New Goods and Remedies Advertised at Capper & Shatter
Capper & Shatter promote woolen underwear for all ages and a mammoth stock of goods. Gutarrh Cure and Bucklaw’s Arnica Salve are offered for pain and skin ailments. Kodo Dyspepsia Cure and Orie Minutg Gough Cure claim rapid relief. Dr. King’s New Life Pills boost health. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised for coughs and whooping cough. Stoehr’s Pharmacy sells these products and remedies widely.
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Warren
Albany
Wis
Stoght
Orie Minutg
Gough
Ino
Berry
Logantan
Stoslie's Pharmacy
Cactus: Life, Uses, and Remarkable Giants Across Lands
A Scientific American look at the cactus genus native to America. The article notes spiny, leafless stems with diverse forms from a few inches to forty feet, surviving harsh soils. It cites a giant cactus near Phoenix used for water, food, and even grave foundations by Papago Indians, and mentions a plant found near Mount Etna in Sicily.
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America
Theophrastis
Sicily
Htha
Phoenix
Arly
Pima
Swimming Cats At Tarpon Tal Captains Feline Divers
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reader recalls Capt. Bosco of Tarpon Tal and his "swimming cats" who routinely swim from shore to luggers for oysters. The cats, once landbound, now wade and occasionally dive, displaying an unusual aquatic trait likely developed over generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metairie Ridge
New Orleans
Day Adams
Bosco
Nelson relics sold at Christie’s London for £77 and £100
Two Nelson relics fetched sums at Christie's in London. A cut and polished steel snuff box inscribed to Lord Nelson by the Birmingham Society of Steelworkers on September 4, 1792 sold for £77. A small oak box with an ivory carving of the British fleet before Trafalgar, formed from a splinter of the Victory and formerly owned by Lady Hamilton, sold for £100.
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Notwan
Nelson
Christie’s
London
England
Horatio Viscount Nelson
Society of Steelworkers of
Birmingham
Brafalgar
Lord Nelson
Yrafalgar
Lady Hamilton
Valuable old letter collection found near Bridgeport CT
A cache of letters dating nearly a century ago was discovered among papers of an old Connecticut family. The collection includes correspondence with George Washington Andrew Jackson Daniel Webster Henry Clay James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. The Washington letter concerns troop movements on the Hudson River during the war era and provides insights into military planning.
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Bridgeport
Conn
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
James Monroy
John Quincy Adams
Washington
Connecticut
Hudson River
Chinese Ambition and Mixed Marriages in Early America
A period piece argues about Chinese immigration and citizenship, noting Mundy te Kpedd in Ontnd X and proposing harsh fates for opium use. It discusses wages of 20 cents a day, 2 dollars a day work, and returning to ancestral halls. The piece touches on Chinese marriages, steerage brides, betrothals, and clashes with Western norms, including opium, morality, and religion. It also references clergymen warning against interracial unions and notes controversial views on Chinese family life and immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mundy
Arcestral
America
John
Leslie
Prison Babies in Prison Infirmaries Spark Gentle Hope
Prison infirmaries see many newborns each year. inmates, especially women, show surprising care and kindness. Mothers and prisoners create tiny outfits and keepsakes while volunteers tend the babies, bringing a rare ray of sunshine to a grim setting. Within weeks the infants are removed for separate, humane care.
Captivating Hatton Draws Queen Elizabeth's Favor
Edward Scott notes in his book Danetits in An Ages that Hatton won Elizabeth I with a graceful dance while Leicester sought to replace him with a professional dancer. The queen refused, declaring that Hatton’s art was his trade and insisted on keeping him among her pensioners.
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Young Hatton
Queen Elizabeth
Edward Scott
John Parrot
Hogland
Earl of Leicester
Elzabeth
Watton
Dreams Across Ages and Genders Say Signor de Sanctis
Studies from Signor de Sanctis of Turin find children dream before age four but cannot recall dreams before age four or five. He notes that dream vividness rises with youth and declines in old age. Women dream more vividly and often than men, while criminals show markedly less dreaming and recall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signor da Sanetis
Turin
Signor de Sanctis
European Excursions To London Paris By Fortegn Steamship Line
Rev D. W. Pahis invites business professionals teachers and travelers to join a European tour from Northeast Town to London England and Paris Exposition. The trip departs June 28 aboard the Fortegn steamship with rates 118 first class 75 second class from New York and optional converts to Arabian trips. Details and reservations through Independence Town address.
