The Kicker Editor Lynched In Early Arizona Tale
A half sheet issue of the Arizona Kicker recounts a wild tale of self parody as editor George Alfred Townsend, visiting Silver Bend, is mock lynched by a drunken crowd. The piece blends satire with vivid, if chaotic, recollections of rodeo-like scenes, a rope, and a palmful of local personalities, ending with a comic pledge to avoid future mobish misadventures.
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Arizona Kicker
Riveit
Silver Bend
George Alfred Townsend
George
Lew Smith
West
CCIBG
William of the Hill
Nico
Phenix
Detroit Free Press
Latest London fashions revive hoop skirts and veiled beauty
The report highlights revival of hoop skirts in feminine circles and mentions new London plays like The Dead Heart and The Middleman. It notes fashion trends such as court patches with velvet shapes, a ladies cycling club in green and gold, and tight seamless bodices with single-piece construction and unique sleeve cut.
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London
Ehadow
Fashion colors and black dress trends preview season
Dress goods and millinery import data reveal tomato red and aubergine dominate next season with tomato red bright yellows and pale lavender tones. Black velvet shown as most flattering option for all body types while black silk and satin distort appearance.
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New York Sun
Gossip and Jests From Washington and Society Notes
A Washington correspondent likens Blaine to Henry Irving while Amos J. Cummings objects to public mentions. An oil portrait of Grover Cleveland will hang in the White House, and clerks at Shoreham face beverage restrictions. Bits on Dr. Rath, social events, schoolroom quips, and ads for Veterinary Carbolisalve and Hoffman's Headache powders cap the column.
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Washington
James G. Blaine
Henry Irving
Amos J. Cummings
Grover Cleveland
White House
Shoreham
Gun Wa Chinese Remedies Boost Local Testimonies in Indianapolis
Residents and veterans along with civic figures tout Gun Wa Chinese Herb and Vegetable Remedies for relief from rheumatism dyspepsia neuralgia female weakness and other ailments. Testimonials cite Ephraim Donovan Captain Warren O Slaver Mrs Johann Herman W J H Fisk and others describing rapid improvements and restored health after use.
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Indianapolis
Ephraim Donovan
Washington-st
Tonovan
Warren O'Slaver
O’haver
East Court St
Johann Herman
Trobridge St
Michigan-arve
Woodsidse
W. J H. Fisk
New York St
Francis Jones
Ellsworth St
Jones
Blood medicine ad pledges cure for blotches on face
Mrs Potter receives a sales pitch from Geun Wa-To offering blood medicine. The writer praises past cures for pimples and blotches and orders two treatments for $2, enclosing $3 for the medicine. The note references sending two packages and mentions Mrs Dovarias.
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Columses
Geun
Chinese Remedies Cure Impure Blood Says Local Reader
A reader reports months of suffering from impure blood and failed remedies. A traveling salesman named Gun Wu promised a cure and the reader says pimples disappeared and health improved after using Chinese Remedies.
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Nashviler
Ind
Gun Wu
Gro
BE. Shepard
Chinese remedies for consumption claim from Levis Gemann
Levis Gemann of 92 Bolton Place states he used Chinese remedies for consumption and found them affect him differently and better than many other treatments he tried. This short assertion appears as a testimonial ad line.
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Cincinnati
Q. T
Levis Gemann
Bolton Place
Chinese Herb Remedies Claim Paralyzing Healings From Gun Wa
Paragraphs tout Gun Wa Chinese Herb and Vegetable Remedies as cures for paralysis blood poisoning catarrh and rheumatism. Sufferers from Albany Ind and West Union Ta purportedly improved after a month of treatment and report better sleep digestion skin clarity and restored health. Several named individuals credit Gun Wa with rapid relief from chronic ailments.
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Pan-Hiande
Gun Wa
G. D. Deine
Albany, Ind
Gun Wa's Tapeworm Cure Advertised in Indianapolis
Local notice promotes Gun Wa of 26 West Washington Street Indianapolis selling remedies for tapeworm and other diseases. The ad claims hundreds cured by correspondence, offers private consultations, circulars on heat diseases, cancer, and tape worm, and lists office hours and a 4-cent stamp request.
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Mii
M. Abbett
M. D
Virginia Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Department of Health
Chicago
Wickersham
Chicago Daily News
GM WA
Gun Wa
Fueh
West Washington St
Sea GM WA
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Atlantic City
Jaysmith
McCorkle
Ethel
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Helen Daugray
Robert Downing
John T. Ford
Baltimore
Julia Marlowe
New York
Richard Mansfield
Baron Cherrie
Prince Karl
Jakyb
Are
Snow Co
Wadhineton
Strest
Little Sravers
Johnny
Forrest
Qas
Philadelphia Times
Bobby
Mary
Mamma
Hobson
Willie
Harry Parker
K. K. Kures
Hoffman
Traveler's Register
Union Station
South Clincts Street
Meerens, Ey
Indianapolis Union Station
South Tiltotest
Ennstlventalane
Central Grande
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
East
Columbus
Richmond
Louisville
Vincennes
Cairo
ST. Louis
Wa. Ly
Greencastle
Swift
Henderson, Tex
C. B. McLemone
Henderson,Tex
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Pennsylvania
S.A. Fletcher & Co
Safe Deposit Joen
Tarrington
The
Capital National Bank
South Meridian Street
Cleveland
Chicago & ST. Louis
America
Southwestern Limited
Union Depot
Pacific Coast
Colorado
Arizona
Texas
Mexico
Springfield
Bice
Chicago & Cincinnati
BT. Louis & Cairo
Bere
Ay Oss
Jd. H. Martin
Hamilton Harehis
Sims and Pettit
Ster
Grand Opera House
Dan
Young Ma
East Washington St
Merchant Tailor Bee
Virginia Avenue
Usiness Universit
Postoffice
Pensions
P. H. Fitzgerald
East Market St
Malydoz Mfg. CO
Lancaster, D
Ward Bros
Pornta Mig. Co
N.Y
Trate
G.H. Ingraham
Amsterdam
D. BR. Dyceuk & Co
Cicago
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo
Browning & Son
Sad
Mathias A. Maus
Mari m County
Indiana
Julia D. Maus
Fevecatrix
A. B
Youna
Pullman’s
Connersville
F.O. Cowteneise
Gure
Sarah Guthrie
Flackville
We of the Gun
Jane James
Roanoke‘t
Charles Robinson
Gha Wa
D. McNas
West Union
John Unverson
Daugherty Street
William Caston
W. McCarty Street
W. Washington St
Indianapolis, Ind
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