Doan's Kidney Pills Claim Backache Cure in Marshfield Case
Deceptive claim urges a kidney based cure for backache and related symptoms. A Marshfield, Wisconsin testimony from Mrs George Kundert states the product relieved severe loins pain and nocturnal restlessness after use. Foster Milburn Co advertises Doan's as the sole agents with a 30 cent price and urging buyers to remember the name.
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Dean
George Kundert
Peach St
Marshfield
Wis
Sing Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Budala
New York
United States
Barrister and Plaintiff Clash in Damages Case
A plaintiff in a railway damages case faced a rough barrister. The witness, an invalid with spinal sclerosis, refused to endure harsh questioning and told the lawyer he saw him doubled, noting the effect on his nervous system from the accident. The exchange ended with the barrister pressed by the weathered claimant’s retort.
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T. P
London
Remarkable Man Impressed Judge Marshall in America
Biographical excerpt recounts Charles Murray praising Chief Justice John Marshall as a remarkably fine looking man of simple life and wide learning. Murray recalls meeting Marshall in Washington and visiting his cottage like home in Richmond with no servant. Washington Street in Boston is claimed to be the world’s longest paved street, nearly seven miles.
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Charles Murray
America
England
Marshall
Supreme Court
Anoerton
Washington
Richmond
Weil
Steels
Washington Street
Boston
Royal inclosures at English racecourses attract elite access
The Royal inclosure on England’s major race tracks provides a protective pen for the King, family, and guests, shielding them from crowds while watching the classic races. It notes the prestige and value of such royal access, with a remark from the New York Press on its desirability.
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England
New York
A Certain Cure for Croup Used for Ten Years Without Failure
Star City hardware merchant W C Bott praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a decade of safe cures in his family when croup and whooping cough struck. He reports his oldest child suffered severe attacks but the remedy always produced a speedy recovery. Bott recommends it to friends. Sexton Bros. sell it.
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W. C. Bott
Sexton Bros
A Conclusive Calculation Quips Over Frequent Calls
A breakfast remark from Mabel’s father is met with sharp humor from Mabel who defends Herbert as the sole person she knows who can converse seven nights a week without revealing all. The exchange appears in the Washington Star.
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Mabel
Herbert
Washington Star
Dear Old Mother Benefits From Electric Bitters
W B Brunson of Dublin Ga praises Electric Bitters for his eighty three year old mother two years of use with strong appetite good sleep and energy. The tonic is claimed to aid female weakness debility and even weak children with stomach liver and kidney support from Sexton Druggist.
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W. B. Brunson
Dublin
Sexton
The Good of Laughter in Human Existence
Glasgow Herald contemplates laughter as a philosophical force. It questions whether humor may shape moral sense more than goodness itself, noting the topic has been neglected by speculative thought.
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Glasgow Herald
Hard Times in Kansas Recall by Cadell Resident
Cadell resident Earl Shamberg recalls hard times when grasshoppers and brewth roamed Kansas. He suffered constant coughing night and day until using Dr King s New Discovery. One bottle cured him completely. Safe reliable cough cold and throat remedy. Guaranteed by Sexton Bros. drug store. 50¢ and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
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Kansas
Cadell
Earl
Shamberg
He Was Superstitious on Friday Forging a Bet
A humorousPennsylvanian fragment shows a farmer joking about a hobot handout and a traveler avoiding work due to Friday superstition. The tale features quirky dialect and a comical exchange centered on work and superstition.
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Pennsylvenia
Rooms for the Children in Early Home Design
Advice on nursery planning emphasizes sunlight for air and germs, open windows, and ventilation. Favor simple roofs, minimal heavy drapery, and bare tinted walls with a few artistic pictures. Children enjoy modular toys that can be assembled and disassembled, and prefer art copies over true child scenes.
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Alwayaz
New York
Ortrachte
Raphael
Murillo
Agelo
Black Bean and Soup Recipe from Old Cookbook
Soak one pint black or turtle beans overnight in cold water then simmer in five quarts cold water with half pound salt pork and quarter pound lean beef for an hour. Add carrot turnip onions and continue two to three hours. Season near end with salt pepper mace and clove. Strain and add half ell sherry or port. Serve over hard boiled eggs lemon and croutons. Croutons toast bread cubes until golden.
