Vast 19th century stats span pensions, loans and industry
Curiosities and figures from Hartford Boston and California cover naval costs per enlisted man, births and deaths, ship losses, public works expenses, wool exports, cigars sold daily, hair counts by color, and a financial pitch from Pitman life insurance. Figures span $3,500 per enlisted man to $20,000 lock contracts and 40 million pounds of wool in 1874.
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United States
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Hartford
Uae
Atlantic
Boston
Danbury
Paria
Kentucky
Massachusetta
Maine
San Francisco
California
Pacific
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Portrait of a Peace Society canvasser in a Danbury Views piece
The Danbury Views recounts Benjamin P Gunn courting Mr. Pitman for life insurance while posing as a Peace Society messenger. Gunn argues that war emptied pockets and that Cain, David, and Caesar acted for profit, pressing Pitman about eternal peace and market money in exchange for support.
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Max Adeler
Danbury
Benjamin P Gunn
Pitman
Gunn
Lfe
Thia
War
Murer
Cain
Abel
David
Goliath
Old
Ridley
Latimer
Ama
Guin
Brutus Ada
Caesar
Cesaris
Reed's Temple of Music Chicago Utica editor notes discipline
A fragmentary item mentions Reed's Temple of Music in Chicago and a Utica editor reflecting on personal experiences with discipline. The text includes references to pianos and organs and price mentions, with an impression of travel or exposure, tied to a Sentinel item.
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Reed’s
Temple of Music
Chicago
Utica
Sentinel
Homoeopathic Insurance and Revival Tonic Claims
A Victorian era note discusses Life Insurance pricing by doctors with homoeopathic practice. It cites New York Life on insureds with homoeopathic physicians showing lower death rates, and the Homoeopathic Mutual offering 10 to 12 percent lower rates. Also mentions elixir claimed to regenerate the sinking system and cure many diseases, marketed as a universal tonic and health restorer.
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Eat Orr
New York
Hommopathic Mutual
Broadway
Walker
California
America
Lovipient consumption cure touted and wartime notes
A fragment from a listed exchange mentions Dea John Hodgkins of South Jefferson Maine and his son cured of consumption by John son’s Anodyne Lintment. The letter hints at corroboration of a prior statement about consumption cures and references Reconstruction policy and Sheridan’s Cavalry funds. An advertisement for Volta Electric Belts claims cures for nervous disorders and general debility.
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Dea
John Hodgkins
South Jefferson
Johnson
Lg Congress
Akill
War Department
Sheridan
Union
Volta Electro
Volta Keltco
Clacinnati
Objo
Commodore's Almanac 1876 and Wholesome Vinegar Ad
Proclaims Prussing's White Wine Vinegar pure. CommoponE Romlserth's Almanac for 1876 features prose yarns and humor, with sun and heavenly bodies notes. Commodore's annual offers useful information and humor for households, priced at twenty five cents from The St Louis Book and News Company in St. Louis.
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Mann
Chom
RoLmserth
Gammodore
Mariner
Hamorlet
Frank Beard
Bt Louis Book and News Company
St. Louis
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