Proprietor claims superior medicine for fevers and chills
Amhe proprietor promotes a tonic as safe, certain and permanent cure for fever and chills with testimony from the Western and Southern country. One bottle has cured whole families, though continued use for a week or two after improvement is advised. A cathartic may be used after several doses, with Bull's Vegetable Family Pills enough for a single dose. Principal office: No 410 Fifth Street, Louisville, KY.
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Deta He Ome
Cross Sreet
Loutsville, KY
London
Paris
Cupraul
M. la. Croix
Worm Destroyer praised by Georgia physician testimonial
A Georgia doctor writes that Worm Destroyer has shown reliable, speedy effects in his large practice and requests terms for supply. He notes prior skepticism among most M Ds but supports using any measure to ease suffering and asks for price details and distribution terms.
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United States
Georgia
Clement
Buil
Virnaniw, Wanker Co
Jase
Sarsaparilla letter from Captain Johnson and Jennie Johnson
A 1606 letter from Captain C. P. Johnson describes wounds and imprisonment with praise for Bull’s Sarsaparilla as a remedy. A 1265 note from Jennie Johnson recounts her husband’s illness and a long history of using the product to treat scrofula fever sores and debility.
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Leitir
Bexton Barnacus
Joan Beru
Sis
Pwas
Sam
C. P.johnson
St. Louis
Mus
Jennie Juhuson
Juhnson
de Jown
Bert
Siet
S. Johnson
New York
P. Juhnson
Ohio
Iowa
Ilias
Jennid Jounson
Authentic Arkansas endorsement of Cedron Sitterz and Sarsaparilla
A letter from B Walker praises Cedron Bitter and Sarsaparilla products sold via Memphis and shipped through Ricker & Neely. The note mentions improved health for the writer’s son in law and doctors Gist and Coffee after using the remedies. Trade by druggists and a Corydon Indiana date are included.
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White Co
Anx
de Joan Bert—Lear
Louisville
Gist
Coffee
Memphis
Ricker & Neely
B. Walker
Reader
Corydon, Ind
Local residents name babies after railroad officers
In Crawford county on the New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Beltway northern survey, residents favor the Southern line approach and have begun naming newborns after officers Bradley, Lyman, and St. John.
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New Albany and
St. Louis Air Line
Crawford County
Bradley
Lyman
St. John
Salt Gargle For Dry Cough Suggestion
A remedy from a large tablespoonful of common salt dissolved in half a tumbler of water is proposed as an excellent, harmless treatment for dry hacking coughs and throat difficulties common this season. It is advised to try this simple solution.
Brow to Fit a Cellar to a horse in agricultural note
An 19th century agricultural note discusses fitting a collar for a horse by wetting and drying to avoid chafing, and suggests a post and trench method to support a hanging gate while pests rot away. It cites Harness and Carriage Journal and an Eastern paper as sources.
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Harness and Carriage Journal
Wit and Wisdom in a Rural Comic Parade
A collage of humorous exchanges and did-you-knows from a Sunday school crowd and farm life. Jokes about hoop snakes, elephants, and misheard lessons mix with childlike misprisions and gentle teasing, reflecting and poking fun at common curiosities.
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Robert
Hodge-Podge and Jests From Odd Readings
A collage of quips and snippets from humorous verse and slice-of-life gags. It lampoons inventors, actors, and social foibles with puns about sauces, meditations, and "Sauce for Fish." It notes Akron rescues, weeds versus flowers, and a bemused New Orleans tale of a windfall.
Over the River the Angel of Death Carry Me
Poem envisions crossing the River to join departed loved ones and angels. The speaker recalls a brother, a child Minnie, and a household pet welcomed by a pale Boatman as they await passage to the spirit land beyond the gates of day. The verse contemplates fate, memory, and reunion on the unseen shore.
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Minnie
Flushing
Worm Destroyer touted as safe kid remedy early report
A 1868 advertisement for WILCOX Worm Destroyer claims the vegetable preparation is safe for children and free of mercury. Certificates from New Albany and Albany cite dramatic worm removals and health recovery, including a thirty six foot worm anecdote and a one child’s improvement after two doses.
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New Albany
Ind
W. M. Wilcox
Uniontown
Pam
John Webb
Albany
Sale of Pearl Street Bar by Dr Wm Reader and Partners
Notice announces the sale of a bar owned by W M Wilcox surgeon at No 9L Pearl Street New Albany Minnesota. The sale is by Dr William Reader and Jacob Deutsch of Corydon Indiana and by Clark and Rilke. druggists and dealers are invited to bid. Jan 25.
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W. M. Wilcox
M. D
Pearl Steel
New Albany
Fisk
Sculley
Lower First Street
Janisly
Carrell Spewart
Conner & McCoy's
Main
Pearl and
Bank Streets
Indiana
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Corydon Hemorrat
Kieep
Swageenyir
WIT and Wisdom
Horatio
Mr. Ferguson
Joseph
New Orleans
Mrs. Fuccuz
Hervey
Itervey
Jerveys
Joe
Akron
Fort Edwards
St. Paul
Buffalo
Elmira
Senator Sprague
Greeny
D. W. M. Wilcox
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WM. Logue
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Main St
Bet. State
Lower
William Danner
Undertaker
Valley City, Ind
Wil
Keefe, Son & CO
M. Creefe, Son & CO
Ellwanger & Barr’s Block
Rochester
N. Y
DR. Gates
H. Rosengarten
Third St
Market St
Louisville, Ky
J.F. Lindley & Bre
Main Street
New Albans
Brussels
J. F. Lindley
Bru's
Marism
W. E Allison & CO
PEARL
Ira
Narrison County
Greelny
Cme
Wous
Brown & Straub’s
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