Onions seeds fail if aged two years and farm tips
The Rural New Yorker advises caution with two year old onion seed. It urges thorough knowledge of farming to avoid losses and notes that stock care starts with preventing flesh loss. It also covers fruit exhibits, celery culture, wool, and melon pinching experiments with mixed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Illinois
Wisconsin
New York
J.J. Thomas
Duchess
Prentiss
Niagara
Rocklington
Ohio
New Orleans
Peper
Imprae
Red Star Cough Cure Promoted as Safe Vegetable Remedy
The Washington Post highlights a shift from narcotic cough medicines to a pure vegetable tonic. Medical authorities including Dr James Steuart and Dr Samuel Cox endorse Red Star Cough Cure as free from poisons, with certificates from health boards and doctors praising its safety and efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Union
James A. Steuart
Baltimore
Samuel K. Cox
Washington
O. Grothe
Brooklyn
John J. Caldwell
Electro-Therapeutical Society
New York
Medical Socie
Kings County
Medical Society
U. S. Volunteers
Iran
BROWN
Lehical CO
Laugh and Grow Fat and Greenhouse Girl Riddle
An old newspaper ad mix parodies a Pope quip and promotes Dr. Pierce tonics and pellets for digestion and long illness cures. It touts Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets as remedies and invites readers to request the Buffalo based World's Dispensary Medical Association literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Pierce
We Have Used It Rep Star Coucs Cure Recommendation
A Baltimore claim from February 9 1885 endorses Rep Star Coucs Cure as a safe reliable family medicine free from opiates poisons and narcotics. It cites personal experience and official health commissioner praise noting it substitutes harmful cough mixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Health of
Baltimore
Baltimore, Mp
United States
Chares A. Voceter Company
Maryland
Baltimore Officials and Public Health Advertisements
Baltimore officials listed include Governor R M McLane and several state and city leaders. The page promotes Red Star Cough Cure endorsed by over fifty physicians, plus assorted editorials and notices on health products, travel remarks, and anecdotal medical endorsements.
The Milkman's Virtues in Verse
A playful poem from the Boston Budget praising a milkman’s honesty and steadiness. It extols fair measures water purity health and a cheerful gait while noting his quiet demeanor and reliable service to patrons without complaint.
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Boston
Carbolines and patent medicines in old advertisements
A collage of 19th century ad copy touts Carbolines, Wells Health Renewer, Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water, Roughon products, and Buchu palba. It mentions a London bank restricting clerks’ marriages, and notes Omaha hotels including the Metropolitan in $2.00 per day terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Thompson
London
Omaha
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity and Strength
Historical testimonial ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood and steadies the nerves to restore strength. Includes several customer quotes from Mrs. Alice Smith of Stamford Conn and others praising improvements in rheumatic, nervous, and general debility after use.
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Hood
Alice Smith
Stamford
Conn
Peoria
Linn
Mas
Druggiata
Grand Union and Metropolitan Hotels Promises Bargains and Comfort
Advertisements tout Grand Union Hotel near Central depot offering 600 rooms at about one million dollars daily, European plan with elevator and restaurant. Also promotes Metropolitan Hotel in Omaha at $2.00 per day with good table and no style charges. Other health and patent medicine claims follow in brisk catalog fashion.
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New York City
Central Depot
Grand Union Hotel
England
Wells
Metropolitan
Omaha
Eeds
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Polly
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
R. M. McLane
Charles B. Roberts
F. C. Latrobe
A. P. Gorman
Harrison Adreon
Thomas S. Wilkinson
James R. Horner
Edwin H. Webster
J. H. Sellman
U. S. Internal Revenue
Hart B. Holton
Congress
H. Clay Dallam
Judge Appeal Tax Court
Sam’l A. Clagett
Wi. H. Hiss
Bayview Asylum
Montana
H. W. Perry
Richmond
Richelieu
Paris
Chace
Rhode Island
Hunt
Medical Gazette
Solomon
Sullivan
America
Chicago
Louis
Kansas City
Cclhoode CO
Apothecarlesa
Lowell
Masa
Wature
Mark
Druegiste
Charles A, Vodeler
Deltimore, Marriend. T. 8. A
Hosteiters
Ibowels
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
7. Louis
Gem 5
Ibera
Bailey & Kennedy
Rockford
S. Coast Survey
Admira Commanding
U.S. Naval Observatory
Reliable Store
J.B. French & CO
J.B. Freech & Co
ST. Paul, Minn
Kifier
Unitimg
I. G. Innocent
Joseph Gillott
Grearest
Arista
Otis
Ann
Catalorus
Aoe
P. C. Ballou
Monkton, VI
B. MN. Clark
Hero
C. M. Summerlin
Sun Hill
Richardson
Burlington Vt
Ridney
Etd Sherman
Tolooo
Kansas
Ivy
Jonathan
Beckman
A.J
Beth
Jean Civiala
Tors
R. U
Lorillard
Navy
Srerness
Lebanon
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