California As An Inviting Field For The Industrious
The article weighs California’s climate and resources against hype about Eden like visions. It notes ample government land in the Sierra foothills ready for preemption, and a San Diego county tract opened for settlement near the Southern Pacific line. It praises farmers and urges steady enterprise as key to prosperity.
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California
Santa Clara Valley
Sierra Madre Mountains
Ocean
Sierra Nevada Mountains
San Diego County
San Gorgon
Temecula
Southern Pacific Railroad
Miners and Temperance Banner Cartoon Tale
In a temperance discourse John B. Gough mocks alcohol as nourishment and cites a joke about a boy who claims a pin saves thousands of lives by preventing swallowing, using satire to argue against drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Gough
Temperance Banner
The Obstreperous Juror and the Court
A Western State case ends with a judge exhorting jurors to unanimity. Eleven vote yes, one holds out. The judge denounces dissent, then a squeaky voice adds I am the only man on your side.
Farmland Reclaimed From Tulare Lake Shows Old Occupation
In Tulare County California near Hanford wheat grows on land reclaimed from Tulare Lake once ten feet deep. Over four years the lake retreated five miles, then one mile since last April. Remains of a cabin and corral are found on the land, with irrigation ditches running in straight lines some extending under the waters.
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Tulare County
Cal
Hanford
Tulare Lake
Why We Are Sweet National Disposition In Sugar Peaks
A New York journal argues the nation’s sweetness defines its character noting Americans consume vast sugar and molasses. It claims demand rose fifty percent in twelve years as children savor lollypops and flapjacks and households rely on sugar for tea coffee cakes and pies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Dramatized Affray and Haunted House Notices Reported
A Danville affray ends with a fatal head injury after Barton fights three drunks using a drag-pin. Nearby Mark Sage posts no visitors at his Cleveland area home, gun in hand, resisting a constable. Also mentions Ayers hair products and a contingent of 62 soldiers marrying local Indian women.
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Danvitty
Barton
Mark Sage
Cleveland
Sage
Day's Kidney Pad Promises Savings On Medical Bills
A chaotic miscellany of testimonials hawks Day's Kidney Pad and Dr Bull's Cough Syrup amid sensational anecdotes. Recommends avoiding internal remedies and plasters while citing cures, misadventures with arsenic in dye, and a jailhouse marriage tale.
Lame Back Ailments Prompt Patent Remedies Ad
An advertisement urges Hill's Buchy and Hop Bitters for back pain kidney trouble and poor health from confined factory work. It cites physician usage and broad access, mentioning Port Grape Wine and Speer's Vineyards as endorsers and noting druggists sell the products.
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Speer
Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic promotes malaria cure claim
An old advertisement offers Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic as a malaria preventer and promises a free recipe to cure youth errors and nervous weakness. It instructs readers to mail a self addressed envelope to Rev. Joseph T. Inman in Starion, D, New York City for the remedy details.
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South America
Joseph T. Inman
Starion
New York City
Retired fighter decries end of prize fighting
Mike Mevool laments the suppression of pugilism as a decline of chivalry. He insists there are no significant duels, no men of true courage, and no worthy physical culture, saying prize fighting should not have been stopped.
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Mike Mevool
Discovery Cures Daughter of 18 in Baltimore Exchange Whistling Trouble
A Baltimore reader praises a physician in Buffalo for a remedy that allegedly cured his daughter of consumption after taking the Discovery last fall. Separately, the Baltimore Corn Exchange bans clerks whistling to call workers, fining violators and planning court action.
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Shipman
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Isaac N. Augustin
Baltimore Corn Exchange
Thirty Years of Balcam and Praise for the Church
Wile's Balcam of Wild Cherry has long been kept for sale by druggists with no complaints. It is lauded as the best remedy for coughs colds consumption bronchitis asthma and all lung diseases. Elder Young proclaims the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as purer higher and more enlightened than any prior institution.
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RE. P.L. Gauss
Galema
Prins
Germany
Switzerland
Paine
Rt. L. Spore
Sharon
Bright
Jay
Mrimore & Dean
Cruegists
Niles
Mich
Casper Weitzel
Lancaster
A.J. Stoner
Decatur
Kipwyry Pop Co
Toledo
Day
Physiciana
W. Joengton & CO
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Mott
Elder Young
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Led
St. Charles Street
J. Louis
Tho Medical Levee
Pamphley
Root cure for skin diseases through blood and liver health
Don’t rely on salves and lotions for skin ailments. The remedy lies in a healthy blood and liver, achievable through Dr Guysett’s Blood and Liver Syrup. A Richmond preacher challenges Biblical sun-rotation claims, arguing clerical blame for misleading ideas.
Now Is The Time Urges Quick Health Action
A promotional notice warns readers against delaying treatment and promotes Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a universal cure for blood and skin diseases liver complaints and urinary troubles. The piece also recalls a New Orleans divorce case where a husband defended forcing his wife to stand in a corner with a clothespin on her nose as a test of domestic authority.
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Miller
Indiana State
Trader
Komisky
New Orleans
Patent cures and dubious claims flood the ad page
An advertisement page touts Dr Wistar s Balsam of Wild Cherry Fellows Hyposphos Phites and Liver Pills as miracle cures. It cites claims of rapid completion for colds digestion and debility and mentions a fatal marriage proposal and a Nashville wedding with missing limbs.
Lady Surprises Home Intruder Dummy Prank in Texas
A Waco woman found a man shaped dummy on her bed after her husband was away. She armed herself with a club and chloroform, but the “intruder” proved to be a stuffed dummy created by her son to scare her. Neighbors then armed themselves and searched the room, praising her calm bravery.
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Fourth Street
Web
Making a Dog Church
An 19th century letter recalls a dog bitten by a moccasin on the prairie. The owner gives the dog whisky to counter the venom, claiming the drink induced a drunken stupor that masked the wound and, allegedly, the dog recovered.
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D. W. Jackson
Glad of Mrs Brother's Death and Other Tales
A Bradford columnist notes Edward Brown's remark on John Brown's execution. The piece shares frontier bear danger near Deadwood with a bear attack incident. It also mentions a bearded woman seen weekly at Clinton barber shop and showsmen offering travel as the bearded woman.
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Bradford
Penn
Cor
Chicago Tribune
Edward Brown
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Clinton
Almost Young Again By Hop Bitters Cure Claim
A Providence woman over 70 credits Hop Bitters with restoring vitality after years of neuralgia and general debility. She claims no other medicine benefited her and praises the tonic as uniquely effective for her family. Separately in Los Angeles two men laced candy with strychnine intending rats poison, killing a boy who died in agony. the motive remains unknown.
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Providence
R. I
Los Angeles
Cal
Woman Recovered After Treatment For Uterine Weakness
In a case described after a faithful course of treatment with Lypra E. Poxhaam’s Vecerante Compotyn, a woman is said to no longer suffer uterine weakness. Readers are invited to send one stamp to Mrs. Lydis EF. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for pamphlets. 4129
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Lypra E. Poxhaam
Lydis EF. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
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