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BG Rog N. Ry
Christine Madeavor
London
England
Eur Selviole
Amhor
Pny
Gail
New York
Uinse
Paris
Hertha
D. W. Pahis
Todependence
Hurepe
Tose
Independence
Portieulire
Night of Terror and a Miracle Cure Promoted
A widow feared to die from pneumonia until Dr Kings New Discovery revived her after one night. The ad praises the medicine as a universal remedy for throat chest and lung diseases, malaria and blood purification. It includes a testimonial from E B Monday of Huntietta Texas about Electric Bitters curing his ill brother from walariat fever. Available at drug stores.
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Burnheu
Mach Jady
Moing
Mes
E. B. Monday
Ihuntietta
Tex
Reduced Travel Rates to Hot Springs Arkansas
Reduced round trips advertised to Hot Springs via Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Hawi claim government endorsed care and winter climate appeal. The notice urges readers to contact the nearest ticket agent for tickets with illustrated information and directions to Hot Springs Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Hawi
Aures
United States
al Yeendes
Baci Ns Op
Jol G
Farry Alg
Nervous System Relief Tea Advertised by Hartford Seller
Decudtuidy Nervous Gentas-Twas, dreadfully nervous land for relief tith your Katie Glover! Root Tea quieted my nerves and strengthened my whole Nervous Syste. It claimed to aid Constipation, Kid joey and Bowel trouble. Mrs S A Sweet of Hartford, Conn sold by W Hy Finke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Glover
Railroad Round Trip Tickets Offered Between Mobile and New Orleans
Mardras Mobile Alabama and New Orleans Louisiana announce special round trip fare windows February 21 to 27 1900 with favorable limits. Tickets on sale February 19 to 25 inclusive issued through agents of Whis Company Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardras Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
BC R& N Ry
Calah
Whis Company
Aldresy Jxog Farurk
AGP &T A
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Cedar Rapids Route playing cards and remedies for sale
An assortment of items advertised including Cedar Rapids Route playing cards at 16 cents per pack, two for 25 cents, and billed as high quality. Also advertised are remedies such as a laxative tea, a cough care, and Chamberlain's Pain Balm with testimonials. Includes mail order options and local pharmacy availability.
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Cedar Rapids
Newts
BCR & N Ry
General Prasenger
Bcr&w Ry
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Lemke
M. di Uommorayi
Sota & Setlupp
Stora
Elgin
Cqo Fothergill
Burghon
Deyond Ntabt
Olicy Mayer Ehen Blite Bank
Towas
Ainsworth & Ainsworth
Attorneys AT Law
Uard To
Colections
West Union
Iowa
I. 2Alda Sr
Elgin,uwa
Hilris Moser
Moser & Hofer
Moser & Fofer
Bizin
Town
Robert Evans
Mast
Blein
Capper de Siuvtfer's
Cavrin & Sutarrer’s
W. Finke
Capper
Sright As
Blunder
Bucklaw
Dr. .Ing
Union
Chamberlian
M. V. Fisher
Liberty
Wigan
Thia Hemedy
Stoehr’s Pharamnoy
May
Pale
Tery
Hue
Tne
Connictson
Gander
Lowa
Finke
Jad
Porsche
Stothr
Miles, Iowa
Elgin Roller Mills
Light of Elgin
Graham
Ehrlich & Lawrence
Proprietors
Citizens State Bank
Elgin Town
Opeicers
DR. Mattoon
Folln
Vick
Becki
Dinecrok
Matteson
Solin Atatvarsotty
Aug Benson
O. A. Olen
David Jacobin
Transfcts & Genet Wels Wiintess
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Aeila Exchange
Iope
Pistrict
Congress
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Haugen
Northwood
Ulstriet
Dudver
Ea Lows
Aliynakes
Hoon
Payette
Staite Senior
J. He Trewln
Lunelngs Town
Y. Mattoon
Vlake Maya Rerord AgBeany VW
Teesurer Sehort Trustees
Ehrlich
Stach
Ly J.yupper
Nicklaus
Theo Seuward
Kindisean Mirehull-Wit
Setinellar Sciools
Perrymin Yernwiowy
CG Graham
Miss Lehane
Mise Berton Abbey
Olfedric A. Benson
Prest W. He Finke
Seesdotin Lehman
Treas Dirartora
T. Dy Oupper
de Polda Sr
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Beeker
G Steel Courcties
Wetlopise Eiscopal
Perry A Patort
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Sullivan
Pnator
Bean
Bod Maeley
Ourvicer
Sanlay
Young People's
G.L
Presburghaus
Etreee Veur
Auditoriin
JOUN
Ghris
Erit
Modern Remedy CO
Hewanes
Stoehr
E. C. Dawitt & GO
Chicago
GorvatciTs
E. Angane
Arkeich and Agacription
Daveptinn
I Font & Co
Aimericatt
MN & Co
W York
Frane
Desart
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