Hall's Catarrh Cure ad and oath notice from Toledo
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co declares firm will pay one hundred dollars for each untreatable catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Greason logs the oath dated December 6, 1884. Advertisement sells the cure as blood and mucous system remedy with testimonials, price 75c, plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Also includes a humorous quip about a man counting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
J. Cheney
A. W. Greason
F. J. Curnry &Co
Poledo
Minister Recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy
A Methodist pastor from Milaca Minnesota endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy saying it has proven reliable at home for seven years and is especially effective for croup and whooping cough. Sold by Sexton Bros. Your Opportunity prompts readers to seize a great opportunity and prepare.
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Rey
Janes A
Lewis
Pastor Milaca
Minn
Sexton Bros
California
Pacific Coast
A Hard Debt to Pay
A Westfield man writes of gratitude for Dr King s New Discovery after a near fatal lung illness. He says the dry cough vanished after starting the remedy and two more bottles cured him. The note praises the product for coughs colds and throat and lung complaints. Guaranteed by Sexton Bros druggist with a dollar and a free trial bottle offer.
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G. S. Clark
Westfield
Laws
Society Flayhouse and the Great Playhouse of Society
A society note reflects on ascent and descent in public life, noting how birth and brilliance are welcomed yet money at the doors now gates access to the theater of society. The piece contrasts upward mobility with the costs of admission in London society.
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Goo
London
Biliousness and Constipation Relief Story
Mrs Rosa Potts of Birmingham Alabama reports chronic biliousness and constipation improved by Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. She says the tablets relieve the ill feeling at once and strengthen digestion naturally. Sold by Sexton Bros.
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Chamberlain
Rosa Potts
Birmingham
Ala
Sexton Bros
Opal Varieties and Notable Markings
The principal varieties of opal include the precious or noble, girngol, cachalong, hyalite, hydro phone, asteria, and a noted exhibit with dendritic markings called mos4. When colors divide into small mosaics the stone is sometimes termed tarlequin.
Gettysburg veteran and patent tonic claims
Fayette NY resident David Parker who lost a foot at Gettysburg credits Electric Bitters with major health gains. The ad praises health coffee substitutes and a list of tonics, touting cures for stomach troubles, female weaknesses, and weak kidneys. Rose Bros and Sexton Bros druggists market the products.
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David Parker
Fayette
N. Y
Gettysburg
Sexton Bros
The Girl Opposite
A narrator recalls a summer resort romance with a mysterious woman seen across from his hotel. After a moonlit ascent to a canyon and a fleeting kiss, he flees due to guilt and fear of seduction. Months later he encounters the same woman in a shop window, now a renowned hair stylist, and understands the lasting pull of the entangled memory.
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Gma
King
Nisin
Te Spectatora
Everntt L. Gardiner
Wreckers of Belly and the Ocean Treasure Tale
A fragment about medieval wreckers tied to royal grants and a Sunday bells tale in Belly. A curiously vivid scene shows a minister shouting warnings as wreckers panic and a Dark with a car x2 of beads washes ashore, noting centuries of salvaged treasure and ongoing exploration by modern scholars like Robert Shackleton in Barker's.
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Henry L Rors
Robert Shackleton
Old Meat Bill Sparks NY Law Amendments
State historian reveals amendments confirmed at General Court of Assizes held in New York from October 7 to October 8, 1070. The record notes complaints about dead hogs and pork imported into the city, often frozen or improperly preserved, harming the commodity’s reputation. Hence a new rule bans bringing dead hogs for entry or payment unless they are cash paid, well salted, and properly packed. otherwise penalties apply.
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New York
General Court of Assizes
New Yorke
Chereas
Bringtus
Thia City
Ancient Mesopotamian Base Shaped Watch Face Idea
A Belgian astronomer Honzeau argues for decimal time while noting watch faces show a double twelve. He says Mesopotamians chose base twelve for its divisors 2 3 4 and 8 and counted day and night as twelve hours each, the sun and stars guiding time.
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An & Watch Face
Honzeau
Mesopotamia
Bankes and His Borer from Old London Tales
The article recounts Bankes, a servant to the Earl of Essex, famed in early modern London lore for feats such as scaling St Paul’s Cathedral. It notes his ride to Rome where both he and his horse were burned for witchcraft, as described by the historian Sir Walter Staile.
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Bankes
London
Earl of Essex
St. Paul's Cathedral
Coed
Rome
A Possible Exception at the physiology class
A high school teacher questions a student during a physiology class exchange. The pupil struggles with pronunciation and understanding, claiming vague memory of the textbook while admitting uncertainty about his knowledge.
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Charles
Ben Butler Retort
An old lawyer recounts General Ben Butler as a terror to judges. Judge Sanger, enraged by bullying, asked what the counsel thought he was on the bench for. Butler answered, I confess your honor's got me there.
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Ben Butler
Sanger
Butler
Beard versus marriage in Liverpool paper tale
A Liverpool paper describes A. forced to grow a beard to ward off disease while his love demands he shave to marry. The contemporary quip asks what A. should do. The answer is blunt keep the beard and cut the woman.
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Liverpool
pHenmowe
Jove
Mirry
Friendahip and the Shared Thirst Beyond Desire
A reflection on a higher bond than mere longing where two people seek one another yet yield to a greater mutual ideal beyond themselves. The text asks who can truly claim such Jove and who has felt its true name, friendahip.
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Friendahip
Tta
Untitled snippet from overheard conversation in Safe Hide scene
A neighbor quarrel follows a remark about a housekeeper's departure and a widower jokes about avoiding marriage after praising puddings. A separate note states a cable foot of distilled water weighs about 1000 ounces.
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Achroeder
Abe
New 2000 and 1000 Mile Travel Books Adopted
Western Passenger association members will sell 2000 or 1000 mile books at two cents per mile starting December 1. The 2000 mile book is interchangeable on all roads in the association. 1000 mile books are valid only on the issuing road. Prices are $40 and $20 respectively, bearer titles, with limitations on use per train and across borders.
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Western Passenger Association
Michigan
South Dakota
For Sale Cheap Desirable lot on Central Avenue
Desirable business lot for sale on Central Avenue. Apply to P. A. Williams, Leemle Bid. tiq.
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Central Avenue
P. A. Williams
Leemle
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Metclas Co
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