Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims Cure for Boils and Rheumatism
An advertisement-style testimony from readers in Polkville and Grand Isle extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. It recounts repeated carbuncles healing in spring and summer after taking the remedy, and notes musclar rheumatism improvement from October to January with no pain since. The quotes attribute dramatic health recoveries to the product.
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Jett Side
Bac
Heye Payor
Hood
G. B. Jantin
Polkville
Mins
I. W. Minchox
Grand Isto
Loufalans
Bryant's sworn statement questions Durrant guilt
Aged Monte Vista inmate Wi P Bryant swears Theodore Durrant is innocent of the Blanche Lamont murder and accuses Rev. J George Gibson. He testifies he saw Gibson with a woman in Emagu al church and heard him say This kills that evidence, noting the woman groaned in pain. Bryant filed the statement before a notary.
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Monte Vista
Col
Wi.p. Bryant
Theodore Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Emagual Church
San Francisco
J. George Gibson
8. M. Wrench
EB. W. Garetwon
California
Bryant
Denver
Comment on Negro Migration Northward in Historic Ashville Dispatch
A Ashville correspondence describes colored Americans viewing the north as a paradise, with a pathetically hopeful drift toward better fortune. The Christian Advocate counters, noting the net movement trends toward the deeper south and expressing doubt about widespread relocation even to New England.
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Congregationalist
Ashville
N. C
New England
Judge Estill Calls Grand Jury to Indict Him
In Chattanooga on May 20 Judge Estill told the grand jury he had been told there was sufficient evidence to indict him for drunkenness and ordered the panel to proceed if true. The foreman said such charges had been heard but not believed the jury could indict the judge. The room was astonished as Estill maintained he has not taken a drink in five years.
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Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
Republican Party
America
Watamaker
Mr. Wanamaker
Mr. Wan
Chattanooga
Tenn
Estill
Recurtt
Wild man captured near Brewton Alabama
A roughly sixty year old enslaved man, described as wild and insane, was captured about ten miles north of Brewton by farmers. He wore seven layered quilted trousers, was barefoot and bareheaded, and acts like a beast while chained. He is believed to have escaped bondage before the war and lived in swamps.
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Brewton
Ala
Remembrance of gun accidents and early telegraph expansion
A Norfolk county report notes a fatal gun mishap at Melindy's Ferry as a boy named Shropshire shoots himself while handling a firearm. It cites a second recent death from the same cause and urges greater care with firearms. Also, Mountain City records telegraph line progress from Bristol to Shonon X Roads and Damascus trade links, with Gen. Horatio King, former postmaster general, passing away at age about eighty six.
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Frearms
Shropshire
Melindy’s Ferry
Rogersville Star
Bristol
Mountain City
Lacy
Shonon’s X Roads
Jefferson
N. C
Shonon X Roads
Trade
Damascus
Abingdon
Washington
Horatio King
Buchanan
Paris
Holt
Montgomery Blair
King
Sleep and Sleep Postures from a French Doctor
A French doctor prescribes sleeping with the head level or lower than the feet and placing pillows under the feet to combat insomnia and nightmares. He argues this reversal of common practice, gradually adjusting pillows, may aid fatigue after sun exposure and improve rest. The article also reviews cough remedies and contrasts Tar-Honey with other syrups.
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McPurland & Bolton
Literary Notes on 19th Century Works and Authors
The June issue includes Lipponi ntis complete novel As Any Gentleman Might by William Nichols set mainly in England in the early nineteenth century. Also featured are To Him that Hath by Anna Nathan Meyer and Proca Sir Grand Stan by Jean Wright with poetry by Jason Gordon Carle Hinke Morgan and Grave F. Pennypachter. Harpers Magazine promises a new Frank R Stumiton novel To Great Stone of Hardin and notes other literary items and parliamentary references from late nineteenth century papers.
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Lippinonti
Wiliam Nichols
England
Anna Nathan Meyer
Jean Wright
Falling Alive
Robinson
Jobe
Doch
Hue Wus
Jason Gordon
Carle Hinke Morgan
Grave F. Pennypachor
Harpers Magazinn
Prank R Stumiton
Great
Stone
Hardin
Omnis
Ian Hirwan
Gwen
Frederic Renslagton
Seaeree
Fashions Shift To Double Breasted Silhouettes And Lace Accents
The season favors double breasted effects over Eton jackets and boleros with mosquite sleeves remaining popular. Summer gowns feature draped bodices with lace or embroidered chiffon Y shaped fronts, fine ribbons for trimming, and imported fashion journals offering lessons. a prominent gown shown in heliotrope shades uses multiple ribbons and bows. The piece also notes a legislative adjournment and banking, legal, and medical ads within the period.
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Eton
Nile Greene
A. McDowell & Co
West 4Th Street
New York
la Mode de Paris
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