Toledo Catarrh Cure Oath Promises One Hundred Dollar Reward
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The oath dated December 6, 1886, before Notary A. W. Gleason, Toledo Ohio. Cure claims include internal action on blood and mucous surfaces.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. DugNey
A.W. Gleasios
Ff. J. Cneser &Co
Hull
Minister praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy review
A Methodist minister from Milaca Minnesota endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy noting seven years of use as reliable especially for croup and whooping cough. The product is sold by Sexton Bros. A Glasgow paper analyzes bagpipe music with bizarre percentage figures.
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James A. Lewis
Milaca
Minn
M. E. Charess
Sexton Bros
Glasgow
A Hard Debt to Pay
G S Clark of Westfield Iowa credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life from a near death lung illness. He describes a severe cough and lung danger that eased after the first bottle and fully recovered after three, with a trial bottle offered. Sexton Bros. druggist guarantees the remedy at one dollar with a full price.
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G. S. Clark
Westfield
Iowa
Ste
Fragmentary dialogue from old column shows mother and child banter
A faded line of text presents a motherly question to a child, with affectionate patter and stuttering reveals. The exchange hints at a domestic vignette rather than a full article, leaving the exact topic unclear.
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Central Avenue
Biliousness and Constipation Relief Tablets
Mrs Rosa Potts of Birmingham Alabama credits Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets with easing biliousness and constipation that plagued her for years. She reports improved appetite, restored vitality, and natural digestion, noting that pepsin preparations and cathartics worsened her condition. The product is sold by Sexton Bros.
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Chamberlain
Rosa Potts
Birmingham
Als
Sexton Bros
Party Promise Shapes Romantic Plot at Ethel’s Event
Mr Green-Now tells Ethel of his sister’s betrothal promise made at the party. Ethel forgives him, noting the gathering aimed at the couple’s union. The playful exchange hints at a future wedding plan.
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Mr. Green
Ethel
Gettysburg Soldier's Remarkable Recovery with Electric Bitters
Fayette NY veteran David Parker who lost a foot at Gettysburg praises Electric Bitters for curing lifelong stomach trouble and declares he would not take $500 for the relief. The ad also touts a female tonic, a kidney remedy, and Health Coffee imitation by Dr Shoop.
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David Parker
Fayette
N. Y
Gettysburg
Sexton Bros
Taking Up Carpets In Easy House Cleaning Steps
Instructions describe removing carpet tacks carefully to reduce dust. Roll carpet from one side to the other with help, carry outside, and burn paper scraps to keep dust down. After removing carpet and tacks, mop floors with suds. Scatter dampened newspaper to collect remaining dust and sweep before final wash.
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Hegin
Domestic Tips From Old Time Household Receipts
To remove pencil marks from paint use lemon dipped in whitening. Frim calico edges with irons not too hot. Steam meat sparingly, do not boil beef. Reuse cooking waters for soup. Clean lamp burners in soap solution. Trim potato ends before roasting for a drier center. Very thin eggs crack less when started in cold water and heated slowly. Old brass brightened with ammonia and brush then rinse. Salt soaks soot from carpet for safe removal. Ink stains lift from boards and fabrics with weak milk soak before wash. Treacle in cake recipes weighs, then pours easily if scales are greased. Tea leaves used for carpet cleaning leave stains. fresh grass is better. Orange Pudding uses oranges, milk, starch, butter, sugar. bake with meringue and orange garnish. Serve hot or cold.
Pretty Lamp Shade Project Instructions
The article describes making a decorative lamp shade by wiring a circular disk into a funnel shape, interlacing with gold cord and beads. It details threading wet meshes with a bead on each stitch, forming a colorful fringe, adding a bead row at the top, and running heavy wire across the top to keep the shade from touching the lamp chimney.
Apple Omelet. A Pleasant Roast Pork Accompaniment
Thia wakes a nice accompaniment to roast pork or broiled spare rib. Pare and core six or eight large cooking apples stew in preserving pan until soft. Mash, add one cupful sugar, an ounce of butter, and seasoning. Let apples cool, mix with four beaten yolks, fold in stiff whites, then bake in a shallow pudding basin.
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Thia
Black Bear and Cubs in Den Through March and April
A Forest and Stream writer notes the black bear hibernates five months without eating, awakens before spring melt, and nurses cubs from a early birth. In spring she forages on hoar frost, bark, and roots before fishing and scavenging for deer, moose, and porcupines once mobile.
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Saya
Wealth From the Pacific Salt Boom Shifts to Sea Harvests
Californians prize sea salts as new gold from the Pacific. The San Pedro Salt Company has begun producing salt from sea water, exporting it via the thriving port of San Pedro. Since last year coast shipowners have shipped over a thousand tons of sea salt to northern markets.
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Gulden
Turos
Pacific
San Pedro
Wy topitlock spelling variants vex Maine postmaster
Reed Plantation in Aroostook County contains Wytopitlock a tile post office where the postmaster records dozens of misspellings. Local woodsmen know the place as Pitlock with a Bangor News note reflecting on its name, its notoriety and the humorous renderings.
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Maine
Lotters
Reed Plantation
Aroostook County
Winter Petlock
Witter Petlock
Witter Pelog
Pitlock-Bangor
Jewish Soldier Earns D C M for Heroic Ride in Somaliland
Sergt Joseph Miller of the King's Royal Rifles has become the first Jew to win the D C M amassing during the Somaliland campaign. He volunteered to ride through enemy fire to summon aid for a besieged party, dispatching four Somalis before guiding rescuers to safety.
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Joseph Miller
King’s Royal Rifles
King’s African Rifles
Somaliland
Miller
Hsser Volyers
St James
Women refine Rome with gentler manners and modern comforts
Women in Rome, American and English, married into noble families, have refined life in the Eternal City. They discouraged rough horseplay and practical joking once common in elite households, introduced open fireplaces, bathrooms, improved sanitation, and wielded a humane influence similar to early Greek reforms, softening the last century’s society.
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Rome
Horses and a Storm in the County Field
A narrator drives two old mares to harrow to prepare a plowed field for corm planting. Lightning and an ominous thunderstorm force the team to halt. The storm then unleashes a fierce hurricane, causing extensive damage to property and risk to life, lasting for hours.
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Arn
Worthless Stocks Not Such in Mining Market
A broker notes mining stocks are not entirely useless as a buyer offered 50 dollars for stock with face value of 300000 and 850000 paper value. He suggests the purchaser plans to file for bankruptcy to show creditors where money was invested.
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Consolidated Zinc Company
Central
New York Sun
Diggs and Wiggs Quote Confusing Salary Request
Chicago News reports a fragmented exchange where Diggs asks about salary and Wiggs repeats a misheard amount of one hundred and fifty dollars per week or per month, highlighting unclear compensation terms and uncertain figures.
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Diggs
Chicago News
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