Woman Recovers After Extended Illness and Treatments
A reader details seventeen years of painful menstrual cycles and womb issues including tumors and leu corrhoea. After two unsuccessful surgeries and ongoing suffering, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Liver Pills, and Sanative Wash brought relief, improved sleep, appetite, strength, and daily functioning. Mrs James Corrie, Jamaica Plain MA, endorses the remedy.
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L Asso
Lydia
Pinkham
Versailles Tailor Active at 90 Marks 70 Years Craft
William H. Smither of Versailles Kentucky is the oldest active merchant tailor in the United States at ninety. He has worked in his Court Square shop since 1827, dressing four generations and serving notable patrons like John J. Crittenden and Senator J. C. S. Blackburn. His wife Drusilla, eighty, is said to be the city’s oldest woman. The couple, married sixty three years, hope to reach their seventieth anniversary.
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William H. Smither
Versailles
United States
Court Square
Kentucky
John J. Crittenden
J.C. 8. Blackburn
Curious world notes from old Condensations
A collection of brief items: Jacksonville hosts a baby show for colored infants, Rome cemetery houses over 6 million burials, the British Isles total 1000 islands, sun light equivalent to 680000 full moons, the US plays a large role in arbitration treaties, insects lift heavy weights, Livingstone’s lions are left handed, London court on artists models, a Birmingham idol factory, vast exports to heathen markets, Pope restricts priests in Rome, and a clerical curfew with indoor hours enforced.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Rome
United States
Livingstone
London
Birmingham
Christian England
Tokio
Timbuctoo
Cairo
Damascus
Colombo
Red Haired Boy Prompter at Public School Recitation
A New York Times report describes a red haired boy in a public industrial school who memorizes poems perfectly. He recites with near perfect accuracy, prompts peers, and answers teacher questions word for word. The observer wonders what future such a boy might blossom into.
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New York Times
Counterfeiter captured in Syracuse arrest of Harold Marquisee
Syracuse police seize Harold Marquisee of Utica on a forgery warrant related to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. A trunk shows counterfeit coins and a full counterfeiting outfit including a forge and moulds. He awaits examination March 2. US marshals seek him after Dr Williams Co seizure.
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Syracuse
Harold Marquisee
Utica
N. Y
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Marquisee
Dr. Williams
United States
Air Jam in Budapest Tunnel Raises Suffocation Fear
In Budapest underground railway tunnel a single ventilator for over two miles creates dangerous compressed air conditions like a dynamite gun. Cars have been raised from tracks by air pressure and passengers nearly suffocated. Authorities plan ten air shafts per mile and large exhaust fans to prevent deadly ventilation failures.
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Budapest
Salzer Seed Co Offer Promises High Crop Yields
An advertising notice from John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin touts farm seed samples worth $10 for a 10 cent reply. Claims per acre yields of 264 bushels corn 230 oats 173 barley and 1 606 potatoes with a promise of starting growers with 12 seed samples.
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Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Living lizards found in chalk rock of northern France
In northern France quarry rock yielded pockets containing living lizards sealed inside the solid chalk. The copper colored creatures died within minutes when exposed to air. Zoologists say these animals may have lived thousands of years sealed in the rock formation.
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France
Sig Crispo Guarded With Bullet Proof Mail
Fragmentary note describes after an assassination attempt the subject wearing concealed armor under clothing. Mentions Bismarck as example of protective mail.
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Sig.Crispi
Bismarck
Relief from Aches via Hostetters Stomach Bitters
An 19th century medical note extols Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a safe remedy for rheumatism malarial kidney bilious and nervous ailments. It claims the bitters relieve pain by addressing the stomach and digestive issues and contrasts it with poisonous minute-dose remedies.
The Oleander and Its Ancient Roots in Funeral Rites
The history of the oleander parallels early human history. It was once called the rhododendron by ancients, though true rhododendron differs, as revealed by classical Greek and Roman writings. Oleander flowers figured prominently in funerals, especially in ceremonies for females.
One Hundred Dollars for Deafness Cured by Catarrh Cure
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to restore hearing by addressing inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It states nine of ten deafness cases are due to catarrh and offers $100 for any catarrh deafness not cured, with circulars available. Sold by druggists at 75 cents, F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Blunders of Shakspeare and Historical Inaccuracies
A brief account noting Shakespeare’s errors and anachronisms such as cannon before its invention, clocks in Julius Caesar, Hector quoting Aristotle, and Cleopatra’s palace containing a billiard table. It highlights misplacements like Bohemia’s sea coast and Delphos as an island.
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Shakspeare
Julius Caesar
Hector
Aristotle
Coriolanus
Alexander
Cleopatra
Bohemia
Delphos
Salzer Seed Co offer and coffee claim
A reader praises Salzer's German Coffee Berry claiming 300 pounds from one package at 30 cents a pound. An offer invites readers to send 15 stamps for the seed catalogue. Also notes a Paris crusade against vice, Kemp's Balsam cough remedy, and soil from a Belgian mine growing unknown weeds.
Prominent Health Claims and Maritime Tug Fleet Note
Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement benefits and liver and kidney support, while Magellan's winds are to be tamed by a Chilean tug fleet in the straits. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer claims to restore gray hair and prevent baldness in thousands of cases. True greatness needs no flag.
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Lane
Magellan
Hall
Free labor bureau aids farmers nationwide from Chicago home
The Workingmen's Home in Chicago at 42 Custom House Place inaugurates a Free Labor Bureau to supply men to farmers and others nationwide at no cost. Employers must specify job type wages and whether railway fare is advanced. Tel Harrison. Also notes Irish hotels improved with clean beds fair meals and quality drinks across Ireland.
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Chicago
Custom ‘House Place
Labor Bureau
Workingmen’s Home
Tel
Harrison
Seed company announces large grass and clover order
A Salzer Seed Company notice from La Crosse Wisconsin reports a big purchase of grasses and clovers. It states twenty five thousand pounds of various clovers ten thousand pounds Salzer Superior Timothy Seed and ten thousand pounds of mixed grasses were ordered by a Montana stock raiser.
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John A. Salzer
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