Soldier Tells Of Cure By Williams Pink Pills
In Lewiston Maine Samuel R Jordan recalls life in New Portland and service in 28 Maine volunteers. He suffered locomotor ataxia and paralysis until using Dr Williams Pink Pills. After weeks he improved from crutches to walking, crediting the pills for regained vigor. Manufactured by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY priced 50 cents a box or six for 2.50.
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Lewiston
Samuel R. Jordan
New Portland
Maine
All. Parlin
Madison
Wille
Religion and Reform in Chicago Cathedral Plan
Chicago plans a Greek cathedral modeled on Moscow's St Basil. Philadelphia's St Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church to build a new Sonm at $50,000. Patchwork ads and quotes on rheumatism cures, gossip, and everyday goods fill the page with brief notes.
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Chicago
Moscow
St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Young Western Poet Waterman Explores Sunlit Optimism
The piece surveys Waterman born Kendall County IL Nov 12 1859 as a poet humorist blending humor and pathos. It notes his midwestern frontier roots and Chicago writings, praising his hopeful yet wary outlook and belief life is worth living despite hints of sunset sadness.
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Mr. Waterman
Kendall County
Mid-West
Chicago
Eatheticism In Heat Charm Of Open Fire Described
The piece extols the open fire as a brightening, mood lifting feature for long winters and warm evenings. It argues the fire draws the family together, inspires imagination, fosters cheerful chat, and enhances a home’s decorative appeal beyond other objects or costs.
England's Great Monumental List
England observes the evolving balance among European powers as the international money conference sharpens positions and a clearer map of alignments emerges.
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England
British and French Leaders Clash Over Alliance Wording
Sir William Harcourt of England and Ribot of France declare firm positions on European alignment. Harcourt states that Britain will respond if France and Germany or others seek to combine on the issue, signaling a clear government stance.
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William Harcourt
Harcourt
England
Ribot
France
William
Germany
Fragmented clash of trivia and garbled names from an old issue
An assortment of brief notes mentions Irish savings banks deposits rising, Sac and Fox Indians traits, common surnames in the UK and Ireland, and a dust metaphor for light. It includes stray lines about birthdays, explorers, and various unrelated fragments with no coherent narrative.
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England
Smith
Scotland
MacDonald
Ireland
Murphy
David Flannery
Electric Age
Evolution of medicinal agents and patent remedies in old ads
A collage of historical medical ads touts liquid laxatives like syrup of figs and Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. It includes testimonials, expressed distrust in old herbs, and marketing lines for Piso's Cure, Top Buggy sales, and farming catalogs. The piece blends humor and commerce in a snapshot of era advertising and public health rhetoric.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Strange Advice in a Quirky 19th Century Note
A comic, fragmented OCR snippet mentions a man loving a woman yet strained by her request to button shoes with a hairpin. It promotes Cee's Cough Balsam as a remedy for colds, notes leg ailments and numb feet, and parodies mining work and peaches with humorous exchanges. The passage blends quirky observations and old product pitches.
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Queen Victoria
Sohrage
Hasse Fish Co
D. CG
Bwanson Riwumatic Gur Co
Hanson
Sandow
FAI
Ans Ind
Isits
Ons
New York
Nixon Waterman
Wal Powaes Nighestalal E. Com
Absolutely Pure
Slimack Millers
Lug Best
Mcucinel Suioguard
MuTiuers
Mlbers
Lourisis
Dilious
Corsa
Clarissa
Hal
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Ff. J. Cheney
West & Uax
Wholesale Druggista
Walpine, Kieran & Marvin
Hall
E. D. Townsend
Ft. Howard
Wis
Uhicass Scale Co
Cee
Mea Wueston
Dr. Pierce
Ely
Alfred W. Stevens
Caldwell
Aaron
ELY Brothers
Warren &T
Tae Pe Hie Wy
ee _phael
Angelo
Lube
Franklin St
Eilby St
Boston
Iil
Lowa Corre Club
Mechanicsville
Iowa
St. Jacobs
All Groop the
N. K. Fairbank Coi
Npany
St. Louis
Cardus
Walter Baker & CO
Dst
Europe
America
Tal
Alee Keaer Chemicalsor Drea and
Gerd
Eny
Dorchester
Mass
PENNA
Phila. Pa
Hye
Urvuunuh
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