Dont Die of Consumption A Century Cure Advertised
A sensational 19th century style ad touts a miracle cure for consumption discovered by a Michigan physician. The piece urges readers with testimonials and trial packages, claiming rapid, painless relief and warning that delay is dangerous. It also covers social notes on Miss Mary Danbridge Spiers and a congressmen’s remarks, ending with a quip about a Saxony crown princess.
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Tonkerean
Orciais
Michigan
Berauce
Shakespeare
Kalamazoo
Uise
Mins
Mary Danbrlidge Spiers
Washington
Tle
The Bridal Bouquet Tradition At Wedding
The bride tossed her bouquet to the bridesmaids and maid of honor as she departed. Three recipients caught items symbolizing wealth, matrimony, and spinsterhood: a gold locket, a gold ring, and a gold thimble.
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Alx
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured in Patient Testimonials
Doan's Kidney Pills are praised in letters from readers across the country. Testimonials claim relief from dizziness, headaches, back pain, and kidney-related symptoms after using trial boxes and full purchases.
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Doan
Bin
Dean
Prominent Patent Remedies and Notices Across The Page
A garbled mix highlights patent medicines and ads from Kalamazoo and Toledo, with claims for consumption cures from Derk P. Vonkerman Co and Hall’s Catarrh Cure by Cheney Co. Also appears are domestic hints, Starch products, Mother Gray powders, and social notes on Justin McCarthy’s age and work.
Defiance Starch Promises Best Results in Brief Advert
In a temperance tale a man at Sodus Point New York mistakes lye for elder and drinks most of it after seeking a stimulant. The piece cites Defiance Starch as offering superior results and mentions a beer-like reward for Santa Joney the cockatiel. The moral warns against picking up unfamiliar drinks and urges temperance.
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Sodus Point
Deadly Arsenic Spring Found Near Nevada Desert
A prospecting party in southern Nevada reports a deadly spring in the desert where several skeletons were found near water said to be arsenic rich. Drinkers suffered violent cramps and died, with some water transported for analysis confirming a high arsenic content.
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Nevada
Danger in Tricks
A Saturday Evening Post warning warns that a cheap firecracker can explode unexpectedly when lit, posing injury risk to the person who sets it off.
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Ike
Saturday Evening Post
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promised Cure Highlighted in Oolitic
In Oolitic Indiana January reports praise Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder conditions. Grocer W A Terry credits quick relief after four months of suffering, noting improvement by the second day and urging others to try the remedy.
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Ind
Dodd
W. A. Terry
Moose That Tamed Herse Kinee At Kineo House
A tame cow moose now roams the Mount Kineo area near the hotel lawns. After early October she visited Nighthawk Club camps at Sugar Inland and began eating from members’ hands. Manager C. A. Judkins relocated her to Kineo where she remains at ease among guests and photographers, planned as a permanent attraction.
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Kinee
Nighthawk
Sugar
C. A. Judkins
Mount Kineo
Kineo
Abe
Will
Boston Herald
Immense Horde of Dogfish Invades New England Coast
Professor C F Holder recalls a years old dogfish outbreak along the New England coast. Thousands of small sharks swarmed the banks destroying nets and tackle, forcing fishermen to switch to dogfish catching for rivers as boats were torn and fish emitted loud creaking sounds.
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New England
C. F. Holder
Severn
Loverboard
Not in the Swim and Stray Stories Snippets
A collage of jokes and anecdotes including a bath controversy in Puc hiecombe where a councilor is saved by a bathkeeper, a Savoy tale about an academician, and a Civil War era quip tied to Grant. Also mentions a Christmas mince pie game called Shred.
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Ahe
First Stage Catarrh Warns of Cold Ills and Remedies
Drs. M J Brink discuss catarrh starting as a cold affecting head nose throat or lungs. The piece cites Elizabeth Uber and Sybil A Hadley with testimonials praising Peruna for stopping symptoms and preventing illness during damp winter weather, noting prior failures with other medicines.
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Drs. M.J. Brink
Elizabeth Uber
Peruna
Alton Resumes Fast St. Louis Train Service
Alton resumes fast night train service to St. Louis via Kansas City gateway with chair cars and sleeping compartments. Chicago and Alton Railway invites travelers to contact traveling agent for the lowest rates, promising convenient connections eastward and a timely arrival in St. Louis.
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ALTON
ST. Louis
Pointe East
Kansas City Gateway
Chicago & Alton
Kansas City
Lir D. Cooper
Chicago & Alton Railway
Immense tobacco purchase signals large Peoria factory leverage
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria Illinois celebrated a single binder cigar by purchasing the largest graded tobacco lot to date. The deal, styled as a warranting fancy selection, positions the Lewis factory among the nation’s top holders of high grade tobacco. Defiance Starch is touted as unmatched in quality and quantity. A British Weekly note recalls a West End church sermon on why people attend services, joking that some arrive to display fine clothes. B F Zimmerman of Baltimore, aged 83, is named the oldest Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a post he has held for sixty years.
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Frank P. Lewis
Peoria
Lewis
United States
West End
Ada
Omcer
B. F. Zimmerman
Baltimore
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Eggs of the Lobster Describe Hatchery Process
The eggs of the lobster are attached to her by minute appendages called swimmerets and are carried to her from the fall of the year and the following summer when they hatch.
Fragmentary ad snippets show household goods and oils
A compilation of fragmented advertisements notes Allen's Foot-Ease for foot comfort, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, and Defiance brand household products. Also mentions wealth land inquiries in Missouri and a note on phonographic records, all from a historical newspaper page.
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Tallurny
Swanson
Virgini
Congress
Cable Dispatches
Saxony
Tris
Onumans
Dani
O. L. Cusack
Doun
Jesnovicen
Preston & Stauffer
Orlestin
Matt
Triton Ban
Kang Tale
Dette San Wall
Derk P. Vonkerman & Co
Kalamazoo, Mich
Toledo
Brok J. Cheney
Br. Cheney Co
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
Dresriet
Devembar
Cheney & CO
Maude
Algath
Defiance
Ti'a
Mother Gray
Nure Inc
New York
Allen S.olimsted
le Kay
Europe
Mulhausee
Alsace-Lorraine
Justin McCarthy
Hietory
Animal le
Hom Hotel Lawn
Puchiecombe
Sandy
Jaca
London
French Academy
Savoy
Paris
Grant
Capt. Lamb
Richmond
South
Hank” Smith
Treckon Mars Grant
Washington Post
Ahadier
Mi J
Hiriak
Michigan Avenue
St Apy Mac
Phsicien
Mtrn
I Swan
Sibyl A. Hadley
Muntington
PERU
MISS_SARA_MEGAHAN
Miny
Sarah McGahan
Third Street
Albany
Saint John
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Pike
Vanburen
Thousaeds Cove
Apd
Thorn Minor
Kensas City
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Golden Square
Missouri
Kangag
Indian
Jagies
Barker
Lon Wainwright
ST. Jacobs
Ture
Tae
Dr.Caldwell
Persin Syrup CO. Meaticea
Western Canada
Furance
Dropsy St
Seeraes
PAM
Uy Kanbas City
Cms
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