Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted In Paragraphed Ad
A 19th century advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and a constitutional disease. It claims the remedy works by cleansing blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. Includes testimonials invitation and supplier J J Cheney & Co. Sanitation and unrelated lines appear in the damaged text.
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J. J. Cheney & CO
Toleraa
UV. T Seid
Local ads pack goods and services at mass street stores
A compilation of small shop prompts lists Fly Beray stock for horses and cows at Raymeid's Drug Store, varnish stain from Hayne and Son, rooms for rent at P F Remington, eye ear nose and throat practice by Dr Beding, Gustav Wolf's West End Bakery publicizing bread and cakes, and North Lawrence Branch run by F A Ewings on Elm Street.
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Wresii
Raymeid
Gustav Wolf
West End
North Lawrence Branch
F. A. Ewings
Elm Street
Local Ads and Odds Ends from a Merchants List
A collage of old advertisements boasting iced tea ingredients lemons and peaches, low prices on vegetables, a hammock sale, eye ear nose and throat specialist G A Hamman, trunk delivery notes, Lawrence Transfer Co, D G Watt & Son peaches, cigar brand Williamson’s Baby Ribbon, Koo h Berghem tailor, Lawrence Undertaking Co, J H Bowlin manager, and remnants of embroidery and rib bone at the Home Store.
Endurance Rider Aubrey’s Vast Santa Fe Challenge Ride
An 1850 tale recalls F. X. Aubrey’s extraordinary endurance ride from Santa Fe to Independence in eight days under a $1,000 wager. He reportedly crossed rough terrain, killed multiple horses, and continued with a fresh mount, earning fame across settlements. The account blends daring feats with sensational risk.
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Elf
F. X. Aubrey
Santa Fe
N. M
Miles Agbeenn
Carasaay
Aubrey
Tidependence
Connell Grove
Oman
Reaverkal
Wiley
Fermi
Uist
Plains
Hee
Ashe
Sabatini
Faust
Levene
Curiosity Bullet Trophy From Chickamauga Found
A Mount Washington man and Spanish war veteran owns a rare relic a Springfield lead bullet with a Krag Jorgensen steel point embedded inside. He found it at Chickamauga where his regiment rested before Cuba. The ground is said to be littered with old bullets and the Krag may have pierced its weaker rival. He served as a gun pointer on the U S steamship Wisconsin and collects valuable Chinese coins.
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Mount Washington
United States Army
Krag Jorgensen
Chickamauga
Cuba
United States
Wisconsin
Preparing for the Wadding Bridal Path Joke
A facetious stranger jokes about a carpet from the church door to the curb being the road to heaven. The workman replies it is merely a bridal path, hinting at wedding preparations with a humorous exchange.
Clothes Talk Sparks Banter In Yonkers State Standoff
In Yonkers a playful exchange unfolds as two women debate fashion versus expression. One quips that clothes speak for themselves while the other grouses about not being heard, capturing a light local moment in the Statesman.
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Charlie
Melle
Yonkers ‘Statesman
Fierce Hallatorms in England and Reval Sketch
Reports recount fierce hailstorms in England with May 1897 Seaford Sussex hailstones and June Essex damage, plus August 1906 Huntingdonshire storms killing small animals and damaging roofs. Reval, a Baltic city then under Baltic German influence, is described as an ancient Hanseatic outpost with imperial history and notable foreign names connected to its past.
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England
Minnesota
Old England
Seaford
Sussex
Essex
Ingatestone
Baddow
Huntingdonshire
Reval
Czar
Sot
Esthenia
Gulf of Finland
St. Petersburg
Russia
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a great kidney remedy. It claims cures for many kidney and bladder issues and offers sample bottles by mail plus a pamphlet. It instructs readers to mention the paper when writing to Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
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Xilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Personal Vanity Great Boon in Human Life
The piece argues that personal vanity serves as a blessing and shield, giving people comfort, pride, and security amid life’s pressures. It notes people admire wealth, appearance, vehicles, and offspring, insisting vanity softens injury, fosters happiness, and helps even the timid find serenity in their self regard.
