Syrup of Figs Promotes Health and Easy Relief
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving comfort and well being. It claims to cleanse kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them, cures constipation, and dispels colds headaches and fevers. Sold by druggists in 50c and $1 bottles, manufactured by California Fig Syrup Co.
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California
B. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
August Flower Healed Dyspepsia After Five Months
J. D. Cox of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, reports five months of dyspepsia with fullness after meals and heaviness. After two weeks using August Flower while employed by Thomas McHenry, Druggist, he recovered, regained appetite, and gained twenty pounds.
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Thomas McHenry
Allegheny City
J. D. Cox
Allegheny, Pa
The Common Lot
A reflective verse fragment reflecting on death and the inevitability of dying in time. The speaker notes friends passing away and contemplates becoming the dead, with imagined final reactions from loved ones as sorrow turns to coping. Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Price of a Soul in a Wealthy Match
An aging moneylender, Mr. Lester, tests Arthur Drayton’s love for Juliet Lester. He demands wealth protection and a ruthless, transformed character, promising marriage only if the suitor undergoes an “apprenticeship” to become a steadfast guardian of Juliet’s fortune within a year.
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Juliet
Monsieur
Arthur Drayton
Male Ace
Mr. Lester
Goose
Juliet Lester
Simon Lester
Julie
Jacob
Rebecca
Moneylender’s trap reshapes a hopeful suitor’s life
A tale follows Arthur Drayton who agrees to a test of wealth to win Juliet Lester. He becomes a money-making automaton under Simon Lester’s tutelage, planning the wedding while the miser’s grip drives him toward murder and tragedy.
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Simon
Arthur Drayton
Sound waves around the world eight thousand three hundred thirty three voices
A discussion on how many voices or a gigantic cannon would be needed to send sound around the globe. It explains that eight thousand three hundred thirty three powerful lungs could circumnavigate a message, referencing Brewer and a parson, with other notes on sound and explosives.
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Brewer
Stentor
Testimonial for Hathaway Co. liver cure from Sioux City resident
Mrs. William Stanage of Sioux City testifies that after poor health from liver disease and other troubles she consulted Dr. Hathaway Co. She lost weight, then gained it back, and is now reportedly cured and in good health. The ad promises universal cures, no poisons, worldwide treatment, and forms for men women and skin diseases with an San Antonio address.
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William Stanage
Sioux City
Owa
Sioux
Hgadig
Dr. Hathaway & Co
Stanagy
Iowa
United States
Commerce
San Antonio
Tex
The Length of Engagement
The piece argues for a year long engagement to allow couples to learn each other’s tastes and temper and to prepare a home. It rejects both very short and very long engagements and supports a practical middle ground for lasting happiness.
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Trousseau
Curiosities and oddities flood a city news stand tale
A Minneapolis news stand reports a three foot boa constrictor from South America among banana cargo. The serpent fed after five weeks, squeezing and swallowing a mouse. Other quirky notes describe elbow misalignment in Siamese culture, a turtle head catching a chicken, a weasel attack on bantams, and a Philadelphia widow double claim over a slain man’s body and life insurance.
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Minneapolis
South America
Minnesota
Poisoning Ring in Ancient Rome Sparks Panic
In 381 B C a panic swept Rome as husbands vanished and a secret society of women formed to rid themselves of undesired spouses. They feigned religious rites to plot poison, targeting husbands. a slave betrayed them and 170 were accused, convicted, and executed, marking Rome’s first known poisoning cases.
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Rome
Origins of common measurement units
The foot derives from the length of a full grown man’s foot. Some say it traces to an English king’s foot, others to ancient Egyptian standards. The cubit comes from Latin cubitus meaning elbow, the span from elbow to middle finger tip. A fathom stems from Aryan fat meaning to extend, indicating the distance fingertips to fingertips with arms fully stretched.
Highest Bridge Kinzau Viaduct Over Bradford Oil Fields
The Kinzau Creek viaduct, on a NY and Lake Erie branch through Bradford oil regions into Elke county coalfields, rises 301 feet above the stream with 2052 feet of single track. Built in 1882, it cost $275,000 and carries 3,500,000 pounds of iron work high above 2065 feet sea level.
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America
Kinzau Creek
New York and Lake Erie Railroad
Bradford Oil Regions
Elke County
Limpet Shellfish Adaptations Cling to Surfaces
Limpets form a diverse world wide group of shellfish that cling to rocks by suction to avoid predators. Some species live on marine grass leaves with parallel sides that match the leaf surface.
Ancient trees reach ages of millennia in distant lands
The late dragon tree of Orotava is estimated at 6000 years old, surpassing the Domesday oaks Soma cypresses Herdsor yew 3300 years and Senegal’s Alphonse Karr baobabs. Balfour cites De Candolle ages: cypress 350 years oak 150 yew 2820 and likely baobab same as yew.
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Orotava
Alphonse Karr
Senegal
Balfour
de Candolle
Malaria and Its Aftermath Warned by B Bottle Health Claim
A discussion on malaria describes its periodic nature and wide range of bodily ailments it causes. Preventive measures and standard treatments often fail to stop recurrence as the disease remains in the blood. The piece links nervous, heart, and kidney issues to malaria and touts Hoatetter's Stomach as a curative aid.
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Anh
Hoatetter
Katy Vestibuled Flyer Promises Fast Texas to Chicago Service
The Katy Vestibuled Flyer is a new nonstop route from Houston through Texas Indian Territory Kansas and Central Missouri to Chicago. It features latest coaches reclining chair cars and Wagner Buffet Palace Sleepers lighted by Pintsch gas. Demand already exceeds capacity and extensions are planned.
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Texas
Chicago
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Houston
Indian Territory
Kansas
Missouri
Debt figures and odd health ads blend in a late 19th century column
The piece cites state debt burdens and interest totals for U S states, contrasts with a huge Santa Fe railroad interest load, then shifts to a string of sensationalized health and patent medicine pitches offering cocoa oil beauty emollients and tonics. It closes with quips and testimonial snippets.
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