Fragmented musings on love and politics from late era letters
The article mingles anecdotes about a Oswego doctor who wrote 270 love letters then wed another, remarks on savings bank growth from 1870 to 1900, and critiques town upbringing. It also covers political figures Mark Hanna and Bryan, a Texas court verdict, Chamberlain cough remedy claims, Minnesota wheat outlook, and cautions on harvest risks.
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Oswego
Jupiter Period Predicted To Bring Extreme Heat This Summer
Rev. Srl R. Hicks of St. Louis foresees an unusually hot summer due to a Jupiter Saturn alignment and Venus period activity. He warns of localized storm bursts, gusty winds, dust, and possible floods despite overall dryness, with peak heat around late July.
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St. Louis
Srl R. Hicks
Jupiter
Saturn
A Poor Millionaire Lately Starved in London
A Poor Millionaire Lately starved in London because he could not digest his food. Early use of Dr. King's New Life Pills would have saved him. They strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, promote assimilation, improve appetite. Price 25c, Sold by Handy & Matthews.
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London
Dr. King
Handy & Matthews
Porto Rico Free Trade Debated In Republic Views
The piece argues that free trade between Porto Rico and the United States would remove a constitutional contradiction. It notes the Sugar Trust’s influence on tariffs, Harrison’s critique, and the impact on Porto Rican and Spanish trade, then shifts to archaeology in Flamborn near Mayence with 6000 year old burials and Charlemagne era Frankish tombs.
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McKinley
Porto Rico
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Sugar Trust
Spain
Republic
Flamborn
Mayence
Hessian Palatinate
Berlin
Rhine
Bingen
The
Palatinate
Virchow
Dr King’s New Discovery touted for consumption cure
The advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption has produced dramatic health gains in patients with consumption pneumonia hemorrhage pleurisy and bronchitis and praises its rapid relief for coughs colds asthma croup hay fever hoarseness and whooping cough. Handy Matthews sells it with a money back guarantee and offers trial bottles free with large bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Balloon crossing plans meet insurance doubt
European aeronauts plan an Atlantic balloon flight but face insurance hurdles. Andree remains missing as risks of airship travel hover. Summer illness and a family remedy anecdote from Lansing Iowa highlight Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a home standby, with drugstore availability noted.
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Atlantic
Hemisphere
Andree
Pacific
Moon
Mars
Chamberlain
Lansing
Iowa
Graham Drug Co
Same Old Story and New Legislation Notes
Henderson citizen J A Kelly praises Chamberlain's Cough Cold Remedy after dysentery. The article mentions Graham Drug Co. selling it. It also reports state laws tightening card playing to private homes, classifying slot machines with gambling tables, and amendments to local option liquor delivery rules defining sale points and C O D deliveries.
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J. A. Kelly
United States
Chamberlain
Mr. Kelley
Henderson
N. C
Graham Drug Co
Brownwood News
Troubles and Remedies Promised in Hartwell Minister’s Letter
Rev J T W Vernon of Hartwell Ga shares a personal cure for a leg sore using Electric In a Bucklen's Amica Salve and Electric Bitters claims to purify blood and heal eruptions boils eczema and tetter. The ad notes currency trends and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic offers more doses than Bitter Chill Tonic.
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J. T. W. Vernon
Hartwell
Handy & Matthews
Grove
Home Gold Cure promises cure for liquor habit at one dollar
An article extols the Home Gold Cure as a painless at home treatment for drunkenness, claiming it neutralizes poison in the body and cures the liquor habit with no nerves weakening. It advertises the program as discreet, effective, and available worldwide for one dollar with full directions and physician advice. It also mentions Col James Kilbourne and a literary mockery of baseball's ancient sins in a separate note.
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Edwin B. Giles & Co
Market St
Philadelphia
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic For Pale Children
A health tonic marketed for pale sickly children is advertised as a gentle remedy. The product promotes ease and vigor with claims of restoring energy and color through its formula and prescribed usage.
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Grove
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