Strike Against Strong Drink Proclaimed for Working People
A revival era appeal by Rev. T DeWitt Talmage urges a universal strike against intoxicating liquor to aid American labor. He warns drink drains wages, cripples families, and destroys self respect, urging faith based reform and personal restraint to lift workers toward prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. DeWitt Talmage
Versia
Darius Hystaspes
Associated Capital
New York
Chicago
United States
Great Britain
England
God
Ile
Iowa
Wilking Micowber
David Copperfield
Copperfield
Hut Copperfield
America
Strong
Drisk
Egotism and Loneliness in a Washington Star Quote
A fragment from a Washington Star quotation expresses disdain for egotism and insincere politicking. The speaker laments self-importance among kings diplomats lawyers and others, claiming such vanity isolates him and others who seek genuine conduct.
Patronised by the Government Winchester rifles praised
The U S Government is a large customer of Winchester Repeating Arms Co New Haven CT. Authorities rate Winchester rifles and ammunition as the best made noting 16000 rifles for the Navy and ongoing large purchases of ammunition due to superiority. Government spending signals Winchester’s top military arm status and a free Winchester catalogue is offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Winchester Repeating Ama Co
New Haven
Winchester
Navy
Winchesters
Hin Sand Fix and Doxey Marriage Bargain Rumors
In the Cleveland Leader a reader reports on Jonathan Doxey appearing composed after a claim he consented to marriage with his daughter. The speaker says Doxey is a ruined man while pondering whether to run away or endure the scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
New York
Christ
God
Menares
Phould
Hin Sand Fix
Jonathan Doxey
Cleveland
No-To-Bac Advertisement Claim Promises Health Savings
Ad text touts No-To-Bac to cure tobacco desire at low cost and promises health benefits and money saved. Mentions a large party and asks readers for advice on party style, with fragmented phrases and unclear attribution from a historic newspaper fragment.
Star Tobacco and Cure Ads in 1830s Newspapers
An advertising montage cites Star Tobacco as superior and cheaper for pleasure use. It mocks assumed cultural signals tied to hired help. Also promotes Piso’s Cure for Consumption with a Lexington Missouri testimonial from 1834 and Cascarets candy as a liver and bowel regulator with a humorous note on fashion.
No title available for Cure All Catarrh Claim
Readers learn of a cure claim for catarrh with Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Pills. Advertisement asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers 100 dollar reward for any case not cured, and cites testimonials. Mentions Toledo Ohio firm I J Cheney Co and rural scene joke about a schoolgirl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoali
Hall
Ita
Drew I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Jc. Hall
Excursion to Free Farm Lands in Canadian Northwest
An 1897 notice invites 18 year olds paying rent or with mortgages to join a St Paul to Canada Land excursion. The Canadian government offers 100 acre free farms with low rail fare. Details via Emigration Agent Benjamin Davies, 1A East Adams Street, St Paul. Also mentions travel by Big Four Route to mountain and seashore resorts with tourist pamphlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Northwest
St. Sod
Minneapolis
Benjamin Davies
East
St.Paul
Mine
Ean and Keil
Beashore
Chesapeake and Chialy
Blue Ridge
Alleghanies
Seashore
New York
Toston
Old Point Comfort
Fortress Monroe
U. L. Truitt
N. W. DP
Clark St
Chicago
Healthy maternity via Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A reader praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring kidney strength and easing pregnancy cravings. She credits the remedy with enabling a full-term birth and a healthy baby after years of constitutional weakness and prior loss, urging others to seek relief through the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mus
L. Z. Waitnes
George St
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Lexington
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