Supreme Court rules lager beer intoxicating under liquor law
The court holds four small glasses of lager beer, each under a pint, bought for a party and one set aside for Hank, constituted sale to a person habitually intoxicated. Judgment affirmed as the evidence shows four glasses totaling less than a quart per act. Also includes malaria remedy ad and a Stubenville Ohio case of a mother starving her infant.
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Supreme Court
John Wierster
Marshall C. C. Niblack
Appellant
Peter Hank
Hank
Tonic claims and odd anecdotes in 19th century ads
An assorted page features Hop Bitters praised as a preventive tonic, anecdotes of a Duluth corn injury cured by a pistol shot, Dundas Dick Co. medicines lauded for purity and Seidlitz Powders praised, and Rev Willard Hardy nearly failing ordination over a remark about Adam's sin.
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Dundas, Dick & Co
Willard IF
Hardy
Whately
Mass
Adam
Good Health Makes Earth a Heaven
An advertisement extols Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a universal cure for numerous ailments from kidney weakness to nervous debility. It claims the product cleanses and renews the body and urges readers to buy through their druggist. The piece ends with a personal note about a Miss Rigney related to a marriage to a colored minister and her family seeking an asylum.
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Guysett
Balsam of Wild Cherry Promises Cures and Elixirs
Advertises Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry claiming cures for consumption asthma bronchitis and lung diseases and calls it unrivaled as a general tonic. Promises relief from a cough or cold after a few doses and promotes a one dollar pint bottle through druggists. Also offers a free cure for youthful errors via a missionary discovered remedy and requests a self addressed envelope to Rev Joseph T Inman in New York City.
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UTT
Divine
Tutt
R. L. Simpson
Louisville
Murray St
Wistar
South America
Joseph T. Inman
New York City
Bell
John Ball
John J. Smith
Wilson
Penn
St. Williams- Tovah
Joan B.ogden
Cedar St
van Delf & Co
Ann St. N.Y
Jim
Hunt & CO
Ann St
N.Y
Bintt
The Spirit of Speculation and The Amber Cider Spirit
A reflective column warns against chasing rapid profits and urges patient labor. It praises self denial and resilience, citing Bruce and the spider and urging readers to value steady work. The piece closes with a vivid meditation on cider making and the truth of using imperfect fruit.
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New Yorker
Anyon
Hood
Bruce and
the Spider
English Railways Hold Up Amid 1878 Panic
The Indianapolis News notes English railways remain sound despite commercial distress. From 1874 to 1879, 1,250 miles were added, $51 million in new capital approved, with $45 million paid up. Total track reached 7,333 miles. passengers rose by 110 million from 1878. Last year’s average dividend was 4 percent as rail costs fell and wages dropped, helping railways “rub along.”
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Indianapolis News
Little Isle
United Kingdom
England
First Cultivation of Corn at Jamestown Virginia 1608
The record notes that Indian corn was first grown by Europeans at the James River settlement in Virginia in 1608, with Virginia planters expanding to more than forty acres in 1609. The fragment mentions a parable about napkins and talent tied to world envy and happiness.
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James River
Virginia
Thackeray’s Bohemian Supper Inspires Young Artist
The famed satirist buys a poor painter’s work and shares a grand supper with Bierstadt Irving Elder and other students in a Düsseldorf studio. The feast, cooked by the guests themselves, becomes a pivotal, joyous night that fuels the artist’s budding career.
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Thackeray
Germany
Clive
Ethel
Dusseldorf
Bohemia
City Public Schools Names list and absentees
The record lists students including Nannie Cahill Emma Ragan Minnie Kahn Guy Ackerman James Owens Orta Henton Mattie Williams Joseph Ackerman Hiram Huffman Willie Fisher Carrie Randel Jennie Sellers Alice Williams Bertha Johnson Lewis Robinson Arthur Hill Menter Bachelder Miles Moore Nomie Egan Merritt Keightley Jane Maloney Fannie Heston Ada Jenkins Nora Steele Katie Riggs with Absent Oxnty Oxne-Halr Day and a separate note of Absent Only One Day Lucius Harris Frank Neff Mack Ricketts Tena Noe Xerxes Henton Belle Conklin Willie Parker Mary Ackerman Belle Cawley Lottie Daggy Anna Porter.
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Nannie Cahill
Emma Ragan
Minnie Kahn
Guy Ackerman
James Owens
Orta Henton
Mattie Williams
Joseph Ackerman
Hiram Huffman
Willie Fisher
Carrie Randel
Jennie Sellers
Alice Williams
Bertha Johnson
Lewis Robinson
Arthur Ilill
Menter Bachelder
Miles Moore
Nomie Egan
Merritt Keightley
Jane Maloney
Fannie Heston
Ada Jenkins
Nora Steele
Katie Riggs
Oxnty Oxne-Halr Day
Willie Parker
Mary Ackerman
Belle Cawley
Lottie Daggy
Anna Porter
Lucius Harris
Frank Neff
Mack Ricketts
Tena Noe
Xerxes Henton
Belle Conklin
Dickens Walks with Me Through English Countryside
A nostalgic reminiscence about walking with Charles Dickens from Glad's Hill to Gad's Hill and beyond. The author recalls Dickens’s love of pedestrian travel, the seven hour journey, and the lively stops for laughter, talk with locals, and literary reflections.
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London
Rochester Road
Dickens
Glad’s Hill
Cobham Park
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David E. Foutz
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Utt’s
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Waauls de An Eran
Wells
Riclandson
Rew Valera Pad
Banford
Meine Regon
Cook & CO
Chicago
U.S
Canadas
Newland, Stevenson & Co
Wheelestate Cists
Wil
Stubsermbe
Agpe
Pp Tesses
The
Cincinnati
Adyt
Allen's Drug Store
Stubenville
Boston Globe
Mr. Waterman
Duluth
Earth
Heaven
City Public Schools
Wyek
James Taylor
West Side Square
Birrers
Sporting Gazette
Phillip Albaugh
Hathaway Block
John Bull
Smith
Dr. Joln Bull
BULL
Siomaings
Louisville, EY
Hubbard & Fry
Bainbridge, Ind
Thresher
Canton Monitor
P. S
C. G. Hubbard
Greencastle
J. A. Edwards
H. M. Randel
Greencastle Foundry
Mactinieid Company
Mannufacturers of
Culver
South Depot
Ind
Jd. L. Claspill
Frease
M. D
New Brighton
Beaver Co
A. L. Hastings
Ornhill
Boston
Ben. Vandels & Co
N. Y
Cooper
John Riley
Allen’s
Outfit Free
Evy T & CO
Fulton St
New Vork
Tye
Titus
Gampton
Detroit
Mica
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