A Noble Fight Overcoming a Stubborn Disease
Col. Isaac A. Sugg of Greenville, NC, recalls a sixteen year illness nearly ending his life. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with his recovery, noting regained strength, appetite, and mental sharpness after treatment. The anecdote ties to broader claims of benefits for others in Greenville and promotions of the pills.
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Atlanta, Ga
Constitution
North Carolina
Col
Isaac A. Sugg
Greenville
Sugg
Pitt County
Dr. Williams
Col. Sugg
Married Men for Ushers in Weddings
A Boston Herald inspired view praises married men as ideal ushers for weddings, arguing they guide, advise, and preserve harmony for grooms. It notes the shift from bachelor best men to veteran husbands, and suggests brides befriend experienced men who know how to choose suitable partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
America
Cypress of Figs Laxative touted for health benefits
An ad extols the pure liquid laxative properties of a fig syrup remedy. It claims comfort, health benefits, and satisfaction of millions, noting it aids kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. The copy urges purchasing the standard bottle and warns against substitutes.
Bagging Trousers and Other Quirks of the Day
A novelty claim says trousers can be made to resist bagging by diagonal thread orientation. A tailor’s diagonal weave supposedly distributes strain, letting pants return to shape. Also notes on Chinese nomenclature and leather reuse in French methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Sun
Lightning strikes hit Ga house thirteen times
Calhoun county house in Georgia reportedly struck thirteen times by lightning. Other items note New York planning a 200 by 600 by 15 story building, Melbourne barber and neighbor tailor, and a dealer shipping unsold paintings to the U.S. for high prices.
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Calhoun County
New York
Melbourne
Taylor
Shave
United States
West Madison Street
Chicago
Shakspeare
Charles Hoffman
Nuremberg
Stanley
Lewiston
E. V. Askew
Supreme Court
Tampa
Fla
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
In a claimed medical ad readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease. The makers claim internal action on blood and mucous surfaces builds up the patient and supports nature. They offer 100 dollars to any case it fails to cure and urge sending for testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, with druggists selling for 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
University scholar sells 6000 Spanish volumes abroad
Professor Knapp of the University of Chicago has sold his Spanish library of 6000 volumes to a son of P Huntington, living in New York. The collection includes rare philology and Spain's history religion and law works. Rabbit stew craze ends as cats vanish in Dutchtown Brooklyn prompting investigation.
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Knapp
University of Chicago
P. Huntington
New York
Spain
Brooklyn
Dutchtown
Curious miscellany from old press oddly mixed
A collage of historical notes on women in society science and work. Highlights include a long serving Allentown maid, a 17 year old criticized by a Prussian attorney, orchid-era wedding rings, a Scots physician in Afghanistan, a Mississippi steamboat crew entirely female, and plans for a global observatory led by Mrs. Richard A. Proctor. Also mentions Chicago women in trades, the Glycerine remedy ad, Newfoundland banks, and rainbow lore from Aristotle.
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Charlie
Allentown
George I and II
Afghanistan
Ayrshire
Scotland
L. Hamilton
Brussels
Calcutta
Natchez
Lower
Mississippi
Leathers
Mount San Miguel
Richard A. Proctor
Chicago
Mary Steenberg
United States
Chicag
Health, vigor, and cure for nerv ous debility
Advertisement from the World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo New York offering a 136 page book on the nature symptoms and curability of nervous debility impaired memory low spirits and related disorders. The book mailed sealed for ten cents in stamps with plain language home treatment advice and claims of permanent cures for sufferers from premature old age and loss of power.
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Meical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
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D. BresMverr
Lexington
Indiana
Selma
Bluffton
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Nebraska
Eustis
Mrs. Sniffwell
Bridget
China
Ta Tsing Kwoh
Chung Kwoh
Middle Kingdom
St. Louis Republic
Wall
Royal Baking Powder CO
Hegeman
Clark Go
New Haven
Newfoundland
Lurb Benny Kill
Roanoke College
Virginia
Patterson
N. J
St. Jacobs
Scott
Goott & Bowne
N.Y
Sest IW
Uality
Lee Elton Ee
Hemakn
Pei
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