Northwestern Limited Serves St Paul Minneapolis and Great Lakes Tour
Chicago to St Paul Minneapolis and Superior Duluth routes launch daily summer service with four fast trains and two to the Head of the Lakes. Round trip tourist fares start 16.00 to St Paul Minneapolis and 20.00 to Superior Duluth with low rates from other points. Apply to local agents for details.
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Portland
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western
Omaha
Cheyenne
Granger
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Colorado
Utah
Lake McDonald Country
Canadian Rockies
California
Yellowstone‘ Park
St.Paul
Duluth
Chicago & Nort-Western
Superior
Northwestern
Duluth-Superior
Head
A. H. Waggoner
Trav. Agt
Fifth Ave
Ubicogo
A Bad Scare Promotes Dr King’s Life Pills
An advertisement warns of a future bad scare from abdominal pain and possible appendicitis and promotes Dr King’s Few Life Pills as a guaranteed cure for bowel and stomach ailments. Sold at Nobel’s store for 35 cents with a try-now offer.
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Dr. King
Nobel’ d
Kidney Cure Relieves Severe Case After Doctors Fail
W L Yancy of Paducah Kentucky recounts a severe kidney ailment treated by three physicians with no success. He then used Foley's Kidney Cure, and after three bottles experienced immediate relief and was permanently cured, recommending the remedy. sold by Nobes.
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W.L. Yancy
Paducah
Waites
Kentucky
Foley
Nobes
Ts Gees
Thesart
Nobel
Cod Liver Oil for Consumption in Modern Form
Doctors long prescribed cod liver oil for consumption but old formulations limited effectiveness. Modern preparations like Scott's Emulsion offer nourishing, easily swallowed doses. many people worldwide report improved health and appetite with these emulsions.
Emulsion Offered as Helpful Digestive Tonic for Consumption
The text touts Scott's Emulsion as easily digested cod liver oil that tolerates long use by those with consumption. It claims the product is absorbed by the system and will be sent as a free sample to all druggists.
Foley's Kidney Cure Advertises Cure for Kidney Diseases
An old advertisement warns smoking near a powder magazine and touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a quick remedy for kidney and bladder disorders. It claims cures for Bright's disease and diabetes once deemed incurable and urges immediate use before it is too late. Sold by Nobes.
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Foley
Bright
Nobes
Creep ing of Rails Warns Railway Men
The Railway Age discusses the creep ing of tracks as an evil for railroaders to overcome. Rails creep with traffic direction, and more on heavy grades. Causes include short rails isolated supports inefficient spikes and insufficient splices.
Bucklin’s Amica Salve Praised for Sore Care
Advert reads that Bucklin’s Amica Salve cures cuts, ulcers, fever sores and sore eyes. D. L. Gregory of Hope Texas reports quick cure of a bad sore and says it is all OK for sore eyes. price is 25 cents at Nobel Drug Store.
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Bucklin
O. K
D. L. Gregory
Hope
Tex
Nobel Drug Store
Confederate Leaders Recalled After Cloyd Mountain Defeat
Judge John Goode of Virginia recounts an attack by Foote of Tennessee on Jefferson Davis and General Albert Sidney Johnston following the Confederate loss at Cloyd Mountain. He says Johnston should have fought better, saying peace would have covered the land like a wedding garment.
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John Goode
Virginia
Confederate Congress
Foote
Tennessee
Jefferson Lavis
Albert Sidney Johnston
Cloyd Mountain
Johnston
Electric Bitters Restores Kidney Health in C Hero Kee Indiana
A user from Cherokee Indiana describes severe kidney disease with backache headache and low mood. After using Electric Bitters the writer reports full restoration to health and recommends the tonic for weak kidneys liver or stomach. Guaranteed by E Nobes druggist. price 50c.
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C. F. Collier
Cherokee
E. Nobes
Dauggist
The Curious Limpets and their Ferocious Feast
The text describes the west coast of Mexico limpets as large and iridescent. They prey on clams by boring into their shells with a long tongue, capturing the clam and feeding while leaving remains for sea life.
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Mexico
Llimpet
Dying of Consumption Paragraph Promotes Cure
A Maryland man recalls his battle with consumption and credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a quick complete cure after failure with other medicines. The ad touts relief for coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and even pneumonia and offers bottles at 50 cents and 1 09 with a free trial.
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Wm. Myers
Cearfose
Dr. King
Rahef
Incorrigible Scene at Old Point Comfort Port
A hotel room at Old Point Comfort hosts Gwendolen and Captain Duncan Webb in a tense reunion. The pair recall past meetings, questions of fidelity, and a moonlit kiss as a new marriage reveals themselves. Edith Pope, now Mrs Pope, arrives with her husband, noting the familiar couple as incorrigible. They depart in pairs, leaving a tangled web of past affections and present unions.
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Old Point Comfort
Hampton Roads
Gwendolen
Duncan Webb
Oficer
Philippines
Gray
Fort Peet
Mr. Pope
Mrs. Webb
Mrs. Pope
Captain Webb
Winterton's Watch and a Charity Deception
Clarence Winterton, a beloved but financially troubled heir, hides from work while living largely on inherited wealth and club life. Miss Frances West suspects his poverty and uncovering an heirloom watch and a tradesman’s plea reveal a plotted donation. Their engagement shocks society, which misread his affections.
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Clarence Winterton
Winterton
Frances West
Sue
Miss West
Mr. Winterton
Haberdasher’s
Clarence
Mise West
Andrew H. Eaton
Wreck Survivor Finds Treasure Then Loss at Sea
A sailor recounts a months long voyage on a derelict ship loaded with Australian redwood. He finds 8000 dollars in a captain’s closet plus jewelry, dreams of rescue, and later is picked up by an English merchantman after a whale destroys the wreck and washes away the treasure. The money and cargo disappear with the wreck.
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Laney
India
M. Quad
Curious Legal Distinctions on Gentlemen in 18th Century Ads
The London Law Times cites a county court ruling that labels many as gentlemen differently. It lists who are not gentlemen such as a silk buyer and a solicitor's clerk, while others like a medical student or a sleeping partner may be deemed gentlemen. An 1774 advertisement requests a footman and a sober woman, noting Church of England affiliation and smallpox history.
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Audit Office
London Law Times
London
Church of England
Madness of War Excerpt Echoes Classic Burtons Anatomy
A condensed reflection on war's causes portrays captains as debauched and hungry, driven by private spleen, ambition, and avarice. The text likens soldiers to beasts led to slaughter, condemning the needless loss of forty thousand lives in a single mass.
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Pluto
Devi
Burton
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Scott
Andr
Mr. W Interton
Catterre
Hall
Fj, Cheney & Co
Toledo
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pikes Peak
Royal Gorge
Salt Lake
Yellowstone
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Union Pacific & North-Western
A. Hutchison
Clark St
Foleys
Neopiates
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