Diverse 19th Century News Highlights From May 13
A broad sweep of reports notes resignations and appointments in North American and British circles, including New York rail traffic chief Nilas stepping down and Major Burke taking director duties for the New Orleans Exposition. Canadian forces receive orders to the Northwest while Sir Leonard Tilley travels to England. Yale confirms William M. Evarts’s re-election to the corporation, and a Navy plan outlines emergency hospital facilities on Widows Island for cholera or yellow fever risks. Across the Atlantic the New South Wales medal pledge cheers British troops amid wartime strains. Local troubles appear with a defunct Augusta bank president’s suicide attempt, a strike ending in a wage compromise, and violent incidents in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Nilas
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Prince of Wales Rifles
Canada
Northwest
Martin
Dublin
Prince of Wales
Delaware @ W Hudson Canal Company
E. A. Burke
Supreme Court of Indiana
FE. Samson Schribner
Philadelphia
Department of Agriculture
Girard College
Pines
Secretary of the Navy
Widows Island
Penobscot Bay
New South Wales
Soudon
Markets Tie Up With Mixed Prices Across Cities
May 13 reports show money market steady at 1 percent while mercantile paper sits at 424 percent. Bond quotations vary with some declines and several states and rail revenues showing quiet activity. Grain and livestock futures display mixed results with flour, wheat, corn, oats, pork, and cattle among moving prices, and regional variations across New York Cincinnati and other hubs.
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New Yonk
Moxet
Prine Mercantile Paper
United
Do Few
Alabama
North Carolina
Duneire Babeets corrected weekly for local journals
A fragmented 19th century market list itemizes commodities and prices including Portland cement, plaster, lime, salts, dairy products, coal, lumber, bricks, and various farm staples. It references Duneier Babeets corrected weekly for the Chautauqua Farmer and Duneien Journal in Wisconsin with items such as Portland cement, plaster, lime, hemp, cedar, fir, oak, and fruit preserves alongside bread, grain, and meat prices.
Special Notices and Advertisements Summary
An assortment of business notices and promotional items appears. Listings include poultry and seafood dealers, a memorial burial notice for Mrs. Sarah Bradbury of Ripley, and an urgent teething remedy advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming universal relief. Also noted is a casualty loss adjustment for Matthews Northrup & Co. after a fire, with specified insurance figures.
Cure for piles remedy advertised with local sale
A patent medicine ad promotes Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy from Piqua Ohio, claiming cure for piles with symptoms of back and abdominal weight and itching after warmth. It absorbs tumors and provides permanent relief, priced 50 cents and sold by H P Monroe. A county dispute over unpaid orders by the poor farm superintendent is also noted.
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Thomas
Dora Koch
Buffalo
Jacob Mellisor
Marion Ohio
S.S. Graves
Akron
C.K. Hall
Grayvillell
Ralizveome
Peskin
Creek Centre
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Spring Purification
The spring season is noted as best for blood cleansing with Hood's Sarsaparilla from I Hood Co. It claims to purge scrofula and humors, reviving the body and urging timely use. Veterans of the 110th Regiment N X Vols plan a reunion at Park Meadows Buffalo on June 16 1885.
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Clhoop «& CO
Lowell
Mass
Hood
I. Hood &Co
Apothecaries
Mags
110Th Regiment
N.X. Vols
Park Meadows
Buffalo
Voltaic Belt Co offers trial electric devices for health
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan advertises Erzornic Vol Taic Brrr and other electric appliances on a thirty day trial for men with nervous debility loss of vitality and manhood and other ailments. Full health restoration is guaranteed with no risk during the trial. Applications for an illustrated pamphlet are invited.
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Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall
Mich
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Just As Good Health Remedies and Local Notices
An OCR fragment lists various ads and notices: patent medicines like Dr Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup 50 cents to $1, Wells Health Renewer, Rough on Piles, Rough on Itch. a Hop Plaster ad. horse sales in Sinclairville. Decoration Day fundraiser at G A R post in Fredonia. a Bulphur Spring hotel management note. Randolph fire limits. Also strawberry prices in Ecle.
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H. P. Monroe
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