Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription advertised for female ailments
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening and regulating the female system, especially pelvic organs, with claims of no alcohol or habit forming ingredients. It warns it cannot cure tumors but may prevent them, invites long standing sufferers to write for free advice, and offers a medical adviser book via stamps.
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Pierce
Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Faith with Works and the Bolivian Grass Cross
A Bolivia plateau tale notes the grass cross on native dwellings, said to be blessed by a priest to ward rain. An elderly man, firm in orthodoxy, confirms rain protection depends on a good roof.
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Bolivia
Charles M. Pepper
Panama
Patagonia
Klondike wagon roads credited to government enterprise
The New York Herald notes Yukon roads near Dawson total about 309 miles excluding the White Horse winter trail. Roads aid travel between Dawson and creeks, support heavy machinery, and boost economic activity while a railroad through part of the Klondike is planned, with Grand Forks reached and extension hoped.
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Klondike
Yukon Territory
Dawson
New York Herald
White Horse Trail
Grand Forks
Simple home remedy for rheumatism and kidney trouble
A homemade mixture claims to relieve rheumatism and kidney problems by helping kidneys filter uric acid from the blood. The recipe uses Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with dosing after meals and at night, advertised as harmless but not curative.
Short speeches spark a lawyer banquet quip
W Bourke Cockran at a New York lawyers banquet mocks long speeches. He tells a fable about a lawyer pleading for adjournment after listening to a prior address, and a judge urging the next case. The anecdote highlights exhaustion from listening to colleagues.
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W. Bourke Cockran
New York
Jong
Mr. Cockran
Sound back for 87 year old garden worker thanks kidney pills
Robert Scollan an 87 year old gardener at 55 Garden Street credits Dean's Kidney Pills for restoring his back and kidneys after a kidney trouble and lumbago. His daughter Mme Goethlous says the treatment cured him and she keeps pills on hand. 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Robert Scollan
Garden Street
Sepoca Falla
Dean
Mre. Goethlous
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Self Inking Dating Stamp Postage Offer Declined
A malformed request references a self inking dating stamp for 78 conte and provides an unclear address in Fort Wayne. The text also mentions a Venezuelan cow tree with sap resembling milk, though the sentence lacks coherent context or verifiable details.
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Fort Wayne
Venezuela
The Week in History From Lincoln to Calabrian Quakes
A collage of historical milestones and calamities: Stephen defeated at Lincoln. Edward III crowned. Mortimer's Cross victory. Charles I beheaded. Cowan's Ford battle. Calabria earthquake. Prosperine wreck. Down Den survivors rescued. Great Eastern launched. Napoleon’s marriage. U.S. Confederate moves. Danube flood. Prussia in Schleswig. abolition of slavery. Surrey theater fire. telegraph nationalization. numerous court rulings, fires, and political shifts. imperial and domestic milestones mark a sweeping historical panorama.
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Stephen
Lincoln
Edward III
England
Mortimer's Cross
Charles I
Cowan's Ford
Calabria
Elbe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Loreland
Bell Rock
Scotland
Robert Stephenson
Napoleon
la Robbiere
Lord Melville
Boadicea
Whinsale
Hogan
Caroline
Holmfirth
Down den
Savannah
Great Eastern
Napoleon Bonaparte
Clotilde
Sardinia
Zulbaga
Mexico
Elm Street
New York
Provisional Congress
Montgomery
Confederate States of America
Danube
Schleswig
United States
Surrey Theater
London
Coomassie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Great Britain
Sixth National Bank of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Harrison
Brazil
Portugal
Carlyle W. Warris
Helen Potts
Supreme Court
James E. Boyd
Nebraska
Hawaii
Zante
House of Representatives
Vaillant
China
Guam
William KE
Goebel
Kentucky
Washington
Henry KE. Youtsey
War Department
Queen Victoria
William Ff. Taft
Firhu’ Root
Peruna Heralded As Effective Grippe Remedy
Letters from readers across the United States and Canada praise Peruna for la grippe and nasal catarrh, claiming rapid relief and restored health. Testimonials include notes from Robi Madison of Cullowhee High School in North Carolina and Mrs. Jennie Gilmore of White Oak, Indiana, among others.
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Robi. L. Madison, A. M
Cullowhee High School
Painter
N. C
Jennie W. Gilmore
White Oak
Ind
Ter
Jane Gift
Athens
Ohio
Victor Patneaude
Topeka
Kan
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Dodds
Edita
Ottawa
Canada
W. D. Scott
W. H. Rogers
Traction-Terminal
Indianapolis
H. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Bireet
Gyer
Myer
Price
Boe
the Weekly Historian
Eliot
Harvard
Boston
la Grippe
Mr. T. Barnecott
West Aylmer
Ontario
Can
Mia
Chas
E. Wells, Sr
Delana Ohio
O11 Paint & Varnish Co
Betline
Somes
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