Insane Asylum Visit Turns Onboard Tales of Madness
A visitor to Napa county’s asylum recounts wandering the grounds and meeting a well dressed reformer while overhearing derisive remarks about inmates. He is shown around by a board member and a skeptical gardener who claims an incurable inmate runs the place, highlighting the era’s casual attitudes toward mental illness.
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San Francisco
Napa County
Dene
Vin
Alont
Ian
Casant
Railroad Signal Lights Do English Colors Harm American Rails
A New York Sun report outlines a debate among American rail men over adopting the English night signaling system using red green and yellow lights. It notes white is unsuitable due to indistinctness and confusion with illumination, and describes recent adoption by the York New Haven and Hartford railroad.
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York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New Haven
New York Sun
The 1899 Bicycle Model and Patent Medicine Appeal
The piece touts 1899 bicycle models as perfect and unbeatably advanced. It also extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as the ultimate remedy for stomach liver kidneys and blood and notes opportunities for salesmen amid nationwide demand. It includes a wartime anecdote about a front line artist and a captain, praising resilience after the Maine disaster.
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Hostetter
Indian Herb Rheumatism Cure Praised by Reader
A reader from Big Row, Pa gives a testimonial for an Indian herb rheumatism cure. The letter dated April 26, 1896, notes long-term rheumatic trouble resolved after using the medicine. James Anderson of Indiana Pa. is urged to send circulars and testimonials.
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Big Row
Bic Ray
Janes Anderson
W. S. Carrion
James Anderson
Indiana
Heller in Six Hours Doctor Claims Quick Cure
An advertisement touts a so called New Great South American Kidney Cure claiming six hour relief from kidney and bladder disease. It alleges rapid pain relief and notes sale by Herrick Bros. druggists Tailigna Pa with a dated claim of 12 act99.
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Reiler
Herrick Bros
Draggists
Tailigna
Permanent cure claimed for stomach weakness from South American Nervine Tomc
An advertiser pledges a universal remedy named Nervine Tomc that supposedly cures stomach weakness and indigestion. It promises immediate relief and guaranteed results after the first dose, sold by Hetrick Bros. druggists in Indiana Pennsylvania for 120 cents.
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Hetrick Bros
Indiana
World News Briefs Chronicle a Nightly Streak of Events
Baroness Hirsch dies in Paris and rumors swirl about the pope’s death. A municipal event honors retiring Pittsburg mayor E P Ford. A Sharon steelworker Darrel Donovan is killed in Manila while a wave of reports touches Otis, Manila defense, and local politics. Flags fly at half mast for a local graduate killed near Manila. British and French sailors clash at Villefranche over Riviera duties. Seven Filipinos die near Manila waterworks in a skirmish with North Dakota troops. French pastor predicts loss of French control in Asia as English gain ground. Senator Jamieson seeks Democracy’s triumph by 1699. A racial lynching scare grips Lake City results in charges. Detroit officials seek to buy streetcars. suicides shock Pittsburgh.
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Baroness Hirsch
Baron Hirsch
Paris
Adis
Mu Senator Co. i
Duquesne Cub
E. P. Ford
Pittsburg
Darrel Donovan
Sharon
Twelfth Infantry
Manila
Otis
Philippines
John 8
Billing
Eric
Barrisburg
Monongahery City
John Rege
Royal Scanadron
Riviera
Villefranche
North Dakota
Acwinaldo
Aime Merot
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Jon BP
Elkin
Elkin Building
Philadelphia Street
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Jorn
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J. M. Cunningham
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Ofice
Sutton Building
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Dav Blair
George W. Hood
Hetrick
John N. Banks
Sosa
Samuel Cunningham
Fisher
Cunningham
M.langham
Olice
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John W. Wray
Grossman
Court House
Mags Clawson
W. H. Claveon
NEW American
HE. Moore
Teading
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Indiana, Pa
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Fifth Streets
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St.Clam
Heb. Buterbaugh
Nixon Building
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Erhard
Grant, Pa
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Cherrytree
Cali
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Grisemore
Justice OF the Peach
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Penn Run
Justice OF the Peace
Esrivener
Castorita
Benna
John D. van Keuren
Saugerties
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Tr. Moore
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Equitable
Equitable Life Assurance Society OF
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Agt
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Martin Earhart
Borouzh
Indiana County
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Harry W. Earhart
Felix LE Brun
Rafe Pad
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Bright
Rondout
J. Harry Smith
H. K. Apple
Pennsylvania College of Embalming
Vogee, Bros
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Daugherty Bros
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