Well Being Promised by Dr Pierce’s Prescriptions
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures for uterine disorders and general weakness. It cites a Buffalo Neb. testimonial claiming restoration of health after two years of illness and seeks orders for a 168 page women’s health book mailed for 1 cent in stamps.
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Elm Creek
Buffalo Co
J. Pierce
Pierce
Mas
Ulrich
Worin
Senate and House in session discuss key measures
The Senate and House debated currency and income tax plans, examined probes into officials, and approved several bills. Key actions included reform proposals, Hawaiian Cable station lease talks, and committee investigations into corruption while minor measures moved through both chambers.
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Nationa Soions
Senate
Ransom
Mitchell
Turpie
House
Genral Poat
Galesburg
Til
Ricks
J. Ritchie
House Democrats
Carlisle
Morton
Sibley
Messig
Palmer
Gray
House Committee On Rules
Jacob S. Coxey
Ways and Means
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Quay
Congress
Great Britain
Post Office
Tight money quips and regional political hints
A traveled man recalls a humorous usage of the word tight at a crowded hotel party and mispronounced English. The Atlanta Constitution comments that “things are getting lively in this region” with humorous vignettes about church organ costs, a farmers’ Alliance, a freight train breach claim, and a breach of promise suit involving seven aged widows, signaling regional growth and business tension.
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Boston Transcript
Atlanta Constitution
Farmers' Alliance
Ailing Women Message From Mrs. Street
A San Francisco reader extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a miracle for womb troubles after doctors failed. She urges women to write for relief, claiming twenty years of unparalleled success and urging action now.
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Inkham
Jennie Street
San Francisco
Cal
Lydia E. Pinkham
Multiple 1900s crimes flood a single brief item
A condensed wire service item lists several incidents across cities: masked burglars loot a Belmont brewery safe securing 200 dollars. August Trumpler and wife die from coal gas in Baltimore. John F. Stevens named chief engineer for the Great Northern Railroad. Leavenworth watchman Jesse Morrison attacked while intoxicated. brewers in Cincinnati Covington and Newport protest beer tax hikes. J A Williamson, West Virginia leader, dies by suicide over finances. Mrs Sarah Aldred shoots I T Leahy in Cleveland. Frank Harrold shoots John Brace near Hennessey. ex-wife Buddy Wooden and George Mappe executed in Chattanooga for murder. George McGee sentenced to death in Frankfort for murder. William Dearborn Bell of Chicago among Johns Hopkins scholars receiving a 200-a-year Hopkins scholarship.
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Belmont
Martins Ferry
Ohio
August Trumpler
Baltimore
John F. Stevens
Great Northern Railroad
Jesse Morrison
Leavenworth
Kane
Cincinnati
Covington
Newport
J. A. Williamson
West Virginia
Mra
Sarah Aldred
I. T. Leahy
Cleveland
Hennessey
Frank Harrold
John Brace
Zora
Tallest Building Debate Based on City Hall Costs
The Albany Capitol project is costly and unfinished while Philadelphia City Hall nears completion. The American Title and Register Journal notes Philadelphia will soon be the continent’s tallest building aside from the Washington Monument. A large bronze statue of William Penn tops the tower, rising about 50 feet above street level.
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Capitol
Albany
Amrican Title and Register Journal
Philadelphia City Hall
New York State
Ciiefy
Philadelphia
Washington Monument
William Penn
Anachron A peripatetic phono graph exhibitor in Bolland
A traveling phono graph dealer in Bolland draws crowds in the streets of Trecht with listening selections. A sudden halt interrupts the music when a loud voice proclaims Halt in Napoleonic fashion, prompting curious questions from onlookers about the voice and its source.
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Bolland
Trecht
Napoleon Bonaparte
Battle of
Waterloo
London Daily News
Salzer Seeds Offer Promises Quick Gardens
An old time advertisement touts Salter's Northern Grown Seeds claiming rapid harvests from radishes to cabbage and promises free seed packs and a seed catalogue for a dollar money order to John A. Salzer Seed Company in LaCrosse Wisconsin. The copy also lightly moralizes and hints at personal habits.
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Salter
John A. Salzer Seed Company
LaCrosse
Wis
Paris
Are You Car Sick When Traveling
A garbled note discusses car sickness and remedies as common traveler issues. It mentions the idea of carrying a remedy box and an umbrella for rain or shine, though the text is unclear and fragmented in places. The tone evokes practical travel advice from a historical source.
Witch wary linden trees and fake cures in old ads
In Germany and Hungary magic ties with the lime tree shield homes from witches. An ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a true internal remedy while deriding a rival quack product. It promises testimonials and claims tobacco-like tonics purify blood and affect mucous surfaces.
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Germany
Hungary
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CQ
Props
Toledo
Prive Ihe
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