Baptism by White Oak Bayou Ends With Fisherman Interlude
A Baptism at White Oak Bayou turns comic and perilous when a white neighbor heckles the scene from a log. The preacher guides Sister Wells into deep water as crowds sing, but a trout line hooks the preacher, besting him and forcing a dramatic retreat. Water is deemed safe, but baptism is halted.
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Fam
White Oak Bayou
Captimus Lisker
Sam Mayfee
Sam
Bruders and Sisters
Sister Wells
Old Sam
Eldar
Brethin
Sister Jones
Wells
Arkansaw
A Frigid Streak In Detroit Tale
A Detroit Free Press fragment shows a man in a plumber's shop lamenting a frozen water pipe and a chaotic home scene. He quotes a summer shock, the kitchen flooded, the hired girl quitting, and tension within the family as the line ends with a mother’s warning about stability for the children.
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Detroit Free Press
Polite Bat Truthful Conductors in Paris Omnibus Scene
A Paris omnibus conductor mixed wit with courtesy as a woman on the sidewalk asked for a seat. The exchange highlighted the French habit of blending politeness with brisk practicality in public transit.
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Paris
Bucklen's Arnica Salve For All Skin Ailments
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and eruptions. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by barber bar on 8-bdawly.
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Bucklen
Barber Bra
Prince Alexander Freed Sparks Public Delight
Public interest centers on Prince Alexander who has been liberated and becomes a favorite. His portrait appears in shop windows as news spreads of the audacious act. Some newspapers denounce the liberators as scoundrels bought with Russian money.
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Bert
Prince Alexander
Remarkable Recovery Prompts Texan Miracle Cure Anecdote
In Pars Texas excitement grows over J E Corley’s recovery from consumption after using Dr King s New Discovery Trial bottles and Pills led to rapid improvement with thirty six pounds gained. Southwestern Railway Association meeting notes rates and passes dispute resolved pledges to enforce transportation rules.
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Texan
Pars
Tex
J.E. Corley
Dr. King
Barber Bros
Southwestern Railway Association
Chicago
Midgley
Southwestern Passenger Association
Southwest
Blood Purifier Ad Claims and Louisiana Fire Toll
An 1884 Atlanta ad touts B B B as the best blood purifier from W P Sirs & Co and Rather Bros, selling several bottles. New Orleans reports a Bayou Sore fire incinerating over 1.118 million dollars in losses, Grahan & Co. bearing the brunt. An insert extols Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and brain clarity, praising its digestive and nerve benefits and wakeful vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Onceans
Grahan & Co
Georgia Shaken Up and Advertisements Highlight
An earthquake measured two slight shocks felt at 4 o clock in Acousta Georgia. The issue also features a new unusual advertisement section promoting Prickly Avh Bitters as a novel product, claimed to be an appealing display in the paper.
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Georgia
Acousta Ga
Blood Poison Cure Claim From B B B Bottle
An advertisement touts a single bottle of B. B. B. as a superior cure for blood poison, promising dramatic relief and offering a free book from Bicop Ball Co. The message urges readers to contact Atlanta, Ga. for the claim. It also notes game results of Leavenworth vs Topeka and a polo match in Newport RI with an exaggerated scoring report.
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Bicop BaLl Co
Atlanta
Drowned and Dying: Elbow Ulcers and Death in Surf
A prominent Alabama physician recalls a near-fatal case of tertiary syphilis cured by B B B after multiple doctors failed. The report notes ulcers and bone exposure in the elbow as death seemed certain. Also, John Murphy aged 11, son of Thomas Murphy, collector of the port of New York, drowned today in the surf.
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Alabama
Branca N. J
John Murphy
Thomas Murphy
New York
Generous Proposition From BLoop Baim Co
Credible reports say the BLoop Baim Co of Atlants Georgia promises to cure scrofula ulcers tumors blood poison rheumatism catarrh skin diseases kidney complaints chronic female issues eczema and more in one third the money and half the time of any known remedy. They offer a book free by mail and Barber Bros druggists carry the remedy.
