Kansas Golden Belt as Fertile Home for Settlers and Investors
An 1881 overview extols Kansas climate soil and health benefits nicknamed Sunny Kansas and Golden Belt. It cites wheat and corn yields in 1878, vast remaining undeveloped land, Union Pacific rail access, and strong schools churches and markets. Contacts Tailway Kansas City Mo for more information.
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Kansas
Trans-Missouri
Prairies
Indiana
Illinois
Union Pacific Railway
Great “Golden
University
Lawrence
Tricultural College
Manhattan
Atone Ud
Adry
Gilmore
Tailway
Kansas City
Ardock Blood Purifier Miracle Cure Claim
A patient from Binghamton New York describes months of chest pain loss of appetite and weakness. After using Ardock Blood Purifiers she reports relief from pain within a week and restored vigor. The note mentions price and trial sizes.
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E. Asenith Hall
Binghamton
N. Y
Nomenclature in Names and the Court of Public Opinion
The article argues for careful given names to avoid nicknames and awkward initials. It recommends single baptismal names for girls to preserve maiden surnames and suggests euphonic, classical names for both genders to improve linguistic harmony and social perception. It cites examples of long names and lists numerous male and female names with favorable etymology and associations.
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Tey
David Oliver Thompson
Clara’ Ann Thompson
George Henry Talbot Robinson
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Society of Friends
Dr. Dove
Tom
Bob
Jack
Sim
Sam
Will
Bill
Joe
Jerry
Mark Fox
Luke Harte
Ann Scott
Gilbert Fox
Alexander Harte
Cecilia Scott
Alban
Ambrose
Bernard
Clement
Christoher
Gilbert
Godfrey
Harold
Michael
Marmaduke
Oliver
Paul
Ralph
Rupert
Roger
Reinard
Roland
Sylvester
Theobald
Urban
Valentine
Philippa
Pauline
Hilda
Clarice
Arabel
Irene
Muriel
Estelle
Eugenia
Euphemia
Christabel
Theresa
Marcia
Antonia
Claudia
Rosabel
Rosamond
From Morning Light to Evening Grey in Holmes Poem Preface
The preface by Oliver Wendell Holmes reflects on a life traced in shifting light from dawn to dusk. It laments worn rhythmic schemes and calls for fresh forms and phrases to suit new days and younger readers, urging authors to abandon stale measures.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Maggie Mitchell Dream Recalls Lincoln Assassination Coincidence
Maggie Mitchell recounts a dream where John Wilkes Booth leaps from Ford's Theatre to the stage with a crimson satin cloak and a white poodle. The next morning news reveals Lincoln was shot the night before, making the dream’s timing startlingly prescient and widely remarked upon among friends.
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Maggie Mitchell
John Wilkes Booth
Ford
Mary
Lincoln
Washington
Emmerson Family Burial Corrected by Col Beaman
Col George H Beaman of Center Rutland corrects a report that Ralph Waldo Emmersons father was buried there. Emersons grandfather served as US Army chaplain and died near Rutland while traveling. A military funeral with soldiers from the Rutland fort accompanied his burial in Center Rutland Old Graveyard. Emerson visited the site years later.
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Ralph Waldo Emmerson
Center Rutland
George H. Beaman
Mr. Emerson
United States Army
Rutland
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Old Ground
Kendall’s Spavin Cure Ad Claims World’s Best Liniment
An advertisement touts Kendall’s Spavin Cure as the best liniment for human flesh and urges readers to try it to be convinced.
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Kendall
Mixed up bill reveals hospital kisses mystery
A sick child at a fashionable boarding house prompts a doctor’s bill of 812 with a rebate of 84 for kisses. The mother assumes the kisses were for the child, while other boarders suspect a broader impropriety. The maid’s remark exposes the secret before social embarrassment resolves the matter. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised at end.
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Chicago Times
Electricity as Motive Power at Paris Exhibition
A London Times correspondent describes Paris Electric Exhibition machines in the northwest corner. A Menier plow motor shown with a guiding operator, a three foot diameter electric circular saw, Piat stone-cutter and electric hammer, Gramme motor water pump, Deprez powered sewing and band-saws, embroidery unit, rock-drilling rig using Gramme motor, and water pressure of about three atmospheres aiding drilling.
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London Times
Paris
M. Menier
M. Felix
M. Piat
M. Deprez
Itj
Proof Everywhere Hop Bitters Cures Scrofula Claim
Greenwich February 11 1880 Hop Bitters Co Readers are told invalids can find local cured cases as proof the product cures. A testimonial from Le noy Brewer says doctors predicted death from scrofula consumption but two bottles of Hop Bitters cured him.
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Greenwich
Lenoy Brewer
How Far Wrong is This Old Maid
A quoted woman rejects the label old maid and reflects on failed marriages and social pressures. The ad promotes Carter's Tron Pills as a remedy for nerves, sleep, blood quality, and complexion. Emmert & Burrell sell the pills for 50 cents a box.
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Carter
Emmert & Burrell
Kendall's Spavin Cure Endorsement Letter
A Vermont church district official reports using Kendall's Spavin Cure to heal a lame horse. He details prior lameness from a sprain, ringbone formation, and claims the cure restored the horse to soundness with no remaining lump.
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P. N. Granger
St. Albans
B.J. Kendall & Co
Kendall
R.A Gaines
Enosburg Falls
Joun G. Jann
Justice of Peace
Kendall's Spavin Cure Endorsed by Two Private Patients
Letters from W M Benn pastor at Patton's Mills New York and Mrs J Boutell Bakersfield Vermont praise Kendall's Spavin Cure and Invaluable Ointment for ankle sprain knee sprain and rheumatic pain. Benn cites a fifteen month ankle sprain improved to natural standing position. Boutell reports rapid relief after one third bottle and lasting benefit after spring 1572 incident.
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Warner
Stoughton
Mass
R. J. Kendall & Co
Gants
Kendall
Cilias
E. Parker
Patten’s Mills
Washington Co
N. Y
B. J, Kendall
M. D
Wendall
iKendal
Bakersfield
Wendall & Co
Gents
Kendal
Hines
Mus
J. Boutell
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M. FE. Church
Patton's
Beast
BJ. Kendall & Co
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Vermont
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