Delicate hair treatment and old army humor described
A 19th century advisory notes hair care avoiding washing and favoring brushing to improve circulation. It lists ammonia lotion and herbal mixtures for baldness and grayness, plus a cooling rinse. A long World War era anecdote explains the origin of the phrase Here's your mule in Confederate camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilson
England
Wilson
Confed
Beauregard
Johnston
Centreville
Manassas
Bull Run
Bmt
North Carolina
Tuinp Groraia
The Wren Legend and The Parliament Clock Tale
An Irish legend describes wren hunting tied to Protestant and Catholic divisions with King William era date ambiguity. The piece also details the English Parliament Clock at Westminster with a 32 foot dial and eight and a half day winding, plus notes on its striking and newsroom reporting roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Froude
William
St. Stephens
Ayr’s Ague Cure Promoted for Fever Prone Regions
A promotional note claims Ayr’s Ague Cure should be in every household in malarial districts and as a preventive for travelers. A California farmer used a stuffed deer to deter hunters by feigning game, prompting the cessation of trespassing after the deceptive display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayr
California
Warner's
Hedleine Everywhere
Ih. Hi. Warner &Co
Rochester
N. Y
Health remedies and curious notices in a crowded page
The column swerves between ads and anecdotes about cures and ailments. It extols Hop Litters for factory workers, hypophosphites, Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup, and Day's Kipnry Pills, plus a German revivalist in Boston and a sensational suicide attempt report. It also mentions a Baltimore railroad lawsuit and a clergyman’s conviction.
Wines for Medicine and Port Grape Wine Trade Glance
The Pasaaic New Jersey area shows Mr Speer’s large stock of Port Grape Wine awaiting aging in four year vintages. Drugstores carry the wine for communion and for weakly and aged persons. Dr Sherman’s Prickly Asparagus Birrens remedies are promoted as accessible to all through copyright support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasaaic
N.J
Speer
Patteron
Allen’s
Dr. Sherman
Bantam Rooster Guards Indiana Feed Store
A bantam rooster stationed at George L. Bushong's feed store on Indiana Avenue in Indianapolis acts as a sentinel. The L shaped storeroom has two street openings, and the rooster signals an alarm if any intruder approaches, guarding the entire length for would be entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sentinel
George L. Bushong
Indiana Avenue
Indianapolis
Evn Adog
Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic Remedy Claim
A Victorian era advertisement touts Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic as preventing malaria and curing youthful errors and nervous conditions. It promises a free recipe discovered by a missionary in South America and directs readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev. Joseph T. Inmantation in New York City, J950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Joseph T
Thirty Years of Wistars Balsem of Wild Cherry Endorsed
For thirty years druggists have kept Wistar’s Balsem of Wild Cherry as a trusted remedy with no complaints. It is praised as the best cure for coughs colds consumption bronchitis asthma and lung diseases. A Cincinnati boy stole away from school and later shot himself after a mild reprimand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wistar
Dr Guysett's Pele Dock and Sorseparitia advert
A dubious health claim urges using Dr Guysett's Pele Dock and Sorseparitia to cure skin diseases by purifying blood and liver. The fragment also recounts a Kentucky man’s interracial marriage and a suicide on a Somerset bridal trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Now is the Tie to Seek Health with Dr. Guysett’s Cure
Urges immediate use of Dr. Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla for blood and skin diseases liver and kidney troubles before illness worsens. Mentions Old Bets the Sioux squaw who died aged over a hundred, noted as wife of an army officer an Indian chief a border highwayman and a Methodist missionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.L. Gavss
Gatona
Ill
Rten
Dovtoring
Timate
Gerwa
All Druggiste
W. Johnston & CO
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Mich
Jagents
U. S
Canada
Dr. Guysett
Old Bets
A Queer Notion on Cough Remedies and Blood Purifiers
The notice argues against buying cheap five cent medicines and cites Dr Wistar s Balsam of Wild Cherry as more potent and cost effective despite higher upfront price. It claims a single dose cures deep seated colds and consumption, and promotes Dr Lindsey s Blood Searcher as a tonic for appetite and weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wistar
Record Of Snake Sightings And Fatalities Across The Nation
A collection of reports describes rattlesnakes killed near San Diego and in many states, with counts of rattles, including a snake with eleven rattles in California and others with up to twenty-seven feet in length. Fatal bites are noted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, while rare feats include a copperhead containing sixty young and a Virginia-bound whopper in Texas.
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San Diego
Cal
Litchfield, I
John C. Smith
Fannie Shermerhorn
Traver Hollow
N. Y
Columbus
Wilson
Texas
Kalaimazoo
Union Street
Lewis C. Wilson
Washington Borough
Ukiah
Henry Overart
Concord
N. C
A. W. Bigelow
Calaveras
George Jones
Lancaster
S.C
FE. Squire
Centerville
Mass
Miss Horner
Johnstown
Penn
Walter R. Adams
Dedford
Lytman Lee
Chico
Alfred M. Page
China
Montgomery County
George Smith
Providence
Mr. Smith
Walkerton Marsh
South Bend
Ind
Pottsville
Austin
Lambert Bhatt
West Dayton
Towa
C.D. Brown
B. Pearson
Wocoman Lawyer Captivates Jury in San Francisco Trial
Mrs. Gordon first female lawyer to address a jury in San Francisco defends a man charged with murder. Dressed in black with a rose corsage she prompts repeated applause, and the jury returns a verdict of acquittal amid enthusiastic cheers. A separate note mentions Lewis Irwin in Gallipolis where a quarrel ends with a pistol shot.
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Gordon
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City
Queens
Ade Publee Square
Greenstle
Sharon
Wis
Wyore & Dean
Druggists
Niles
Mivb
Ein Business
Weitzel
Pokesman
Neaster
Edress
Kirsty Pan Co
Palth
WRG CO
N.Y
Toronto
Williams
Siwaakes
Marr
Thor Harris
Louis
Harris
Harris Remedy
Maaly Chewhts
Bth & Market Ste
St. Louis
New York World
Cornell
Seather
Christian Recorder
Dunbarton, N.H
Lorg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Pullman Car Co
Baltimore
Wen
Dr. Bull
Jacob Stochlin
Louisville
F. von Schleumbach
Young Men's Christian Association of
United States
Boston
Moody
Alan Moody
W. Carhart
Northern
Wisconsin Methodist Conference
Methodist Episcopal
Wm, Tippett
Owasea
Ady
Medicine
Reed
Ahoy
Cincinnati
Guysett
Susan
Eer
Warner
Nervine Ponte Kly
Jeep
Wocoman
Lewis Irwin
Gallipolis
Ohio
Red Front
T. Craig
Howe & Vermilion’s
South Greencastle
John Bull
Smith
Ever and Ague
John Ball
John J. Smith
Dr. Joerln Bull
BULL
Sionagn
Louise B
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N.jls
Dain Street
Hamlin Organs Avenue
Mason & Hamlin Organ
St Tremont St
East Ith St
T Union Square
New York
Wabash
Warean
Mnetronine
Ae Argatas
Horace Waters & CO
Broadway
Sivek
Masett
Wevents
Rotling
Mil Coone
Toten Riery
de. Whittier
St. Charles Street
Stia
Mani Hood
Legredier
DR. Jacques
Chestnut St
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