Claims grind through Congress amid red tape and folly
Washington correspondence details endless claims against the government, from wartime losses to Indian land issues, with anecdotes of pet projects and the Bureaucratic maze. It notes dwindling relief chances, highlights distorted justice, and showcases Pettigrew and Blair battles over orthography, tariffs, and reform.
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Congrana
Congress
Sam
Mississippi
Rother
Washington
Linda
Kauss
Yestor Bo
Lesving
Abe
Savannah drum boy’s wild Georgia misadventure ends in mock telegrams
A young member of the profeak United entertains a traveling crowd in Savannah during a severe late season storm in Georgia. He fakes a life or death dispatch to his lenders, is denounced as a prankster, and is later celebrated by the locals for his “royal big time” with friends. The tale closes with a homely endorsement of Troatotter's Stomach Ritters as a remedy for rheumatism and other ailments.
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Bendtor Sawyer
Aketeh
Wisconsin Statesman
Sawyer
Allison
Pattigrew
Sooth Dakota
United States Senate
Sory
Nome
Sioat Falls
D. D
Pettigrew
Jones
Minneapolis
Dakota
Petti- Brow
Minnesota
Sanders
Sig Vian
Man Jones
South Dakota
Sioux Falla
Recorder's Office
Hb United
Savanah
Georgia
Hig Houss
Hougs
A French Duel Over a Woman Ends in Friendship
Two Frenchmen once quarreled over a woman and exchanged blows. One apologized, challenging the other to decide on the apology on the dueling ground. They met and debated whether the apology was satisfactory, then parted friends after a final exchange.
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Ioa
Tidita
Fragmented 1899 Fort Wayne ad pages on medicines and notices
A distorted 1899 Fort Wayne snippet promotes Hibbard's rheumatic syrup with a testimonial and other ads. It mentions conversion rates and currencies, Kemp's Balsam free trials, a Washington clerk, and a note about Stephen L. Stevens and Indian school roots. The illegible OCR yields blurred names and scattered stray facts across medicines and local notices.
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Fort Warne
Ind
Rheumatic Syrup Co
Jackson
Mich
Mewses
Steige
Hibbard
L. C. Zollinger
Darin & Buo
Draggista
Choppy Dialect Snippet and Ad Snippet Blend
Fragmentary dialogue and an old fashioned advertisement fragment blend. Includes a dubious pocket search tale from Lipston Courier and a claim for 130 Syrup of Figs as a cold cure. A brief joke exchange about writing ideas closes the garbled excerpt.
Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills Advertised
An advertisement touts Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills as scientifically compounded and safe for adults and children. It claims they cure sick headache, congestion, aching, dyspepsia, biliousness, and serve as an effective appetizer with no equal among preparations.
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Hibbard
Animal preference debate with nursery rhyme twist
A playful dialogue asks Miss Northcote which animal she would choose. She hesitates, while the other character suggests a weasel and recalls the old nursery rhyme line about pop goes the weasel.
Great Business University Catalogue Promises Success
A vast new catalogue from Bryant & Stratton Chicago Business College proclaims itself a masterpiece. It offers 1 pages on enamel paper with 30 engravings, mailed for the cost of postage, and urges ambitious youth to secure a copy.
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Ryant & Stratton Ubicago Business College
English Training School
Great
Business University of America
College of the Fréu-Of
Tampa
Jetan
Bryant & Son
Washington
Wabash Ayenua
Chicago
Ill
Hood's Saraqparilla at 610 Bridge Tenet Brooklyn
C Panwrter lists a local address and faulty wording about an Avery sear apting tonte with mont antiifactory reanite at 610 Bridge Tenet Brooklyn.
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the Hood
Mont
C. Panwrter
Bridge Tenet
Brooklyn
What 9 contrast to the mild and gentle action of Dr Pierce Pellets
A fragmented 19th century ad copy touts Dr Pierce Pleasant Purgative Pellets as mild yet effective. It claims sugar coating, easy intake, and cleansing benefits without agony. It markets as liver stomach and bowel cure, sized doses for small, cheap, reliable use at 25 cents per vial.
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Pierce
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