My Own Self Again Mrs Gates Follows Pinkham Advice
Mrs Gates writes from Johns P. O. Miss in 1893 describing prolonged illness after childbirth with chills, limb pains, head pain, chest pain, and weakness. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports rapid improvement and thanks Pinkham for the help. Mrs Diana Gatrs from Jones P O Miss also notes positive results and blessings.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Diod
Suifer
Diana Gatrs
Jones P.O
Coaching Parties Take Paris Fashion Scene by Storm
SADIE MERRITY reports that coaching parties become a season fad in Paris with wealthy houses acquiring elaborate coaches and venetian cloth ulsters. English aristocrats pioneer cross country trips, while Parisian fashion houses rush to supply gowns and coats for inner and public entertainments, driving demand beyond supply.
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Paris
England
France
Exposition Grounds
Womain
Sadie Merrity
Whittier Tablet Placed in Amesbury Meeting House
A silver tablet marking Whittier's former worship site in Amesbury Massachusetts was installed in the 1851 Quaker meeting house. To calm fears of modern comforts Whittier hired three elderly carpenters including a Quaker minister, keeping the building plain and neat with a right‑aisle seat once used by the poet.
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Amesbury
Mass
Whittier
Friend Street
N. Y. Tribune
Unlocated Kangaroo Pockets Mystery Cited
A Chicago Daily News item notes Mrs Stubb-John’s kangaroo with pockets for hiding young, while Mr Stubb-Well compares their elusiveness to that of most women, pondering how the young evade detection.
Kansas Farmers Anticipate Record Wheat Harvest This Year
Officials project the winter wheat crop in Kansas will reach 4,685,581 acres with an average yield higher than 1892. If current yields hold, total production could reach about 5,090,000 bushels, marking the heaviest crop in state history with plants in excellent condition.
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Acs
Waren
Toneka
Jho
Kransas
Courre
Poamas
Kansas
Trish Defy a Police Order in Newmarket Ireland
Two hundred police were sent to Newmarket to suppress a prohibited United Irish league meeting. While officers slept, James Christopher Flynn MP and E Crean MP slipped in and addressed the 200 in the town square, turning the proclamation and dispersing as police arrived.
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Trish
Newmarket
Ireland
United Trish League
James Christopher Flynn
North Cork
E. Crean
Ossory
Queens County
Witt e Little Mary Risers Pills Cleanse Lice and Bowels
An advertisement for Youseworth Bros markets Witt e Little Mary Risers as small pills claimed to cleanse lice and bowels without griping.
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Siz
Youseworth Bros
Miners Reach Nome Beach After Overland Trek
J C Kurtz and Norman Smith arrived aboard the Bertha after a March 4 departure from Cape Nome. They found thousands of men at work on the partially frozen beach with new pay streaks and several quartz strikes. Miners have organized to allot beach territory per man and expect a year of legal work to secure ownership.
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Nome
Seattle
Wash
J. C. Kurtz
Norman Smith
Cape Nome
Skbodiak
Ue Banner Salve Promoted as Universal Healer
An advertisement touts Ue Banner Salve as guaranteed for gate wounds sores piles and all skin diseases. House Worth Bros promote the product as a general remedy.
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Ue Banner
Houseworth Bros
Bonds Found Hidden in Magazine in Bonner Will Case
In New York on June 4 the Bonner will dispute hears Robert Edwin Bonner testify he discovered bonds totaling 70050 hidden between magazine leaves in a bookcase after his father’s death. He recalls his father naming the concealment spot. A health note appears unrelated about a cough remedy from Houseworth Bros claiming immediate throat and lung relief.
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New York
Robert Bonner
Robert Edwin Bonner
Tov Wos
Houseworth Bros
A Boy's Prize Thought in Music Lesson
A southern public school teacher used signs f and ff to teach dynamics. After defining f as forte he asks what ff means and a quick student answers Eighty, causing astonishment and amusement.
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South
A Positive Cure for Stomach Troubles Promoted
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for stomach troubles offered by Thomas' Drug Store with bold claims of relief.
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Dr. Caldwell
Thomas’ Drug Store
Will Fly Pennant in Europe Admiral Rodgers to lead navy station
A Washington dispatch says Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers will re establish the European station and fly his pennant from the battleship Kearsarge in the English Channel likely by August end. The move recalls Dewey's pennant last year and follows recent ship commissions and fleet shuffling amid uncertain next steps in the Mediterranean.
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New York
Tribune
Washington
Frederick Rodgers
Navy Department
Nearsarge
English Channel
Rodgers
Kearsarge
Admiral Rodgere
Admiral Dewey
Albany
Maaikinis Parce, Nivea Aryob
Fate & Cous
Woman Divorces Husband Over Paris Exposition Refusal
In Idlano a woman secures a divorce after her husband refused to take her to the Paris Exposition. He testified he feared baths and suffered seasickness, blaming indigestion. The ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Synp Pepsin at Thomas' drug store.
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Idlano
Caldwelr
Thomas’ Drug Atere
Two Union Men Killed in Atchison Labor Conflict
In Atchison Kansas on June 4 two union men James Burtchett and Call Outhout were killed after a quarrel over the labor question escalated. W D Ranier, who had recently taken a union man’s job, shot them in the face and head then returned home shaved his mustache and was arrested at Rushville before being brought back to Atchison.
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Atchison, Kan
W. D. Ranier
James Burtchett
Missouri
Rushville
Atchison
Kidney Cure Ad by Housworth Bros
Nine chances in ten it’s your kidneys that need attention if you don’t feel well Foley's Kidney Cure makes healthy kidneys and will make you well Housworth Bros.
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Foley
Housworth Bros
Rathbone Must Stay in Cuba as Inquiry Proceeds
Havana reports say Mr. Rathbone is required to remain in Havana until the postal investigation ends due to cogent reasons cited by authorities. In Wisconsin, the Bank of New Lisbon, owned by W. H. H. Cash, was robbed with nitro glycerine used to blow open a back-window safe, yielding several thousand dollars.
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Rathbone
Cuba
Havana
Mr. Rathbone
New Lisbon
Wis
Bank of
New Libson
W. H. H. Cash
Dr Fowler’s Extract Promises Remedy for Infant Illnesses
A 19th century advertises Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry as a cure for infant ailments including cholera infantum dysentery and diarrhoea. The claim states the extract never fails to conquer these conditions in babies.
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Fowler
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