Old Denton House and the Denton Curse in Rapides Parish
An RH era tale recalls the Denton family of Rapides parish Louisiana including Major Royal Denton and Ellen Denton. The story follows feuds with the Courcel family ending in murder and revenge linked to Indian Territory Starr gang pursuits. The piece closes noting the Denton line perished in the Confederate service during the war.
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Rapides Parish
Sippi River
Galden
Denton
Ste
Rapides
Louisiana
O Om
Miss Denton
Courcel
Kentucky
Randal
Frampton
Tom
Peston
Framp
Dentons
Tom Courcel
Ellen Denton
Ellen
Major
Royal
Indian Territory
Fort Arbuckle
Starr Gang
Royal Denton
Texas
Mexico
Doctor
Cource
United States
Fort Smith
Philadelphia Times
Poultry Manure Boosts Berry Crops on Farm Patch
A farmer spread winter collected droppings from fifty fowls over strawberries and raspberries last spring. Neighbors feared harm from unmixed manure, but crops thrived with thrifty growth and abundant fruit. Canes and berries showed extra size and strong yields. Fifty fowls yield about 26 barrels of manure yearly, enough to boost farm feed value.
Nature Demands a Tonic and Stomach Bitters Endorsement
An exhortation touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a premier tonic to slow aging and boost vigor. It claims the remedy aids constipation dyspepsia chills fever nervousness rheumatism and blood weakness. It targets the feeble convalescent elderly and those with exhausted health.
Hart's Catarrh Cure Ad and Odd Snippets
An 1886 sworn affidavit from Frank J. Cheney outlines a pay-if-unhealed incentive for Hart's Catarrh Cure and notes availability in Toledo. The rest contains assorted quips about goats, tobacco cost, Union Pacific World’s Fair trains, Bar Harbor prices, and a Go-to-Chicago travel claim.
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Starz of
Onto
Tozpo
Luceas
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
Choices of Route to the World's Fair by Union Pacific
An advertisement style item promotes the Union Pacific Railway option to the World’s Fair with fast evening trains via Omaha and returning via Kansas City. It claims solid trains in both directions and notes a one day on the road, arriving in Chicago early morning.
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Union Pacific Railway
Chicago
Bar Harbor
Union Pacific
Omaha
Kansas City
Elixes Great Chunk Kestousa
Kline
Rent
Philadelphia
Temperance
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure
An advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery purifies blood and builds up the body to treat liver and blood related troubles. It lists dyspepsia indigestion biliousness scrofula consumption and skin diseases as curable with a money back guarantee if not benefited.
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Dr. Pierce
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Yerewith
OLD Denton House
Ackles
Ellen den
Fand
Love
Shorty
Trenton
United States Army
Walter S. Haines, M. D
Rush Medical College
Chicago Board of Health
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druceists
Beecham
Solomon
Oine
Harvard
Man Woxstow
Scopes
Shoop
Box W
Racine
Wis
Hanson
Judson L. Thomson Mfc.co
Waltham
Mass
Thompson
Hana
Pracae Ig
Pagellan
Snider
M. D
Vers Theater
Chice
BO Sanko
Ormail
Bosanko
Bie
Denver
C. E. Miller Company
Opera House
Degyer
Cal
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