Hester Prynne Stands On Boston Scaffold With A
In early Boston Hester Prynne with a babe on her arms wears the scarlet letter A on her chest. The minister Arthur Dimmesdale urges her to name the father of her child, but she refuses and is taken to prison.
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Hester Prynne
Boston
Arthur Dimmesdale
Hester
Roger Chillingworth
Prithee
Prynne
Master Brackett
Imine
Lethe
Nepenthe
Paracelsus
Ealm
Hester Prynne seizes control as physician aids child
In the prison scene Hester Prynne undergoes treatment as Roger Chillingworth, a stern scholar-physician, administers herbal remedies to Hester and her infant. He reveals a hidden motive to uncover a secret lover while warning her to keep his own identity and plan concealed. The moment ends with a vow from Hester to keep the pact.
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Hester
Prynne
Roger Chillingworth
Rainy Washington Wedding Stirs Park Romance
A newly married couple watches rain in Smithsonian grounds as they share a chilly wedding tour in Washington. The scene shows their warmth contrasted by cold weather and steady, affectionate chatter under an umbrella.
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Smithsonian Grounds
Washington
Washington Post
Woman Mourns Loss of Her Baby Used by Neighbor
A neighbor consoles a childless mother after the death of her only baby, declaring shared grief by recalling her own loss of a pet kitten last week. The Lewiston Journal notes the neighbor’s abrupt comparison highlights insensitivity in a tragedy.
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Lewiston Journal
Theatrical News And Plans From The Era
Zola’s La Bete Humaine dramatized by theater troupe. Julia Marlowe to study floriculture during vacation. Fanny Davenport cited as the best paying American stage star. Milwaukee plans a new theater costing 100000 dollars on the Standard theater site.
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Zola
Julia Marlowe
Fanny Davenport
Milwaukee
Pastor of Sparta church backs Hood's Sarsaparilla in print
The Rev Wm Hollinshed of Sparta New Jersey endorses Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming it cleanses the blood liver and stomach and noting many have been helped or cured by it. He also praises Hood's Pills for their easy effective action.
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Wm. Hollinshed
Presbyterian Church of
Ilood
The Worried Manufacturer Seeks Relief From a Specialist
A large manufacturer worn by overwork visits a celebrated doctor. He is advised to lighten his burden and alter his thoughts. The physician suggests Dr Miles Restorative Nervine, touted as a remedy for nervous prostration and related ailments. Bradshaw & Thomas offer a free book and trial bottle.
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Miles
Bradshaw & ‘Thoma’s
Quips and Advertisements Span Curious 19th Century Tides
A collage of witty quotes and patent medicine ads from an Indianapolis Journal page. Mentions Caryso Conn Cure sold by Bradshaw & Thoma and Bradford's Female Regulator via Geo. D. Clarke. Notes ex governor Bob Taylor famed for a practical joke and Kansas public instruction superintendent Winans once a bricklayer.
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Bradshaw & Thoma
Bob Taylor
Tennessee
Mr. Winans
Kansas
Atchison
Krause's German Oil Advertised as Pain Relief
An advertisement touts KRAUSE'S GERMAN OIL as a potent absorbent that gives temporary relief for rheumatic conditions. It claims stimul at ing counter irritants with penetrating action reduce pain, while not claiming a cure. Bradshaw & Choma are named druggists.
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Krause
Bradshaw &Choma
Dullams Great German Liniment Offers Relief to Sufferers
A. Bb. Snell of Hamilton Michigan reports instant and permanent relief from neuralgia after using Dullams Great German Liniment priced at 25 cents a bottle. Geo D Clarke lists it for sale. Also notes Miss Margaret Mather starring as Esmeralda in the Chicago stage dramatization Notre Dame de Paris.
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Dullam
A. Bb. Snell
Hamilton, Mich
Geo. D. Clarke
Victor Hugo
New Pills Regulate Liver Stomach and Bowels
A magazine ad proclaims a new principle regulating the liver stomach and bowels via nerves. Dr Miles Pills cure biliousness bad tastes torpid liver piles and constipation. Marketed as mild safe and effective for men women and children with 450 doses for 25 cents samples free at Bradshaw and Thomas. Also notes actor H W Montgomery famed Lydia Thompson company and a horse liniment English Spavin Liniment claiming to remove blemishes with one bottle sold by D G Higley Fairfield Iowa.
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Miles
Bradshaw & Thomas's
D.G. Higley
Fairfield
Iowa
Theosophical leader resigns presidency on health grounds
Colonel Olcott steps down as president general of the Theosophical Society due to old age and impaired health. A Rockford advertiser promotes DeWitt s Sarsaparilla as a cure for impure blood and debility. Racing plans note over a dozen mares booked to Direct 2 06 this year. An ad touts Dullam s Great German Worm Lozenges at 25 cents per box sold by Geo. D. Clarke.
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Eutreries
Mr. Newwed
Olcott
The
Theosophical Society
L. R. Parton
Rockford, Lil
DeWitt
Geo. D. Clarke
Dullam
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Iti
Hesrter
Dheater
Harper’s Bazar
Vickars
Indianapolis Journal
Bradford
Rh. Toomas, M. D
Valdosto
Charlie
Lapley
Harvard Lamporn
H. W. Montgomery
Lydia Thompson Company
Union Square Theater
New York
Tedd’ Akan
Sam
N. S. Bright
H. W. Weikert, the Hustler
Southwest Corner Public Square
JAS. Locke & CO
W. W. Lewis
East Side
Jefferson County
Sisson
Campbell
Harness
East Side Square
Fairfield, Iowa
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