Emancipated Man Seeks Lost Wife in Old City Scene
An old slave, returning to Little Rock from St. Louis, searches for his prewar wife now living on Second Street with another husband. In a tense domestic scene, the two men contend over propriety and property as the wife asserts her independence amid rheumatism and evolving loyalties. A separate note recalls a pickpocket case and a petty money dispute.
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St. Louis
Second Street
Oman
Louisville
Grateful Women and a Rough Road to a Review
An advertisement extols Hop Bitters as uniquely beneficial to women for chills fever indigestion and related ailments. The tale includes a humorous aside about Longfellow and Fields encountering an angry bull while walking in public, prompting a witty remark about reviewer margins.
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Longfellow
Fields
London Hair Color Restorer praised by Oxford authoress
Mrs. Sarau A. Everer lauds the London Hair Color Restorer as pure and effective, claiming it restores hair beauty and even improves eyesight. She notes it is sold by leading druggists for 73 cents a bottle or four dollars for six bottles nationwide.
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Oxford
Raleigh
London
Patie Wid Chery
Ea Ierry
W. Johnston & CO
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Mich
J. E. C. F. Harp R and
Harper & Co
Swayne's Ointment Advertised For Itching Piles
A Quitman Georgia judge praises Swayne's Ointment curing itching piles after years. Attorneys from Millersburg Ohio and Newville Pennsylvania attest to its effectiveness for piles and tetter. The ad notes moisture and itching symptoms and claims the product sells nationwide at 50 cents per box or three boxes for $1.25 from Dr. Swayne & Son in Philadelphia.
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Edward R. Harden
Judge County Court
Quitman
Swayne
James S. M’comb
Millersburg
S$. W. Sharp
Newville
Hinsdale
N.Y
Thomas’s
Brattleboro
A 25 Cent Medicine Chest for Cathartic Pills
Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills are advertised as a universal purgative. The pills claim mild action, no griping, liver stimulation, and relief for headaches indigestion bilious fevers and female irregularities. They offer mail order to Philadelphia for 25 cents a box or five for a dollar with address Dr Scv ine and Son No 380 North Sixth Street Philadelphia.
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Swayne
Dr. Scivne & Son
North
S Xth Street
Philadelphia
Asthma and cough cure touted with Swayne syrup
An ad from Dr. Swayne and Son of Philadelphia promotes Swayne's Compound Syrup for coughs colds and asthma claiming quick relief. Testimonials praise its efficacy and urge readers to obtain trial bottles while noting price and distribution. A separate dramatic tragedy describes a Louisville wife’s suicide after her husband’s illness and a strange twist of recovery.
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Swayne
Svraport Will Cherry
MYFRS
Grocer
17Th
Bear Streets
Philadelphia
DR. Swayne & Son
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Imperial
W. D. Wells & CO
the Herald
Little Rock (Ark
Daniel
Dan
Marrie
Cordin
Verkel
T Free Press
Sarau A. Everer
Alling & Lodge
Belfont Nails
W. W. Clough & Co
Tailors
Bas
East Main Cross St
Madison, Ind
Wadison ‘Herald
J. Brantle
Ler and Sale
Ain Street
Main Cross
Third Streets
Bill Heads
Ort Choths
Bes
Wm. McCoy
Cornett’s
Arthur Orr
NEW Management
East Main Cross St. Madison, Ind
West Main Cross
Vernon and
Plum Streets
St. Cloud Hotel
Second and
Jefferson Streets
Louisville, KY
Madison, MD
Barney Birney
Wa. McCoy
ST. Cloud
EL YW
Bartley
Broadway
Second Sts
Madison
Ind
Mi-Tv
Stinson & Co
Portland
W T. Friedley
Masonic Temple
Main Street
Main Cross Street
Ges
Keystone
Henry C. Firth
Craig & Bro
Madison, Mnd
Gavitt’s
Democratic
John Jager
Herald
Salaratus
Central Hotel
John Kraut
Welle, Richardson & CO
Propeistera
Buttington
Dr. Smith
DR. B.arth & CO
Prop
J.W. Powers
East Main Cross
Sly
David Pettit & CO
Champion Iron Fence CO
Sarah McCoy
Chas. Gertz
Springdale Cemetery
Mre. Seymour
Fairmount
Warsaw
Messrs
D. P. Ginn
L. Tiller
White Sewing Machine CO
Cleveland
Ohio
M. L. Pfeifer
Cincinnati
Baym
Mulberry
Gorgas
P. Cosby
Plom St
A. D. Vanosdol
Attorney At Law
Court House
Main Cross St
Indiana
Vv. Dehler
J. G. Diederich
Christ. Kraut
Old Atand
Dehler & Diederich
E. R. Wilson
E. G. Way
Ouke
Joan W. Lincs
Joan F. Bellamy
Judicial C’t
Attorneys At Law
Hunt
Masonica Temple
Madison, Janio Tf
Pea
Muadison
Boots & Shoes
C. A. Stanton
W. Stapp
Western Hotel
Henry Niesse
West and
Ohio Streets
New Hardware Store
East Main Cross Street
Paul Braun
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