King Alfonso Visits Devastated Malaga Province After Quake
From January 12 dispatches: King Alfonso arrived at Alhama as Malaga province endures earthquake aftershocks that crack walls and widen fissures. Villages like Hueneja and Albumelas suffer severe destruction with deaths and homeless scores. government promises bread and rebuilding, while brigand activity and theft complicate relief efforts. The same reports note New Zealand concerns over Samoa and Austrian-British tension, plus police warns of dynamite plots against London landmarks.
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Love Letters for a Cent and Postal Reform Tone
In New York Journal and San Francisco Argonaut clippings the postmaster general calls for local letters to drop to 1 cent, praising a needed reform for the city’s growing mail. A wry note on the 1-cent stamp design and post office handling accompanies a Lord Alvanley anecdote about a society visitor to seek advice.
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New York Journal
San Francisco
Banana Trade Story From Early U S Banana Trade
First schooner load of bananas seen in the United States was sold in New York in 1858 by Captain George Bush of Baltimore. He describes ports in Jamaica and Cuba, the growth of the trade, farm practices, and prices paid to locals, noting bananas spurred port development and local wealth, with detailed cultivation notes and earnings.
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Markets Endure Mixed Movements Across Commodities
The market report charts mixed results with flour and wheat showing variable quotes in New York and Cleveland. It notes weak government bonds, steady sterling, and diverse price ranges across pork, lard, and hides, highlighting activity in Cincinnati and Chicago with notable figures for pork, lard, and beef trades.
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United States
Hypocrisy of Conventionalism in Frayune Opinion
The piece argues that standards of taste and criticism are rigidly followed by the worldly wise, while a few bold geniuses may defy them. It laments insincerity in Unis and notes that conventional talk pervades society, though occasional true and natural voices emerge to challenge the crowd.
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Undertones of public speaking and vendors despatched
The writer contrasts public lectures with hall vendors offering items like oxalic acid and dentifrice, noting quacks deliver more entertaining speeches than so called learned speakers. The piece implies paid entry differences and consumer manipulation in public gatherings.
Water Proof Canvas From Scientific American
A note on making canvas bags highly moisture resistant by steeping a bark decoction and soaking cloth for a day. The passage also includes a sharp quip about children blaming a cat for mischief and then comforting it after a whipping.
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Scientific American
Teething Soothed by Mrs Winslow’s Syrup Advert
Special notice claims Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup eases teething pain and treats dysentery and diarrhoea. It is described as pleasant tasting and widely sold by druggists at 25 cents per bottle. The item also notes a Corryrence man buying pine lumber in Cleveland for about $12 per thousand, marking a price drop.
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Dianko Pile Remedy Promises Cure for Piles
An advertisement claims Dianko's Pile Remedy soothes itching and bleeding piles by acting on the affected area, absorbing tumors and providing a permanent cure. Priced at 60 cents, it lists The Dr Bosanko Medicine Co as provider, with Piqua address, and notes H P Monroe and Jobo Crosgrove selling locations. A Ripley farmer died Friday at an advanced age.
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Piqua
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Jobo Crosgrove
Ripley
Electric Voltaic Belt Co promotes trial of health device
An ad from Marshall Michigan firm Voltaic Belt Co offers their Electric Voltaic Belt on thirty day trial for nervous debility vitality and manhood issues and other ailments with a health restoration guarantee. A separate Kennedy mill burglary note states burglars forced the outer door padlock at Phillips Thames mill but did not steal the safe.
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Free Distribution at St Monroe’s Drug Store 7
Free distribution of sample bottles of Dr Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup advertised as the most popular remedy for coughs colds consumption and bronchitis now on the market Rex Whar size 560 and $100 Jamestown water claimed purer than six months ago and a movement to use it to be inaugurated now
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Jamestown
Local notices and advertisements from a 19th century issue
An assortment of patent medicines, farming ads, and local notices. Items include Hough on Pain plaster, Buchu-Paiba kidney remedy, Wells Health Renewer for children, Rough on Coughs, Devon cattle breeders, a bank cashier struck by paralysis, a poultry and meat supplier, a sash and blind works fire loss, ladies hair dressing in a barber shop, a horse theft with a stabled old horse left, and an Erie car mishap transporting ill Cincinnati children.
Dr Fenner Blood Sliver Remedy Nerve Tonic Ad
Mr M Fenner of Fredonia New York credits Dr Fenner Blood Sliver Remedy and Nerve Tone with restoring his health after years of biliousness nervous irritation and indigestion. He praises the remedy as the greatest of the age and a public benefactor. The endorsement notes two bottles produced a complete restoration to health.
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Fenner’s Blood and Liver Remedy Promises Wide Healings
A New York Tribune ad asks readers to buy two more bottles of Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic claiming it cleanses blood relieves biliousness constipation and headaches heals stomach and bowels and cures pimples skin eruptions fevers and nerve disorders. It promotes Dr Fenner’s Kidney and Back Ache Cure for kidney bladder and heart issues and lists H P Monroe in Dunkirk as a seller citing worldwide use.
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New York Tribune
New York
M. At. Fenner
Fredonia
Tracy
For Sale Finest Farm in Dunkirk 46 Acres on Lake Road
For sale in Dunkirk a 46 acre farm in fine cultivation with stock implements and dwelling. Located on Lake Road to Buffalo inside city limits. Features include residence, large barn for five horses ten cattle, pig sty yards running water cedar posts fence water supply orchard of 130 winter apples twenty five acres of clover and timothy, rest cultivated with oats corn and vegetables. Mortgage secured terms 2500 cash balance easy payments. Additional eight acres adjoining also available. 44we
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