DeWitt's Little Early Risers and Remedies Ad
An advertisement notes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as quick acting pills that cure many ills. It cites Ike L. Hall, a West Lebanon druggist, selling four gross of Chamberlain’s Cokeic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with full satisfaction. It also touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and mentions O S Coffin & Co druggists in Connecticut. A ski derby result reports Cato Hall winning a jump of eighty feet near Christiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
O. S. Coftin & Co
Ike L. Hall
West Lebanon
Indiana
Chamberlain
Coffin & Co
O.S. Coffin & Co
Christiana
Cato Hall
O. 8, Coffin & Co
Chicago thief steals soda fountain in two hours
Report notes a local theft in Chicago as a thief dismantles and carries away a soda water fountain in about two hours. The item is described alongside generic ad copy for patent medicines and Coffin & Co. sales text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cough Remedies and Local Drugstore Notices In Early Columns
A compressed roundup of medical ads and notes from Cincinnati Gazette items. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised by doctors and readers, with Coffin & Co. as distributor. Also mentions One Minute Cough Cure and a London park cost figure, plus a tale of large trench beasts near Grant's Pass Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffin & Co
Advertisement for Foley’s Honey and Tar remedy
An ad states Foley’s Honey and Tar provides comfort in severe cases and claims a cure in early stages. It presents Cottin & Co as the sellers offering the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Cottin & Co
Finest tomb of Duke of Hamlton costs over a million
In Great Britain the Duke of Hamlton’s tomb is praised as the finest in the country. Located on the duke’s estate grounds it reportedly cost more than one million dollars.
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Great Britain
Duke of
Hamlton
Traveler
Porter
London
Cough Syrup Ad and Job Offer Parade
An old advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Syrup as inferior alternatives while extolling One Minute Cough Cure. It also seeks trustworthy travelers for the Dominion Company with a salary offer of $780 plus expenses and asks applicants to send references and stamped envelopes to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Domiinion Company
Omaha
Chicago
Foley
Coffin & Co
the Dominion Company
Oniha Bldg
World population exceeds 1.47 billion with Asia holding over half
The latest statistics estimate global inhabitants at 1,470,729,000. Asia accounts for more than half of the world’s population, highlighting the region’s vast demographic dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Remarkable Cure by Sarsaparilla for Scrofulous Ulcer
Mrs H B Adama of 1609 Wabasha Chicago describes a lifelong scrofulous blood taint that produced a malignant nose ulcer. After trying Foley's Sarsaparilla she reports neutralizing the poison, cessation of ulcer growth, and healing of diseased tissue with no remaining disease. The ad ends with an ad line from 0. S. Coffin & Co. City Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Adama
Wabashawe
Chicago
Foley
S. Coffin & Co
Salisbury gifts Worcester museum site and funds
A Worcester Spy writer portrays Stephen Salisbury as simple, modest, and democratic in spirit. He donated a city site for an art museum and $100,000 to build it to relieve want and raise life standards for small means, with no strings attached. Friends admire his thoughtful generosity and practical wisdom for the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Stephen Salisbury
Salisbury
Peppermint Oil yields and farming notes from early industry
The text explains peppermint processing from bloom to distillation, noting 350 pounds of dry herbs yield one pound of oil and acre oil outputs from 6 to 50 pounds. It mentions New York and Michigan as top producers and adds a humorous exchange and quotes on order and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michigan
Washington Post
Widener Shares Cabled Advice Amid New York Car Swirl
A Pittsburg observer recalls P A B Widener on a crowded Broadway cable car near the Fourteenth Street curve. He warns a young man against cable car investments while noting he receives dividends but cannot obtain a seat. The anecdote contrasts with theater management shifts and lists famed poets in a later cultural jab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
P. A. B. Widener
Broadway
New York
Fourteenth Street
Mr. Widener
Philadelphia Record
Jack Ormiston and the Bear Kicking Tale from Adirondacks
Adirondack guide Jack Ormiston recounts a winter bear capture using only his boots as a club and a follow up tale of near freezing. He describes kicking a bear to snare its hide and later using kerosene and matches to warm his frozen feet while drifting toward Bear Mountain island.
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Jack Ormiston
Adirondacks
Jack
Tully Pond
Jim Hodge
Jim
Brandy Brook
Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain Island
Brooklyn Eagle
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W. M. Edwards
Knightstown
Washington
Pampucer
U.S
C.a.snow&co
Carthage
Cyrus Ehoades
Get
Stevens
J. A. Trreworth
Stevens & Titsworth
Thur
Sipe
Gates Sexton
James E
Rushville
Butler, Holden & Churchill's Furniture Store
J. A. Sipe
Ind
Henley's Cloth
Crown Brocery
F.G. Hackleman
Rushville, Indiana
W. S. Joanson & Son
Hilg's Hotel
Corner Mill and
Walnut Streets
F. M. Sparks
Newsom's Block
W.s.menley
Faenley & Guffin
Guffin
Ruth and
Main Streets
J. Radley Bill
N. C
J. H. Binford
Law and Loans
Greenfield
Stena
Rotary
Winford Block
Mall Street
Otto P. Aill
O. &. Coffin & Co
Charles
Lewis Weingart
Bosey
Weingart
Old Stanoq
East Mill Street
Chas. S. Hill
B. J. Dunn
Mary E. Odell
Main Street
Rush County
Inddane
Mary J. Winslow
Tate
Winslo
Milton M. Herkless
O. S. Coffin & Co
Japan
New Zealand
Connecticut
Geo. A. Mills
Lebanon
Conn
Popular Science
Huctricity Medicine
Igure Health
Boston Journal OF Chemistry
Benj. Lillard
Reliable Homestead
Bend
Michigan Carbon Works
Detroit
Mich
Nathan C. Binford
Init
Bucklen
Gearan
Owen
Hill
Switzerland
United States
Oreeze
Utah
Cincinnati Gazette
James—Jones
Fhiegende Blatter
de Witt
Catlin & Co
Graphic
Kimball, S. D
London County Council
Grant’s Pass
Ore
Puck
Southey
Els
Cyrus Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin
Paris Hill
Lewiston Journal
Widener
Modjeska
Frank L. Perley
John Hare
Clarence Fleming
James O'Neil
Wiliam F. Connor
Stuart Robson
William Hayden
Shakespeare
Laureate
Milton
Pope
Crabbe
Burna
Byron
Shelley
Coleridge
Keats
Edinburgh Scotsman
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