City and County Hints From Lawrence May 1887
The clipping notes river rise and Ottawa gas well at 666 feet. It reports 59,000 new farms plowed in Kansas, a horse injure incident, local officials’ appointments in Vinland and at the university committee, a horticultural society meeting near Lawrence, and Santa Fe railroad agent Geo Nicholson with Kansas roots. Also covers a Miss Mand Akers gathering, court cases, a medicine ad, a family death, water analysis for Lawrence, and a May editorial urging fiscal restraint and economies in city government.
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Newton
Real
Santa Fe
Geo. Nicholson
Kansas
Kansas University
Indian Office
Lawrence
Wag
Indian Bureau
Meri
August Flower Promises Relief From Digestive Ailments
An aged style advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia liver complaints and related symptoms, claiming three doses prove its effect. Also includes notices for a Sunday School meeting in Fairview, a Davis Sewing Machine sales pitch, a baby cordial, and a post office letter list with instruction to say advertised when claiming letters.
Lawrence Improvement Association meeting and city ordinance proposals
The Lawrence Improvement Association held an afternoon meeting at the YMCA with B W Woodward presiding. Officers were elected and a committee was formed to recruit members and assess parking lot eligibility, plus several proposed city ordinance changes were submitted and urged for prompt approval. The hour long session aimed to curb nuisances and guide city improvement, emphasizing sanitary rules, street parking, and curb works.
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Lawrence Improvement Association
M. C
B. W. Woodward
Treseurer
J. A. Lippincott
Wm. T. Sinclair
H. L. Raymond
Misa Hannah Oliver
Iota
Bureau of Complaints
Lawrence
Rte
Masmauboveity
Pinekney
Adams Streets
Massachusets Street
Masachusett
Haskell Institute Activities and Local Notices
Reports from Haskell Institute cover a visit by Governor Robinson, a 40x60 building story, and student labor by Indian boys on construction duties. A cream and fruit feast entertained guests, while a literary society program drew city attendance. Separate items mention a Walker’s experience, Allcock's Plasters endorsement, Jo Jo the dog-faced boy, a prize exhibition date, and Douglas County bond bids.
Debate on Gambling at the Biamarck Fair
A director urges the fair association to cleanse the event of gambling taint and cites Webster and Chambers to argue that any lottery or chance-based prize is gambling. He warns that even games of skill with risk can be immoral if tied to gambling. The public is urged to eliminate demoralizing gambling features from the fair.
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Biamarck Fair
Blemarck
Sterling Bitters Praise Letter From August 1885
In Sterling Illinois on August 22 1885 a letter extols Hop Bitters claiming its sale surpasses all maritime articles and asserts real merit virtue and cures. Signed J H Be Utley and another sender endorse the medicine and its beneficial effects.
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Sterling, IL
H. Be Utley
Trustworthy Hop Bitters Endorsed by Doctor Mercer
Hayesville Ohio February 11 1884 Dr C B Mercer endorses Hop Bitters after consulting patients. He reports trying the product and using only two bottles, noting it did him more good than any other remedy and recommending it to patients for excellent results.
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Harter
Hayesville
Ohio
Cc. B. Mercer
Kanaka
Bishop &Co
WH. T. McClure
New Haven Notice Praises Hop Bitters Deserves It
The Register praises Hop Bitters in a notice from New Haven dated September 15, 1833. The piece asserts the product’s merit and the writer’s use of it, stating it deserves strong commendation.
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New Haven
Cond
Hop Bitters Advertisements Across The Nation In 1880s Letters
A collage of testimonial letters from 1885 1886 praising Hop Bitters curing scrofula consumption liver fever and other ailments. Letters hail from Greenwich New York Long Jack Missouri Kalamazoo Michigan and Kanaka praising purity usefulness and high reputation guiding public sale and recommendation.
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Greenwich
Seb
Hot Bitters Co
Leroy Brewer
Long Jack
P. M. Barnes
Kalamazoo
Bmich
Mra
Athlophoros Proclaimed as Cure for Rheumatism and Headache
The passage extols rheumatism as a drifting, tenacious disease and asserts Athlophoros as a reliable remedy. It claims physicians long sought a cure and cites testimonials alleging the medicine heals rheumatism neuralgia and nervous headaches.
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