Across the Spear River Match and Panaceas for Suffering
Hanlanays plans a fall race with Beach on the Spear river in Australia, while life burdens the sufferer from dyspepsia and sin. Prickly Ash Bitters is touted as a speedy cure with many testimonials. Advertisements push Dr King s New Discovery and Electric Bitters for coughs and indigestion, Bowman products, and Mel Winslow s teething syrup. Barbers Bros promote remedies and reflect local commerce with Oswego Bee berries.
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Wd, Hoyt & Co
Rome
Dr. King
Bucklea
Arnica Lake
Barber Bros
Cure for scrofula promoted by Hood's Sarsaparilla
An 1885 Newnan Georgia item discusses scrofula being hereditary or acquired from air and improper living. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure, claims sufferers see sores and swellings improve, and invites readers to request a cures book from Hood & Co. The note mentions local commerce and a claim about bedchambers in England versus America.
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Hood
C. L Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Land Bargain in Arkansas Bottoms Turns Suspicious
A well dressed stranger engages a local man in Arkansie Travsler country while examining land opportunities. The buyer offers five thousand dollars for two hundred acres, but the deal unravels as other parties and warnings about sharpers surface, exposing a murky land speculation scene and a startling claim about painless throat-cutting.
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Mississippi River
Hooper
Podner
The Sawdust Game Confidence Man Reveals Trickery
A notorious con man explains his sawdust game to a New York Evening Sun reporter. He recalls earning vast sums years ago, details his setup with steerers and a layout, and describes swapping real money with counterfeit or sawdust filled packages to dupe victims and suppress any squeals.
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New York Evening Sun
Iam
Turner
Sust
Sub
Treasury
Wall Street
Tuan
Premonition Saves Lives On Rail As Schedule Fear Triggers Stop
A railroad crew nearly perishes when a western superintendent insists his eastern colleague confirm the schedule. After a tense exchange, the eastern boss sounds the alarm as air brakes deploy and a freight derails, killing only the eastern division chief while the western man remains unaware of his role.
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Pittsburgh
Jes
Prairie chickens nest near LaCrosse and Kemp’s Balsam ad
A fragment from a 19th century paper noting many prairie chickens nesting near LaCrosse and urging Kemp’s Balsam for throat and lung troubles with prices 60c and $1.00. Also mentions Hood's Sarsaparparilla and spring weakness, plus agricultural yield figures for wheat and corn per nine bushels export.
A Doctor's Woes and Salt Debut Near Comanche City
A doctor from Crawfordaville declares chronic muscular rheumatism relieved by B B B and endorses it to the public. The notice also reports plans to develop large salt deposits near Comanche City Kansas with a company leasing acreage to start immediate operations amid vast expected supply.
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Crawfordaville
J. W. Rhodes
A. M
Comanche City
Kas
A Gifted Cure Offer and Veteran En Campment News
A limited time offer promotes Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and coughs with free trial bottles at Barber Bros drug store. An appeal mentions a cure for various throat and lung ailments. Also notes twenty five thousand veterans traveling from Kansas to the national encampment in St Louis in September.
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Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
Bucklen
Barber Bros
Eg Raot
Kemp
Trist
Grady
Sherman
Dr. King
Barber Bro’s
Kansas
St. Louis
Billiard Sharpers Exposed by New York Detective
A New York detective describes a clique of well-dressed young men who frequent billiard parlors. They pose as respectable locals while preying on players, using a staged win, small wagers, and careful manipulation to win money. They move through hotels and public spots, avoiding obvious risk while balancing accounts nightly.
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New York
Barber Bros Leis Drug Store Ad Highlights Piles Cure
Reads Kemp’s Suppositories advertised as the most successful piles cure. Cites Bernhardt on mad racket and early consumption symptoms from rising blood. Promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing lung ulcer healer. Mentions good rain in Southern Kansas and stockmen reports.
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Barber Bro
Kemp
Pierce
The Unhappy Washington Dude And The Personal Farce
A young Washington man, eager for a romance from a newspaper personal, replies to a Baltimore damsel. His friends join the chorus as letters and photos progress. He travels to meet but discovers the supposed lover is a Black woman posing as the correspondent, ending in mortified retreat and a hinted detective finish.
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Washington
Baltimore
Washington Swell
Weiter
Blank
Swell
Useful and Suggestive Food and Farm Practices
A collage of practical farming and cooking notes from diverse sources. Topics include feeding pigs with varied diets, making butter to outperform substitutes, apple pomace for stock, rissoles of spring chicken, gingerbread without eggs, horse and ox stomach capacities, tile drainage fall, dropped eggs cooking, Lyonnaise potatoes, humane handling of animals, and a note on Edward Fales Coward as a leading man in Mrs Potter’s American company.
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Nebraska
Goessman
Louisville Courier-Journal
New Orleans
Cincinnati Times
Jdoslon
St. Louis Republican
Edward Fales Coward
New York
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the Journal
Lawrence, Kas
Conkling
New York Athletic Club
William E Travers
Parsons
Mel. WinsLow
United States
Colgach
Ehagey
Remp
The
Oswego Bee
Scott City
Topeks
Kaw River
Belle Desnawayy
Atlanta, Ga
Bucktien
Eala
Burher Brees
Kefuiawiy
Atchison
Asth
Kansas Mills and Milling
Globe
Champion of
Newnan
Wadsworth
Newman
Jacon Eponclap
England
Brown-Sequard
LaCrosse
Lawrence
Hutchinson
Rock Island Road
Herrington
South America
Josgiu T. IxMax
New York City
Voboss
Warner
Warner Bros., Waisseaves
Pris
Ash
Philadelphia Trusss Co
Wade
Philadelphia
Barbee Brel
Massachusetts
W. Straffon
Woodward
Philadelphis
Ry A
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