Curious Advertisements and Oddities in a 19th Century Page
A jumble of quips and patter advertising medicines and fanciful sayings. It promotes Man Zan tubes for direct medicine application, Foley's Kidney Cure, and Pine-n-En for kidney relief, all sold by Barber & Son. The copy mixes humorous asides about engagements and politics with medical claims and pseudo quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tra W. Kelley
Mansfeld
Foley
Reefuge
Barber & Son's
O. P. Barber & Ben
Robert R. Watts
Salem
Anng Foley
Gluten spill wets Pennsylvanian engine in New Jersey wreck
A Pennsylvanian train arriving at Riverton New Jersey station was coated in a white sticky gluten mass. Fireman Irving Perrine suffered cuts and burns, while engineer George Willitts escaped unharmed as a collision with a wagon loaded with gluten smashed the wagon and injured driver J B Hisnett. The crash damaged the engine. Perrine was cut by flying glass and the crew faced emergency measures and prayers pasted on engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
N. J
Irving Perrine
George Witts
Fish House
Willitts
J. BR. Hisnett
Cooper Hospital
Camden
Weaving nostalgia and curious vignettes across a scattered page
The column weaves anecdotes from Edinburgh area memory to America travel and weaving guild kinship, highlighting Andrew Carnegie’s letter from Skibo about ancestors in Dunfermline, then shifts to tales of Johnny Ransom’s musical promise, shipwreck provisions, and a collage of unrelated captions and jokes from various sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Dunfermline
Scotland
Skibo Castle
Fife
Carnegie
Morrison
Old Weavers’ Society
America
Erratic Patient Testimony From Brune Adverts
Fragmentary ad copy from Brune by H L Stanley praises a patent medicine claiming to cure consumption. It cites health benefits for his wife after taking multiple bottles and asserts personal fortune from the remedy. The garbled text includes spelling errors and stray references to doctors and sales phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkenses
H. L. Stanley
Brune
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cures
An advert describes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as superior to alcohol extracts for bronchial throat and lung ailments. It claims to support digestion, build strength, and aid wasting patients, with statements about no alcohol, wide range of use, and requests for readers to send for the medical book and correspondence to Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mierce
Morce Buffalo
Freight crew saluted by traveler's lonely confession
A country road confession reveals a woman admirer of freight brakemen praising their lonely, rough work and rare greetings. She waves her handkerchief to every freight brakesman, hoping to ease their isolation amid long hours on old cars. The piece также notes new railroad developments and industry data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste
Healieg Goezpel and J C Warren Promote Kieatha Bitters
A Belair Georgia church pamphlet touts Kieatha Bitters as a cure for weak health. It claims the tonic restores strength, aids digestion, and supports liver and kidney function. Also recommends Dean's Ointment for itching piles and references local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Healieg Goezpel
J. C. Warren
Bhasom
Obarch
Belair
Kieatha
Fragmented Victorian miscellany and historic finds
A mosaic of brief notes recounts a social encounter about gender roles, a Finnish stone acting as a weather barometer, a Venetian coin found during St Mark's Basilica restoration, Naples dungeons revealed under old arches, and assorted clippings on weddings, transportation, and dental remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's
St. Mark’s and
Murtant
Dandulo
Naples
Alfonso d'Aragona
Chaneca
Old Kingdom of
Health remedies and quack cures fill local ad page
Fragments promote Foley kidney cure Bee's Laxative and Tar cough syrup Backlan's Atelon Salve and Dean's Reguleva. Advertisers Barber & Son offer remedies for kidney trouble burns eczema piles and colds. Notices urge cautious racing and social advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Barber & Son
Chas. W. Mears
Ford City
Barber & Bem
Draggieta
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Lelia Hagood
Sylvia, Tenn
Cardus
Saese
MaoZen Jis
Joax
Peary
Cade
UO. P
Barber & Bon
Dows
S Trooper
Chaffeur
QC. P. Barber & Ben
Vaitiotai
Lawrence
Brasch—Depark
ORD
Ox Sun
Eerie Accomodation
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Jay Thott
The
Univers
Feme
Geocia
Haltimmore & Che
Burnere
Mexican Central Railroad
Scierce
Caberrhall
Hell
Norbally
Nature
Eure
Lst
Andren F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Cour
Hall
Jimmy
Ransom
Hmmy Ransom
Franklin Ransom
Columbia
Jimmy Hag
Vols Rion
Eam
Omeral Etuedtion Fey
Yemilee Jarme
United States
Selina Oe College
Cme
Toutay
American Review
Artor
London
Perish Empire
North Carolina
Philadelphia Ledger
Mamma
Jack
Lulu
Mays
Cysless
Bashelor
Lee
St. Louis, Hacky Mountains & Parifie Company
Red River
Koehler
Crow Creek
Gardiner
Lincoln
Ogamie
Sineviteh
Manchuria
Portsmouth
Lestios Weekly
AJ M. Cleland
Starlingtom Great Northern
Ashland
Wis
Burington
Lake Superior
Nebraska Grain
Avante Seaboard
Dean
Graea Widower
Stone
Finland
Melville B. Stone
Associated Press
Harper's Weekly
Sydney
Australia
Thomas
Silanes
Barber & Sea
National Biscuit Company
T & aOn
Cal
F. W. Jaedicke
Kennedy & Ernst
Herman Broeker
Gil
Dean’s
C.p.barber & Son
Iivas Io
Invanton
Aor
Lawrence Journal Company
Lawrence, Kan
Kansas City
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Southwest Limited
Union Station
G. L. Cobb
Southwestern Pass
Main Street
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