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Barber Bros
Printer Jumps from Brooklyn Bridge
A New York printer leapt from the Brooklyn Bridge today and was not hurt. He was arrested shortly after the fall, with no serious injuries reported.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Advice to Mothers and Trego County Nominees
AIRS WINSLOWs SOOTHING SYRUP praised as a teething remedy used for 16 years by millions of mothers across the United States. It claims to ease pain, stop dysentery and griping, and relieve wind colic. Price sixpence per bottle. In Trego County, the Republican convention nominated W. J. Tilton for representative and several county offices, including A. J. Harlan as county attorney and A. B. Baker as school superintendent.
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Winslow
United States
Price
Trego County
Drakeene
Republican Convention
W. J. Tilton
A. J. Harlan
A. B. Baker
I. H. Conger
A. H. Blair
Consumption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy
An elderly physician, retired from practice, claims a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility. He offers to mail free of charge the recipe with directions in German French or English to any reader who writes and includes a stamp. Address W A Noyes 149 Powts Block Rochester N Y.
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East India
W. A. Noyes
Rochester N
Printers' Fraternity to Convene in September
The second annual convention of the national printers' protective fraternity will meet in this city on the first Tuesday in September. Delegates will attend from Kansas City Wellington Delaware Hartford Conn Topeka Jacksonville Fla and other points. Electric Bitters is praised by W D Sult and Abraham Hare as a cure all for rheumatism and liver kidney and blood complaints with many testimonials. Barber Bros Drug Store sells a half dollar bottle.
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Stocetos
Eas
John P. Nice
Fostoris
Kansas
Stockton
Court House
Ohio
Kansas City
Midgley
Southwestern Pool
Nettleton
Fort Scott & Gulf Road
Memphis
Gulf Road
Liberty
Chicago
New York
Donovan
Louisville
Printers’ Fraternity
National
Printers’ Protective Fraternity
Wellington
Delaware
Lartford
W. D. Sult
Bippus
Ind
Abraham Hare
Bellville
Barber Bros Drug Store
Sullivan Herald fight declared off
Aug 28 report from New York states the Sullivan Herald fight is off. An advertisement seeks women to mail for remedies claiming to cure female weaknesses without a physician. It promises free recipes and a sealed treatise from Mrs W C Holmes at 655 Broadway, New York, with a 2 cent stamp.
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New York
Sullivan— Herald
W. C. Holmes
Broadway
Ny Y
Laconie Courtship And Humorous Horse Remedy Tale
A brief country courtship ends in marriage between Miss May Buck and Mr. Mose Smith after cautious exchanges and a cheeky proposal. In Euclid Avenue a humorous Irish horse medicine tale follows, where Michael’s bold method backfires, leaving him choking and vowing never again to blow powders down a horse’s throat.
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Mose Smith
Miss May Buck
Broader Smith
Miss Buck
Smith
Michael
Euclid Avenue
Moses
Mike Murphy
Cleveland
Ceylon Tea Poised to Challenge Old World Trade Flows
The London Telegraph notes Ceylon gains as Assam and Madras districts sustain tea cultivation while Ceylon increases output. The island, once famed for coffee decline, now grows and cures tea to meet European tastes, boosting English profit and signaling a shift from traditional Bohea. Ceylon tea is described as good sterling stuff, commanding high prices in open markets.
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China
London Telegraph
Assam
Hindoostan
Deccan
Madras
Ceylon
Oven Pan Lets Meat Stay Tender and Juicy
Plain Talk promotes an oven pan with a hinge cover that keeps meat juicy while cooking beef from Noah's Ark or prehistoric chickens. It claims you can leave for church and return to a ready roast or chicken, with the pan sealing in moisture. Small size offered at 75 cents with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Walt
W. P. Sirs & Co
Rather Broz
Topeka
Leavenworth
Henry Ward Beecher
Allcock
Samual J. Randall
James W. Husted
Newport
Westchester Club
Ceylon Tea
Western Farm Marriage
Lawrence, Kansas
Western Farm Mortgage Company
National Bank Building
Winthrop Street
Over City Library
L. H. Perkins
J. H. Shimmons
J. J. Kunkel
Eldridge House Corner
Prof. Canfield
Gleason & WI
Iman
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