REMINISCENCES AND RIVALRIES IN EARLY AMERICAN POLITICS
A collage of historical vignettes outlines Robert Toombs arguing with Judge Erskine over admission to practice, then turns to Lincoln era clashes as Winthrop faces attacks from Johnson and Giddings, with Milton cited. Also covered are Page’s early locomotive experiments and Whitney’s railroad schemes, plus vivid notes on Spanish boat women and Fourier’s social vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Toombs
Congress
Charleston
Erskine
Mr. Toombs
Toombs
Robert C. Winthrop
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
Giddings
Ohio
Winthrop
Nort
Joshua R. Giddings
Howell Cobb
Mr. Winthrop
Milton
Massachusetts
Allen
Britain
Prof. Page
Washington
Bladensburg
Douro
Oporto
Art Journal
Ex-President Arthur case and tobacco cure offered
Friends of ex President Arthur fear he faces Brights disease masked as a stomach ailment. An adviser promotes Warner’s Safe Cure as a kidney remedy, urging public support and offering a $5,000 challenge to dispute its genuineness. Includes anecdotes on medical missteps and a rural vignette about trust in credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Union and Advertiser
Arthur
Bright
New York
The
New York World
Buffalo News
W. E. Kissel“burgh
Troy Times
Warner
A. Arthur
H. H. Warner
Congress
Epward Atkinson
Pierce
Morocco
Ayer
Buckingham
Various Therapeutic Patents and Mechanical Cork Application
A compilation of old advertisements touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for biliousness and digestive ills, plus notes on cork’s recoil-absorbing uses in guns, and mentions Dr. Williams Hall's Balsam for the Lungs. It includes testimonials on vitality tonics and patent medicines, with scattered remarks on auctions and health devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Mary "Hinson
Montrose
Kansas
Pierce
D. H. Barnaby
Owego
WM. Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Perley Poore
Page
Asa Whitney
Lake Michigan
Pacific Ocean
United States
Jedge
Arkansan Traveler
National Weekly
Fourier
France
America
Cotton
China
Southwest
Northwest
Atlanta Constitution
Dakota
Betelline Belt
Charitale Institution
Indiana
Papa
Detroit Freeress
Red Star
Reed
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Ics
Jose
H. F. Sides
Fort Branch
Fae
Goe S
Bitters
Pricely Ash Bitters CO
Louis
Kansas City
Dr. Pierce
Neal
Simmons Liver Regulator
Att Wrepper
Ling de Sol Piiteioha
Browns
Beth of
Couthen
Steubenan
Braedt
Beter
W. Hou
Charles
Mich
Wemical CO
Waltimore. MD
J. M. Moore
Farmington
All Qrugghta the
Hops & Malt Bitters CO
Dereox
Piso
Rockport
Tieran
Alton. C
Dared
Dr. J
Bray
Ward & CO
Louisiana
T Sohn L. Thomper Sons & Com
Kidder’s Pastilles
Es Asthma
Ockyard
Sconsin Saren
Apts
Pent
Sax
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