Rheumatism and a Bitters Remedy Claim
Betentista May Dffer ts to the causes of rheumatism, but there is no difference of opinion among them as to the anger which attends it, the symptoms by Which it manifests itself, and the difficulty of dislodging it in its chronic stage. Several mineral and vegetable poisons are prescribed for it, but none of these has been shown by ex perience to possess the same efficacy as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. This benign specific separates the blood by promoting vigorous action of the kidneys, which strain from the blood as it passes through them the rheumatic virus when it exists in the system. Physicians of eminence testify to the value of the Bitters in rheumatism, and the professional opinions regarding it are borne out and corroborated by ample popular evidence. The Bitters remedy chills and fever, liver complaint, dyspepsia and constipation.
The Useful Hot-Water Bag For Comfort and Relief
The notice touts hot-water bags as essential and immediate remedies for cold feet neuralgia and other ills. It describes cases with envelope-like flaps dainty embroidery or plain linen and an oil skin lining to retain heat with a carrying strap. Also mentions Hall’s Catarrh Cures and a 5 cent price from a druggist.
Beggars, executions, and light travel deals in old notices
In Henry VI era England many beggars were executed for minor offences. Advertisements offer low rate harvest excursions to multiple western and midwestern states and provinces with return validity twenty days from sale. Also included are moral maxims and medical patent remedy claims.
Nation's Solons Debate Silver and Appointments in Congress
The article reviews Senate and House actions on silver coinage repeal, a proposed counter to the Sherman law, and party caucuses. It lists nominations sent by the President to the Senate, officer appointments, and a Capitol anniversary committee. It also notes vacancies and a Senate vote on seating disputes and bond redemption proposals amid the ongoing silver debate.
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Congress
House
C. W. Stone
Pennsylvania
Dunizell
Covert
New York
Fitch
Hatch
Missouri
Senate
Chicago
Paston
Dem
Florida
Finance Committee
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Joshua E. Dodge
Wisconsin
W. M. Maury
G MM Hrumby
Louisiana
New Orleans
C. P. Johnston
Louisians
William D. O'Toole
Washington
Seattle
I. J. Wooten
Delaware
Nevada
Capitol
Voorhees
Sherman Ransom
Chandler
White
Squire
Martin
Cherokee Outlet
Committee On Public Lands
Territory
Oklahoma
Berry
Arkansas
Manderson
Rep
Nebraska
Reed
Bourke Cochran
Bland
Cochran
McMillin
Tennessee
Gear
Iowa
Wilson
Mantle
Montana
Allen
Committee On Finance
Cockrell
Treasury
Book in a Tree Trunk Finds Old Bible in Georgia
A Ware County man chopping a pine uncovered a hollow heart in the tree. Inside lay a leather bound book, an old testament or small bible, with faded pages. How it came to be there remains a mystery noted by the Atlanta Constitution as a second such Georgia tree find in recent months.
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Ware County
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Fiendish Child-Torture Ring Exposed in Croatia
The arrest reveals a cruel gang in Biskupitz that abducted children to force them into begging. Young victims were subjected to breakage and mutilation to ensure lifelong crippling. Police found two girls ages 12 to 14 on cots with broken legs and eye injuries, plus others in the cellar. instruments for deformity were seized. Also noted are brief items: Fourth National Bank of Louisville has resumed operations, denial of Miss Florence Pullman marriage to Prince Isenberg, and Sheriff A V Blyth of Miller County Arkansas facing a $616,000 shortage.
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Biskupitz
Croatia
Austria
Cota
Fourth National Bank
Louisville
Florence Pullman
Prince Isenberg
A. V. Blyth
Miller County
Ark
Military Ballooning In Paris Captures Five Balloons
The London St James Gazette reports experiments in military ballooning in Paris. Five balloons were launched from Esplanade des Invalides with pilots ordered to descend near Combs la Ville within an hour after surveying a twenty mile radius. Cyclists pursued balloons failing to cross the designated zone. Patriote captor Jacques Courty landed near Combs la Ville, Picq near the town, Compiegne at Reaux, with the remaining two captured within the zone.
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Paris
Esplanade Des Invalides
Combs la Ville
M. Jacques Courty
M. Picq
M. Compiegne
Reaux
London St. James
Overstocks of German Graduates Prompt Professors to Seek Help
German university graduates face unemployment as eminent professors including Poof, Von Gneist, Von Esmarch, Klam Roth, and Osthoff propose no universal circular. They ask to learn if foreign towns offer work for educated teachers, physicians, druggists, lawyers, ministers, and engineers. A central employment bureau may form to aid graduates abroad and ease the home market.
