Ohio prisoner learns of English legacy. Findlay land boom
W H Price a Xenia writing teacher learns of a £115000 estate in England and plans to return to Ohio. Findlay sees a wave of property purchases by Chicago and Cincinnati buyers, with over twenty parcels changing hands and a plan to extend toward Nickel Plate Railroad. Several local incidents and appointments follow, including gas and oil discoveries, court memorials, and a suicide in Hillsboro.
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Xenia
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Price
New York
Ohio
Findlay
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Cincinnati
Toledo Southern
Chancy N. Olds
J. Baldwin
Columbus
Wells A. Hutchins
Portsmouth
Moses M. Granger
Anesville
Henry 8. Neal
Irontown
Johnson
Ridge Township
Wyandot County
Carey
Tiffin
Bloomville
Green Spring
Gov. Foraker
William Monaghan
Mahoning County
Robert Mehattey
Allen County
Institution
M. A. Daugherty
James M. Williams
Ohio Legislature Passes Numerous Bills and Local Actions
Ohio lawmakers on March 8 to 14 advanced measures across Senate and House. Actions include highway safety, road and bridge projects, public works financing, school bonds, charitable and penal reforms, and municipal utilities. Several resolutions and local bills targeted Cincinnati, Hamilton County, and surrounding areas.
Microscope Reveals Kidney Disease Threats and Warner Cure
An article extols the microscope as a key to identifying kidney derangements and hidden tumors, noting its role in understanding Bright's disease and Wright's disease. It endorses Warner's safe cure as a specific for kidney disorders, arguing doctors lack knowledge of its ingredients but praise its effectiveness.
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Bright
Wright
Warner
Napoleon's Savagery Described By Madame de Bourrienne
Madame de Bourrienne recalls Bonaparte's early career showing a cruel streak. She quotes his savage delight as an officer is severed by a bomb shell during an attack after his wife begged mercy. The tale ends with a biting note on marriage endowments.
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Madame de Bourrienne
Bonaparte
Toulon
Extra Liability to Malaria Infection Warns of Weakened Digestion
The piece warns that people with pale blood weak digestion and sluggish liver are more prone to malaria, even from small exposures. It recommends toning the system through digestion, blood enrichment, and bile flow, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best safeguard and remedy, plus its urinary and deparative benefits.
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Dr. Pierce
Alpine air purity found only above six thousand feet
Two scientists from Switzerland and France report that air below 6000 to 13000 feet contains bacteria, while higher altitudes offer pure air. They compare with Paris air where bacteria per square foot exceed those in Swiss valley air by seven thousand, suggesting fresh air is found at altitude. A marketing aside promotes Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Mormons revive faith in a religious revival.
Grand Union Motel Offers Economy for New York Visitors
Grand Union Motel near Grand Central Depot advertises 613 rooms fitted at a million dollars cost with rates from $1 per day. It highlights baggage and carriage hire, European law elevator, restaurant, and horse cars stages with elevated rail to all depots. Families urged to choose this first class hotel for better living costs in the city.
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New York City
Grand Union Motel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union Hotel
Veneering and the rise of costly woods in furniture
The article explains how veneers from rare woods like French walnut and rosewood replaced solid pieces to cut costs. It details veneer mills, steaming, slicing, sheet sizes, and the high value and scarcity of exotic woods used in furniture, carriages, and interiors.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Marseilles
Persia
Circassia
Asia Minor
Venee
Contentment vs riches in a practical rebuke
A proverb-like line argues that a contented man is worth more than wealth but cannot purchase a brick block or pay a board bill with contentment alone, highlighting limits of virtue.
I Feel So Well and the Favorite Prescription Help
A letter recounts relief after using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for long lasting headaches and weak bearing down sensations. An old Philadelphia Chronicle note mentions survival and comfort with the medicine and a sea side cod liver oil claim from Caswell Hazard & Co.
Wells' Hair Tonic and Rough on Dirt Ad
An old advertisement touts Wells' hair restoring tonic to stop hair loss strengthen scalp and beautify hair with no oil or grease. Also promotes Rough on Dirt washing compound claimed to remove dirt, enhance starch gloss, and ease ironing with double dirt removing power.
Vermont Man Routs Bull With Wooden Indian Prank
A Vermont man sought revenge on a bull that hurried him across a field by borrowing a wooden Indian from a tobacconist and placing it in the field. The bull charged the statue, tossing it and causing it to fall on its back while the man watched from behind a fence and laughed at the provoked animal.
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Vermont
Purveyors Offer Horse Training Guide and Home Work Schemes
A mixed set of notices touts a horse training system claiming mild methods with a rope and strap and no elaborate devices. Other items promise at home work profits, including high daily earnings and free full particulars.
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Purexiy Asu Brerens Co
St. Louis
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