What Was Your Name in the States
William G. Bates from New Hampshire travels through the West and faces questions about his identity and past crimes. The speaker insists on knowing his name as it was in the United States, noting rumors of murder and flight. Stanley Wood signs the Denver Inter Ocean column.
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States
Thompson
Johnson
Bates
William G. Bates
New Hampshire
Lnck
Stanley Wood
Denver
Inter- Ocean
United States
PRAC
Eco
Eman
Sox
Union Trust Co
Philadelphia
Fine -Farm
The Pebble That Forged Lithography’s Birth
A chalk pebble in a German printer’s tale reveals Aloise Senefelder’s rise from poverty to inventor of lithography. From a failed actor to a self published author, his discovery of oil and acid on copper led to printmaking using a calcareous stone and water’s resistance, changing art printing forever.
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Munich
Aloise Senefelder
Iser
Early Lithography: Senefelder and the Rise of a Modern Art
The article traces Aloise Senefelder’s pioneering role in lithography from its dampened stone beginnings to its 19th century maturity. It notes his patent in 1799, spread to major capitals, his later work teaching and writing a history, and the shift from crude prints to affordable, faithful reproductions enabling color and fine detail. The piece contrasts old methods with modern machines and ends with a moral about persevering through hardship.
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Aloise Senefelder
Bavaria
London
Paris
Vienna
Germany
France
England
Senefelder
Royal Lithograph Establishment
Nunich
Munich
Aloise
The Late Dr Glenn Large California Wheat Farmer Shot
The San Francisco Bulletin recalls Dr Hugh J Glenn of California as a remarkable wheat farmer who owned vast ranches in Oregon and Nebraska and chartered ships to sell grain in Europe. He built a vast labor network with yearly payments up to 600000 dollars and once faced a 100000 dollar crop loss the previous summer.
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Hugh J. Glenn
California
San Francisco Bulletin
Glenn
America
Europe
Oregon
Nebraska
Jacinto
Family feud tale and onion of Bee lace drowning tale
A Cambridge chatter recalls Sam and Beckie, once a farm couple, with a dramatic water rescue and a later reunion. The piece ends with an aside about copper salts used to color pickles, noting a test with ammonia reveals blue coloration.
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Sam
Beckie
Boston
A Toothsome Morsel From The Ball Room Incident
A Madison Democrat brief notes a man with a raging toothache who rushed to a drug store and used St Jacobs Oil to cure the pain in ten minutes. The piece plays up the moral to hold on and rely on the old German remedy.
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Madison
Wis
Democrat
Baltimore
Daily American
Charles A. Vogeler Company
A. Vogeler & Co
St. Jacobs Oil
Christian Devries
Maryland
National Bank of
M. Quad
Detroit Free Press
Spoopendyke
Brooklyn Eagle
Texas Sifting
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Ah Duck the Celestial murderer in Goop illustration
A Goop illustration mocks the ruling passion that death cannot end vengeance. It imagines Ah Duck eager to be hanged to return as a ghost tormenting his foe, longing for the witching hour to haunt the living before roping him in death. The piece praises delayed joy and rejects the allure of rope.
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Ah Duck
Earth
Manila
N. Y
The First Negro Criminal and a Patent Remedy Claim
A reader quotes the New York Commercial describing the Black Crook origin and endorses Dr. Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a cure for overwork anxiety and fatigue. The letter asserts improved strength and endurance after using the product.
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A Lapy
N. Y
Do Likewise and Heal Thru Home Remedies
A collage of testimonials and product pitches for Dr Pierce and other remedies. Mrs E F Morean of New Castle Maine lauds Favorite Prescription and local letters praising the cure. Advertisements promote Kidney-Wort Celery and Chamomile Pills Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Pierce’s Pills with assurances of genuine signatures and reasonable prices.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
E. F. Morean
New Castle
Dr. Pierce
Death and the duties of parents to children in Camden
An 1880s Camden Maine editorial discusses parental responsibility for child health, condemning neglect and cruelty. It details a case of the Thomas family where three children died of illness, the surviving brothers administering a remedy, and stresses care for kidneys and liver in children to prevent diseases like Bright's. The piece cites measles scarlet fever diphtheria and urges vigilant early treatment and avoidance of neglectful risk.
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Camden
W. O. Thomas
Hermon
Edward
Eddie
Tor
Charles K. Miller
Warner
Edward Thomas
Bright
Testimony of a Physician on Hall's Balsam for the Lungs
Dr James Beecher of Sigourney Iowa testifies from long practice that Hall's Balsam for the Lungs has achieved entire success in most cases. He notes prescribing hundreds of bottles since 1863 when he served as surgeon at Hospital No 7 in Louisville Kentucky.
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James Beecher
Sigourney, Iowa
Wm. Hall
Hospital No. 7
Louisville
Dawley
City of
Providence
Dr. D
Hunt
Davey
Broad Street
Dr Dye’s Electro-Voltaic Belts Trial Offer
Tue Vouttaic Belt Co Marshall Michigan offers a thirty day trial of Dr Dye's Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances to men afflicted with nervous debility loss of vitality and related troubles. The firm guarantees restoration of heart and manly vigor and allows thirty days trial without risk.
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Tue Vouttaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Wise's Patent Remedies and Household Goods Ad
An old advertisement touts Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar to quiet coughs, Pike's toothache drops for quick relief, Brown's bronchial troches for bronchitis and hoarseness, and Wise's axle grease and Lyon's patent heel stiffeners for footwear and mobility.
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Hale
Pike
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C. T. Reiner
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Lyon
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Chicago
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Lynn
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Frresmore
F. M. Lupton
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Wilbor
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Cleveland
Endall & CO
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Wan Rice
Illustrated Circus
Peck
V . Poavh & CO
Chicago, IL
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Nathan Richardson
Price
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U. S
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National Publishing CO
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F. L. Pond
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Deland & CO
Farsport
N.Y
Practical Farmer
Pens Morris
Dakota
Sheridan
I. S. Johnson & CO Co
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Publis
York
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Aultman & Taylor Co
Mansfield
Maud Ss
United Statecon
C. Lighthouse & Bro
Rochester
E. Roth & Bro
New Oxford, Pa
Particu Mmings & CO
Lasalle St
Tiaaeeah
E. F. Nason &Co
Newburyport
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B.C. Sterhl
Wabashaw
American School of Ranted
W.moody &Co
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Cincinnati
Brockton
Masa
DAY Bros
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True & Co
Augusta, Mi
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Portland
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