Vampires in Mexican Highlands On a Terrible Overnight
A San Antonio writer recalls a grueling June 1889 journey from Osjata to Tuxtla, lodging at Oxite, where a sultry night brought terror from alleged vampires. A rhythmic winged visitor and blooddebt nightmare culminate in a scream from Juanita as the narrator survives by a narrow margin.
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San Antonio
Mexico
Osjata
Tuxtla
Vera Cruz
Gulf Coast
Joss
Oxite
Tivurcio Beltran
Juanita
Don Tivurcio
Anake
Don ‘Tivurcio
Columbia Post
Ex Speaker Keifer and Others in a Parade of Notables
A Washington Letter describes Gen J Warren Keifer in vivid attire and memory prowess, recounting Blaine's remarkable recall of 25 families from his old Pennsylvanian county. It then shifts to social notes on Burmese girls, Persian royalty, Olive Thorne Miller, Sybil Sanderson, the Princess of Wales, fashion musings, and trivial vignettes from New York to Maine.
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J. Warren Keifer
House of Representatives
Springfield
Cincinnati
Loyal Legion
Alsy Aysa
Blaine
Gov.rear
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Congress
Smithsons
Mr. Blaine
Angdad Guv
Gear
Washington
Har Ey GB
Olive Thorne Miller
Brooklyn
New York
Paris
Shaw
Patti
Sybil Sanderson
Judge Sanderson
San Francisco
Princess of Wales
United Kingdom
Bey
Rogers Royal Herbs Promises Bilious Relief and Vitality
A traditional remedy claims to bless health and cure Billous Headaches Dyspapsia and Constipation while restoring liver action. It warns of wealth of relief after a few doses and cautions bilious symptoms with dull heaviness. Sold by druggists for 1 dollar, prepared in Boston and Hyde Park Massachusetts.
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Righrs
Royal Rewedies CO
Boston
Hyde Park
Mass
Nature and Springtime in a Devil's Newspaper Poem
The editor skips town leaving Peck's Sun in charge and prints a spring poem by Algenngon J. Dubbs after paying $2. The verse lampoons spring with disjointed lines about birds, insects, and odd mishmashed imagery. It also promotes Darbys Prophylactic Fluid with claims to sterilize rooms and erase contagion and smells.
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Peck
Sun
Algenngon J. Dubbs
Tye
Ile
Skunk
Trise
Pennsylvania Line Promises Night and Day Travel Options
The Pennsylvania Line advertises reclining chairs and sleeping cars on Indianapolis to Chicago night trains and coaches plus parlor cars on day services. Tickets and accommodations available at Union Station and nearby ticket offices. Also notes assorted ads for carbolic soap, wallpaper, and medical services.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Pennsylvania Ticket Office
Commer Washington
Gr Union Station
Lady Macbeth
Cole
ST. Louis
Weat
Greencastle
Terre Haute
Artropa
YU. B. Dering
Gensis
Pullman
Our
Dear Sir Use my name for your remedies says Anna Faust
The letter from Anna Faust and other signed notes from residents of Connersville Indiana dated May 5 1690 praise Chinese Herb Remedies and urge use of names as testimonials. The writers express personal health improvements and endorse the remedies to neighbors despite some skepticism.
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Gun WA
A . M. P. Norris
Anna
Fase
Mm, E. Faust
Prudence Newby
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Ethio-st. Bes
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Henderson,Tex
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Atlanta
Tomlinson Hall
Grand Chorus
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Charles Knorr
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