Frazier's Root Bitters Promoted as Medicinal Tonic
An advertisement extols Frazier's Root Bitters as a medical tonic not a dram shop whisky. It claims benefits for liver kidney health lungs nerves blood and system cleansing. A customer testimonial from Cleveland Ohio praises relief from dyspepsia dizziness weakness and kidney disease and notes price at $1 per bottle by Henry & Co sole proprietors.
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Crete
Frazier
Santry
Cleveland
Henry & CO Sole Prop's
William's Indian Ointment Promises Piles Cure
Spectacular claim for Dr William's Indian Ointment says a single box cures chronic piles of 26 or 80 years. Advertises instant relief from itching and pain with a preparation claimed to absorb tumors and soothe symptoms, marketed by Henry & Co in Cleveland Ohio.
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William
Honda Coffinherry
Cleveland
Wiliam
Henry & CO
Ohio
Drake
Exq
Dr Frazier
Stenry & CO
Sele
Dr Frasier's Magic Ointment Curea for Skin Ailments
An advertisement touts Dr Frasier's Magic Ointment Curea claiming to clear pimples black heads blotches eruptions and various skin conditions including itch barber's itch ringworm dandruff and sores. It promises health beauty and a clear complexion.
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Frasier
Scientific notes on cables and natural history
A miscellany of science items including a proposed submarine cable from Scotland to Germany with an estimated cost of 1.8 million dollars, observations on turtle maggots and eggs, theories of birds mistaken for worms by snakes, notes on aging among the Irish peasantry, a Baltimore motive power using reusable fluid costing ten cents per gallon, and proposals for mine safety instruments. Also reports on yellow fever origins in Rio Janeiro, Vera Cruz, and Havana, and a basswood post preservation method using boiled linseed oil and coal dust.
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Thurso
Scotland
Retkingiks
Tooland
SM. Riphnbach
E. Spitzka
Baltimore
M. de Rossi
Manuel da Gama Lobo
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Havana
Cuba
PITH AND POINT A collage of wits from old papers
A compilation of quips and mock news phrases from various newspapers. It notes crusty humor about weather, actors, bankers, tailors, and a Granger who travels to the city to buy an overcoat while old scams recur in Milwaukee.
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Maun
Granger
Milwaukee
Chicago Tribune
How to Be Nobody says avoid study and drift into drink
The Yonkers Gazette warns against aimless leisure and reading cheap novels to become a nobody. It suggests spending time in saloons, betting and playing games, to keep the head empty and stomach full, leading to a life of vice or drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gambier
Yonkers Gazette
The Paper Hoax That Tricked a Citizen
A con artist scheme targets a ambitious man by claiming a favorable item about him appeared in various papers. The victim seeks the item, but the response lists uncertain papers and dates, leaving him frustrated, puzzled, and increasingly hostile toward the prankster.
Court Humor as Grieving Man Faces Court Time
In a Detroit Frog Press style vignette a bailiff and judge mock a man named James Darling visiting the court after his family died. The judge jokes about records, workhouse time, and doubled sentences while the man laments his grief and inability to name his lost kin. The scene blends sorrow with satirical courtroom banter.
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Firat
Bijah
Croghan Street
James Darling
Detroit Frog Press
The Telegraphic English Language Note
A discussion on the efficiency of English in telegraphic form cites hotel notices in French German and English. It compares word and letter counts for asks to press a button and requests not to smoke, illustrating terseness in English versus other languages.
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Clarks
London
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