Manitou Springs described as Colorado health and scenic resort
A 1889 description from Manitou Springs Colorado details its location at Pike's Peak base, access via D R G and Colorado Midland lines, nearby Cascade Canon and Ute Pass, the healing springs, mineral waters, and a visit to the grand underground caverns with the Stalactite Pipe Organ and Garden of God. It notes early Ute Indian ties, multi national tourists, and local attractions plus a lake of cave formations and a climate at high altitude.
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Pueblo
Col
Lin Proggress
Jiear
Manitou Springs
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Pike's Peak
Colorado Midland
Colorado Springs
Midland
Ins
Ute Pass
Leadville
Cascade Canon
Hundly & Carloyle
Old Baldy
Manitou
Union
Lithia
Mineral Bathing Company
Cameron
Fountaine Qui Bouille
Rainbow Falls
Grand Caverns
Mississippi River
Nervine cures long standing headaches and fits
In a local notice, Dr Miles Nervine is praised for curing chronic ailments including sick headache dizziness nervous prostration and fits after many physicians failed. Free samples are available at Tom E Hildebrand's Drug Store. A New York company plans mass sandwich distribution via peddlers to liquor stores and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Tlem
Tom E. Hildebrand
New York
Doctor Saddler Restores Sight For Blind Eye In Pa Man
Mr Gus H Taylor of Indiana Pa suffered total blindness in one eye from cataract and partial loss in the other. After a February operation by Dr Saddler of Pittsburgh the blind eye regained perfect sight with glasses, enabling reading at normal distance. the doctor claims success with sixteen of seventeen children born blind and offers eye straightening and refraction correction advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus. H. Taylor
Indiana
Indiana County
Saddler
Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh
Sadler
Cure for bladder and kidney trouble claimed by Rev Chandier
Rev Chandier of Lebanon Springs N Y reports suffering from bladder and kidney troubles and says he was cured by Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy at Rondout New York. He looks forward to living the rest of his life free from torture and grateful for the medicine's pleasant prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kennedy
Rondout
N. Y
Rev. & C. Chandier
Lebanon Springs, N. Y
C. H. Morris
Newark
Ark
Dr. King
Jesse Middlewart
Decatur
Ohio
Hildebrand
The Place for Indiana People to The Hotel Albion
The Hotel Albion near Union Depot Pittsburg Pa offers best accommodations for least money. The house is refitted and furnished with everything new and first class. It is conducted on American and European plan with ladies dining room bathrooms elonets electric bell and all modern improvements open day and night meals at all hours
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Albion
Union Depot
Pittsburg
Buckisn's Arnica Balve offers cure guarantee
An advertisement proclaims Buckisn's Arnica Balve as the best remedy for bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores totter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It promises to cure tiles or no payment and guarantees perfect satisfaction.
Neighbors in verse and a literary complaint
A collage of poetry and prose excerpts ponders a neighbor’s verses printed in a magazine and the editor’s ruthless deadlines. It blends a flirtatious hope for payment with a broader reflection on poets, magazines, and the quirks of literary life.
Stewed kidneys spark clash in Prussian mess
In a Prussian garrison town a new lieutenant at a cavalry mess endures an awkward dinner as officers vie for a kidney dish. The captain, famed for kidneys, quizzes the newcomer who misreads the scene and earns a sharp remark about riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
Reece
New York News
The Landlord's Trick Puzzle at the Hotel
A Boston Herald report describes a hotel puzzle called Tom and Jerry. Guests attempt to blow a paper ball into a long necked bottle using only breath. Jerry the paper ball repeatedly fails to enter the bottle despite vigorous attempts. The landlord’s bet draws a crowd until dawn as the party laughs at the antics and the puzzling challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Colliig
Joe
Tom
Boston Herald
Fragmentary OCR Note on an Ambiguous Facility
The readable text hints at an Arts facility misread as something else, mentioning many people and a lack of early opportunities. It references a person who did not have a facility like Ra oh but claimed to reach far regions by force of an enemy, remaining unclear and incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Circulara
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Sheridan
Black+wood
Separating Minerals by a Home Trough Method
A compact description from Scientific American explains a dry separation method for heavier minerals from sand. A cardboard trough bent into a shoot, fixed at a slight incline, collects denser grains as sand flows. tapping and gentle blowing help separate quartz and lighter particles.
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Bcientific American
Fakir Ring-Throw Trick Outwitted by Post Office Distri
A street side fakir on North Broad street attracted a crowd with a stake and ring game. A black moustached man, claiming a dollar to place three rings over the stake, won ninety cents on three of five rings and later won ten dollars by proving nine of ten rings could not miss. He revealed he was a post office distributor and left with winnings after the crowd’s bets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werppengts
North Broad Street
Phildelphia News
Nervous Headache Remedies Urge Rest Over Drugs
The New York Mail and Express notes nervous headache varieties with frontal pain and possible spread. It warns medicines rarely cure alone and urges complete rest, fresh air, and environmental change to relieve pain within hours. Continuous cases risk breakdown and necessitate caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail and Express
Horace Greeley School Days Fragment
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Horace Greeley's school days in Boston during the early 1800s. The writer mentions dates like 1818 19 and memories of Mr Voss and his brother Alfred, with references to Miss Parker and summer work on his father's farm.
