Back Pain Tied to Kidney Trouble Prompts Cure Ad
An old advertisement argues backache signals kidney disorders and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills. Case No 24,613 features Joseph Calmes of Fostoria Ohio praising the remedy after a successful 1896 treatment. It offers a free trial by mail and lists Buffalo NY makers Foster Milburn Co and 50 cent boxes.
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Bright
Joseph Calmes
Harter Mills
Fostoria
Dean
Mr. Calmes
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
France Growing Rich Shows Wealth Shift in 19th Century
A Paris statistical publication notes rapid wealth consolidation. It records 5.5 million peasants owning homes and land, 2 million holders of government securities up from 125,000 in 1830, and rising railway and bank share ownership. Retail trade gained about seven percent while wholesale trade declined.
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Paris
France
Alabastine touted to prevent disease spread by walls
An old notice claims Alabastine wall coating helps prevent smallpox and other germs from spreading. It argues wallpaper and decaying glue harbor bacteria, while Alabastine provides a sanitary, disinfectant like cement base that can keep walls germ free after treatment.
Germany Machinery Promises Startling Exposition Icons
Lieutenant Garden of the United States Navy reports European machinery exhibits, seen in London, will startle American visitors at the St Louis Exposition with remarkable and novel engineering displays from Germany.
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Garden
United States Navy
London
Europe
Germany
Almanac and ads mix astrology appeal with product pitches
The item promotes Peruna almanacs with astrology horoscopes and a free Q&A offer, predicts high demand, and urges readers to ask their druggist. It also includes short ad snippets for Defiance Starch, Miss Elderleigh photos, Baxter's Bullhead-Scent cigars, and a playful note about a duck and bonnet.
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Peruna Almanac
Peruna
Maubikeck and Wilberton chase Maligni in New York
In a hotel suite the narrator and Maubikeck uncover Nita’s grim past and Maligni’s grip over her. Nita recounts her father Barnum’s tragedy, Maligni’s cruel training, and a red tin box said to hold a contract. They race to police and a druggist to recover Nita and the box.
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Maubikeck
Maligni
Signorina
Nita
Signor Wilberton
Madame de Long
Albany
Madame de
Barnum
Utica
Italy
Madame de Long's
Sancho
Dambo
Barlotti
Wilberton
Major Simmons
Byrnes
New York
Hell
Satan
Police
Tortoni
Torton
Europe
He Disliked George Eliot Autocratic Ways of Authoress
Harper's Weekly recalls an early memory of George Eliot then Miss Evans in a Strand bookshop. An assistant in John Chapman’s shop described her as ugly yet highly knowledgeable who used the Socratic method to probe others. His resentment grew as dining companions were humiliated by her questions.
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George Eliot
Preserve historic sites and relics for future generations
The New York Tribune urges preserving all identifiable historic sites and relics still in existence. It laments carelessness and vandalism that have caused losses and argues for practical and sentimental grounds to set aside land for preservation. Land values should not hinder protecting heritage.
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New York Tribune
Renters Wanted for 2000 Acres Near Romeo Colorado
Property owners seek first class renters for about 2000 acres of fenced and plowed land near Romeo Conejos County. Land ready for crop, with liberal terms for qualified operators who have teams and farming implements. Inquiries to Zeph Charles Felt 616 Majestic Building Denver.
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San Luis Valley
Romeo
Conejos County
Zeph Charles Felt
Majestic Building
Denver
Colorado
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Pat
Putnam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss Menard
Miss Grorcik Menano
152Nd St
New York City
W. L. Douglas
Agni W. L. Douglas
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Denver Directory
Denven Tent and Awning CO
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Oxford
Hote Union Devot
O. H. Morse
Mga
Denver Tait
Mantois
Vic
J.p.paulson
Financial Contract Security Co
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Lawrence Ats
Deny
Cok
Fidelity Y Savings Ass
GEO. Ay Fpullen
Lawrence St
Northern Nursery CO
Colo
Jan. vOth
Golden and
Lawre Streets
Arapahog Street
Coloi
Tado
E. E. Burlingame & CO
Mailer Express
Knight-Campbell Music Co
Sprics
Cripple Creek
J. F. Bowers
Earth Block
Denver, Colorado
Lily
Werigemay
Chicago
The
American Kola Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Seventh Ave
Thompson
Defiance
Omaha, Neb
Paradox Machinery Co
E. Division St
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