Book of the Fair and August Magazines Spotlighted
Bancroft Company in Chicago previews The Book of the Fair edited by Herbert Howe Bancroft a 1000 page folio with 4000 illustrations issued in 25 parts at $1 each The August Eclectic features essays by Davies Jones Balman Waugh Courthope and others plus foreign literary notes The August Review of Reviews urges repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act with comments from twelve economists The American Soldier for August touts Civil War veteran coverage with portraits and a yearly plan of 12 portraits The Times notes criticisms of Gov Altgeld and Mayor Harrison The Little Early Risers liver pills are praised by J E Wrights and Chicago Times criticism continues
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Herbert Howe Bancroft
J. Llewelyn Davies
Henry Arthur Jones
G. W. Balman
M. A. Bsc
Arthur Waugh
G. H. Page
W. J. Courthope
R.G. M Browne
Cronstadt
Peterhof
Mason Inglis
Prince Bismark
Geo. W. Smalley
James Byrce
M. P
Evelyn March Phillips
William Makepeace Thackeray
Francis St. John Thackeray
Professor Harnack
Hey H.R Hawein
Archdeacon Farrar
D. D
Washington
Goldwin Smith
Florentine Fanctes
Mary Megreponte
Congress
Silvers
Francis A Walker
Massachusett Institute of Technology
William W Folwell
University of Minnesota
F W Taussig
Harvard University
James H. Canfield
University of Nebraska
Seligman
Richmond Mayo Smith
Columbia College
New York
Henry C Adams
Michigan University
Sidney Sherwood
Johns Hopkins University
Chancelor Kogera
Northwestern University
J. Macy
Iowa
Ollege
John K. Commons
Indiana State University
Dean Judson
Chicago University
Cleveland
Hoke Smith
Veteran Hunting Administration
Col
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Benjamino B. Davenport
Gen. A. 8. Grant
Lincoln
The
Nation Publishing Company
Mail and Express
X13
Broadway
Newark
Man Reunited With Brother After Abduction Twenty Nine Years Ago
William Brennen of Butler Illinois visits his brother Charles and confirms his identity after a long search. Abducted as an infant from Alton Illinois by John Ostrander, he lived with several families before learning of his heritage. DNA-like resemblance and contact with Ostrander family verify his line, and he plans further contact with Alton relatives. The narrative ends with notes on railway updates and a local labor shortage affecting harvests in McDonough county.
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William Brennen
Butler, Ill
Charles
William
Alton
John Ostrander
Mattoon
Til
Ostrander
Ostranders
Humboldt
Kan
Seward
Butler, Lil
John Outlander
Sewards
Steers
Antil
Kansas
Great Rock Island Route World Fair Tickets Advise
John Sebastian promotes the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific World's Fair Line offering tickets to Englewood near the fair gate. Electric line from Rock Island depot to the gate, ten minutes, five cent fare, baggage check to Englewood, suburban hotel district access. Reform in Turkey allows women teachers and orders normal schools nationwide.
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Englewood
Rock Island
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
John Sebastian
Gen
Remedy Helps Baby With Cholera Infantum Claim
In Pointsville New Jersey a fourteen month old boy recovered after using Chamberlain's Colio Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy following cholera infantum symptoms. The notice also mentions banks requiring ninety days notice to withdraw deposits and promotes Clarke's Rock Candy Cordial.
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Pointsville
Burlington, Co
N. J
Chamberlain
Perfection and musings in a mixed era of remedies and pensions
A collage of odds and ends notes cures for sores and skin diseases with DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and pennyroyal lore, paired with a sober look at 1892 steel plate industries’ collapse and mass pension reexaminations under the Interior Department, warning of disrupted notices and potential pension cuts.
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DeWitt
J OR. Wright
Bicycle riders rights and road signals in a 19th century note
A correspondent discusses fault in a bicycle related incident on a road. The rider had as much right to the road as others and cannot be held responsible for damages caused by a frightened horse. The piece praises courteous signaling by cyclists and notes riders should signal when approaching horses or pedestrians to avoid accidents.
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Aneserm Peper
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