Simmons Liver Regulator advertisement claims health benefits
A vintage advert promo urges readers to take Simmons Liver Regulator to wake and regulate the liver, claim purging toxins cures malaria fever and rheumatism, and promises better blood when the liver stays active. It advertises powder liquid and tea forms from J. H. Zedlin & Co of Philadelphia with a red Z on each package.
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Simmons Liver
Simmons Liver Regulator
J. H. Zedlin & Co
Philadelphia
Rocking Baby, Kitty Ann in John H. Lewis Poem
A dialect verse from the New York Sun portrays a mother urging Kitty Ann to watch the cradle and tend the baby. The speaker laments children at play and praises the baby as the neighborhood’s most important, with a rustic homefront voice throughout.
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Kitty Ann
Bradder
John H. Lewis
New York Sun
Buckboard murder chase in 1861 Leadville tale
A veteran Leadville Democrat reporter recalls a fall night dispatch about a buckboard murder near Oro, pursuing the story through snow, a mare, and a dangerous ride. He recounts losing the road, a red light guiding him, a fall from the broncho, and a resolve to reach the sensational crime.
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Leadville Democrat
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Livery Stableu
California
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Oro
Highlows
Providence
Leadville
Dalton
Hod
Fred
Denver
Kansas City
Kat
The Shadowy Leadville Murderer and a Cab Ride Home
A Denver journalist recalls tracking a murder in Oro while snowbound. He befriends the killer Dalton, extracts his facts, and, aided by an engineer in Leadville, files a press-ready story that leads to a murderer’s capture.
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Dalton
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Democrat
Denver
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Siva Band
Southmerica
Loadvillgste
Fred Eanes Ee
Insurance pitch and mule road warning in Pittsburg humor
A Pittsburg man resists an accident insurance offer with witty responses about being unmarried and payroll needs. An agent touts weekly benefits for injuries while the driver jokes that the road beyond is for mules and donkeys, prompting passengers to disembark.
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Mou
Littsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
Swise
Proverb Revwed in Yonkers Daily
The Yonkers Daily reports on a proverb about searching for better options as one notes that there are likely as many good fish in the sea as there are deceitful people who lie.
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Yonkers
Pride and Fall of the Honest Stamp Drama
A man tries to return two six cent stamps mistakenly given as five. He seeks two cents back and visits the post office, only to be told the clerk cannot take the money since the other clerk billed it wrong. The crowd notes the anticlimax as the man exits indignantly.
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New York Sun
Rome in Slow Tides of Progress and Public Apathy
The era of intense political and social upheaval subsides in Rome leaving a calm, reflective city where wealth myths fade and daily life settles. The piece contrasts a bygone era of clockwork schedules with current quiet streets and cautious hope, recalling Marion Crawford and The Century.
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Rome
Marion Crawford
Century
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