The Health Scare and the Calming “Syrup of Figs”
An earnest pitch extols health through diet regularity and preventive remedies. It touts Og, eeifish man’s caution, warns against malnutrition, and recommends ostetter’s Stomach Bitters for fever chills and rheumatism. It proclaims Syrup of Figs as a popular, gentle laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co, sold by druggists in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siegh
Ostetter
Tropics
California Fig Syrup Co
August Flower: a cure for dyspepsia and stomach woes
An advertisement asserts August Flower treats dyspepsia and related stomach and liver complaints. It claims strong belief in its universal availability, a large manufacturing plant, and widespread sale in towns and country stores. The copy emphasizes that the product does one thing and does it right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josty
Wonders of the Age The White Horse and Dutch Windmill at World's Fair
Japanese commissioners display goods valued at $28,000 with porcelain vases silk items and facsimile fruit amid a vivid fair scene. The White Horse Inn rises near Jackson Park as the stage line terminal. a Holland windmill recalls De Bleekers cocoa fame and Dutch craft on display alongside Dickensian inn decor and rustic interiors.
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Chicago
Customs Office
Torasabure Tanjimote
Shhogenumi Meisan Yaber
Kjomonsa
Yous Haoka
Gwassaw
Yomejiro Yameathea
White Horse Inn
Jackson Park
Agriculture and Assembly Hall
Washington Rn
Dickens
Holland
de Bleekers
William McAdoo Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy
William McAdoo, born in Ireland in 1853 and raised in Jersey City, becomes Assistant Secretary of the Navy. A prominent Democratic legislator from New Jersey, he served in the Forty eighth through Forty ninth Congresses and on the Naval Committee, with a reputation as an energetic, capable leader and active Speaker pro tem during campaigns.
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William McAdoo
Navy
House
Randall
Democracy
Naval Committee
Virginia
Ireland
Jersey City
WM. Madco
Scudder
New Jersey
Isaac Pusey Gray Indiana Politician and Mission Appointee
Isaac Pusey Gray born 1828 in Donii ton Pennsylvania to Quaker parents. He grew up in New Madison Ohio, married Eliza Jaqua, studied law, and built a large practice. A Civil War captain, he entered politics as a Republican, later aligned with Democrats, serving in the Indiana State Senate and as Lieutenant Governor, then Governor, and finally as a Democratic candidate for Governor in 1884.
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Isaac Pusey Gray
Doniiton
New Madison
Ohio
Eliza Jaqua
Union City
Fourth Indiana Cavalry
Gray
Congress
George W. Julian
Senate
Grant
St. Ain
State Senate
Indiana
Greeley
St. Louie
Cleveland
Williams
Benjamin Harrison
French doctor promotes electro plated burial method
A French doctor proposes a patent process to preserve bodies by electro plating after embalming. The body is dipped in nitrate of silver to give a polished silver color, then undergoes copper plating on the face and is varnished to ensure lasting preservation for generations.
Cremation Society reports 1992 year with 104 cremations
The Council of the Cremation Society notes in its 1992 report that 104 bodies were cremated, many notable in art science or literature and ten from the medical profession. A new crematorium at Manchester is highlighted as a key year event.
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Council of the Cremation Society
Manchester
Our Wit and Humor from Odd Corners of Contemporaries
A collage of light sketches and jokes from Judge Texas Bilings and Puck. Two Irishmen praise a Columbian parade in New Haven while muttering about race and dates. A railway ticket office gag shows a stubborn traveler seeking “special rates” that do not exist.
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New Haven
America
Pat
Mike
Bate
Subterfuge and satire across the page
A collage of comic snippets and quips from late 19th or early 20th century newspapers. Jokes touch on labor, moon habitation, fashion, funerals, and playful wordplay, featuring figures like Uncle Ben Col Massey and Prof Snore with brief humorous exchanges.
From Gay to Grave in Comic Exchange
Miss Dolan-D ye moind the darg Jamie Reach gev me Mr Dolan Shure, he's purtiest darkin est bit av a pup. Jamie says he wor an Eyetalian grey. Dolan Dhrown him Puck. Indorsed at Mrs Bloobumper I’m glad you in dorsed what the minister said in his sermon. Bloobumper surprised Indorsed Certainly. Didn't I see you nodding all through it.
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Miss Dolan
Mr. Dolan
Jamie
Puck
Fragmentary dialogue from a floor shopper scene
Speech snippets describe a floor walker guiding Bride and husband to a smoke room for a check. Accompanying boys discuss a coal combine and a coat, with a rain related quip about trousers and Miss Lordly. The exchange is stylized and fragmented with period slang hints.
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Tirod
Inventor Turpin's Imprisonment Spurs Scientific Work
The French prisoner Turpin, released after twenty three months for revealing melonite, has authored three volumes on the Formation of Worlds and the Rotation of Planets and solved several astronomical problems. He also claims to have invented explosives and devised balloon dirigibility, urging public interest in his projects.
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M. Turpin
Meteorite Shatters John Brown Memorial Arm in Ossawatomie
A meteorite struck the memorial building and the John Brown statue in Ossawatomie Kansas smashing its left arm. The fragment passed through the dome floor and six feet of clay to bedrock before being recovered for expert analysis. Scientists report pellum a metallic solite not known on earth but detectable by solar spectroscopic study.
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Ossawatomie
Kan
John Brown
Earth
Apparition and Death in Harlem Case Draws Interest
A New York head waiter William Featherstone reports an apparition resembling his father, a gilder, at his Sixth Avenue home. The vision preceded his father’s murder with a razor and a bloody throat. Police opened the door to find the father dead, the scene described by Featherstone’s terror.
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New York
Society For Psychical Research
William Featherstone
Harlem
Featherstone
Sixth Avenue
Whisker Clash at Waldorf as Staff Defies Shaving Edict
Hackmen at the Waldorf Hotel in New York protest an Astor will requiring clean shaving of all workers. They form the Liberty Dawn Association to keep their jobs and mustaches, amid a lively debate likened to a Rooshan Zhar. Meanwhile U S corporation data show 899 new firms last week with capitalizations totaling about 110 million dollars across varied industries.
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Waldorf
W. W. Astor
New York
Mr. Astor
Liberty Dawn Association
Polk Remains to Be Moved to Capitol Grounds Tomb
A concurrent resolution directs a site in the southwest corner of the capitol grounds for the remains of ex-President and Mrs Polk. The tomb and remains will be moved to the capital grounds within weeks at the heirs of the Polks expense. Baroness Wilson has completed a second tour of the Americas and the United States after fifteen years travel as writer and observer. Her visits drew attention from the governments of the countries she visited.
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General Assembly
Capitol Grounds
Polk
Capital
Baroness Wilson
South America
Mexico
Central America
United States
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Looren
Happy Land
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Sable
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Nener Restorer
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Chattanooga Med. CO
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Snyder
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McVicker’s Theater
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Goodwin Clothing CO
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Ind
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Dushors
MT. Sterling, KY
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Durham
Blackwell
Bull Durham
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Durham Tobacco CO
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United States Corporation Bureau
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Salem
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