Ailments and Advertisements From a Bygone Page
A disordered liver and kidney issues linked to yellow skin, with a pitch for Kidney-Wort. A tale of a lost $300 diamond found by a trackman on the Erie Railroad. Butter color and market pricing by Wells Richardson. A bull dog attack in Burtonville, Miss. Bedwetting remedies and a four year old traveler to San Francisco. Johnsons Sarsaparilla touts blood purification. Seventeen-year locusts unearthed by Peter Welrich in North Lebanon, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Guard
Erie Railroad
Wells, Richardson & Co
San Francisco
Peter Welrich
Lebanon
Purport of Dr Guysett Health Claim and Midnight Theft
An advertisement touts Dr Guysett s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a universal cure for blood purification and vitality, claiming it treats scrofula kidney weakness nervous disorders and digestive troubles. A separate account reports Mr Richey in Plymsth Ind disturbed at 2 am by five strangers who dug for valuables, loading an iron box into a wagon, suspected Hungerford counterfeiters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Toledo
Ohio
Carter
Ben Sett Jones
Brie
Carter Medicine Co
Erie
IM Brown
Johnson
Guysett
Richey
Plymsth
Ind
Hungerford
Dre Culverwell
Culverwell Medical CO
Ann St
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry Endorsed for Lung Diseases
A historic health ad claims Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry cures consumption asthma bronchitis and other lung complaints. It markets as a general tonic easing throat and lung soreness and promises a few doses cure for a cough or cold with a large pint bottle advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wistar
Lydl
Ile
Buis
John Bull
John J. Smith
Louisville
G. A. Mariner
Chicago
J Lawrence & Martin
Madison Street
A Dark Mosaic of a Murderer in Cheyenne
A Detroit Free Press profile recounts Henry T. Phillips, a Cheyenne sailor turned worker, whose later acts lead to a fatal shooting. The narrative traces his shifts from industrious bachelor to a drunken impulse that culminates in a woman’s death, his arrest, and the legal tensions surrounding the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit House of Correction
Henry T. Phillips
Eight Years In Prison For Manslaughter Lays Bare Remorse
The article profiles a man serving eight years for manslaughter after a firing incident with a woman who had been drinking. He defends his actions, notes he did not attempt to flee, and says he hopes for a fair review and possible pardon. He emphasizes his decent conduct in prison and desire for sobriety and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Ion
Robinson
New York
Breach of Promise Case Echoes in Chinese Courts
A Chinese case near Nankin centers on a betrothal where Yu’s daughter, sent to her father-in-law, rejects coercive marriage. Chin’s interest leads to a court ruling in favor of the father-in-law after the magistrate is swayed. The wedding is enforced with police aid after subsidies and obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nankin
Chen
Chin
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Tutt’s
Tutts
Tutt
Dr. Torr
Murray Street
Jones’ Drug Store
Foutz
Fouta
Pontz
Vortz
David £. Foutz
Baltimore
Carters
Burtonville, Miss
Earth
Heaven
GUL
Wees Materials
Cincinnati
Sype Foundery Co
C. Wells, Breas
Detroit Free Press
Cheyenne
Baltimorean
Solomon
Hemsing
Ven
Pei
Hei
Ana
Rus
Wouywell
Calil
James Taylor
West Side Square
R. E. Sell
8 & CO
Pittsburgh
Lebrated
Portifty
China
Jiary Bir
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
Phillip Albaugh
Hathaway Block
Josn Bull
Smith
Bull
Greencastle
J. L. Claspill
Tam
Henry C
Steerg
Limedale
Dr.Trease
Frease
M. D
New Brighton
Heaver Co
Buckeye Novelty
Hs Hastings
Corn ‘Hill
Boston
Maseims
Ben. Vandels & Co
N.Y
B.A. Wilson
Penn
John Blogden
Cedar St
York
van Yels de Co
Ann St Wills
Alunt & CO
JEL_ nA
Cooper
Rolling Mill
Cooper Shop
Riley
Um Caildren
DR. Obermoltzer
Iphonix Pectoral
Allen’s
E.G. Ride & CO
Fulton St
N. Y
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