Free Medical Adviser Promoted in Bold Pamphlet Offer
An appeal promotes Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and a free “People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser” book offer. The notice touts free 1008 page medical volumes with 700 illustrations, mailed for 21 one-cent stamps, with a French binding option. Also mentions a prior distribution of millions of copies and claims of no alcohol or habit-forming drugs. The text mocks private ownership while referencing a New York American front page excerpt and a Quaker wedding anecdote.
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R. V. Pieres
Chet
the Invalide
Sue Loul Institute
Buffelo
Buffalo
Pierce
Five Toed Fowl Horkingtow Bird Unique White Form
A fragment notes a bird named Horkingtow described as the only white specimen in its unit condition, tagged as a five toed fowl. The readable text hints at a singular, notable avian feature but lacks full context or confirmable details.
Bridge Contract Awarded in Albany for Seneca River Bridges
The Superintendent of Public Works Stayens has awarded 101 Fitzgerald of Hoosles Pass the contract FAN208 for racing and renaming new highway bridges and raising existing structures over the Seneca River in Oneida Cayuga counties. The contract number is not fully legible.
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Albany
Sept
Public Works & Stayens
Fitzgerald
Hoosles Pass
Wehway
Seneca River
Sid Cayagh
Burge
Fragmented quote on knowledge and power in a sanitor case
A garbled report quotes a sanitor or attorney complaining about false charges against a company. The speaker invokes the line snowledge is jnner and knowledge is power, claiming knowledge of the right person matters and defending the spirit in which charges were brought.
Daring Work in a Fog On a Landlocked Harbor
The log describes a perilous voyage as dense fog closed in near the harbor. Captain steered through unknown water while passengers, terrified by the blaring foghorns, watched ships fade in and out. After hours of suspense, the vessel neared the dock and the crew presented a gold watch as a souvenir.
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Restleas Pelos
Briogie
Hans
Loi
Fire saves family after lamp shade breaks in home
Sept 1 report from Red Munk ed shows Alexander Kennedy awakens to a lamp shade break and finds the house on fire. He rouses his wife and seven children, guiding them through a kitchen and dining room blaze before escaping as flames spread. The incident is ruled accidental discharge, with a note about discipline for fabricating a related false report.
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Red Munk
Arné Kennedy
Pirst Street
Occantz
Howe
Alu
Chiltren
Pei
Teikean
Jfiy
Cardinal Gibbons Opposes Women Voting in Politics
Fragmented report from a fall 19th century political scene recounts Cardinal Gibbons opposing women’s participation in politics. The piece cites his statements urging focus on home duties and criticizes women’s public engagement as contrary to religious roles. Delegates and political figures are described as uninstructed during the Saratoga convention.
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Cardinal Gibtions
Yu Hoyt
Cardinal Giony
Roy
Amontron
Ales
Sheruian
Nicholin
Koyjun
Pratt
Gaediwal
Kory
Ourmmal Gibbons
Twitinary
Grocery Store Ad Fragment Promises Savings
Fragment of a September grocery ad lists regular prices for items like granulated sugar, flour, starch, and crackers. It shows multiple price points such as 80, 26, 44, and 85 cents per unit, with frequent mentions of regular and sale prices. The text is garbled but conveys a local store promoting discounted staples to shoppers.
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uBic
Hugulay
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Iver
Hedman Ens
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Downey
Erie Railroad
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Mexico
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Washington
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D.s.rowe
Erie Depot
A.C. Hilton
Jo, N.Y
Tuske
Ell Borgh
Hws
Gnu
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Dgway
Tohnsonburg
Wilcox
Kone
Wetmore Tadlow
Erie
Gan At
Tao
eRepuau Tey
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Clarendon, Warren Levineton
Yowragevidle
Pittsfield
Las
Garlang Spring
Corry
Bisin Union City
Waterford
Ake
Waldameer Park
Four-Mile Creek Park
Perry Field
Geo. W.boyd
W.a.steen
Main St
Corry,Pa
Frank Goring
Thlena Neevily
Carrie Nelson
Mreda Geertaon
A. Patterson
Jackson
Joseph Koestne
Mia Ruby Kowhie
Mabel Green
Macabee
C. Hy Deyo
T. A. Paver
N. Center St
Cabilll
Ioan Eovehteh
Cairovescigne
G. Wiley
el Mirmin
Charles J. Nichols
Aporzeon
Babbitt
Rexall Store
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Ask Wake Morgaridge
W. J. Flaherty
ParkPlace - Corry,pa
the Ladies Furnishing
Lydia Piconta
Kilner
Goa
Fulton 407
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