Carrot Pie Recipe From Carrot Based Desserts
A historic recipe describes making a carrot pie by mashing two boiled carrots with cracker crumbs and butter, adding four measures of milk and three beaten eggs, then sweetening and baking in an open crust. For meringue, whip egg whites with sugar and orange juice, flavor, and spread lightly atop the cooled pie before returning to a warm oven until puffed and golden brown.
Mutton Bake With Rich Onion Sauce and Butter Crust
A dish filling a baking dish with a wall of thick crust and a center packed with cold roast or boiled mutton, minced onion, and browned gravy. Bake covered then uncover to brown, finish with melted butter, and serve hot with tomato sauce. chicken or veal may substitute.
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Julia
Molaten
Rice Waffles Method and Serving
A recipe instructs to soften and cup boiled rice with three egg yolks and two tablespoons melted bitter. Add two cups milk and one and a half cups flour with baking powder, then fold in beaten egg whites. Bake quickly over a good fire in a thoroughly heated iron. dust with sugar and serve with maple sugar or jelly.
Titania's Toaat Bread and Chicken Breast Slice Wonder
A quirky tavern snack recipe instructs to trim crusts from bread then stack very thin slices with ultra thin chicken breast shavings between each layer. Press firm, toast in a hot oven until delicate brown, and serve immediately while hot.
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Titania
Historical conventions and pivotal speeches shaping nominations
A historical recap traces key moments in party conventions. It notes Rufus Choate’s eloquent Webster moment in 1852, Ingersoll’s plumed knight label for Blaine, Hayes’ triumph over Blaine in 1876, Garfield’s push for Sherman in 1880, Conkling’s Grant speech, and Bryan’s cross of gold in 1896, highlighting how speeches influenced outcomes.
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Baltimore
Rufus Choate
Webster
Fillmore
Scott
Robert G. Ingersoll
James G. Blaine
American Congress
Cincinnati
Blaine
Ingersoll
Hayes
Conkling
Chicago
Grant
Garfield
Sherman
Bryan
Leslie
Facts on Herring Growth and Age from Scottish Fisheries
The Scottish Fishery Board reports new findings by Dr. Wemyss Fulton that contradict long held ideas on herring growth. The fish grow slowly, reach one year at about 2.5 inches, mature at five years around 9 inches, with larger herrings living up to ten, fifteen, or twenty years. Investigations probe Loch Fyne declines, and tagging shows 500 marked herrings with only five recaptures near liberation sites.
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Fishery Board For Scotland
Wemyss Fulton
Loch Fyne
Japan Aims at Western Learning In China Areas
The London Times notes Japan develops China and South China with educational appliances adapted for Chinese use, including schoolbooks, maps, globes, and charts to rescue ignorance. Physical and military drill is taught in all towns. Temples are converted to schools and colleges as thousands of scholars appear in semi foreign dress, with English songs sung to Japanese barmonium.
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Japan
China
Saga
London Times
Strange Tithe Deed Found After Easter Vestry Tale
In Wimborne Minster Dorsetshire a London Tribune report says a tithe deed for paying 10s 8d yearly to a clergyman for a Good Friday sermon at Holt Chapel at Hase was missing from the parish heat until recently. A sister of the vestry clerk bought a drum at Thame fair, its German marking led to the discovery that the drum concealed the original title deed outlining the payment conditions.
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Wimborne Minster
Dorsetshire
London Tribune
Holt Chapel-at-Hase
Thame Fair
Germany
Yellowstone Park Size and Boundaries Described
The Yellowstone National Park, created by an 1872 act of Congress, spans about 65 miles north to south and 55 miles east to west. Located in northwestern Wyoming with small overlaps into Montana and Idaho, it covers roughly 4,212 square miles, about Rhode Island plus Delaware, nearly half the size of Massachusetts.
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Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Rhode Island
Delaware
Mussachnavtte
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Ereimer
Stein
Ederheimer-Stein
Louis Laemle
McLaughlin
HC. Koenig
W. L. Little
Liffault & Kamps
G. R. Gustafson
R. Conto- Co
Stratford, Wis
Lutterman & Eckes
Cent. Ave
R. Connor Co's
Incorporated
Canlta
Wood County
Taylor & Scott Co., Wood County Abstracts
Grand Rapids
Wisconsin
Sexton Brothers
Shoop
Forsch
Joating
Bill Guman
Dr. Shoop
John A. Hoffman
Dealer
Parker
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