Mystery ends as Elon Steer found alive after long wanderings
Elon Steer a Castleton hardware merchant who disappeared last Thursday was found in Douglas Knox county near Yates City in a dazed condition. He recalled being attacked by two men who demanded money and fled. he walked about 50 miles while incoherent, then regained sense at a hotel. His family notified, he returned home with medical attention. Stark county recounts a dramatic rescue and relief after a two year-old crime rumor.
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Stark County
Ill
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Hary
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Jacob Reed
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Substitution is Suspicious in Market Transactions
The piece argues substitution in place of the advertised article is inherently suspicious in any sale. It uses examples from jewelry and horse trading to show how buyers accept substitutes in small deals, while standard items with pedigrees and proven value remain preferable and trustworthy.
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Brown
For fort years Coug Syrup praised by Bloomington citizen
A Bloomington resident, Josiah Richardson, extols Wakefield Co cough syrup for asthma and lung troubles. He reports personal relief while bedfast and near death, and credits physicians' medicines alongside the syrup. Sold by D Powell and all druggists.
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Dr. Wakefield & Co
Josiah Richardson
Bloomington
D Powell
The Definition of a Friend and a Health Cure Ad
An essay defines a true friend as the one who stands by you in illness and trouble, not merely polite or self serving. The piece also promotes South American Nervine for stomach disease, claiming a permanent cure and urging consultative use. Sold by J Hand F A Powell.
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J Hand
F A Powell
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Dorothy
Cleveland
Plain Dealer
After the Election Ends the Winners Take the Pie
Post election mood described as the battle ending soon with winners celebrated and officials rewarded while the public laughs at the bets and political payouts amid a shifting power landscape.
Striking Fragments on Colonization and Odd Tidbits
A collage of excerpts touches on the American Colonization Society and Liberia, pearls health in summer trade talk, British army gear in khaki, Philadelphia park as a vast pleasure ground, French mushroom industry, and assorted jokes from London Illustrated News and Detroit Journal. The items read as a miscellany of 19th century observations and humor.
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American Colonization Society
Africa
Henry Clay
Liberia
Philadelphia
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America
Schuylkill
Wissahickon Creek
Detroit Free Press
Symbols of SUCCESS and health remedies advertised
An old advertisement style note extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for indigestion stomach health and blood improvement. It cites a user from Independence praising relief after several doctors failed, plus mention of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and liver activation as part of the remedy.
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Pierce
Néat Phys
Merkley
Dr. Pierce
Language and scripts across world and curious anecdotes
A compilation discusses Chinese language variety with Mandarin and Wen li, ideographic characters, and reading requires about 5 000 characters. It also shares humorous odds and ends from American papers about social engagement curiosities, vandalism in Washington, jungle poisons in the far east, knighthood lists, and a toddler’s mispronunciation.
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China
Cincinnati Inquirer
Physicians Paved the Wry and the Chinese Doctor
The London Daily Mail quotes a harsh critique of Chinese native doctors being quacks and asserts that skilled doctors from London and New York have a wide field. It mentions Li Hung Chang building a grand hospital and the Christian hospitals opening access to Christian faith amid diverse classes.
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London
New York
Li Hung Chang
Eit
Toany
London Daily Mail
Illustration of belief in a second helpings idea
The caption presents a dialogue between Mian Willing and Mr Woodby a widower about faith in a second Jave and the sweetness of a second pound of sugar. The Chicago Evening News style reflects a humorous exchange on repetition and desire.
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Mian
Woodby
Chiceago Evening News
Dual Buddhist Sects Divide Siam Priesthood
The Buddhist order in Siam splits into two sects. Maha Nekars, the Large Body, is the older conservative mass. Yuta Nekwia, the Path of Righteousness, is the newer aristocratic group with scholarly members.
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Siam
Yuta Nekwia
N. Y
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