Do You Get Up With a Lame Back
Newspaper readers are offered a sample bottle and booklet for Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root a kidney liver and bladder remedy. The ad claims wide testing in hospitals and private practice and instructs readers to mail address to Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Kites
Bright
Swamp Root
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N.Y
Blood Purifier Ads and Medical Testimonials Across The Era
A collage of 19th century medical ads and notices touts Botanic Blood Balm and Bee Laxative Cough Syrup, promising cures for blood and skin diseases, kidney issues, and coughs. It includes testimonials from Dr William Anderson, J W Gorrell’s drugstore, and references to tax law and harbor contracts, amid varied medical claims and product samples.
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Balu
Atlanta
Wim. H. Anderson
Soda Springs
Ida
Gorrell
B. H. Gorrell
Gems In Verse AN OLD HOME
An old home yard overflows with daisies and grass as a robin sings by the well sweep. A wind blooms memory through a vine and the old fence frames the fragrant scene of years gone by.
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Ooryard
Robin
Willa
Toife
The Ancient Economist Warns Stagecoaches Ruin Britain
A 17th century London treatise argues stagecoaches threaten trade, lands, and horsemanship. It imagines York Chester and Exeter routes needing hundreds of horses, cites ruined inns and employment shifts, health harms, and predicts national ruin if coaches prevail, claiming railways would expose the writer’s folly.
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England
London
York
Chester
Exeter
Spurriers
Lorimers
Parmera
Record Gorilla Stands Over Eight Feet In Cameroon Hunt
The giant specimen, weighing about 500 pounds, was killed by Mr. Paschen during a Cameroons hunting trip after natives guided him to a tree where the beast fell to a final shot. Embalmed skin and bones were sent to Europe for display at Walter Rothschild's museum in Tring.
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Mr. Paschen
Walter Rothschild
Tring
Hertfordshire
England
Ir. Paschen
Cameroons
Europe
Scientific American
Piano Practice Pauses Sparked by Mother's Urging
Mrs Fizzletop urges Johnny to play the piano while Mrs Mizzletop accuses him of not practicing. Johnny claims he is focusing on the march pauses, repeating them until perfect. The exchange highlights a child’s effort and a parent’s oversight in music study.
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Lamb Hae
Congress
Crisis in Democracy Prompted by Virginia Attitude at Denver
Address by Professor William E. Dodd of Redland argues Virginia must back John W. Daniel at Denver to avoid harming the Democratic cause. The Times-Dispatch cautions against undercutting Bryan and notes national shifts, protests Ford-like two thirds rules, and cites past party splits and current political dynamics. It also items other national notes from Virginia and Maryland, plus local university enrollment and public policy moves.
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Crisi
Bryen
Roosevelt
Bryan-Roosevelt
Iast
Hearst Jan
Bryan
Atanda
Hearst
Virginia
Denver
van Buren
Robert J. Walker
Missievippi
Calhoun
Sun
the World
Harper's Weekly
J. P. Morgan
New York Sun
Daniel
Pulitzer's World
Heaven and Earth
The
Times-Dispatch
Themaesaya
John W. Daniel
Virginia Democracy
Parker
Portland
Littlefield
Maine
University of Virginia
Pebrusky
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Senate
John Walter Smith
United States
William Pinkney Wythe
Maryland
Michigan
Houston Post
Dallas
State Penitentiary
Mary Shales
Plains
Wilkesdarre
Peno
Thomas Nelson Page
Washington
Page-Barbour
Page
James Barbour
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Promises Quick Relief
A dubious ad claims a product titled Guaranteed Cure for Piles offers rapid relief for bleeding and protruding piles. It asserts a cure within six to ten days and targets buyers seeking quick, easy remedies.
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Doan
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Rockbridge Lodge
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Lexington Lodge
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Odd Fellows
Ha Liberty Rebekah
Daughters O
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Mountain City Lodge
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Manonie Hall
Hall
Bridge Corneil
Royal
Ol Fallows
Cornell
United American Mechanics
Odd Fellows Hall
Zreenles D, Letcher
Lexington, VA
Prot
M. Penick
Laaiwaros
Viiroinia
Notary Public
Frane Moor
J. Preeton Moon
Court Pore & Moore
Attorseys At Law
Lextinatos
Paaxn T. Glasgow
Aeeieon & White
Attorneys-At-Law
Lexington
W. P. Houston
R. R. Witt & CO. Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Agoor’s
Hancock Bros. & Co’s
Hancock Bros & Co
Hancock Bros. & CO
Lynchburg, Va
Baltimore & Ohio
Sonedaly
Beebot
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Elven
Chicago
Pittsbpurg
Baltimore
Hagerstown & Frederick
Acm
Warner, Polo & Company
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Undertakers
Crockery
Gia Call
R. S. Anderson
OPP
Baptist Church
Syracuse
Studfbaker
Krown and
Thornhill
Nho
Lexington, Virginia
Whitehall
Wat
J. Gassman & Son Hardware Company
Owen Hardware CO
Oliver
WITA
James E. Heck
Alezandria Genetet
Tia
Mit Bryan
Williams
Powderly
Texas
J. W. Gorrell
Municipal Commission On Harbor Works
Frankfort
Price Co
BH. H. Gorrell
William H. Michel
Calcutta
India
Monarch
Savastopol
Odessa
Africa
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Great Britain
Woodbine
France
Germany
William E. Dodd
Redland
Richmond Timee- Dispatch
John D.rockefeller
Richmond
the Times
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Newark
Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
North Caroling
Geeral
Carolina
Supreme Court
Robert Downing
McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church
Virginius
Downing
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