Discovery of Great Statues on Easter Island Reported
An official note from the Navy Department chronicles the discovery of colossal stone statues on Easter Island at 110 west longitude and 27 south latitude. German officers collected substantial material during a brief visit, and France contemplates a protectorate as the Smithsonian awaits skull specimens for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Weahington Cor
Philadelphia Times
Botta
Ninevah
Rawlinson
Hincks
Egypt
Asia Minor
Europe
Schlieman
Hellespont
Troas
Mexico
Yucatan
Guatemala
United States
Nile
Euphrates
Table Lands
Central America
Plains
North America
Rapanui
Easter Island
South Pacific
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
Baird
Alparaiso
Samoan
Uphser
France
Smithsonian
America
St Jacobs Oil Relief Reported By Rheumatism Sufferer
Lieut Charles W McKim of Portland Kentucky says after twenty years of rheumatism the bad weather crashed his pain until he used St Jacobs Oil. He reports relief in half an hour and the ability to stand. A girl with the mumps describes a headache like a slip to her neck. An exchange ponders if the coming woman will work, hinging on her husband’s laziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. McKim
Portland
St. Jacobs
Hood
H. T. BaLcow
Shirley
Maas
J. V. A. Provurout
Chicago, Jr
Brown's Bronchial Remedy Ad Promises Free Help
An old advertisement fragment markets a bronchial remedy claiming cures for coughs and colds and offers free information. The snippet mentions an oil well driller and a Denver address, with references to droughts, floods, and free grants, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hom
Drouth
Denver
Cala
Remarkable Recovery From Bright's Disease Told by a Patient
A man describes a years long decline from Bright's disease and multiple misdiagnoses. After trying Warner's Safe Cure on Dr Foote's recommendation on June 1, 1881 he improves rapidly, gains 26 pounds, and credits the remedy with his survival and insight into kidney disease. He warns that Bright's disease often shows no distinct symptoms and is misattributed to other ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smn
America
Maine
California
Bright
Foote
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Warner
Kidney disease warnings and odd anecdotes from 19th century text
A physician warns readers about nephritis and hereditary kidney disease noting its stealthy onset and fatal potential. He urges attention to even mild symptoms and claims to have documented evidence to support his claims despite potential professional backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Democrat
Revenge and remedies praised in old advertising text
A period advertorial tone notes Byron on revenge and cites Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for women and men. It mentions Sing Sing inmates receiving cigars and meals, laments on male and female weakness, and ends with a nib of agricultural wheat price news from the U.S. Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Byron
Present to Every Lady Offers Free Art Needle Work Book
Strawbridge and Clothier promote a fashion quarterly with 120 pages and 1000 illustrations per issue. New subscribers receive a cent book on art needle work and transferrable designs, along with full instructions, upon mailing 50 cents for a year. Venison price note mentions Idaho at 2 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawbridge & Clothier
Strawbridge & Clothier Fighth
Sts. Phila
French Valentines for 1885 Craze Promoted by P. O. Box 226
An advertisement touts French valentines for 1885 as the era’s greatest craze. The promoter offers six different Valentines to readers who send six cents plus stamps for postage and import costs to P. O. Box 226 in Revhestee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitelgin
P. O
Do You Want to Buy a Dog Guide and Prices
An advertisement offers a 100 page dog buyers guide with engravings of all breeds colored plates and dog prices. Mailed for 15 cents from Associate Fanciers at 237 South Eighth Street Philadelphia. Also notes Utah’s pear output value and an ad for Wells Richardson butter color claiming it prevents rancidity and colors butter milk brightest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Fanciers
South Eighth Street
Philadelphia
Wels, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Book of Directions
Grand Union Hotel Promises City Savings for Families
A city advertisement touts the Grand Union Hotel as cheaper than any first class hotel in New York City, claiming families can live better for less money. It also notes travel options via Central Park area and elevated rail to depots, alongside mentions of lodging and local services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Central Mare
Wator
Grand Union Hotel
Caswin
New York
Wrice
Leach
Kidney-Wort and Ely's Cream Balm Advertisements in 19th Century Page
This excerpt markets Kidney-Wort as a remedy for kidney liver and bowel issues and Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh hay fever and nasal relief. It includes testimonials, druggist availability, prices, and notes on other tonics and purgatives while promoting constipation relief with a tonic remedy. It also contains a brief note about Diamond Dyes and a line about habit and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ely Bros
Owego
N. Y
J. A. Wood
N. High Street
Columbus
Ohio
M. N. Lasley
West Chestnut Street
Louisville, Ky
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Trini
J. B. Henson
M. D
Sage
Patti
Nicolini
Sing Sing
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Agricultural Department
Idaho
Berlin
Utah
J.W. Cole & CO
Black River Falls
Wis
el Mahdi
Hagan
Esaking
South America
Gels
Hey
Josefa T. Inman
Yellowstone County
Montana
Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
Goer
Charles A. Vogeler
Rockford
U. S. Coast Survey
U.S. Naval Observatory
Crin
Erding Fevelers
Isaac Thom
Ana
L. Thompson
Gon
Troy
DE. T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
Lenin x
Palatine
Man and
Beast
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
St. Louis
Fanset City
de. J. Sternuss
Lebanon
Omaha
Oowego Sun
Stu
H. Shumway
Rockford M1
U.S
Linguist
Way
Sabie Brashea
Ota
Chen
Canrvass
Teesward
R. U
Lorillard
J. Woezte
Chicago
Ill
BT. Louis
Valentine
Janesville, Wic
Enact
Sellor
Howl Man
Iealine
Farming World Art
Gue
Ziere
Suu
Prist
Farming World
S. Clark St
Chicago, Ill
Ower
Fis
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