Westwood Kids Claim Old Street Cars Make Joyful Playhouses
In Westwood Ohio the abandoned horse cars now serve as unique playhouses for children, offices, and even lodging spaces. A brave 16 year old girl saved five family members from a January Philadelphia fire, guiding them to safety from a burning building. The Record notes a simple card game called The Cat Came and ends with an ad for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills.
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Westwood
Cincinnati
Queen City
Aars
Philadelphia
Joseph Zellers
Jenny Zellers
Sne
Prayers Before Battle Across Centuries and Lands
A survey of historic prebattle prayers shows Childeric’s 5th century vow to convert if victorious against Attila, Hungary’s 1849 officers, Leslie the Fighting Bishop, Edgehill, Bannockburn, and Cromwell era prayers, with note that English prayer books include sea prayers but none for land battles.
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Childeric
Gaul
Zuelpich
Attila
Hungary
Edgehill
Jacob Astley
Edward
Bannockburn
D’umphraville
Oliver Cromwell
Dunbar
New York Herald
Bacon's Celery King for the Nerves Promoted in Ad
Glad Tidings touts Bacon's Celery King as a grand remedy for dyspepsia liver complaint rheumatism and general debility. It claims to stimulate digestion regulate the liver and restore health with free samples and 50 cent large packages sold by a network of local merchants across Indiana and nearby towns. The piece also notes correspondence praising Speaker Reed including a check for time and trouble and a boastful claim he is the next president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
J. C. Rugh
Penn Run
B.beringer
Beringer
Speaker Reed
United States
Valuable Prescription Promoted in Worthington Sun
Editor Morrison praises Electric Bitters as a valuable prescription for constipation and sick headache and as a general tonic. A Chicago reader reports six bottles rebuilt health after fatigue and backache. Prices 50 cents and 1.00. Local outlets listed. Also notes on Elizabethan pronunciation in southern state houses and mountain districts.
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Morrison
Worthington
Ind
Sun
Annie Stehle
Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago
T. E. Hildebrand’s
Indiana
M. Moore’s
Homer City
M.G. Miller’s
Laketo
The Blind Slave Girls of Canton
A Baltimore Sun account describes blind Cantonese girls aged 14 to 18 sold by a mistress who tours the streets at night with a musical troupe to earn income. The piece condemns neglect and cruelty in Chinese families and notes the grisly fate of many blind girls sold to handlers of human bodies.
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Canton
Baltimore Sun
Delicate organs and eye care offered by Pittsburg doctor
Advertising text touts Dr. Sadler of 804 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh with 21 years in practice and over 21 000 treated cases claiming superior results. It notes diverse cures from eye surgery to hearing improvements and references testimonials. Also mentions the Northwestern Limited train service and Doan's ointment claims and Burdock Blood Bitters anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadler
Penn Ayvenue
Pittsburg
W. R. Depp
John Dowd
Charleroi
H. D. Carter
Fee
Miner’s Miracle Cure Recalled by Dravesburg Miner
In Dravesburg across the river from McKeesport miners like Roger Edmunds share a dramatic recovery from a crippling back condition. After two years of pain and dependence, three boxes of Dean’s Kidney Pills, bought via J. C. Smith in McKeesport, restored strength. He went from loading one wagon a day to five, calling the remedy a miracle and a lasting blessing. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. mailed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the U S.
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McKeesport
Dravesburg
Roger Edmunds
Edmunds
Mr. Edmunds
J. C. Smith
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
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Hood
Pitcher’s Castoria
Clark
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Senate
Nowaday Evea
South
North
Tennessee
Virginia
Carolina
Castoria
Miss
Sean Jones
Detroit Free Press
Chew Lange
A.c.meyer&co
Baito
St. Paul
Minneapolis
North-Western Limited
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western
Wm. Kirby
Akron, Erie Co
Doan
Zola
Indianapolis
Berryman
Ollie Buser
Colfax
John D. Blacker
W. H. Coon
J. A. Berryman
Hoods
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Conte
Optician
R. W. Wehrle
Indiana, Pa
Hotel Naugle
Blairsville
Indiana Barbers
Elkin Building
Philadelphia St
Ohn
G. Cameron
Insurance Agency
Swan & Simpson
Penn’a
Gilchrist Block
Philadelphia Street
Selig
Barber
Nesbit
F. T. Empfield
Ogan
F. J. Johnson
Stove
J.T. Boucher
John S. Hastings
Indiana Ladder Company
John & Hastengs
Erd
Lockard
Indiana County
Fn Formahon
An. , Pena
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