Trinity of Evils and Patent Cure Claims in 19th Century Ads
A collage of early 1900s newspaper items touts remedies such as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for biliousness and dyspepsia, Terrenlian cure, Mrs. Winslow's Syrup, Kline’s Nervine, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, and Hindercorns. The items mix satirical dialogue, book ads, and medicine pitches with brief endorsements and prices, reflecting frontier advertising and medical beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac G, Haas
Stampa
Washington News Briefs From The Senate And War Talk
Judge Cole fixed January 1 for J M McCartney trial over refusal to answer senate sugar trust questions. Behring Sea commission gets $75000. Wilson blocks mails to fraud ring in Tennessee and elsewhere. Navy speed error reduces premium to $100000. Treasury shows year to May deficit 23200000 with April deficit 4500000. Berner reports Des Moines river land indemnity around 185000. Cuba war state unchanged. Fitzhugh Lee to Havana, departure pending. Boutelle accuses Senate over battleship cuts. legal tender coins debate in Senate. Contested elections decide in NY and NC. Dupont case to vote after river bill. Savannah harbor funds debated. breakwater fight enlivens Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Jane Ist
J. M. McCartney
Washington
Senate
Sherman
Behring Sen Commission
San Francisco
Behring Ben
Treasury
Butler
Continental Congress
Francis Nash
William Davidson
North Carolina
Secretary of the Interior
Robert L. Berner
Des Moines River
Department
Congress
Cuba
Spain
United States
Fitzhugh Lee
Havana
State Department
Olney
Rockhill
Lee
Flery Boutelle
Maine
House
Reed
Boutelle
N. C
Dupont
Savannah Harbor
Senate Committee
Santa Monica
Cal
Army Engineers
Senator White
California
Actor horsewhipped on stage in Columbus Ohio
Louis James's leading man Guy Lindsley was attacked on stage during Othello in Columbus by a woman who leaped from a box and flogged him with a whip. The assailant Georgia Kimball of St Louis was arrested after the curtain fell. The play continued with the remainder of that act omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Louis James
Guy Lindsley
Georgia Kimball
St. Louis
Ingo
James
Lindsley
Public Debt Advances in April With Treasury Cash Decline
The April debt statement shows a net public debt increase of 5 915 416 62 with cash in the treasury falling. Interest bearing debt rose 513 671 while treasury cash decreased 1 551 087 62, end April balances include interest bearing 442 512 140 and debt on which interest ceased 1 651 790.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Grain Congress Opens in Charleston With National Representation
The grain congress of the south and west opened in Charleston D C with President McGahan of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce presiding. Delegates from Augusta New Orleans Louisville Chicago Savannah Brunswick Tampa Mobile Wilmington Minneapolis Kansas City and other cities attended. Mayor Smith welcomed the city. Brief responses came from Elliott of the Coast Line Colonel Killebrew Breedlove Smith Inglehart Knott Purse and others. A committee on organization and credentials was appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Grain Congress of the
South and West
D. C
McGahan
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Augusta
New Orleans
Louisville
Chicago
Savannah
Brunswick
Tampa
Mobile
Wilmington
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Mayor Smith
Elliott
Coast Line
Killebrew
Tennessee
Breedlove Smith
Inglehart
Knott
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Purse
Savannah Freight Bureau
Cotton Mill Incorporation Filed in Rockingham County NC
Incorporation papers are filed in Rockingham County North Carolina for a new $120 000 cotton factory at Spray with option to raise capital to 1 000 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Mill
North Carolina
Rockingham County
N. C
Spray
Motorman William Frazer Endorses Pink Pills Amid Hard Life
A Cincinnati motorman on the Cumminsville line, William Frazer aged about twenty six, describes the hard life of an electric car operator. He testifies to Dr Williams Pink Pills curing his stomach trouble and indigestion, praising their effect on his nerves and stamina. He notes affordable prices and availability from druggists and via the manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Enquirer
William Frazer
Cumminsville
Mr. Frazer
Ayaa
Betts Street
Frazer
Dr. Williams
the Enquirer
Tramp at Dentist’s Door Seeks Teeth Filling
Comic exchange notes a tramp begging a dentist for a tooth filling while the dentist offers silver or gold options. The piece references assorted 19th century products and local ads, including Dobbins Electric Soap, Hall's Catarrh Cure with a reward offer, and Parker's Ginger Tonic promoting cold relief and digestion aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Parker
Woman to Woman on Female Ailments and Doctors
Woman explains that many physicians fail to treat female diseases due to gender. She asserts that women need doctors of the same sex to understand symptoms like backache nervousness lassitude and uterine irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chase
California Fig Syrup Co
The First Steel Pen Origin Story
Sixty years ago in Birmingham England jeweler John Gillett split a steel tool to sign a receipt and found a pen in the gap. He imagined metal pens and sparked a new writing instrument idea. A Southern Railway excursion to Richmond Virginia offers tickets at one cent per mile for the Confederate Veteran Reunion June 30 to July 2 with details from W H Taylor Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gillett
Birmingham
England
Richmond
Southern Railway
Southern
W. H. Tay.og
Atlanta, Ga
Also Mentioned on This Page
Detroit Tribune
Oxford
Rher
Bavannan, Ga
Kuene
Kline
Aroh
St. Phila, Pa
Krev
Rocumont Len
Lexington
Hood’s Pills
Specter
Acess
W. L. Doucas
Wolllo
W. L. Douglas
R. W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Hires Rootbeer
Charlie M. Hires Co
Philadelphia
Sample
Bcouts
Beaver Falls
Cu BA
On & Co
Hartford
BM. Woolley
Washlington
Wilson
Professor Godfrey
Professor Winters
Chattanooga
Avondale
Sherman Heights
Tenn
Massachusetts
Navy Department
House Elections Committee
Mitchell
Walsh
New York City
Martin
Lockhart
Thompson
Shaw
Yost
Tucker
Virginia
Birdie
Tialy
Savonarola
Luatige Blaetter
M. Larned
So-Pres
Ame
Library
Au’ Sr Gmes
Carlisle
Séo
The
W. L. Wison
Upsun Hanson
Jons Viste
Jons U
Mosks D
Hoo
D.D
Ll.d
Chas. L. van Noppen
Corcoran Building
Washington, D
Clifton Arng+ Barger
Paris
Bourbon Co
Ripans
Louisville Courier- Journal
Courier-Journal
Ripans Chemical Co
Spruce St
New York
Currioa Anssvanann
Druguista
Amall
Rips ©Emien Company
Spriee St
Mrvia Esl
Mae Ne
Wilhons
Eplanter
New Spencer Medicine Co
Trnn
Nassau St
Ron Yew
Arker
IL. EE
Padgett
Broad Street
Hox L
Detroit
Asents
Elkbart
Carriage & Harness
M& Co
Lod
Stephens
Lebanon
J. Hamilton Ayers, M. D
Atlanta Publishing House
Loyd St
Atlanta
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!