Kit Carson's exploits and frontier courage in war and westward trails
A portrait of Kit Carson through bold rescue acts and bold frontier guidance with Fremont and Kearny. The narrative recounts ambush avoidance on the Laramie, rescue of a trapped Mexican trader party, perilous covert travel to Stockton, and Carson's key role in sustaining American forces during the California coast defense and early Civil War actions.
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Joeyright
American Press Association
Carson
Fremount Carson
New Mesiovon
Yellowstone
Laramie River
Kit
Fort Bent
New Mexico
Fremont
Utah
Great Salt Lake
States
Richard Getley
Godey
California
Stockton
Los Angeles
Washington
8. W. Kearny
United States Army
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Kearny
United
San Bernardino
United States
Don Andres Pico
Pico
Dpico
Kit’ Carson
Kit Carson
Beale
Gen. Pico
Vice
Valverde
Rio Grande
Salt Lake Tribune
Gro. L. Kiimer
Rheumatic Syrup Restores Mobility After Decades of Pain
A Manistee Michigan testimonial recounts twenty years of rheumatism with ten years on crutches. After using Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup, he regained full movement, walking daily without aid. Prepared by Charles Wright Medicine Co. Detroit. sold by Bolar & Graham. Furniture pitch by Paul Vogel at Messenger Building salesroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
Conover
Agt
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Manistee
Mich
Charles Wright Medicine Company
Detroit
Bolar & Graham
Paul Vogel
Messenger Building
Odds and Ends from a Guttersnipe Column
A montage of diverse notes: Germany’s 1889 grain output totals wheat rye barley oats. an elocutionist warns of trapped animals. a warm milk ritual promises plumpness and restfulness. lavender spirits mixed with bicarbonate deodorizes. salt water treats silk stockings to fix color. Washington postmaster residence art valued over $100,000. Queen Victoria bans Windsor electric light for eye safety. shirt fronts described as plain and wide. Lord Wolseley doubts defense of London with 100,000 men. chocolate in custard enhances flavor. coco de mer grows at Kew after failures. grocer shelves feature bottled nuts in fruit-like jars. a German idea for dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frelinghuysen
England
Windsor Castle
Lord Wolseley
London
Kew Gardens
Lane's Family Medicine cures constipation and sick headache
Drugstore pamphlet touts Lane's Family Medicine discovered by Dr. Lane in the Rocky Mountains. It combines Oregon grape coat with simple herbs, to be made by pouring boiling water. priced at 50 cents a package. Glengariff described as a lush Irish paradise with hotels, wildlife, and travelers passing through Cork on way to London and Paris.
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Lane
Rocky Mountains
Oregon
Far West
Glengariff
Kerry
Cork
London
Paris
Ireland
Cor
Galignani Messenger
Restorative Nervine Boosts World's Fair Hype
The Restorative Nervine by Dr Miles promises rapid relief for nervous prostration fits and sleeplessness and is touted by C W Snow Co Syracuse Talbott Moss Greensburg and A W Blackburn Wooster. A free illustrated treatise on nerves and heart is available at Hildebrand's with a guarantee of satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
C. W. Snow
Hildebrand’s
Miles Nerve & Liver Pills Discover Quick Cure
A claim of a new principle medicine that acts on the liver stomach and bowels through nerves to speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation. Suitable for men women and children. 50 doses for 25 cents samples free at T E Hildebrand's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Hildebrand
Poisoned Arrows and Urban Versus Rural Life
