Silver Heart and Unknown Grave Tie Past to Present
A spring 1890 Richmond route narrative recalls a Confederate battlefields visit with Bessie and Marge Hicks guided by Miss Keyes. The group discovers a silver heart with initials and a date found on a dead Union soldier, revealing a forgotten love story between Leonore Keyes and Tom Ray, now joined to an unknown grave later replaced by a proper headstone.
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Richmond
Florida
Confederate States of America
Bessie
Marge Flicks
Miss Keyes
Bess
Tibby
McClellan
Sugny
Leen
United States
Avot Lento
Flo
Aunt Lenle
Avsilance
Aunt Lenore
Bob
Aunt Lenie
Lenie
Roth
Leonore
Leonore Keyes
Misa Keyes
Marion
Deafness Cure by Local Applications and Catarrh Remedies
An article notes deafness stems from blocked Eustachian tubes and promotes Hull's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for evidence of a cure. It mentions Hull's Fauity Plus for constipation, and briefly describes the candle nut from Pacific Islands used as candles and its edible preparation in Mawail with medicinal husk and tree gum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Drugeixts
Pacific Islands
Mawail
Every Man His Own Doctor and Sicilian Girl Babies
An old column advocates self treatment with Chamberlain remedies for common ailments and notes the affordability of sets at $1.25. It contrasts Sicily girl babies viewed as burdens, with daughters and dowries, while praising sons as soon self supporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Chamberlain's
Sexton Bros
Sicily
Free sample health coffee imitator marketed locally
A local ad promotes Dr Shoop s Health Coffee Imitation claiming it mimics Old Java and Mocha flavor with no real coffee. It is made from toasted grains with malt and cereals, prepared quickly and sold by Rose Bros. Also advertised are free trial packs of Dr Shoop s headache tablets claimed to ease pain by reducing blood congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nosa
Shoop
Dep
Europa
Tate
Ely Call
Dr. Shoop
Hestoraclys
Dr Shoop
Rose Bros
Dr. Snoop
Stoop
Truth Telling in Newspapers and a Morning Spin Tale
A Rochester Herald fragment cites Norman Hapgood on truth in American papers while a joke recounts a morning car ride gone awry. The toy-like tale features a boy, a girl, and a child narrator, ending with a punchline about a girl in her nighty peering from the pilustrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Hapgood
Rochester Lerald
Remarkable Rescue in Fedora Tennessee
In Fedora Tenn V Pepper recounts a dramatic recovery from lung and throat hemorrhages after using Dr Kings New Discovery. He was bedridden and hopeless until a course cured his cough, stopped bleeding, and allowed a return to work in three weeks. Trial bottle free. Sec and $1.00 at Sexton Bros. drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fedora
Tenn
V. Pepper
Sexton Bros
Excursion Rates Announced for North Western Line Trips
Tickets go on sale June 1 to 4 with return limit June 7. For full information contact any ticket agent of the North Western Line.
Piles Quick Relief by Dr Shoop Ointment Boasts Cure
Advertisement notes Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment provides positive certain relief for piles. It claims itching and protruding blind piles disappear with use. Large nickel cans offered at 50 cents, sold by Sexton Bros.
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Vedder
C. S. Vedder
South Central Ave
Normington Bros. Proprietors
Arshfield Iron Works
South Depot Street
Sasionte Mulinery
Geo. H. Welton
Deming Building
North Side
Baumann, Frop
Parker
Bunnen
Taftle Bandhead Miles
Chlergo Daily News
Florida Times
Guernsey
Geo
Welton
Grand Lodge 1
C. F
Superior
Schumaker’s Pharmacy
Marshfield
Ayry
Kilmer, Lang & Scharmann Co
Src
Lobe
Lume Rover
Mk Fevor
Lomeness
Thurles
Quimay
Entzootte
corEn
Medicine Co
William and
Jobo
New York
Gure
Grocer’s Quickly
Zuzu
Gingerville
National Biscuit Company
Incorporated
Wood County
Taylor & Scott Co., Wood County Abstracts
Grand Rapids
Wisconsin
Vocalions
Steinway
Everett
Steck, Starr
Harvard
Jewett
Edmund Gram
Farrand
Estey
Realiat
Milwaukee
Steinway Hall
Grand Avenue
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