Doctor Advocated Peruna Claims to Cure Female Weakness
An advertisement extols Peruna and Dr. Hartman of Columbus Ohio as remedies for catarrh and pelvic female diseases. Testimonials from Eva Bartho and Maud Steinbach claim avoidance of surgery and recovery after Peruna use. The copy urges women to describe symptoms for free treatment directions and medical guidance.
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Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Eva Bartho
Hastrath Street
N.Y
N. Y
Peruna
Maud Steinbach
12Th Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Pernna
Baby Humours and Crowned Cures Promoted by Cuticura Ads
A collage of vintage notices touts Cuticura treatments for infant skin troubles including soap ointment and resolvent, claiming relief and cure for disfiguring conditions. The piece also covers Newfoundland wreckers, a playful fashion note, a 5 cent cigar praise, and Emperor William quotes illustrating self view and authority.
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Depaterion
Charterhoura
Columbus Ave
Shem,. Corp
Insist on Getting It Defiance Starch Offered
Flame grocers say they do not stock De- Hance Starch for sale as they carry other 12 oz brands. They note 14 02 price for the same money and ask if buyers want 16.02 instead. The ad urges choosing Defiance Starch which requires no cooking.
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Flame
Defiance Sterch
Low Rates to Boston and Return In June and July
Travel advertisement notes low round trip fares to Boston with departures in June and July via Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. Tickets sold June 26 27 28 with return by August 1 and extended July 1 2 3 4 6 with return by September 1. Stopovers allowed at Niagara Falls Chautauqua and New York. Information at City Ticket Office 180 Clark Street or C Daly Chicago.
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Niagara Falls
Chautauqua
New York
City Ticket
Clark Street
C. F. Daly
Chicago
Trade mark fragment hints at kitchen stove claims
Fragmentary OCR text references a trade mark promising smokeless stoves and easier cooking. It includes phrases about comfort, blaming others, and a starch product noting clothes staying white. Contains garbled capitalization and incomplete product names.
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Klean
Old-Time Cookery as Taught 250 Years Ago
A Chicago reader cites a 1688 cookery book Murrells Two Books of Cookerie and Carving. It provides archaic methods for red deer pie, fritters, blancht manchet fried pudding, and a gilded pippin jelly, tracing early modern transitions toward Blancmange and complex kitchen craft.
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Chicago
Murrell
John Marriot
Saint Dunstan's Church-yard
Fleet Street
Red Deere
Two Editors Over Ninety Five Years in Cooperstown Journal
Samuel M. Shaw plans retirement from the Cooperstown Freeman's Journal after a 52 year editorship, following John H. Prentiss who led the paper 43 years. Shaw's career spanned seven decades of Democratic politics with campaigns from 1848 onward, shaping local and national coverage at Otsego Lake's famed journal.
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Journal
Samuel M. Shaw
Cooperstown Freeman’s Journal
Dom
John H. Prentiss
Shaw
Cooperstown
J. Fenimore Cooper
Congress
Poughkeepsie
Albany Argus
Freeman's Journal
Marcy
Seymour
Tilden
Corning
Bia
End of a Brillant and Well Born Virginian
A wealthily connected Virginian, Hardy, was found dead in a Washington Heights room. His decomposed body was identified by a vest pocket letter. he had been missing from Norfolk and Baltimore links. Judge Mayo traced the body and had it interred in Norfolk. Hardy, a cultured epicure, died of starvation in a small rented room.
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Washington Wights
One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Street
Tip
New York
Hardy
W. J. Hardy
Our
John B. Mayo
Potter’s Field
Harts Island
Norfolk
Baltimore
United States Army
Arthur MacArthur
Department of the Pacific
Bon Vivant
Epicure
Hights
Potters’ Field
Montenegrins slay Turkish party at Monaco in late war
During the Russo Turkish conflict Mehmet Ali Pasha’s forces halted at Monaco and aimed to destroy a monastery. Montenegrins, hidden as garrison, ambushed Turkish detachments entering the courtyard, beheading all, then repelled a second group. A pursuing brigade later struck, adding to the slaughter.
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Russia
Turkey
Mehmet Ali Pasha
Ostrog
Monaco
Mehmet
No Room for Improvement Inventions Quip
A humorous exchange quotes a great inventor declaring one labor must always be done by hand pocket picking given as a ghoulish retort. The reporter notes the quirky remark highlighting a macabre joke about theft as a punchline.
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Erin
Fragmentary note on street scene and voices
A garbled line fragment mentions a man and street activity with unclear names and places. Original text is largely unreadable, offering little concrete detail beyond a vague urban setting.
Doan's Kidney Pills Ease Urinary and Pain Symptoms
A historical health brief notes that aching backs, hip and joint pains, and swelling are relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills. It claims removal of urinary calculi and gravel, with high colored urine, pain during urination, dribbling, frequency, and bedwetting improved.
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Doan
Wabash Railroad Announces Northern Route Fares and Stops
The Wabash Railroad advertises low round trip fares from Chicago to Boston and Detroit and other cities with dates in June and July. Tickets between Chicago and Buffalo valid both directions with steamship connections via Detroit. Stopovers at Niagara Falls allowed. Collateral contact: LEARRY EB MOORES GA P D Omaha Neb.
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Chicago
Boston
Mass
Awatoga
N.Y
Detroit
Mich
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Beliefs on life and reputation from 1900 era notes
An assortment of quotations and reminiscences comment on happiness, gossip, and disease cures. The piece mentions Mrs Thos Robelna of Maple Street Norwich, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and Dr John H Musser's rise as American Medical Association president and Philadelphia physician with a lineage of doctors.
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Tam Sure Piso
Thos. Robelna
Maple Street
Norwich
John H. Musser
American Medical Association
New Orleans
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Musser
Tie Preservers on Cara Railway Ties
Tie preserving plants relocate to the railway yard for tie delivery. In retorts, 600 ties are halved and sap is pressed out, replaced by a salt solution.
Fragmentary 19th Century Advertisement Text
Brief OCR fragment shows scattered phrases about housekeepers defiance cold water starch and various garbled words. The readable elements are insufficient to identify a person, place, date, or product with clarity.
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Bacauag
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