Recovery From Landry's Paralysis Reported by Dallimore
A Philadelphia man recounts illness beginning in New York in March and April, diagnosed as Landry's Paralysis. After near death, he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, taken from April 28 to July, with restoring movement and leading to full recovery by October. An affadavit confirms the tale. The Pills are sold nationwide.
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Landry
Times
Philadelphia
O. B. Dallimore
N. J
Mr. Dallimore
London
York City
Mr. Gondy
Niagara
Ontario
New York
Aoe Eens
Amos C. Rathbun
Illiams
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Cited for Consumption Cure
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption, claiming it purifies and enriches the blood, builds wasting tissues, and restores health. It asserts a 98 percent cure rate when used early and notes effects on the stomach bowels liver and kidneys.
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Valle
Shea
Pierce
Golden
Pure Fig Syrup Ad Claims Health and Beauty Benefits
An old advertisement extolls a laxative claiming tenth comfort and personal enjoyment. It touts the product as a pure liquid laxative aiding the Kidneys Liver and Bowels without objectionable ingredients and sells as $1 bottles by the California Fig Syrup Co. The copy urges readers to accept Fayrup of Figs and avoid substitutes.
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California
Fayrup
Women of New York less rear crime than men in felonies
Police reports show 1,681 arrests for felonies last quarter in New York, 92 women and 1,589 men. Of the women, more than half faced larceny charges. arson tops the felony list, with few women involved in embezzlement or bigamy, and no arrests for false pretenses.
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Police Department
New York
The Utility of Flattery and a Smooth Mark
A con artist named Raggles flatters a wary man who predicts the scam yet falls for it. The man gives a quarter, admitting flattery pays and costs little. Raggles plans to alert his partner Dusty to target the next mark.
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Dusty
Hypnotic Plea Leads to Prison Term for Burglary
A burglar claimed hypnosis made him act unconsciously and pleaded for lesser punishment. A judge, granting full law and hypnotic mercy, sentenced him to ten years with an option to be hypnotized to endure the term. The judge noted the same power could compel suffering imprisonment unseen. Separately, Fulham servants report morning window raps with a long pole at the Bishop's palace.
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Bishop's Palace
Fulham
England
Purported English Traveler Meets Polite Farmer on Hill
A traveler in England declines a farmer’s offer to share a seat in a market-cart drawn by a pony. The farmer, with his daughter and two beer barrels, explains his politeness comes from meeting many gents on the hills and being used to it.
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England
In a Better World Horse Dies Joyful Memory Restored
A children’s favorite horse named Jim dies and is remembered with gentle words. Little John reacts with initial sadness, then smiles and says the horse is happy in heaven galloping with angels. The note reflects comforting language for a young audience about loss.
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John
Old Jim
Rper
No-To-Bac Book Promises Cure for Tobacco Habit
Truthful booklet from Sterling Remedy Co promotes No-To-Bac as a harmless guaranteed tobacco habit cure. Claims to strengthen nerves, erase nicotine sickness, and restore vigor with no risk. book free with purchase guaranteed or money refunded.
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Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
Sacrifice the First Choice in Band Dreams
George works winter to win a cornet seat in a new brass band. On a shadowed walk his fiancée persuades against the cornet, fearing the lips will grow stiff and hard. He resolves not to take the coveted cornet role.
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George
Lesson from the Frog on Timing and Speech
A philosopher cautions that timing matters more than words. The festive frog if announcing winter in spring would be driven away, a croaker rejected for poor timing.
Wabash Rail Adds Denver Trip Deal for N.E.A. Meeting
For the National Educational Association meeting the Wabash Railroad offers a round trip fare plus $2 for membership. Full details on trains rates and routes are available from any Wabash representative or C. S. Crane General Passenger and Ticket Agent in St. Louis Missouri.
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Wabash Railroad
Denver
Wabash R. R
CRANE
Gen’l Pass. & Tkt. Agt
St. Louis
Hood's Sarsaparilla Endorsed as Blood Purifier
The ad urges cleansing the blood for skin eruptions and sluggish veins and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla is the only medicine to use. It promotes Hood's as the world’s most prominent blood purifier and best option for health.
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Hood
January 8 Legal Holiday Noted in Louisiana
A historical remark marks January 8 as the anniversary of the defeat of General Pakenham’s British army before New Orleans and notes Louisiana observes it as a legal holiday. An endorsement for Piso's Cure for Consumption appears from Fort Howard Wisconsin dated May 4, 1844, and a remark on outspoken men follows.
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Pakenham
New Orleans
Louisiana
Box of Ripane Tabules Promises Better Digestion
The note touts Ripane Tabules as the remedy for sluggish digestion improving sleep energy and earnings. Mentions druggists as sellers and hints at broad promotional tones. References Mexico City and a certificate plan with rates offered by Nickel Plate Road agents in Massachusetts and Hartford to a Southern Baptist association.
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Prineie
Mass
Hartford
Donkeys Avoid Water and Rail Excursions to Michigan
Report notes donkeys’ aversion to running water and streams while details announce Nickel Plate road excursion to Michigan on May 7 offering a single fare to designated points. Includes a call for particulars from the land seekers excursion.
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Michigan
Nickel Plate Road
Too Much for the Greyhound at Bull Run Dinner
A veteran recalls a Bull Run march where a comrade mourns a lost greyhound that accompanied soldiers into battle. The dog survived the fight but strayed while returning, leaving the narrator in gloom at the Federal capital.
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Bull Run
Long Bridge
Guard Duty a Sinecure
A Pall Mall Gazette remark notes a member of parliament saying I am the guardian of my own honor after an attack and a counter retort claims the honorable gentleman opposed sinecures on the house floor.
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Pallh Mall Gazette
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Victor Augo
Lamartine
Walter Scott
Women and Crime
U.S
National Educational Association Meeting
Colo
E. D. Townsend
Ft. Howard, Wis
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Mexili
Ilisnote Centragi
Mat Manchester
Pease
Sapolio
Scott
Scott & Bowne
MW. Y
Walter Baker
Gotes
Minaiar
Dens
Meen
Gina “Wilting
Aay Yan
Ae Dee
Oink’ Oe
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