Michigan's Benefactor The Hackley tale of health and fortune
Charles H Hackley, longtime Grand Rapids lumber magnate, is praised for philanthropy in Muskegon and his remarkable recovery from neuralgia and rheumatism after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He attributes his improvement to the pills and urges others to try them. Pills are sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY at 60 cents a box or six for 2 50.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Epi
Hackley
Chas. H. Hackley
Charles H. Hackley
Muskegon
The
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Dr. Williams
Canada
Odds and Ends Summary Telling Miscellaneous News
Aluminum paper is announced. A Louisville tobacco warehouse holds 7 000 hogsheads. Scarlet is mourning color for unmarried women in Brazil. Kansas has twenty two newspapers edited by women. Manila paper pasted over backs of pictures excludes dust. A beet weighing eight and a half pounds was grown on a Nevada farm. The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, founded in 1816, is still in existence.
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Louisville
Brazil
Kansas
Nevada
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society
Coe's Cough Balsam and a Railroad Ticket
A jumble of notes mentions Coe's Cough Balsam touted as oldest and best for quick cold relief. A new play titled A Railroad Ticket attracts attention with actors seeking it. Dairying in Nebraska is profitable with rich grasses and affordable land. Pursue details via P. B. Eustis at C B & Q R R Chicago. A theater remark notes men lifting hats and a quip about the gentler sex.
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Nebraska
Eustis
Chicago
Nicaragua Canal
U. S. Senate
Panama
St. Jacobs
America
Free Standard Novels Offer From Postal Ad
A newspaper ad promotes sending one or more Standard Novels free on request, with a 12 cent postage payment for each book to cover packing and postage costs. The offer targets readers to receive the books by mail.
Good Print Good Paper Handsome Covers HB Stowe
A compact note lists titles and authors including Bulwer Lytton Conan Doyle Bartha Clay Riley Holmes and others for a publication set with varied editions and bindings at hand.
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Stowe
Marvel
Bulwer Lytton
Conan Doyle
Bartha Clay
Lye
Ww. Riley
M. E. Holmes
Inside the Piano Making Craft and Passes
A detailed look at how pianos are built from thin wood layers laid at right angles, no machinery used, and costly components like the Paris hammers. Also recounted is an exchange of railway passes between John Newell of Lake Shore and President Caldwell, with both sides marking that their passes are not valid on certain trains.
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Washington Post
Paris
John Newell
Lake Shore Road
Newell
President Caldwell
Caldwell
Argonaut
Statistical and Scientific Trivia From Historic Records
A collage of historical data notes broad facts across science, economics, and geography. It includes figures on the Brooklyn Bridge cost, North Pole proximity, U.S. Capitol area, French school sightedness, Confederate currency boots, U.S. silk production value, the 1899 electric locomotive from Zurich, Irish tea habits in asylums, the Great Britain screw steamer’s 1845 Atlantic crossing, Illinois high school enrollment by gender, mortality statistics, Peruvian cotton colors, St Pauls cathedral’s construction span, early church site history, and Kimberley diamond yields since 1671.
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North Pole
United States
France
Confederacy
Zurich
Switzerland
Ireland
Great Britain
Illinois
St Paul's Cathedral
London
Kimberley
South Africa
Fragmented 1890s药rousing snippets and ads mix
A jumbled OCR page combines anecdotes, quips, medical remedies, seed ads, saloon listings, and a family health note. It references Salzer oats, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Syrup of Figs, a Nicaragua Canal aside, and assorted snippets about smoking, teething remedies, and theater encore.
Dresden tax cuts and global notes from distant events
A Paris store employs 4,000 staff, diamonds are found in Tasmania, and a North Carolina judge granted a divorce then married the ex spouse two weeks later amid her substantial property. In Eastport Missouri an 82 year old woman, a confirmed addict, has just completed zinc and continues house work and visiting the sick as a neighbor.
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Dresden
Paris
Tasmania
North Carolina
Eastport
Gentle Corrective Pellets For Liver and Bowels
A Gentle Corrective aids inactive liver and bowels using Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The small sugar coated granules act mildly and effectively as a laxative and cathartic, with a sample offer by mail. They are sold in sealed glass vials at a higher price than average pills.
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Dr. Pierce
Worlh
Buffalo
N. Y
GONE Patterns Offered at 10 Cents to Readers
An advertising offer promotes GONE sewing patterns priced at ten cents, with postpaid charges and a one cent extra postage. The patterns claim New York style accuracy, full descriptions, yardage, piece counts, cutting, fitting guidance, and a garment image. Orders filled the same day, with additional details on bust and chest measurements via a coupon.
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New York
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