unclear.
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Colorado
Damsel’s Prayer Amid Household Strife Reported
In a New York Times excerpt a poor girl, punished by her mother, retreats to her room for meditation and repentance. An overheard moment captures her prayer starting with a defiant plea to the Lord to consider how she is treated.
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New York Times
Philadelphia benevolent man offers work on corner
Washington Star notes a curious scene where a well meaning man tells a frequent job seeker he could arrange work for others, claiming to be a free employment agency. The snippet also mocks ghost interviews and advertises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for various ailments, ending with a child’s question about his grandpa’s battlefield injury.
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Washington Star
Farmin g مقال: The Potato Graze and Horse Care
Ohio farmers shift to potatoes amid cheap western imports and volatile markets. The piece argues for straight farming over chasing high prices, notes cornfodder as vital feed, and offers practical horse care tips including feeding, cooling, shoeing, and managing breeding stock.
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A. T. McKelvey
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Williams
Elmwood
Coat in a Day Harper's Round Table tale of rapid coat making in 1811
The article recounts a belief a coat could be made in a day from sheep to finished garment. It cites John Coveter of Greenham Mills, England, who in 1811 had a coat completed by six-thirty in the evening after a full process from shearing to tailoring amid spectators.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Harper's Round Table
John Coveter
Greenham Mills
Newbury
England
Coveter
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