For Sale and Proposals at Brisk City Prison and Shops
Old papers for sale at this office and proposals for supplies to Banana State Penitentiary are invited. Proposals should be addressed to The Ushersterned, Warner, Penitentiary. Notices mention fire department chair and bartering of services, with price inquiries at engine house. Barber Bros promotes Kemp's Sarsaparilla and related remedies with refunds. A broad range of ad copy appears, including baby care and patent medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banana State Penitentiary
Warner
Lancia
Keneas
Barber Bros
Peenieht
Leener
Barber
Kemp
Union
Golder Medical Discovery and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Ad
The notice promotes Dr. Pierce's Golder Medical Discovery as a cure for skin diseases and warns of the Brandon Cain War. It also touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as best for sores, bruises, ulcers, and eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Barber Bros. sells it for 25 cents.
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Brandon Cain
Pierce
Golder
Nts
Bucklen
Barber Bros. S-Sdewly
Woup
Main Street
Buffalo N.Y
SF Pierce
Peculiar People and Their Amish Dunkard Neighbors
A Pittsburgh Dispatch tale highlights Amish wealth and odd dress in a southern Pennsylvania county near Maryland. It also recounts Somerset County Dunkards, known as Krethian, who shun ostentation yet influence politics via a ruse where a candidate wore rustic garb to win Dunkard votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvanis
Maryland
Saya
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Ives
Rinehart
Philadelphia
Somerset County
Dunkard
Duckard
Trials of druggists and wealthiest man in history note
A Wall Street anecdote shows a pharmacist improvising cures while warning against diagnosis. The piece then extolls Pythias as the wealthiest ancient, estimating his riches at over 120 million. An advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla promises relief from dyspepsia and a fading scandal about Daniel McFarland after a 1870s shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Tiberius
Aroesus
Pythias
Aty
Lydigo
Siebus
Celsum
Xerxes
Greece
Darius
Hood
Daniel McFarland
A. D. Richardson
New York Tribune
Historic path of statuary from blocks to figures
A sketch traces sculpture’s rise from rough stone blocks to lifelike statues. It credits Phidias for Greek ideals and notes drapery in wood and metal, painting on statues, and the Colossus of Rhodes as a famed ancient work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phidias
Athens
Minerva
Pericles
Orn
Prince of
Tre
John L. Sullivan
Rhodes
The Use of Loons Playful Creatures For City Shootists
A lively note on friendly loons at Pigeon Lake described as a sport for urban shooters. The piece playfully mocks both anglers and the birds, praising the thrill of near encounters and boatside laughter as loons surface within reach. The Independent urges encouraging loons for summer sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pigeon Lake
Cauaron
Kemp's Balsam For Throat And Lungs Promoted
A colonial era notice urges Lawrence residents to call for Kemp's Balsam for throat and lung relief. The ad touts prices at 56 cents and 1 dollar with a trial size free, while joking about local civic figures and hotel entrepreneurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liu
Kemp
Hiros
Shop girl wages and kitchen life dissected by workers
A shop girl voices views on wages and the social life of retail workers. She argues pay at stores reflects the home life and opportunities, contrasting a $3.50 weekly wage with board to a kitchen job at $2.50. The piece defends home, companionship, and social dignity over kitchen confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
LP. Rounds
Miss Smith
Miss Mary
Four Men Die In Frontier Triangle Of Death And Snakes
New Mexico frontier tale recounts Molliter murdered by Charlie Williams in Shakspere. Williams released on bail, later killed by Crittenden in a staged pursuit. Crittenden dies from a rattlesnake bite while Williams succumbs after prolonged wounds. Local paper notes the absurd chain of deaths ending with the snake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
New York Star
Molliter
Lisa Lincoln
Curley Bil
Charlie Williams
Willams
Old Molliter
Rocksy
Shakspere
Wiliams
Meiliter
Williams
Silver City
Centennial
Crittenden
Pinos Altos
Williams Died Pews
The
Mee Southwest
Moltiter
Mollitar
Salt Rheum Cured By Hood s Sarsaparilla Testimony
Mrs. Alice Swi th of Stansford, Cone reports three years of salt rheum improved by Hood s Sarsaparilla. She claims weight gain and full cure and recommends the remedy, noting 100 doses for one dollar and available from Hood Co. apothecaries in Lowell, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Chesley
Peterson, Clay Co
Iowa
Marber Bro
Hood
Alice Swith
Stansford
Cone
C.J. Hood & CO
Lowell
Mam
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Kingman
Avenue Chicago
Manhattan
National Bank
Brown County
Onte
New York Sun
Cleveland
Garland
South America
Jorgey T. Inman
Station D
New York
G- Chvelane
King
Newton Street
Gilmores
Wichite
Addrera
New York Walland
Sixth Avenue
Peestei
History OF
Sculpture
Atchiaou
Secanda
City Center
Garden City
Hoteblacen
Cas
Eseonally Fes
Raed
Stark Nurseries
Frank James
E Tovok
Howl
Lynan Allen
Sexton N. E. Church
Hoad
J.B. Stan Ton
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Whittier Giy Spriaries
T Lovis
America
Willitttric
P.O
Holman
Sofwe
United States
Holman Adjustable Carriage Co
Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Ill
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Massachusetts Street
Hill & Mendenhall
Bill Heads
Journal Company
Lawrence Journal Co
Hammond
Than
Machdye
Remington & Caligraph
Wim, T. Carpenter
Kansas
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