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Horace Greeley
Boston
Mane
Mr. Voss
Alfred
Miss Parker
Night Telegraph Operator Sees Ghost of Former Colleague
In a Detroit Tribune report, a night telegraph operator in Illinois recalls a near wreck at 12:03 am on October 16, 1888. He described two approaching trains, a spectral scene, and the appearance of Frank Willard, an earlier deceased operator, whose spirit allegedly visited the station after death.
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Ill
Robert Scismere
O. BR. T
Frank Willard
Mysef
Detroit Tribune
Maine Snake Stories Spark Public Curiosity
In Waterville a horse’s post mortem revealed a four and a half foot snake inside its stomach with perfect head and eyes and a white back stripe. A second snake allegedly emerged from Mrs. Frank Kenny’s stomach after a brook water intake, described amid cancer treatment claims. A light colored twelve and one eighth inch snake reportedly disgorged from her stomach and went home. A separate tale from a boy reports two rats in a pig pen, one blind, led by the other with a straw in its mouth, disappearing after a noisy commotion.
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Maine
Waterville
Frank Kenny
Portsmouth
Alton Bay
Leon Shteagoen
Seed distribution noted in woodcock remains
Darwin observed small earth fragments clinging to a woodcock and containing a seed of the toad. This finding suggests a mechanism by which seeds may disperse via animals.
Azorean flora shows oceanic plant migration patterns
The Edinburgh Review notes that many Azorean plants possess seeds suited to wind and bird dispersal, explaining how 900 miles of ocean carrying flora is plausible. It highlights dominance of European-type species in the Azores, with small berry bearers like laurel and myrtle present, while heavy berry trees are absent. The piece argues oceanic transport continues and may extend beyond 900 miles.
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Wallace
Portugal
Europe
Victuals and Quiet: A Dyspepsia Tale From A Nursery Ballad
A chronic indigestion tale notes a resident who lived on plain food and drink and never stayed quiet. Before Hostetter’s bitters, friends would urge the great remedy for dyspepsia and bilious ailments. The piece claims heartburn, gas, unease, and related fevers or rheumatic kidney troubles are relieved by it.
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Hostetter
If you get short of breath you have heart disease
If you have breathlessness fluttering chest pain fainting or hungry spells ask about Dr Niles New cure sold at Tom E Hildebrands Drug Store. The notice promotes a health cure with emphasis on heart disease symptoms and availability at a local drug store.
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Dr. Niles
Tom E. Hildebrand
Lane's Family Medicine Promoted for Blood Liver Kidneys
In an advertisement a free trial offer is extended via local druggists for Lane's Family Medicine, a root and herb remedy by Dr. Silas Lane. It claims cures for blood, liver, and kidney diseases, constipation, and complexion improvements, with children liking it and a 50 cent large package price.
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Lane
Silas Lane
Rocky Mountains
Dr. Lane
Bright's Disease Saved by Kennedy Remedy Letter
Under date of July 18 1888 Mrs Laura A Kempton of West Rutland Vermont writes that only Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy of Rondout New York could have saved her ten year old daughter from Bright's Disease after trying other means without success. The testimonial asserts the remedy arrived in time to prevent death.
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Bright
Laura A. Kempton
West Rutland
Vermont
David Kennedy
Rondout
N. Y
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills Promote New Principle
By M. P. is meant Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills which regulate the liver stomach bowels etc through their nerves. Smallest and mildest. A new principle! A revolutionizer! Samples free at Tom E Hildebrand's.
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M. P
Tom E. Hildebrand
Dr King's New Discovery and Other Remedies Ad Blend
Testimonials tout Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and other tonics. Credited cures include lung illness relief and general health boosts. Offers, free samples, and low prices are advertised alongside claims of malaria and kidney liver benefits.
Odds and Ends from a Historic Page
A collage of quirky notes and facts from a bygone issue. It covers curiosities about Catherine of Russia, an experimental Pennsylvania railroad run, record temperatures at Fort Keogh, a humor exchange about chickens, praise as spontaneous merit, Protestant missions in London and China, humidity as a fashion term, and a sale of John B. Owens’s country seat.
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Catherine of
Russia
Pennsylvania
Fort Keogh
M. Po
Jenkins
China Inland Missions
London
John B. Owens
Owens
Bologna
Italy
Font Me Poe
Vague excerpt praises Sir Charles Forster and empire work
An unclear Chicago Herald snippet credits Sir Charles Forster with long-standing effort and expresses gratitude for his and Piahariene ke Pig benefit to the empire. The fragmentary text lacks concrete events or dates to establish a full news item.
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Charles Forster
Chicago Herald
Great Reductions In Summer Goods At Jos Horne
JOS, HORNE & GREAT REDUCTIONS In SUMMER GOODS. This month features heavy stock reductions across all departments with low prices. Batistes and Shirting Prints slashed to 3-5 cents per yard, French Latines halves, Fine Ginghams, Zephyr Ginghams, Dress Ginghams, and Dress goods discounted. India Silks at 50 cents, Sarah Silks, Broadcloths, laces, and linens offered as bargains. Samples and prices sent.
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Drit Batistes
Hibborne
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Opera
Buckisn’s
Arnica Balve
Helen
E. T. W. Duke, Jr
Landor
Continent
Mr. Forster
Dickens
Florence
Brownings
Mr. Browning
Odds and
Leng Sa
Jos, Horne
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
Bumaner Clanannes
Opt. Faity
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