Notable 19th Century Newspaper Snippets
A collection of brief notices notes and opinions including Apwiram Seames as Mobile City Attorney Elect and Col R Barnwett Ruerr Jr named editor of New Orleans Pica yune. Also mentions St Paul spouse debate Japan P Benjamin Queen s counsel in London and others.
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Apwiram Seames
Mobile
Col. R. Barnwett Ruerr, Jr
The
New Orleans Picayune
Japan
P. Benjamin
Queen’s Counsel
London
Emigration Boom Fueled by Northern Pacific Lands
The Westward settlement surge grows as railroads open the Northwest. The Northern Pacific offers free transit for settlers with forty acres or more, reception houses along the line, low land prices, seven year credit, and 10 percent mortgage bonds. Soldiers eligibility for 160 acre homesteads expands the western home market. maps and laws available from the Northern Pacific Land Department in St. Paul.
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Hashere
Northwest
Northern Pacific Railroad
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Northern Pacific Company
N. P
Northern Pacific
Congress
West
Land Department
Northern Pacific R. R. Co
St. Paul
Minn
Ilinois
Lake Superior
Newpaw
Ireland Faces Widespread Potato Blight Amid Famine Fears
The article notes Ireland's potato crop is devastated by blight, with blackened wilted stalks across vast fields. Famine prospects loom as foggy weather in late July is blamed for the spread and severity of the disaster.
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Ireland
Emigration of Swedes to the United States
A Financier correspondent notes swift Swedish emigration to the United States. He saw about five hundred Swedes and Norwegians depart from Gothenburg bound for England en route to America. Emigrants are described as the best class of peasants, pious, clean, and hardy, motivated by Sweden’s cold sterile landscape where agriculture dominates and industry is weak.
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Sweden
United States
Gothenburg
England
America
Inman
National
Norway
The Elixir Claims Triumph Over Skepticism in Medicine
The article recounts how Dr. Walker's California Elixir allegedly regenerates the sinking system and cures nonorganic diseases. It asserts Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipation, and other ailments improved, while fevers, scrofula, and rheumatic conditions declined, praising the remedy as the popular tonic and blood depurant in America.
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Galen
Jenner
Walker
California
America
United States
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Ilinois
Tennessee
Cumberland
Arkansas
Red
Colorado
Brazos
Rio Grande
Pearl
Alabama
Mobile
Savannah
Roanoke
James
J. Walker
J.walker
R. R. H. McDonald& CO
San Francisco
New York
Webster and Port Tale and Medical Ad Juxtapose
A Boston guest recalls Daniel Webster at table with an old Port wine bottle. The host estimates the cost per glass at one dollar and twenty cents with interest, then Webster urges a quick refill. Also notes Johnson's Anodyne Liniment as a popular treatment for rheumatism.
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Daniel Webster
Boston
Peter
Mr. Webster
Magnificent Brown Stone Wholesale Dry Goods Store Opens
An ornate ad touts Richards, Shaw & Winelow at State and Madison as a grand wholesale dry goods house with 200 square rods of bright, well arranged floor space and a diverse stock for the trade. It also promotes Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya from Caswell Hazard & Co as a premier tonic for fever and debility and a modern cure for post fever recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards, Shaw & Winelow
Cor. State and
Madison Sts
Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Prana Instant Relief Liniment Ad
The advertisement touts Prana as a rapid cure for rheumatic afflictions neuralgia and bowel complaints with a money back guarantee. It claims the Mexican M ustang liniment is a proven eradicant effective for external injuries and human and animal ailments and promises swift results.
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Fprana
Advertising Cure For Consumption Promises Free Remedy
A promoter claims permanent cure for Consumption and related lung diseases using a simple remedy. He offers to mail the prescription and preparation directions free of charge to any intake requests. Address Rev. Edward A. Wilson at 194 Penn Street Williamsburgh, N Y.
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Edward A. Wilson
Penn
Williameburgh
N. Y
Sheridan's Cavalry Powder Said to Cure Horse Coughs
An ad claims two or three doses of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders cure a horse's cough or cold and even severe cases in weeks, based on experience.
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Sheridan
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Great Apostle
Baltimore American
A. A. Sarcent
M.C
Philadelphia
Gren
A. G. Exis
Stevens Point, Wis
Green Bay Intelligencer
William
Pius IX
Surpe
John Slidell
Trent
Boulogne-sur- Mer
Baron Pfeffer
Lucerne
Switzerland
Washburne
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Tus
Louisville Courier-Journal
Poor
Pierce
M. Rovuzeaup
Nilsson
Johnson
Chicago
Johnny
Cristaporo
Perry Davis
Union
British America
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Uruguay
Peru
Chile
South American
Sandwich Islands
Cuba
West India Islands
Europe
Mozambique
Madagascar
Zanzibar
Australia
Calcutta
Rangoon
India
China
Africa
Asia
British India
J.N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
ALL Medicine Dealers
Hestetter
Chicago Beeves
Saco
ST. Louis
Rites
Cleveland Mahar
Toledo
Waheatt
Bite
Michigan
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Fulton St
Church St
Phoenix
Bloomington
Phila
Fifth AY
Cor
Ninth ST
YIGAR
R. L. Cobbs
Buffalo,n.y
Yan
J. F. Frye- Ruff
Columbia, Lancaster Co
Great Western
RKS
P.O
Pittsburgi
Wire
Winslow
Curtis & Perkins
Thronebou
Lew Dunham
Bleecker Street
Dobson, Haynes & CO
B. Fp, Brown & CO
Whittier
St. Charles Street
Addres Fackard & CO
Beeen
Lonis
Tickete
Eee Fey
Ees
Murray, Meller & LO
Tureka
Benjamin
St. Louie
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