Lottery Winner Holds Bank Tie to Major Prize
A man identified as Mr Wasserman, teller at the United States National Bank, held one-tenth of ticket 52 749 which drew the Louisiana State Lottery's first prize of 300 000 dollars in the July drawing. He claimed the money was received via express and would not be hidden from the public, though its amount drew wide attention as banks learned of the win.
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Manshuck
FY. V- Wasserman
United States National Bank
Louisiana
Wasserman
Omaha
Neb
Bee
Friederika Bremer
Herbert D. Jones
Metropolitan Hotel
Banker's Life Association
Des Moines
Board of ‘Directors
G. W. BR. Pettibone
Association
Associaon
Nebraska
Barrows
Zeprot
Hazel Thair
Hazel
Hazell
Bob
Rob
Stevens
Judge Thair
Sonny South
Bob ‘Stevens
Moxie craze grows as patent medicine sales rise
The piece notes the moxie craze expanding beyond skeptics with 5 000 000 bottles sold last year and estimated 100 000 reformations of drinkers. It praises the drink as a cheap, fine beverage aiding nervous women and drunkards, and predicts it will endure. It also mentions a separate matter about Mr. Herbert D. Jones’s death and Banker's Life Association affairs.
Old as the hills The valleys A Woman's Age
A collage of ad copy and notices references women’s health remedies and reform groups. Mentions Dr. Pierce remedies Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Carter’s Little Liver Pills. Notes Joseph Stewart’s death in Bucyrus Ohio and a German discovery about the waltz. Omaha Type Foundry offers discounted newspaper outfits.
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Pierce
Keep no record of day and save the joy within
Poem urges counting only the good and bright moments while withholding bitterness and hurt. It counsels ignoring harms and keeping a ledger of cheerful deeds, hope, and love, to balance life’s losses with lasting sunshine.
Hand of Destiny in Civil War Love Tale
Hazel and Bob, childhood sweethearts, drift apart as Hazel goes north and the Civil War begins. Hazel aids wounded soldiers while Bob studies medicine. Major Robert Stevens, now in the Federal service, returns to find Hazel nursing at a hospital as memories and loyalties test their paths.
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Fort Sumter
Hazel
Papa
Soo
Robert D. Stevens
Coe Oe
Ming
Hagard
Jor
Stevens
Dawn Brings Hope as Lovers Reunite in Bedside Scene
An old doctor tends a dying patient who awakens to Hazel and a hopeful kiss. The man asks for remembrance, Hazel confesses longing and love, and at last he finds renewed life in a glow of sunlight and blessing. The scene ends with the couple embraced and the doctor moved by youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel
Boston
Boy Rescued From Ground Hole After Narrow Airway Rescue
A farmer drilling for water near Thamesville Ontario excavated a series of holes. A two year old boy fell into a twelve inch diameter shaft twenty five feet deep. A Black man used a mirror and a rope with a wooden snare to lift the child, guided by the mirror. The physician said the child was little worse for wear and returned to grateful parents.
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Thamesville
Ont
Home Made Refrigerator Promises Food Savings
A readable excerpt describes a simple self made fridge idea from the Inter Ocean era with guidance on building two dry goods boxes and using pasteboard for insulation. It notes minimal cost and ongoing food preservation benefits.
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Inter-Ocean
Weather Laced with Warmth and Winter Warnings
The Indianapolis Journal notes hot summer warmth brings compensations such as no need for coats or frosted pipes. It contrasts dangers like avalanches and blizzards with ease, touting patience from heat and referencing St Jacobs Oil for ankle sprain relief as cited by Gouverneur’s Herald and Times foreman.
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Frank L. Cox
Foreman Herald and Times
Gouverneur
N. Y
St. Jacobs
Wise Words About Women and Household Labor
A fragment from a 19th century piece discusses gender roles and marriage. It attributes the future of children to mothers and praises needlework for shaping order. It rails at male secrecy while noting a wife should not be burdened with heavy male knowledge.
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Carolinge
Kniffen Endorses St Jacobs Oil After Two Years
General G O Kniffen of the War Department in Washington reports his wife has not had an attack for two years and endorses St Jacobs Oil as effective, claiming it would perform well anywhere and is as good in every house as in his own.
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G. O. Kniffen
War Dept
Washington, D. C
St Jacobs Oil
Hernovs
Curtis
Madison
Wis
W. Hausner
Ithaca
Unpublished Lincoln Letter On Senate Defeat 1858
An excerpt from The Century Life of Lincoln describes an 1858 defeat for the senate by Douglas and a letter to Dr. Henry. Lincoln reflects that despite disappointment, the outcome advanced the great question of liberty and left marks enduring beyond his own life. The text notes doubt about a better result and asserts his lasting impact on liberty.
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Lincoln
Henry
Senate
Douglas
East Tennessee wheat crop cited as largest in twenty years
A fragmented Cleveland era style page notes East Tennessee raising the largest crop of wheat in twenty years. It mentions trains like the Limited Express from Chicago at 3 10 p m with through connections to Toronto New York and Boston, plus references to digestible ads for Davenport Business College Drake University and Scott s Emulsion. It ends with local notes on horse collars and a 104 year old Gibson Georgia resident.
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Chicago
Wagner Palace
Toronto
Canadian Pacific
New York
New York Central
Hudson River
Boston
Boston & Albany
Niagars Falls
Parls Views
East Tennessee
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Mary A. Livermore
Cicero
Aseo Mission
Main Street
Buffalo
Joseph ‘Stewart
Bucyrus, O
Carter
Louise
Bito
Omaha Type Foundry
Aera
The
Att Draggiate
Radway’s
Rsapa Srillian
Esolvent
Hazal
Indianapolis Journal
Mrs. Thinline
Davenport Business College
J. G. Duncan
Davenport
Iowa
Drake University
Key West
Dexter Curtis
O!adison
Départment of Horses
Human Society Journal
Scott
John Stephens
Gibson
Pacer
Cava A
Smith
Bricht
Bs Smete & CO
SX. Louis
Cours
Pacific Manufacturing CO
Louis
Foundry
Omaha, Neb
2Th and Howards
Chichester
Omichester Chemical CQ
Madison Square
Philada
Esterbrook
Pens
Esterbrook Steel
PEN. ‘Co
Gamden
N. J
John St
New Yorke
Wiewengiano Conservatory
Mass
Actonio Necaine
Pepriand
Fema Catek
Evary County
Air Becrat Service
Grannan
Bunbau
td-Arcade
Cincinnati
America
AML
An-Porpity Co
Tod Stake
Wizard Ol Company
Eyewart
Healing Powder. CO
Louie Rere
Orma
Droggins
W. Ne
Sence
Chemical Laboratory
Wornd
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N.Y
Dr. Sage
Khemedy
Sage
Bey Pine
St . Louis
Bunyan P. O
Columbia Co
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