Doctor warns of salpingitis danger and Lydia Pinkham ad
A London Windsor Ont advertisement extols Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for salpingitis and ovaritis linked to ovarian trouble. The testimonial by Miss Rene Haracop claims dramatic health restoration in five months and urges immediate medical attention to avoid hospital operation. The copy cites a $6000 forfeit if authenticity fails and underscores risks of untreated reproductive inflammation.
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Pinkham
Tony
Misa
Rene Haracop
Sandwich St
Pasadena Told by John Brown’s Son-In-Law Henry Thompson
Henry Thompson, John Brown’s son in law, now lives in Pasadena and recounts border wars in Kansas and Missouri during the 1860s. Born January 21, 1822 in Lewis New York, he married Brown’s daughter in 1850 and helped build the old Brown home in North Elba. Thompson has loaned relics to a Brown memorial and shares vivid memories of the Lone Jack battle and Beecher baby era with Pasadena readers.
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John Brown
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Thompson
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Kansas
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Mary Thompson
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Los Angeles Herald
All Mothers Are Interested In Baby Walking Chair Ad
A column of thin paper carries the Phoenix Chair Company ad from Sheboygan Wisconsin touting the Baby Walking Chair. The item appeals to mothers and highlights practical child care aids.
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S*hoenix
Sheboygan
Wis
Chale
Phoenix
Phoenix Chair CO
HISTORIAN One Hundred Years Ago Highlights and Events
Selections recount treaties and migrations from Vincennes to the Wabash and Ohio lines. Notes include Benedict Arnold’s wife Margaret Suippen in London and Waglund’s actions near Port-au-Prince. Also mentions a 75 year ago snapshot with royal moves, science, and geopolitics across Europe and Americas.
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Vincennes
Wabash
Ohio
Falla
Margaret Suippen
Benedict Arnold
London
Waglund
Nicholas ‘Mole
Port-au-Prince
Fred
Native raids and Civil War era summaries from a late 19th century miscellany
Warlike reports describe six tribes massacring settlers and cattle raids along the Upper Arkansas and Platte valleys while threats to Omaha and Council Bluffs persist. A Democratic convention in Chicago nominates McClellan and Pendleton. Fort Morgan surrenders at Mobile Bay is confirmed. Grant notes Confederate losses.
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Platte Valley
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Democratic Nation
George B. McClellan
G. H. Pendleton
Chicago
Wirragut
Fort Morgan
Mobile Bay
Stanton
Benin
Hanecock
Grant
Hill Will Quit Politics After Twenty Years as NY Democratic Leader
David Bennett Hill announces retirement from politics on the eve of his sixty first birthday. He will relinquish the New York Democratic leadership after twenty years and will not seek any national or state position if the party wins. He hosted friends to reveal the decision.
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Hi Good
Democratic Party
New York State
Hill
Retirement request ends long NY political career
We explained that he had intended to retire and make formal declaration on his sixtieth birthday, but had been persuaded to stay until after the next presidential campaign. He desired to devote more time to personal affairs and professional duties, while a summary epilogue of David B. Hill’s service lists roles from 1871 assembly member to governor and Senate candidate, noting a 1901 governor bid loss to Morton.
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New York Assembly
Abdomen
City of Elmira
City of
Elmira
New York
United S Iatex Senate
New York State
Loui P. Morton
The Biggest Majority in Pennsylvania and Texas Race
An historical survey shows Pennsylvania and Texas alternating large party majorities from 1868 onward. It notes Pennsylvania often leads Republicans with up to 288,000 in 1900, while Texas leans Democratic with majorities like 332,000 in 1884 and 140,000 in other years, predicting Texas’ Democratic lead may shrink below 200,000 in the current period as Pennsylvania remains Republican-leaning.
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Texas
Pennsyvania
Kentucky
Union
Pennsylvania
Lexag
Pennnsylvania
Repubicans
Navy Needs Men Not Enough Officers to Man Ships
Secretary Paul Morton faces navy manpower crisis as officer and enlisted shortages threaten to strand ships. Treasury rulings hinder recruitment, risking several ships being withdrawn from service within months. President to urge Congress for higher pay and new adjustment rules to fix the deficit. Telegraphic Evitation. The department store of J. W. Lakine at Marysville Oh o burned for less than $50,000, partly insured. Gov White of North Dakota appoints Edward Engrad supreme judge to replace the late John M Coch rine. In By Louis William Mohr three-cornered battle ends with Mohr shot dead, Policeman James Lynch wounded, an unidentified assailant escaped.
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Genfua
Treasury
Congress
J. W. Lakine
Marysville
Oho
Gov. White
North Dakota
Edward Engrad
Vargo
John M. Cochrine
Louis William Mohr
James Lynch
Remarkable Georgia shrub plant lineage near Philadelphia
The text recalls Gordonia as a near extinct wild shrub first found in Georgia in 1700. A Bartram Gardens visit notes the original Gordonia died recently but descendants survive across the country. Presumably a hybrid saved the line, as the plant blooms in September and October with white fragrant inflorescences.
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Bartram Gardens
Philadelpha
Georgia
From Misery to Health Prominent Cinic Woman Praises Doan’s
Miss Nellie Davis of 1216 Wehigin Avenue Kansas City Missouri writes that Doan’s Kidney Pills cured her kidney troubles after a cold. She suffered back pains and headaches but after a few boxes she felt well with no aches. Signed Nellie Davis and offered by Koster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Price 60 cents.
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Doan
Nellie Davis
Wehigin Avenue
Daan
Nollid Davis
Koster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Curious Bits From Early 1900s Postcards And Ads
A collage of stray anecdotes and consumer blurbs from a 1901 issue includes humorous remarks about shipboard etiquette the era’s fashion notes about shoe sizes and facial hair tips, a note on the fool-killer dreaming, a letter from a St. Louis reader, a New Mexico court tale, and various patent medicine and tobacco ads highlighting everyday life and social quirks of the period.
Price of Theater Seats Sparks Eastern City Talk
A Boston box office tale illustrates high theater prices as a young man asks a vendor for the best seats. The ticket-seller replies with a steep price, provoking a sharp exchange about value and access to performances.
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Boston
Bay
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