Treasures in Our American Forests and Patent Medicines
An old promotion highlights American forests as sources of medicinal plants and extols Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York. It promotes Golden Medical Discovery and All Healing Salve for blood purification wound care and various female ailments, urging readers to request free extracts and promising cures without alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UN Indians
Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
RK. V. Pierce
N. Y
K. V. Pierce
Butlin
Golden
Dr. Pierce
Erce
Sr. Pierce
Spain
Peru
Europe
New York Sun
Man Who Built Niagara Bridge Recalled In Anecdote
A tale recalls Roscoe Conkling at the Niagara suspension bridge opening, described as a brilliant figure and vanity personified, prompting a porter to misidentify him as the man who built the falls in Putnam's Magazine. Also recounted is a veterinary trick where Dr George Harvey lit gas from a horse’s stomach to entertain the owner’s wife, after a colic case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
United States
Roscoe Conkling Conkling
America
Conkling
H. Perry Robinson
Putnam's Magazine
George Harvey
Harvey
Chinese Sun and Moon Child Lore and Stage Plot Snippet
The piece recounts a Chinese legend where the sun and moon are siblings with the moon as elder and retelling how the sun asks to roam at night. It contrasts with Western lore where the sun is king of day and the moon gentle night, and mentions the moon threatening spectators with golden needles to eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Gull Cool Disputes About Thawing Missing Ice Items
A fragmented note discusses Gull Cool and a marriage reference, then complains about failure to thaw any “Illustrated Hits” items. The snippet hints at a muddled dispute over thawing or delivery of goods linked to a coupling or mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hook
Coust Mission
A Green Old Age and a Grandfather Swindle
A fragment suggests a tale of deception around an elderly man, with Mabel and Jack Well involved in claims that the grandfather was lied to and swindled after turning seventy. The text hints at repeated fraud affecting an aged individual.
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Mabel
Jack
Xheard
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Charles Lapman
Congressional Record
Ip Hardin
Calino the French helper and the doctor's hay remark
Calino the French servant amuses a doctor with literal replies about hay and patients. He argues with the doctor over hay quality while later admiring a patient’s teeth, calling them fresh and white as a newborn baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaprop
Calino
Calipo
Catino
Anecdotes and Reminiscences From Lincoln to Hezekiah
A collection of brief vignettes and quotes noting Lincoln’s early life and career, a French bishop’s English progress in St Louis, Hezekiah’s ancient waterworks near Jerusalem, and quips about language, advice, and memory. The piece blends historical anecdotes, definitions, and light humor from period sources.
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Fremont
Benton
St Louis
Purchase of
Louisiana
Renton
Hezekiah
Jivlah
Oss Boo
Jerusalem
Gibon
City of
David
Solomon
Bethlehem
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Pollard Bros
Elardwrvare
Oxfords
Pritchard-Horton Co
Patan Ar Vci
Pritchard, Horton Co
Sothern
Laura Keene
New York
Miss Keene
Mrs Simpson
Bobby
ABC
New York Press
Curbstone
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Martial
King & Sons
West Main Street
The
Cable Co
Mason & Hamlin
the Cable Co
Church St
Durham, N. C
Johnson Studio
Katie L. Johnson
East Main Street
Yearby
Winchester
Durham Traction Co
Roomio, Wright
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