Cosmopolitan delicacies and oddities across immigrant stores
A roundup notes unusual foods sold by ethnic merchants in New York including smoked Pomeranian goose at German shops and dried shark fins and bird’s nest favored by Chinese traders. It also recounts a Maine bounty repayment confession, a Philadelphia cure claim, a San Francisco pianists tale, and a street anecdote about counterfeit money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chinaman
New York
Christian Union
San Francisco
Old Fullngs
Noble Hill
Old F
Dr Guysett Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla Promoted as Spring Remedy
An advertisement extols Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a preventive spring medicine. It claims to purify blood, improve digestion, and strengthen kidneys and nerves, preventing illness and debility. A Dayton man reports it cured his dyspepsia and urinary troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysett
Ronent B. Barron
Dayton
Ohio
Unusual furore over Bright's disease cure claims in Rochester
Cleveland Herald reports on J B Henson's sensational account of recovery from Bright's disease after using Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. Articles and letters from Rochester officials, doctors, and the product's promoters, plus corroborating testimonies, fuel public debate on the remedy's validity and dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
J. B. Henson
Henion
Foote
St. Paul's Church
Bright
America
Henson
H. H. Warner
New Orleans
New York State Board of Health
S. A. Lattimore
Warners
Warner
H. H. Warner & Co
C. R. Parsons
Wm. Purcell
Union
W. D. Sweart
Eeerene
Monroe County
Edward A. Frost
Oe B. An
Monroe Unty
Daxree T. Hunt
J. M. Davy
Congress
Joan 8. Morgan
Monroe Co
Hiram Starey
W. C. Rowley
Monroe Omer
Joan van Voornts
Cuarces E. Firen
University
Living Church
Chicago
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
J. B. Henson, M. D
Dr. Henson
Ienson
Israel Foorr
Sympathy for the prisoner keeper weighs heavily
A Lowell Courier reflection notes a man with a felon on his hand deserves sympathy, and questions how much more the keeper of the State Prison who bears great responsibility and burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Courier
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Praised By Reader
A letter from Rev Isaac N Austin of Shipman Illinois recounts his 18 year old daughter’s near consumption decline after using Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery. Another note mentions new cosmetic shade crushed carrot and mashed custard pie as a fashion color. The World’s Dispensary pamphlets offer guidance on nervous debility memory and hypochondria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipman
Illinois
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Isaac N. Augustin
Norristown Sterald
Dispensary Medical Association
Cured by Pierce’s Pellets and Local Quips
Mrs J C HenpERSON of Cleveland reports sick headache relief after using two of Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets daily for weeks. The notes mention Avorpine and a mock Boston Transcript remark on politeness. A Western joke contemplates a man named Kular and his dog who cannot lie down together due to purp and scalar humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Henperson
Cleveland
Ohio
Pierce
Kular
New York Graphic
Parsons
Johnson & Co
Boston
Mass
Bangor
P.O
T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
New York
Rochester woman credits Hop Bitters for husband’s recovery
A Rochester woman lauds Hop Bitters for her husband’s revival from a long illness deemed incurable, noting he is getting well. The Utica Herald and Boston Commercial Bulletin contribute brisk endorsements and fashion notes on coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Utica Herald
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Rescued Narrative Appeals to Cure for Lung Disease
An elderly Somerville man recalls a 1876 lung illness with a hole in the lung and credits Dr WM Hall's Bat for the Lungs with his recovery. The ad segment promotes various tonics and remedies from Lydia Pinkham to Frasers Axle Grease and urges readers to seek cures from advertised products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Coughlan
Somerville
Mass
City Hospital
WM. Hall
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Jasper Jones
Maine
Wells
W. P. Merrill
Philadelphia
John McGrath
Christian Street
St. Jacobs
Vas
Butt Tree
Hans
Tice
St. Lewis
Boston Globe
East Liberty
the Herald
Cleveland, O
Herald
Boston Post
Avorpine
Araminta Gushington
Boston Transcript
Gousteau
Dr. Benson
Lydia F. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Frazer
Raven
Isaac Thompson
Cragin & Co
Iowa R. R. Land Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Phtheria
Aqghnson
I. G. Johnson & CO
Baxeor
Wells, Richardson & CO
Dairymen of
Wella, Richardson & CO
Burlington, Vt
Idney
Selentitie
Belt CO
Marshall, Mich
Les
Sidney Worthe
Druigis
Temperance
Madison Street
Wilbor
OIL and Lime
A. B. Wilbor
William Mills & Son
Warren Bt
Queen City Suspender Company
Cincinnat
Queen City Suspender Co
Cincinnati
Obie
Dison & Co
Mozart
Mendelssoern
Beethwoven
Chopin
Gottschalk
Handel
Rossini
S8uhumann
von Weber
Mendelssohn
Ritter
Elson
Uroino
Guilmmoite
Pusis
Sieber
Lyon & Healy
Chicago, IL
Oliver Ditson & CO
Demorest
W. Jennings Demorest
East 14Th Street
Hicago Pitts
Chicago Pitts
Black Hawk
H.A. Pitts’ Sons Infc. CO
S. Jefferson St
Ill
Carfield
Queen Victoria
Arthur
Anders & Illingworth
Rockford
R. A. V. Banks
A. M. Baxtron
Jonun C
CaLnoum
Bankers
J. A. Piner
St. Josers
Aultman & Taylor CO
Stansfield, O
Cary, Fulton & CO
Summer St
Chictle
Best Commercial College
Circulartree
C. BayLiks
Dubuque, la
Jay Bronson
Detroit
Mich
Wigs & Wares
C.o.p
Wabashay
Dr. Chase
Chase Pub’g Co
Poledo, QO
N. Rowr
Grand Rapids
Fsruu Shealy Enterprise Carriage CO. ,Cin
Territory Givens
Hallett&Co
Portland
Addr's
True & Co
Augusta
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