Fortunes in Soda Water Trade Reach Across the Nation
The New York Mail and Express surveys the booming soda water industry as summer nears. It notes vast plant scale from marble to gas production, health rules, widespread demand from Coney Island to southern markets, and the race to keep fountains pure and efficient amid rising temperatures and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Eastern
Coney Island
Pleasantville
N.Y
England
Board of Health
New York
Col. Sellers
New York Mail and Express
Notorious Heathen Chinee Pay In Scrap Silver
A correspondent in Tien-Tsin describes Chinese infantry pay: 3 taels of silver monthly, about 4.75 dollars, given as scrap bullion. Pay is exchanged for 3,500 copper fish, enough to cover food and clothing, with many soldiers saving a few hundred cash monthly while living mainly on rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien-Tsin
New Postal Card Aims to Spur Letter Writing
A UK publisher introduces a ten section postcard with prompts to help the reluctant writer. Sections include Date, Excuse for late letter, Health of self and family, Recent experiences, News, Family gossip, Questions for next, Love to, Love from, and Signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
A Clear Head and a Strong Heart
A health note condemns whisky bitters as harmful stimulants and endorses Brown's Iron Bitters for heart liver and stomach function. It claims the tonic cleanses and enriches the blood and enhances mental work, noting that physicians prescribe it and recommending a trial by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
P. HH. Adams
New Hartford
Conn
MES
S. M. Lrede
Marblehead
Mass
E. Collins
Piqua
Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Opera Night Rejected Over Cost But Spouse Proposes Alternate
A couple argues over attending the opera due to expense, the husband refusing while the wife pressures. Separately, Mr E R Hoyt, a mechanical engineer at the New Orleans exposition, suffered a foot injury when a derrick pole fell. After three applications of St Jacobs Oil, swelling and pain disappeared and he resumed duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Hoyt
Fragments and Quips From a Bygone Page
A collage of brief aphorisms and anecdotes on lovesick unions post office naming quirks and school memories. It mentions a Jersey City girl with a stuffed pet mouse kept in a burglar-proof safe and Twain’s school dislike. It also notes cavalry regiment horse readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. B
Mark Twain
Aoy
Scattered 19th Century Advertisements and Notices
A miscellany of coupons and ads offers rewards for catarrh cures and boasts of patent remedies. It mentions a $500 reward, druggists selling remedies and accessories, and medical claims from the World's Dispensary group. Other items note a skating-rink arrest, a Canadian mounted police captain, and personal notes about authors and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sage
Improved Butter Color Gains Buyer Preference, Says Druggist
Underhill Vermont April 5 1882 message from Wears tic Harpson Co lauds Improved Butter Color for not rancidifying and fetches high prices. Indian marriage cost noted contrasts with death. Ionia Michigan resident M M Devereaux reports kidney pain cure after using Kidney-Wort. claims rapid recovery and full cure. Drugstores offer Kidney-Wort in liquid and dry forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Wears
Tic Harpson & Co
Nay
Underhile
M. M. Devereaux
Ionia
Mich
Simple and Perfect Dyes Promote Diamond Dyes
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as the simple perfect coloring choice, claiming they are far better and cheaper than all others. Druggists sell them for 10 cents. A sample card offered for two stamps from Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
The
Climax Medical Co
St. Louis, Mo
Curious 19th Century Patent Cure Fragments
Nonsensical clipping lists mixed remedies and country remarks. It mentions Superlative cures like Rough on Tats and Prickly Ass Burris, jokes about politicians, doctors, and public figures, and scattered observations on health and behavior.
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Dirertion
Langan
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Cecenersion Vogelfraco
Balilaeey
U.S. A
Wright
TY KE
TRICE
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
Tania
Kansas City
Ely
Druggista
ELY Bros
Owego
USA
FUN Unanlator Publishing Recs
Jonathan
Bockean St
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Vilas
Brown
Jones
R. V. Pierce
New York Skating Rink
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo, Ney
Charles Dickens
Canadian Mounted Police
Allen
J. P. Allen
Drugetat
St. Paul
Minn
France
Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
All Drugerats
South America
Joseph T. Inman
Station D
George Eliot
India
Death‘s Door
Abe Buzzard
Pennsylvania
Blackburn
Kentucky
Gladstone
Garland
Bayard
Apollo
Hatfard
Austria
New York City
Centra
Baggage
Grand Union Hotel
Otler
Tom Ochiltree
Isaac
Cleveland
H. Rowsas
Ashtabula
Indy
Senator Bayard
Secretary of the Navy
Henewr PY
Slugger Sullivan
Philadelphia
Wiggins
GAR
Thorstahk
Bitters Co
Mor
da. J. Stervens
Lebanon
Uhlo
Omaha
Eee
Bch
Coromanren
JH. H. Warner & CO
Rochester, N. Y
Ocooa Botti
H. H. Warner & Co
W.S. Brathwaite
Red Bank
S.J
Warner
Rochester, N.Y
Ton
D. D. S. Brown
Rochester, Noy
Iran
Baltinore
Lydia E. Pinkham
S . Vegetable Compound
Lynn
Sac
Paiphiet
Geo. Rathburn
OSPR
Lemith
Cate
Falaiine
Elie
Gennl
Qienn
Geo. Kendall
Allston
Boston
Columbus
Texas
Farexen
Pereweniti
Stover
Henderson
Wrawactie ST
Chicago
Cgren
Stondage
Feng
R. U
Lorillard
Mmer
Marler
Wistries
Anthe
Lailey & Kennedy
Kansas
ICDC
MAMI
Agines
Sawhorse
Auitman & Tailor Co
Mansfield
A.J. Gustin & Ca
Lincoln
Usiness College
A. L. Wyman
I'rineipa
Natlonss Business College
A. Hoon
Ryant Business College
St. Joseph, Mo
Bick
Oka Fish
John
Clarke Drug Co
Cole Wholesale Arents
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