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Germany
Poof
von Gneist
von Esmarch
Klam- Roth
Osthoff
Aeven
Oime
Wealthy Chinaman Wah Chong Wins Family Case
Wah Chong a Seattle merchant valued at over a million dollars sought to leave property to his son born in America. The court ruled in the boy’s favor, noting Chinese children born here lack citizenship claims and property bequests to them are invalid under current law. Chong’s vast real estate holdings date from a time when a Chinese person could own land, a right now denied.
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Wah Chong
Seattle
Wash
China
New York Tribune
Patti's Fondness for Candy Delights a Diva At Dentists
The famed singer Patti, taught by Strakosch to many top vocalists, clashed with cooks and candymakers over her sugar habit. He warned against candy endangering her voice, yet Patti continued to eat cream dates and gumdrops until toothache finally cut her sweet indulgence short. Mrs. Roger Pryor recalled Patti’s Virginia debut and her extraordinary appetite for candy, noting the bite she took from the indulgence despite no apparent harm to her voice.
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Strakosch
Patti
Nikita
Roger Pryor
New York
Virginia
Mme
Ireland's snakes ban joked about in Life quip
The fragmentary quip recalls Irish superstition and Saint Patrick as joking reason for snakes’ absence. The brief exchange centers on whisky and a playful poke at Ireland’s snake myth.
Oil Turning Point Brings Hope to Struggling Man
A man facing continued struggles finds relief as a new oil strike eases financial pressures and offers a chance to regain stability. The remark hints at renewed optimism this season amid economic worries and the prospect of steady work.
Egg tester for lamp described in Fanciers' Review
Instructions describe making an egg tester from a pasteboard box seven by six by six inches with holes for a lamp chimney and an oval egg shaped opening. Cover the box in black cloth to block light, slip tester over chimney, place egg to be tested, and rotate to view the egg’s condition clearly.
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Randy Bigg
The Acropolis and Elgin Marbles Explained
The Acropolis in Athens is the citadel on the highest hill home to the Parthenon and other ruins. The Parthenon once boasted grand sculptures, many damaged over centuries by Turks, with Lord Elgin taking many marbles to England in 1816 for display in the British Museum.
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Acropolis
Athens
Parthenon
Lord Elgin
England
British Museum
It wouldn't have minded it if the court were cultured
A prisoner smiling sadly to the lady with a bouquet condemns a coarse West official as brutal for deeming him worthy of hanging. The Detroit Tribune quotes the exchange about judgment, culture, and fate in a grim courtroom moment.
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Detroit Tribune
Water cooler quest echoes in dialect poet talk
A tall gentleman recounts travels from Indiana to Connecticut and New Jersey while praising dialect poets. He remarks he has never heard such talk and asks where to find a water cooler, after a magazine he was reading is set aside. The Washington Evening News quotes the exchange with humor.
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Indiana
Connecticut
New Jersey
Washington Evening News
Telephonic Communication via Gas and Water Pipes
A writer in Electricity reports success establishing telephone links between houses in the same city using gas and water pipes as conductors with a small battery, instead of wires. The pipes’ insulation allowed effective signal transmission across several hundred feet, and the experiment was fully successful.
The Modern Beauty Embraces Healthful Living
A modern woman thrives on wholesome food and sunlit outdoor activity. Her healthy glow and bloom reflect her regimen. When cleansing is needed she chooses the gentle Byrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative remedy.
Giants Before the Flood Height Claims From Rabbinic Writers
Rabbinic sources claim the pre flood human race consisted of giants. Henrion claims Adam stood 123 feet 6 inches tall, Eve 118 feet 9 inches, and Noah 27 feet tall, with supporting details noted in the text.
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Henrion
Adam
Eve
Noah
Cheap excursions to the West offer low rate harvest trips
The North-Western Line announces low rate harvest excursions to Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah. Tickets go on sale August 22 September 12 and October 10 1893 with return validity twenty days from sale and stopovers on the outbound leg. For details contact ticket agents or W A Thrall G P and T Agent Chicago & North-Western Railway Chicago.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
North
South Dakota
Manitoba
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Arizonas
Wabash Railroad
West
Northwest
North-Western Line
North Dakota
W. A. Thrall
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Chicago
Busy People and Pushing Cabbage Proverb Ad
A humorous old clipping features a judge cartoon exchange about being busy and a quip that a pushing man gets ahead as does a cabbage. An ad touts Hatch Universal Cough Syrup for sore lungs priced at 5 cents.
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Hatch
Local Remedy Credited For Pneumonia Recovery
Albert Hartley of Hudson North Carolina fell ill with pneumonia just as his brother died from the disease. With a doctor unable to rally him he drank one bottle of Gere tan Syrup and recovered. Also mentioned is S B Gardiner and the use of Boschee’s German Syrup for lung diseases.
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Albert Hartley
Hudson, N. C
S. B. Gardiner
Boschee
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