Praise of Grace's Husband and the Fur Set Heartrending Tale
A humorously candid tale of married life centers on Grace and her praise of her husband. She hints at his every-ready help and handyman skills, while the husband presses her to imagine a fur set as a surprise. The dialogue unfolds with playful tension about love, dependence, and fear of an overperfect mate. Also includes The Loquacious Swain and a country-meets-prayer meeting vignette.
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Bohemian Magazine
Domestic Peace And The Gardener's Plot
A married couple's dialogue reveals trust and affection as the man confesses love after forty years. A hinted conflict with a political campaign and public opinions colors the scene, with a quip about handling a plot and gardener duties prompting reflection on truth and duties.
Letters Claim Life Saved By Remedy From Naples Man
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine says in a recent letter that he has used long complaints and would not be without the remedy to which he attributes life saving benefits. The testimonial highlights personal relief and continued reliance on the product.
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Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Maine
Mysterious Package Prompts Heated Exchange
Mr. Potter returns from the city with a small yellow bottle of pale yellow tablets found inside a sealed box from a railway sale. Mrs. Potter questions the contents while he recalls past bets and credits Fred, as she insists on burning the package and plans to inform their nephew Fred. The scene centers on uncertainty over the druglike tablets and a surge of suspicion about their purpose.
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Mr. Potter
Mandy
Mrs. Potter
Wilam
Fred
Youth
Dust as Good Substitution for Linen Dusters
A business manager criticizes substitutes in advertising, urging exactness in requests and reliable goods. A friend on a dusty automobile trip stops at a village store where linen dusters are sold out, offered a feather duster instead, highlighting the gap between advertised claims and available stock.
Animals Offering Quirky Self Care Tales From Nature
A collection of curious notes on animals grooming, self medicating, and healing. Stories recount pigs wallowing to parasitic relief, birds bathing to cool fever, monkeys dressing wounds with leaves, and a rib injury healed by an attentive animal amputation.
Sleep Train Fails Butterwick After Imaginary Sheep Parade
In a New York Weekly tale, Butterwick struggles to sleep using an almanac method of counting imaginary sheep. The scheme collapses amid interruptions from his wife, mother in law, a noisy dog, and a quarrelsome household, ending with a headache and a belief that sheep are no narcotic aid.
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Butterwick
Mra. Butterwick
Mix
Dutterwick
Daniel Webster
Mrs. Butterwick
New York Weekly
An Old Law and Quips From the Past
The excerpt recalls Albert Pell a conservative MP famed for agri culture disease prevention and poor laws and recounts a remark attributing a moral law to God Moses and the stone tablets. It also includes light humor about a child choosing to grow up like his father and a comic exchange about De Lash quitting drinking.
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Albert Pell
Pel
Moses
Mount Sinai
Thomas
How to Avoid Appendicitis by Constipation Risk
Article claims most appendicitis victims are constipated and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure. It asserts the syrup stimulates the liver and bowels and restores natural bowel action, presenting a health claim and product endorsement.
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Orino
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Grerning Remedy Co
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N.Y
Vy Daikes
F. Lt. Bennett
Juliub A. Eriksen
Mass
Hayne and
S Drug Store
P. F. Remington’s
Mass. St
DE. H. Beding—Office
Phoos Wl
F. H. Bennett
G. A. Hamman
Dick Drog Bure
Lawrence Transfer Co
D. G. Watt & Son
Williamson’s
Kooh & Berghem
Merchant Tailors
Andy
Denver Field
Tishman
Treland
Donegal
America
New York Press
Mr. MacBlink
Grace
Ellen
Gieston
Ellon
Crittick
Haie
East Side
Columbus Dispatch
AD Rasburn
Eterville, Indiana
Flor
Mr. Butterwick
Ike
Bella
Hanestly
de Lash
van Stoo
McLesh
Cleveland
Frying Pan River
Roaring Fork River
Wood's Lake
Twin Lakes
South Platte River
Lime Creek
Crystal River
Speers
Pass. Avent
Denver, Colorado
the Journal
Indianapolie
Indiana
Solon L. Goode
Weekly Journal
American Farmer
Lawrence, Ks
Colorado
Ogden
East Lake City
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Park
Union Pacific
Alexander
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