The Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Ad Controversy
A column questions truth and confidence in a Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy claim offering a $500 guarantee if it fails to cure catarrh. The piece notes distrust of advertising fakes and endorses Dr. Pierce’s Liver Pills as effective, mild yet potent for headache, dizziness, and constipation with one pill dosage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sage
Dr. Pierce
Carter
Qur
Carter Medicine CO
New York
Elder Flower Cream promotes whitened skin and youth
Elder Flower Cream promises a soft clear velvety complexion with daily use. It claims sun and wind protection, prevention of freckles and blackheads, and wrinkle prevention. Sold for 1.00 at druggists or Mrs. Gervaise Graham 103 Post Street San Francisco with options for distant treatment and a free sample offer for 10 cents postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gervaise Graham
Post Street
Sanrancisco
Etter
Box Fell and Injured Me Then Panacea Helped
In Indianapolis Indiana a box fell on a man injuring his leg causing difficulty moving. He tried medicines from a druggist and after using Panacea he felt relief immediately and was fully cured in four days. The note from a baggage master at Union Station cites residence 815 Olive Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Indianapolis
Frank Medicine Co
Madison
Ind
P.U. 0
St. J. Ry
Hesidenes
Olive Street
Adams Pennsylvanian Election and Thanksgiving Proclamation
The Herald notes Republicans carried Pennsylvania by a narrow margin and reports President’s Thanksgiving proclamation for November 26. Other items include October breadstuffs value, South Africa butter price, and mixed political updates from New York, England, and Virginia. Also mentions Senator Daniel’s possible reelection and Ohio county results.
Republican Gains Cited In 1891 Elections
The article argues McKinley won by 3,976 in Hamilton County but could have reached 7,000 with party unity. It cites Iowa’s 1891 Republican advance, and recounts a Washington World interview with ex Pension Commissioner Tanner about Indiana soldier votes and Harrison support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Hamilton County
Washington
The
New York World
Corporal Tanner
Indiana
New York 1884 1889 vote shifts and a magazine plug
A reader asks which states yielded Republican losses in the last election and the piece shows New York results from 1884 to 1889 including governor and secretary of state margins. It also promotes Romance magazine and discusses female authority and the sex of the soul with excerpts from Dr Mayo and biblical figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Courier
New York
Iowa
Boise
California
Harrison
Indianapolis
Republican Committee
Devison House
Indiana
Hovey
Hep. Dem. Pra
Is&t Sec
CAB Soo Gee Sga
Figerin
Books at reduced prices and a New Albany politician named
A plan offers subscribers reduced books and magazines with a sample copy and a catalogue for 10 cents. The Chicago News praises Charles L. Jewett of New Albany as highly capable though he is not a gubernatorial candidate, and the New Albany Ledger confirms Jewett will not seek the governor’s nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romance Publishing Company
Clinton Hall
Astor Place
New York
The
Chicago News
Bynum
New Albany
Charles L. Jewett
Jewett
Harrison
United States Senate
Ledger
New Albany Ledger
Out of Court the Divine Mystery of Sex and Society
The fragment argues that resolving the divine mystery of sex will erase brute and animal traits from law and advance political reform. It envisions women’s roles in home, society, literature, school, charities, and church permeating public life, with M. Stars Brookgs as a cited name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Stars Brookgs
The World Belongs to Those Who Come Last
A reflective verse fragment echoes Longfellow on fate and future generations. The speaker questions how children’s lives unfold after one’s death, imagining their volume of history as a shared legacy. The poem ends with a reassuring line about hope and endurance for those who arrive last.
Bernhardt's New York Season Expected To Net Big Profits
The French actress Mme Bernhardt is projected to earn between 7000 and 9000 dollars weekly during her New York run and above 200000 dollars annually over the next three years. Despite her immense earnings, she is said to act from pure love of the craft, not money. The piece notes her plan to tour through major and smaller towns, performing even in one night stands for high profits, while emphasizing her artistic prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernhart
New York
America
Patti
Mme. Bernhardt
Bernhard
Electric Bitters praised by Indiana locals in ads
Idaville residents Wm Timmons John Leslie and J W Gardner tout Electric Bitters for kidney liver and vitality in a local drugstore promotion. J E C F Harper Drug Store offers 50 cent bottles and guarantees satisfaction with refunds if results fail. The ad also endorses Dr King products and Bucklen remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Timmons
Idaville
Ind
John Leslie
Same Place
J. W. Gardner
J. E. C.F. Harper Drugstore
Dr. King
Bucklen
J. E. C. F. Harper Druggistt
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C.S. Weed & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
MRS
Elder
Shoemaker
Lexington Avenue
Gaton Station
GALE
Ormstedt & Co
McKay Bros
Wokeburg
A. J. Hyatt
Haney’s Corner
Fame
Dupont
Rankin & Son
Hanover
J.j.ckie
M. Payne
Paynesville
Dean
Otto
Jacob Thinnisa
China
N. B. Rheinerm
Rexville
W. H.H. Bennefield
Barbersville
C. Wallace
Volga
J.R. Loud
Hicks
J. KR. Mepinell
Lancaster
Wm. Ball
North Madicoc
the’ Herald
Adams
Linc. Jones
Sundison
Office
East Main Street
Jur
Pennsylvania
United States
South Africa
Whenerals
Assembly
England
France
West
Jeepee Therman
Thurman Club
Columbus
Thurman
Statesman
Hox
James B. Brown
Jefferson County
Grorce R. Lawrence
Pittsburg
Everett House
Sentinel
Lawrence
Jason B. Brown
City
Mr. Brown
Congress
General Assembly of
Virginia
John W. Daniel
Ohio
Campbell
Romance
Kipling
Haggard
Daudet
Robert Louis Stevenson
de Maupassant
Zola
Bret Harte
Ouida
Maurice Thompson
Julian Hawthorne
Edith Sessions Tupper
George William Curtis
Grant Allen
New York Story Club
Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star
M. Sears Brooks
Mayo
Boston
Harvard
Methodist Conference
Dr. Mayo
India
Corea
Isaael
Vashti
St. Paul
Happy Hoosiers
J.E
F. Harper
Main and Jefferson
Madison, Ind
J. E. C. F. Harper
John R. Goodwin
I'Roy
N.Y
Dr. Bull's
Secon Para
Lange's
Carters
Tiver i
Apollo
Erie Medical CO
Buffalo, N.Y
Maylideod &Wlynr
Golden Specific CO
Cincinnati
Eod D&wiy
Humphreys
Humphkeys
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Fulton St
Ceres Piles
Herae
Manlia Ao
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