The Buckley Wicks circus boy becomes famed rider
A Cincinnati obituary recounts John Robinson, a 15 year old Boston born aspirant who joined Buckley & Wicks circus as a baggage rider and secretly trained four horses at night. He rose to prominence as a daring equestrian, earning pay of 5 dollars monthly plus board, with extra for labor and pole work.
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John Robinson
Cirona
Cincinnati
Buckley & Wicks Circus
Boston
New England
John
Rio
Circus Gheda
Thercules
Wis Remy
Himell
Buckley & Wicks
Cottrae
Trwk
Edie
Thisderneath
Jol Robinson
America
Sone
Johnson City East Tennessee a boom town with many factories
Johnson City is presented as a growing hub with two banks two hotels weekly papers and numerous industries. It lists planned developments including railroads, an electric plant water works and multiple factories and real estate ventures while calling for a steam laundry a college and several new manufacturing facilities.
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Watauga Land Company
Capital Stock
Johnson City Real Estate Company
Prater Coal and Timber Company
Mutual Coal, Coke and Timber Company
Johnson City
Charleston
Cincinnati
Chicago
Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago Railway to cross Johnson City
The entire line of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railway is to be completed in under two years. The route will cross the East Tennessee System at Johnson City, marking a major expansion for the famed railway.
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Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago
East Tennessee
Johnson City
Desirable Johnson City Area For Living And Investment
Describes Tohnson City as a prime place to live with opportunities for comfortable homes and strong returns for farm labor. Claims the state offers better prospects for capital and skilled labor around Jobneon City and invites earnest prospectors to seek information. Encourages visits to the Gate City to the Alleghanies and requests communications.
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Tohnson City
Jobneon City
Alleghanies
Warner's Log Cabin Remedies Promoted In 1888 Editorial
An 1888 piece reviews Warner's Log Cabin Remedies from H. H. Warner and the Swift Specific Co. It touts herbs from old family remedies for blood, liver, stomach, cough, hair, catarrh, and liver pills. A testimonial from R. M. Wall credits S. S. S. with curing blood poison after failing doctors. It also mentions Castoria ads and Dr Pierce products as trusted cures of the era.
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Husan
Charlotte Corday
Normandy
Robespierre
Marat
France
Caen
Charlotte
Corcoran
Washington
A. H. Warner
Warner
Corday
Harper's
Roberts
HH. Warner
Warner’s Safe Care
Warner Observatory
Rochester
N. Y
H. H. Warner
Morristown
Tennury
the Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
King
R.M. Wall
Swirt Specific Co
New York
Broadway
London
Eng
Snow Hill
Shi- Joh
McParland
Syrup of Figs and Shilohs Catarrh Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs as a laxative and system cleanser from the California Fig Syrup Company. It lists McFarland's City Drug Store in San Francisco and also notes Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy as a positive cure for catarrh diphtheria and canker-mouth sold by McFarland.
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California Fig Syrup Company
San Francisco
Cal
McFarland’s
City Drug Store
Shiloh
McFarland
Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Promises Help
Testimonials from Mor ris of Newark Ark and Jessie Middlewart of Decatur Ohio praise Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. Ads tout Shilohs Vitalier Brandreth Pills and a nasal injector with various cures and guarantees. Sample bottles offered at Central Drug Store and City Drug Store with 25 cent and 60 cent prices.
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C.H. Morris
Newark
Ark
Dr. Kings
Jessie Middlewart
Decatur
Ohio
Electric Bitters Credited By Citizens In Testimony
A water clerk and a Bellville druggist report Electric Bitters as the best remedy with relief in every case. A buyer claims cure of rheumatism after six bottles. Thousands of testimonies support the verdict that Electric Bitters cures liver kidney and blood diseases. Also SHILOH'S CURE offered for croup and bronchitis at McFarland.
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W. D
Bibbus
Ind
Abraham Hare
Bellville
Ohio
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California
Warner's Safe Cure
All
Geo. H. Thayer
Bourbon
Esleby
McParlani
Johnson City, Tenn
the Alge
New South Mining and Development Company
Magnetic Tron Company
Johnson City Belt Railroad Company
Chattanooga
Roanoke
Knoxville
Old Roan Mountain
Johnson
Slie
E. T
Ga. R. R
Cranberry
Adirese
Tennes
Pierce
India
Castoria
Mies
Bucklen
Gale
Brandreth
United States
Me Farland
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