Fashion and insignia in the late 18th century onward
The piece details 1782 Governor Hancock’s dress and expected court attire, Washington’s 1783 visit in homespun and Continental uniform, Adams and Washington sartorial notes, and a colonial-era anecdote about a Rajah’s insignia. It ends with a Criminial Secrecy note on medical advertising and Dr Walker’s California Vinegar Bitter.
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Gov. Hancock
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Washington
New York
Mount Vernon
Virginia
New England
John Adams
Philadelphia
Old Minnesota Senator Declares Card Play Not For Him
A Minnesota state senator recounts an incident on a train when a boy hawked cards in his lap. The colonel replied he never plays cards and is a church member, prompting the boy to mistake him for a legislator.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Recommendation of Geo P Rowell & Co by Rockford Journal
The Rockford Journal commends Geo P Rowell & Co advertising firm of 41 Park Row New York City for honest upright service. They state it is a pleasure for advertisers and newspapers to do business with them and fully recommend their services for placing notices through the press.
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A Square
Journal
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Park Row
New York City
Rockford
Iu.) Journal
Irish beggar denied relief but given moral counsel
A clergyman refuses charity to a beggar who uses sacred invective. He offers practical aid instead by advising against using the name of God in vain. The exchange is followed by notes on remedies and consumer tonics including Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya and Brannet’s Cocoaine for hair, as discussed in period notices.
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Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
The White Lady Foresight Hohenzollern Calamity Legend
An old superstition links every major calamity in the Hohenzollern line to an apparition known as the White Lady. As Emperor William grows older and frail, subjects whisper of a possible appearance.
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House of
Rumors on Dr Pierce Sage's Catarrh Remedy Highlight Trials
The Troy Whig notes three months of advertising for Dr R V Pierce’s Catarrh Remedy. Readers report several prominent locals cured of catarrh and commend the treatment as credible. Also covered are a murder plea in Massachusetts, Johnson’s Anodyne Liment, publishers’ preorders, and advertisements for products and a Paris street railway vote.
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Troy
N. Y
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Whig
Dr. Sage
Signor Mario apologizes for Madrid engagement and cites losses
The admirers of Signor Mario learn he apologizes in a letter to Correspondencia for his commitment at the Zarzuela Opera House in Madrid. He states necessity kept him on the lyric stage and notes large losses from Florence firms where he had deposited his fortune.
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Signor
Mario
Zarzuela
Madrid
Correspondencia
Florence
Pain Killer praised across newspapers with wide endorsements
A long testimonial list extols Pain-Killer as the most effective remedy for aches pains and wounds. Quotations from multiple papers praise its rapid action and indispensability in the home with claims of universal usefulness and physician backing. Sold by J N Harris & Co Cincinnati with prices 25 cents and 1 dollar, via local medicine dealers.
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St. Johns
P. Q
Amherst
N.S
Hamilton Spectator
J.N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
ALL Medicine
Cure for Consumption Promised By Williamsburgh Advertiser
To consumptives the advertiser claims a permanent cure for consumption and lung difficulties via a simple remedy. A free copy of the prescription and directions will be sent to all who request it, addressed to Rev Edward A Wilson 22 Penn St near Lee Ave Williamsburgh New York.
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Edward A. Wilson
Penn St
Lee Av
Williamsburgh
N. Y
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Bomby
Rao of
Walker
California
Brennett
Supreme Court
Pittsfield
Mass
Daniel Gleason
North Adams
Johnson
Mary J. Holmes
Edna Browning
G. W. Carlton & Co
Pelding, Bros. & Co
E. Madison St
Chicago
Municipal Council of
Paris
Parsons
Rasdail House
Hsoaan
Yuba County
Cal
G. Stinson &Co
Fine Art Publishers
Portland
Maina
Mystery
FST
D.C. Cutler
Carthage
Ilinois
Roadway
Shaftinc
de Brna
National Publishing Co
Ilc
St. Louis
Hooley Spare House
Madison
Wis
Raspal
Dcat
Rat 2d
Rasdall House
Worth
Oity
King St
Rite
Wisconsin
Geo, EF. Bryant
Dane County
J. B. Bowen
City of
Geo. A. Mason
Prest
Park Savings Bank
Geo. B. Smith
Harlow &, Orton
David Atwood
State Journal
Andrew Proudfit
John N. Jones
H.L. Eaton
Richland County
Rudd
Monroe County
Sat. Clark
Dodge County
Orrin Bacon
Green County
Chas. H. Larkin
Milwaukee
Sam’ 8. Fifield
Polk County Press
Geo. B. Leonard
Halford
Leicestershire
Union Pacific Railroad
America
Nebraska
Great Platte Valley
United States
F. Davis
U.P. RR. CO
Omaha
Neb
THE
Burlington & Mo
River R. R. Co
GEO
Harris
Iowa Lands
Burlington
Iown
Nebraska Lands
Lincoln
Tarrant
Toronto Baptist
Chris
Era
Montreal Transcript
Salem Observer
Burlington Sentinel
Medicine Chest
Georgia Enterprise
St. John, N. B
Win. Ward
Assam
Boston
Rev C. Hibbard
Brunsivick Telegraph
M. H. Bizhy
Burmak
le O. Emerson
H. R. Palmer
Oliver Ditson & CO
Wrory Brareier
Bey
Farser
Fe Shouy Doarieg
Renuhie
Bing OU
Drettlewe
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Fulton St
Church &St
P.O
MW. L. Hastings
Lindall
F. M. Reed
Eighth St
J. ¥. Frueruff
Columbia
Express
Spais Rees Co
Mercer St
Christia
Hastings
Maas
Nathaniel Mayfair
Brooklyn
Fifth
Vikd
L. D. Line
Greenbacks
L. Ly
SINE
Sth
H. L. Brown
Lock Box
Lawrencebury
Ind
Vere Hadsop River
Vinechrbiter
Eurekr
Walker, Prop'r. R. H. McDonald & CO
Ruggists
Gen. Agts
San Francisco
Ayer
J. C. Ayer
Eadia Belator
Foraxtea
Chinery
Morse Bros
Canton
Tis Firm
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