An Old Doctor's Story at the Hippo cratic Medical Society
A physician-narrator recalls a hazily accidental debut case. Dr. Galen Capps hosts a gathering where a young doctor treats Percy Topham after a delirious night with self‑made medicine and a snappish mislabelled bottle. The tale ends with mixed luck and a wary wonder at professional trust.
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Hippocratic Medical Society
Galen Capps
Nestor
Dr. Cupps
Father Grimes
Guild of Undertakers
M. D
A Visit to Andersonville Station by the Macon Herald
The piece describes Andersonville as a railroad station sixty miles from Macon. It highlights the immense twenty acre Union cemetery with 13,715 buried, a wall and gate, and a superintendent. Visitors include northern travelers. many graves marked Unknown. stockade remains partly visible amid overgrown trees and quiet pine country.
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Anderson
Southwestern
Macon
Union
Georgia Homeguard
Pine
South Georgia
Quid Pro Quo on Newspaper Passes
The New Albany Ledger-Standard argues that newspaper publishers do not get free railroad passes. They say publishers effectively pay twice for rides, first with advertising costs and second through indirect promotional value, while railroads gain cheaper advertising than cash payments.
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New Albany Ledger-Standard
Wyoming Territory Population Grows Rapidly Since 1870
Population figures show Wyoming Territory rose from just over 9000 to about 22000 since 1870, a 138 percent gain. Advertisers tout Guilmette French Kidney Pad with money-back promise for kidney and gravel ailments. Mrs Mix in Connecticut Valley gains praise for healing powers. others report mixed results with her methods.
Wistar Balsam of Wild Cherry Endorsed by Druggists
For thirty years Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry has been sold by druggists with no complaints and is praised as a cure for coughs colds consumption bronchitis asthma and lung diseases. Andrew Zittel a St. Louis saloon keeper vows temperate liquor sales and refuses to serve intoxicated patrons. John McLoughlin, first affected by the rule, was shot after learning he had drunk too much.
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DayKidney Pap Co
Oledo
Day
Jones’ Drug Store
St. Charles Street
St. Louis
St Louis
Capps
Percy Topham
Dingo
Percy
Mr. Topham
Tye
Wistar
Andrew Zittel
John McLoughlin
Robert Magruder
Eufaula
Ala
Mack D. Oliver
Magruder
Oliver
Homer Merry
Berdanville
Bou
Smith
John Bull
John J. Smith
Louisville
Gray
Remkoy
Eceipt
Gray Wdicinke CO
Mechanics’ Block
Don’t wait to cure blood and liver diseases with Dr Guysett
Do not delay medical remedies urging immediate use of Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla for blood skin liver and urinary issues. The passage warns mineral poisons and alcohol worsen conditions and urges prompt action before worse days arrive. A note mentions a ten cent admission to a Caldwell Ohio State camp meeting for colored Methodists with funds partly missing due to a treasurer's embezzlement.
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Ohio State
Caldwell
A Queer Notion and Public Warnings on Medicines
A column warns against buying 25 cent cough balsams as Dr Wistar s Balsam of Wild Cherry gives eight times the medicine and proves itself best for deep seated colds and consumption. A separate note reports a servant poisoned by mislabeled liquor and a burglar case in Galveston where counsel seeks delay awaiting witnesses.
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Wistar
Jyil
Truth and Honor Pillars of 19th Century Patent Medicines
An advertisement column extols Hop Bitters for bowel and blood purification and digestion, while promoting Prickly Ash Bitters for liver health. It notes John B. Jervis and Horatio Allen as connected to early locomotive history and praises Seidlitz Powders, Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic for malaria and dyspepsia, and Allen's Drug Store offerings. The piece also advertises George Wyongs hardware and Reed's tonic.
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Allen's Drug Store
Toledo Blade
Dundas, Dick & Co
A Wonderful Cave and Its Supposed Occupants
An account from the Texas Express describes a large cave eight miles west of Presidio Del Norte with a 40 foot pond, a 50 foot stone, and a first chamber large enough for 500 horses. Paintings show buffalo and deer hunts, scalpings, and trains. reports say sixteen white men inhabit and defend the cave from the west Texas region.
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Presidio del Norte
Lexas
In a Whale's Mouth and Other Courtroom Tales
A bizarre Nantucket tale recalls Captain Wood's whaling near disaster as a whale seized his boat and bit the craft while he survived by escaping the creature’s mouth. The report also covers executions, a plantation murder, a theft trial ending in acquittal, and racial school integration protests in Pittsburgh and Quincy.
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Captain Wood
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