Dakota Wives Make Way for Ten Thousand Husbands
Col. Conan, once a Confederate leader now a Dakota journalist, claims the territory can host ten thousand husbands within ninety days. He cites marriageable women counts in Fargo and Deadwood, notes Dakota women are legally equal to men, and discusses statehood barriers raised by sectional interests in Washington.
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Dakota
Fargo
Deadwood
East
Montana
Col. Conan
Maj. Edwards
H. JC. Plumley
The
Argus
Stanley Huntley
May Edwards
Col
Conan
Sea gull at sea delays burial on Republic voyage
On the steamer Republic four days from Queenstown Miss T Hand died soon after the ship's doctor was called. Miss M Ward urged the body be brought to New York for burial. A metallic casket was placed on deck and a sea gull perched on it, staying aboard until the ship reached port. The bird was kept as a pet.
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Republic
Queenstown
T. Hand
East Thirty-fourth Street
M. Ward
New York
Fordham Herald
Red Star Cough Sore Throat Relief Endorsed
Mrs W E Chamberlain wife of W E Chamberlain principal of the celebrated Pacific Business College San Francisco writes from personal experience she can heartily recommend Red Star Coughs to any one troubled with cough cold or sore throat It gave her relief at once.
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W. E. Chamberlain
Pacific Business Colere
San Francisco
Cal
Simple test for fats uses sulphuric acid says professor
Professor Taylor of the Department of Agriculture notes the pure batter can be tested by a few drops of sulphuric acid turning whitish yellow then brick red in ten minutes. Oleomargarine treated likewise shifts to amber then deep crimson. Use a glass rod to mix the acid with the batter.
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Taylor
Department of Agriculture
Rough on Coughs Troches and Liquid Ad Brief
An advertisement urges readers to ask for Rough on Coughs for coughs colds sore throat hoarseness and troches liquid. A pressed paper chimney about fifty feet high has been built for a Breslau manufactory.
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Breslau
A Railroader Speaks on Blood Disease Remedy
A railroad worker reports his wife suffered from a blood disorder for years. After using B. B. B. she quickly improved and fully recovered, with the writer endorsing the remedy for all blood diseases. From AWania, Ontario.
No Physic in Mine A Jersey boarding school tale
A Jersey boys school story recalls the clever pupil who refuses the physic in the apple sauce and cites his father’s orders to use Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets. The piece touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills as a cure for sick headache drowsiness nausea dizziness and constipation. One pill equals a dose and a forty pill vial costs 25 cents.
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Jersey
Dr. Pierce
Carter
Bad custom compared to a cake broken rather than kept
A compact proverb likening a bad custom to a cake that is better broken than retained, suggesting that breaking away from a faulty tradition is preferable to preserving it.
Rough on Pain advert and medical quackery lines
An advertising fragment touts Rough on Pain liquid plaster and remedies for rheumatism sprains headaches and cramps. It references Prickly Ash Dittters and warns neglecting to feed a water column could be serious and costly, urging readers to consider the product benefits.
Rivalry’s Incentive Undermines Personal Ambition
The speaker argues that rivalry acts as a powerful motivator but also dampens individual aspirations each time. The line emphasizes the pervasive tension between competitive drive and self goals.
Pike’s Toothache Drops Aid Reflection for Ladies
An old ad copy extols Pike’s Toothache Drops as a cure-all. It claims quick relief for toothache and humorously brands the product as the “young ladies’ best friend” via a witty jab at cosmetic effects. It links German Corn Remover to corn and bunion relief and touts a mirror as proof of added appeal.
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Lynn
Maas
Women would vote for patent medicines and tonics
An 1880s era collage of medical patent remedies and quack claims praises women’s voting rights while extolling products such as Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Kidney-Wort Morley’s Ague Tonic and various tonics and cures. The item lists doctors druggists and Manufacturers with promotional claims and testimonials across ailments from liver and kidneys to malaria and skin disease.
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Louis Bagger & Co
Washington, D.C
Esi
Wells, Richardson &c
Burlington, VI
Morley
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USA
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EET Cvy
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Walter A. Taylor
Atlanta
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Kent
Smith
Bull
Main St
Louisville, KY
Caswer, Hazard & Co
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Mexican Medicines Company
St. Louis
Fetter
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Pioneer Press
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Oasis
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Montala
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Wabash Avenue
Chicago
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ST. Louis, MO
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Standard Silverware Co
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