Wit and Wisden Advertisement Excerpt
A garbled ad style excerpt touts cures and tonics for health issues including liver and constipation. It mentions DeWitt Little Early Risers and De Will’s Witch Hazel salve, with implausible health claims and names like Adolph Tisher and Myrtila. The fragment resembles a late 19th century patent medicine pitch.
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Wit
Wisden
Avalers
North Aim
DeWitt
Henry
Myrtila
Myrell
de Witv
DeWill
LE Hare
Railroad to the Yukon Proposal by Mann and Mackenzie
The article outlines a plan to build a 150 mile railroad to Teslin Lake and from there by steamer and boat to the Yukon, with an estimated $4,000,000 steam route and a $2,850,000 electric option. Government grants of 25,000 Yukon acres per mile, plus 3,750,000 total, are proposed. Several syndicates seek the monopoly amid harsh climate and remote terrain challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
Folly Ocean
Stikgen River
Naay Port Wrangle
Alaska
Nes Ly
Stikeen
Telegraph Creek
Testi
Hootalingna
Canadian Department of Railways
Stilen
Teslin Lake
Rise
Messrs
Mann and Mackenzie
Canada
Inj
Scientific American
Protective tariff supporters shine amid low prices and rising sales
Time will prove any argument it will be remembered how certain politicians held up their hands in holy horror and shrieked themselves boars over the adoption of a protective tariff. A Boston report shows print cloths selling at the lowest point ever known in the state. This year sees the largest shoe sales on record and prices of shoes lumber tin plate iron steel coal and many other articles quoted lower than a year ago.
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Boston
Ttate
The Wrecked Ship and Reunion of Pearl’s Family
A long narrative piece recounts Pearl and Mabel surviving a shipwreck, with Pearl saved by a spar and Mabel caring for Bob. Back home in England, Pearl’s mother, Amos, and Pearl’s bond deepen as truth is revealed. Mabel’s hard life and devotion to Pearl’s family are central, ending in a hopeful reunion at home.
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Aubin
Vowrt
Mabel
Sleen
Abel
Sheilor
Mather
Troy
Pearl
Beny
Druce
England
Bob
Mac
Mael
Maria
Moller
Vito
Craigi
Fragmented tale of a wife and sea voyage in old journal
A fragmentary historical account follows a wife's move to the countryside after marriage, her mother reading aloud rumors, and a shipboard drama. The narrative notes misfortune, letters intercepted, and a later Australian landing where family ties and questions of Beecroft arise, leaving Beecroft’s name uncertain for years.
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Xanga
H Moulin
Brixton
Newcomer
Druce
Mr. Dieke
Sue Archer
Pearl
Pheck
To Avery
Drude
Tim
Australia
Peery
Beecroft
Deuce
Half it is Mevidee Doctoring in a Costume
A quirky New York Journal piece notes a patient claiming laziness leads him to take only half his medicine by wearing a costume. The anecdote plays on patient and doctor interaction with comic timing and a dash of parody.
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New York Journal
Wiggles Conversation Cited by Somerville Journal
A brief exchange is reported involving Mr Wiggles and Mrs Wiggles. The Somerville Journal notes their discussion topic for the afternoon and confirms their acknowledgment of attendance and purpose.
Cheap excursion tickets offered in West and South
On April 6 and 19 the Northwestern line will sell Thyme Seekers' excursion tickets at low rates with favorable time limits. Tickets and full information available from agents. Also mention of dry wood needs from A Weinberne Co and Parker in Painka Ga. A garbled verdict promises relief from rheumatism back pain and spring ailments as a home remedy.
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Ldwares & Parker
Paina
H, Mar
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Vlear
Sistes
Louis Wallesen
Mahilly Tel
Wisconsin
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Adier’s Bloch
Marshfield, Wis
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T. F. Roessler
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Spain
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North Side
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