A Baby Martyr Contrived by a Major On the Santa Barbara Road
A stage coach tale unfolds with a major recounting a fatigued march from Fort Laramie to a snowbound aid post. Amid rumors of a baby rescued and fed with an improvised mixture, a fatal twist reveals the infant was actually a kitten, leaving the party stunned by their mistaken mercy and loss.
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Santa Barbara
Ojai
Fort Laramie
Whipple
Leutenant
Captain Brown
Boggs
Smugglers Tricks and the Paris Gatekeeping Dog
Curious contraband methods reveal bold ruses used near Paris gates. A lace hidden under a dog’s coat carried thousands, slipping past guards as crowds swelled. The dog was shot when caught, its “coffin” of lace examined. Museums display confiscated oddities including cigars, watches, a boa, and prepared heads.
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Paris
Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup Ad From Local Page
Wellsville area buzzed Saturday night with an alleged sparring match at the opera house a band concert at the tink room a Baptist church lecture and a rooster fight at Scio plus a freight wreck near Andover the item mentions teething syrup for children priced at 25 cents per bottle and claims wide use.
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Wellsville
Elwell
Baptist Church
Scio
Andover
Cure on Piles Paneer Sale Ad and Political Snippet
Cure on piles claims to absorb tumors and stop itching with Dr Anko’s Paneer sold by The Dr Bosanko Medicine Co Piqua 0. It includes a newspaper critique about The Clean Times and Randolph Register urging readers not to expose the Democrat man.
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Dt.anko
Dr. Bosanko Medicine Co
Piqua
N. P. Monroe
Clean Times
George
Herald
Randolph Register
Electro Voltaic Belt Co offers trial cure for nervous debility
Marshall based Voltaic Belt Co advertises an Electro Voltaic Belt and other electrical appliances for nervous debility and related illnesses with a thirty day trial and guaranteed restoration. Miss Rachel Russell of Geneva hanged herself Friday night in a despondent mood after property she owned fell in value.
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Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall Birch
Fern
Rachel Russell
Geneva
Free samples draw crowds at Monroe's Drug Store
The rush stems from complimentary samples of Dr Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup praised as a top remedy for coughs colds consumption and bronchitis now sold in regular sizes 50 and 100. Separately A W Carter of Brighton near East Rochester lost 2150 to two confidence men on Friday who swindled him with a convincing scheme.
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Gray
Gray Medicine CO
Buffalo
N.Y
Dunkirk
John Harper
H. P. Monroe
A.W. Carter
Brighton
Rochester
Rough on Coughs and Winter Health Boosters
An advertisement notes Rough on Coughs for coughs colds sore throat hoarseness and throat lozenges sold as Inc. Liquid 25c. It mentions limited factory hours in town with exceptions and promotes Wells Health Renewer for frail children. A Binghamton firm will supply 100 pairs of ice skates for Towanda holiday events this winter.
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Troches, Inc
Binghamton
Towanda
Shiloh's Cure and Local Advertisements in 19th Century Ledger
A clipped page lists patent medicines sold by Lyon Bros J Harper and others including Buchu Paiba Shilohs Cure Shilohs Porous Plaster and Shuch Vitalizer with prices and claims. Also notes lectures by Ingersoll December 11 in Lockport and a remark on Wyoming county apple supplies. Business notices cover poultry meats and barber services in Third Street.
Dr Fenner's Blood Sliver RemedyNerve Tonic Ad
An advertisement extols Dr Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic claiming complete restoration of health and relief from biliousness headaches and skin issues. It touts kidney and back ache cures and urges readers to obtain the memorandum book and buy from H. P. Monroe in Dunkirk.
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David Kennedy
Rondout
N. Y
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
Lake
New York Custom House
New York Tribune
New York
M. AM. Fenner
C.A. Tracy
Fenner
Dr. Fenners
P. Monroe
Dunkirk
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Evening Observer
Hoop &Co
Matsei
Hoop
Butterfield Street
Atic
Hoon
I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mase
Hood
TRICE
Hero
Foster, Milburn & CO
Prop's
de Baca
Hine
Machinec! QE
Wag Pt Aney
M. Vani Develde Agt
Derrick Dodd
Major
Stuartz
Hough
Ehe City
Catarr
Warren
Ingersoll
Lockport
Shiloh
Lion Ifros
J. Harper
Cuba
Erie
Lyon Bros
Wyoming County
Croup
Lyon Broa
J. Tarper
T. C. Jones
Byon Tiros
A. Wheeler
Third St
Goto Wheelers
Rondout N.Y
Albany
David Kenney
Drak Stu
Nathan AC
Nathan Ackley
Canal
Kennedy
Rondont
Wnt
Steiner
N. ¥. Herald
Oxs
Exocise N
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Rca
Rand Circnlar
Woerldim Penal Catarrh Cream Co
Jamestown
John Tarper
Lion and
3D Streets
Wf. P. Monroe
M.C. Tinker
Prué & Co
Augusta
Riz Neckar
Wortheast
Pennsylvania
Home Daily
Mee
Land Telegraphic News
Farmer
Ellis
Prompty Ile
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