Lydia B Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
Mrs Frank Seiers of Vinton Iowa shares how starting at fourteen she used Lydia B Pinkham Vegetable Compound to recover health after dropping out of school. She is now a housekeeper with six children and continues to rely on the medicine for better days. The ad notes generations of women praising the product for over half a century.
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Vinton
Iowa
Lydia B. Pinkham
Frank Seiers
7Th Avenue
Freshwater Shrimp Shows Promise as Trout Food
A freshwater shrimp thriving in at least one Oregon lake delights officials. The shrimp proves an excellent trout food and may grow trout to two or three times their original size.
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Oregon
Bridge Prize and Curious Circulation
A fragment mentions a circulating medium and a bridge prize with questions about its use. It references phrases like what is it good for and can utilize it as a bridge prize, but details and full context are missing.
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Aby
Grocer and Customer Exchange Fresh Limburger Insight
A playful exchange shows a grocer touting fresh limburger cheese and a customer challenging how the scent or freshness is judged. The brief humor captures local shop dialogue and everyday wit.
Old South Ex-Gov Jelks Recalls Tale at Talloe Banquet
The Alabama ex governor William Dorsey Jelks, at a Talladega banquet, recounted a story of the old South about a rich planter who scolds a slave for stealing a turkey. The slave calmly retorts that Aunt Ab took a portion of your property and placed it in your dish.
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William Dorsey Jelks
Alabama
Talloedeca
Murs Peyton
Landlord Recites Tenant’s Quiet Departure in Harrisburg
A Harrisburg judge questions a landlady about Henry Jackson who owed several months’ room rent. She confirms he left nothing behind including no personal belongings or furtive items, prompting the judge’s probing exchange.
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Henry Jackson
Matter of Principle in a Texas Justice of the Peace Ceremony
A 65 year old spry man and his partner visited Justice Dea H Tay in Dallas to wed. After the ceremony the official stated a small fee is normally charged and the groom, who had four prior marriages, balked at paying any fee. They then left without paying.
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Justice of the Peace
Dea H, Tay
Dallas
Texas
Study of Mosaic Disease Advances with Ultrap Microscopes
A report describes imosaic plant disease and its link to mottled leaf patterns. The ultramicroscope designed by J E Barnard is cited as enhancing study, with claims that he and Doctor Gye isolated the cancer germ using the tool.
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J. E. Barnard
Gye
Waterlogged iron fence and drowned man both described
A humorous exchange compares a waterlogged fence of crooked rails to a drowned man identified by an impediment in speech. The dialogue highlights contrasting oddities observed in unusual circumstances.
Marty Name Confusion Delays Family Visit
A brief overheard exchange hints at a possible visit when Mr Marty asks if his sister is in and a reply suggests she may not be expecting him. The dialogue reflects a light family moment and uncertainty about arrival.
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Marty
Jimmy
Oriskany and Blue Licks: Two Frontier Battles Remade
Elmo Scott Watson recalls the 1777 Oriskany clash in New York with Gen. Nicholas Herkimer and Joseph Brant, and the 1782 Blue Licks fight in Kentucky led by Daniel Boone. He notes the parallel of headstrong subordinates overruling commanders and the ensuing disaster, and highlights the lasting frontier memory through sesquicentennial observances.
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Elmo Scott Watson
New York
Oriskany
Nicholas Berkimer
Tt. Schuyler
John Johnson
Joseph Brant
Keantuccky
Kentucky
John Todd
Stephen Trigg
Daniel Boone
William Caldwell
Alexander Mclxee
Mathew Elliott
Simon Girty
Blue Licks
Oriskuny
Ft. Schuyler
Rome
Mohawk Valley
Battle of
Barry St. Leger
Albany
Burgoyne
St. Leger
Peter Gansevoort
Marinus Willett
St. Schuyler
Sir John Johnson
John Butler
Walter Butler
Gansevoort
Committee of Safety
Tryon County
Nicholas Iverkhimer
Honitkel Herkimer
Herkimer
Eiglt
Ebenezer Cox
Canajoharte
Palatine
Jacob Klock
Mohawk
Frederick Visscher
German Flats
Kingsland
Peter Yellinger
Ft. Dayton
West Canada Creek
Molawk
Utica
Whitestown
Miessengers
Colonela Cox
Paris
Orla Kany Creek
Torres
Cox
Col
Willett
Toone
Logan
Wiyandottes
Elliott
Cols
Todd
Trigg
Boone
Licking River
Blue
May
Gary
Trigger
Mrt
McCary
McGary
Nether
Bryan
Oreal
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Hanford
Salt Lake City
Fletcher
Baines
Eee
Orise
Mery Fez
Damiel Bootie
Fran Busk By
Athi Dalasck
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