A Pierre excerpt recalls a violent 1887 clash with Avisibba tribes using poisoned arrows, detailing the weapon’s resinous coating, deadly tetanus and gangrene outcomes, and then cites Massachusetts mortality data contrasting urban Suffolk with rural Barnstable Franklin and Nantucket. It ends with a commentary by President C W Eliot on country bred vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
Barnstable
Franklin
Nantucket
Suffolk
C. W. Eliot
Why Suffer With the Remedy at Hand
Mrs Altha Herrington of Altona Michigan testifies after five years of sciatic rheumatism that Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup eased her pain. She credits the medicine with liver and kidney regulation and rapid digestive improvement and expects a permanent cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
Altha Herrington
Altona
Michigan
Charles Wright Medicine Company
Detroit
Mich
Bolar & Graham
Hibbard’s Pills Advertise Cure for Various Ailments
The ad touts Hibbard’s Rheumatic & Liver Pills as scientifically compounded and safe for adults and children, claiming relief from sick headache constipation and biliousness and noting superior appetizers. It also promotes bargains at H H Steving’s 514 Water street and E G Orr & Bros sales and a Messenger holiday furniture sale with Mr Vogel advertising remaining stock bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Ancient Feet Covering Across Historical Peoples
A historical survey notes varied shoe materials across cultures from leather and wood to brass, iron, papyrus, silk, bark, and metal. It contrasts Grecian, Roman, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, and other styles, including ceremony colored footwear and types like calceus and solea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Joseph Moore
Jenness-Miller Magazine
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T. L.sthwart
Indiana, Pa
Stewart Clark
Philadelphia Street
Jan W
Amuel Cunningham
Ian
D H. Tumb
Depot
Joe T. Stuchul
Indiana
A. W. Taylor
Bech & Elkin
Attorneys AT
Porter
Philadelphia
Ijan's
Eorge W. Hoot
Hetrick
Pittsbarg, Pa
M. Barnes
Breil & Fitzpatrick I
Mamond Street
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Joe B
Pierce
Attgorney-At-Law
Court House
Py Ateen & Telfort
Tidiana
Atoreys-Atlaw
Harry White
Jours L
Yes Ramey
Washington, D.C
P Street
Northwest
Gomers M. Jack
David Blair Taylor
Ote & Taylor
Atttorneye
Gujan
Anribal K.sloan
South Sixth Street
San 4Egos Ssewee & Wilson
OHN N. Banks
Oflice
Scegeon
Boome
Flow
G. W. Simpson
R. Churchill
W T. Miller
Veterinary Scegeon & Live Stock Insurance Agt
Water Street
Pease House
Kddiana Pa
W. Clements
Ian'ov
Paul
BEST
Sixth Sts
Yan
Standard Oil Company
J. M. Stewart & Co., Opposite RR
J.M. Stewart &Co
Odds and
Germany
Rocky Mountain
Hans
Stairs
R. F
Henry M. Stanley
Scribner's
H.H. Steving’s
E. G. Orr & Bro’s
B. M. Searles
Elkhart
Ind
Columbus
San Domingo
Genoa
Detroit Free Press
the Merchants & Mechanics
Bond and Savings Association
Baltimore City
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Fourth Ave
Thyele M. Lamb
Estrasburger
Er & Bom
Frank J. Murphy
H. Musgrave
Magrave & Bon
HOS
R. Wheeler
H. S. Register
J. Register & Son
Baltimore
Uhas, KE. Ehmann
Chas
A. Evans
Thomas & Evans
P. N. Rutua Gill
Roger T. Gill
Presiden
Privtspraan
T M Lamb
Aspisutos
D.C
Shipley
Brashrars
Val
Adfee
Madnes
Pennsylvania
Table OF Profits
Aaa
Banke of Baltimore
Bradstreet’s
Dan’s Ca’ Sial
Merchants & Mechanics Bord and Savives Association
Fourth Avenue
Thyele M. Lamp
RH. H. Steving
Teving & Doty
Fanerais
Hla Ancurn
M.D
Oxfort
Brooklyn
Vorses
Aley
Ana Ingucious
Tam Currare Company
Array Stra
Thompson
Insurance Agency
Johnston & Mack
X.thamilton
Alerin
Tremont
NEW Milton Cook
Howard
NEW Nora
Excelsior Penn
Signa
Myers
Eye
Acme
Kom
Ental
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