Wonderful Endurance in Montana Bear Attack
Hannibal Roe of Little Prickly Pear vicinity survived a brutal bear attack near Wolf Creek station. The she bear repeatedly wounded him with her teeth and claws as he feigned death, then fled when a cub cried. Roe crawled a mile to neighbors, endured many stitches and now recovers at Sisters Hospital in Helena after a forty mile journey via spring wagon. A separate note recalls a Philadelphia Ledger tale of a Whitehall Township wife’s jaw dislocation from scolding, treated by a surgeon.
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Hannibal Roe
Prickly Pear
Wolf Creek
Mr. Roe
Tie
Missour River
Steele
Roe
Helena
Sisters’ Hospital
Philadelphia Ledger
Whitehall Township
Lehigh County
Grubb Mine Case Advances Ore Rights to Modern Furnaces
The Supreme Court ruled heirs may take ore sufficient to supply a nineteenth century furnace, confirming a claim tied to Peter Grubb’s Cornwall Pennsylvania stake. The lengthy suit spanned twenty four years and involved expert counsel and historic ore yields.
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Peter Grubb
Cornwall
Grub
Grubb
Supreme Court
High priced butter and a Shakespearean stage remix
Buyers demand gilt edged butter with uniform bright color and favor Wells, Richardson Co. Perfected Butter Color for reliability and award winning purity and color. Separate note reports Charles Webb’s bold abridgement of Twelve Night for Robson and Crane with drastic scene cuts, new lines, and altered couples ending with a new pairings.
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Wells, Richardson & Co
International Daily Far
Charles Webb
Shakespear
Robson
Crane
Toby
Sebastian
Mr. Webb
Tobia
Maria
Duke
Viola
Olivia
Kidney Wort Tonic Blood Cleansing Claims and Local Death
The tonic Kidney Wort is said to cleanse the blood and aid disordered kidneys with gravelly or milky urine and to relieve constipation and piles. A man named Thomas Sims aged 82 in Rush county Moscow area died by self harm Sunday night after attempting suicide. An old subscriber reports his wife cured of rheumatism in two years by St Jacobs Oil. James Kingsbury lost $10,000 in a Providence gambling room as sharpers seized his cash amid a faro game backdrop.
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Thomas Sims
Moscow
Rush County
James Kingsbury
Providence
Btate
Leadville
Cal
Sellers' Liver Pills Promised Cure for Bilious Symptoms
An 19th century advertisement urges readers to treat bilious complaints with Kidney-Wort and Sellers' Liver Pills. It claims to stimulate the liver, cleanse the skin, relieve headaches, and renew blood, promising health and happiness through druggist sales.
Man in Utica Attempts Death by Laudanum
Louis Nitscher of Utica swallowed a full ounce of laudanum to frighten his wife into believing he would kill himself. He survived nine hours of medical struggle with pumps and electricity before dying. The ad copy promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and includes testimonials from Mrs. S Stagner and others. A note mentions a Hartford man recalling a relative born in 1609.
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Louis Nitscher
Utica
Nature
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
London
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
R. V. Pierce
West Brus Mount
Wis
March
R. V. Perce
8. Stagner
Hop Bitters Promoted As Valuable Tonic For Public Use
From the hub the piece extols Hop Bitters as a cheap effective medicine for appetite and blood purification. It cites the Boston Globe urging early action to prevent disease. The narrative shifts to a frontier town scene in Leadville with gambling dens, rowdy bars, and a grim rise in deaths as the town grows rapidly.
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Boston Globe
Prizes for Baby Calls Hop Bitters in Any Language
An eminent New York banker’s wife spurs Hop Bitters to offer 600 in prizes to the youngest child who says Hop Bitters in any language between May 1, 1880 and July 4, 1881. Send two cent stamps to Hop Bitters Mfg. Co. Rochester for full details and begin teaching children to say it now. The notice also cites cases for SARSAPARILLA and reports on a Toledo babies home where many inmates died from ill treatment. a woman keeper faces manslaughter trial.
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N. Y
Hop Bitters
Hop Bitters Mfg. Co
Rochester
Toledo
Man sues dentist after errant extraction claim
A San Francisco man, temporarily insane, sought full tooth extraction. The dentist advised against removing sound teeth but performed the procedure amid dispute. The man filed a $5,009 damages suit under California law for professional malpractice.
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San Francisco
Nfornia
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Conrad Cook
West Side Public Square
Witte Church & CO
Church & Co
C. Lueteke
Tland
James Gillespy
New York
Public Square
Greencastle
Ind
W. W. Jones
National Publishing Co
Philadelphia
Payworld’s Fair
Mason & Hawtin Ongax Co
Tremont St
Boston
East With
Union Square
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Grecencastle Township
Putnam County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Range Four
Greencastle and Crawfoadgville
Indianapolis and Stouls
Michael Murphy
Chas’ S. Hires
Market Street
Lexington, J
Bloomington
Chenoweth
Yorkshire
Pump Shop
Vandalia
James HE. Foudray
Charles H. Goodale
Landreth
the Star
Wysong's
Wysong’s
Castle Mills
Gage
Mont
Dr. Bull
A. Neiven
Taylorville
Messrs. Ludwig Bros
Scranton
Terre Haute
Logansport
Frederick Tyler
Hartford
Conn
Mr. Tyler
Miss Wilson
Waterloo
Iowa
Wangler Bros. Drug Store
St. Jacobs Orn
Marr. McDexmott
I. C. R. R. Shops
Johnston
Jonix B. Moone
Forest City
Monel
St. Louis
Ndianapolis
Sr. Lo
N.Y
Wong Hast
John W. Earp
Aggl
Lous Vanvanra
Terre Havre Diaxapolis
Traco
Sam
Freie
Oria
Seni Tr
Daniel Ff
Beatty
Washington
Ted
Bf Waters & CO
Broadway
Lascelle
Englisis
Europe
NOC
Lader
hisSote
Canada
Messrs
Slocum&q
Cedar &T
Bitters Company
Address Belt Co
Marzhell, Mich
Bright
Hunt
E.G. Taylor
D. P
Baptist Church
K. L
E. Clanne
Dawry
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