Embarrassing Twins in Yale Michigan Proved Identical
A Detroit Tribune dispatch from Yale Michigan profiles Jim Hisey and his twin brother Will Hisey aged 48 both prosperous grain dealers with wives and children. Their lives mirror each other in illness and habits as even their spouses confuse them. The brothers once trained under the same master in milling, share birth in Western Ontario, and possess near identical features including hair and mustache. The piece notes rare practical tricks to distinguish them and recounts amusing mistaken-identity moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Mich
Detroit ‘Tribune
Jim Hisey
Will Hisey
Sparta
Jim
Will
Ontario
Jacob
Betsey Hisey
The Queen Saves Smoke Lamp Incident
An English paper recalls Queen Victoria in her drawing room when a lamp began to smoke. She calmly turned down the flame rather than summon aid, explaining the delay would cause a chain of alerts among staff.
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Victoria
De Witts Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles Claim
After years of untold suffering from piles, B. W. Pursell of Knitnersville, K. 1., was cured by a single box. The advertisement claims skin diseases like eczema, rash, pimples and obstinate sores are readily cured by this famous remedy Pipkin & Hanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Pipkin & Hanes
B. W. Pursell
Knitnersville
K. 1
An Eastern philosopher laments loud talkers and praises calm speech
A philosopher urges the decline of noisy streetcar and watering place talkers and favors a calm voice as key to social and domestic success. The note adds a promotion for One Minute Cough Cure as protection against pneumonia, consumption, and other lung troubles from neglected colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pipkin & Hanes
The Part of a Friend. Vilpay. Honest men esteem the value of nothing so much in this world as a real friend
A reflection on the value of friendship describing a true friend as another self who shares joys, comforts in afflictions, and provides enduring pleasure in company. The prose affirms trust and mutual secret sharing as core to friendship.
Constipation Seen as Poison to Body Systems
A medical note warns that severe constipation causes toxic gases that foully affect the stomach, liver, heart, kidneys, and blood, deranging the entire system. It also notes paralysis in the abdominal muscular structure as a consequence.
Prickly Ash Bitters Promises Lasting Bowel Relief
A historic tonic claims to permanently cure chronic constipation by strengthening the bowel and restoring natural movements. Prickly Ash Bitters is described as gentle and effective, not a harsh purge, with benefits for liver stomach and kidneys when deranged. Sold by F Savage and Jackson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. ©. Savage and
Jackson Drag Co
Uses of rattlesnakes in mountain regions and remedies
The mountain ranges of New Jersey and Pennsylvania host rattlesnakes used by natives for commercial items. Skins fetch about 2 dollars used for belts and wallets. venom and oil fetch higher prices for various medical and decorative uses. A brassy cough of croup is relieved by One Minute Cough Cure, endorsed by Pipkin & Hanes.
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Pipkin & Hanes
A Useful Book Promotes Chatauqua Instructor of Relocation
Mrs. E. A. Fisher, a widow, canvasses for The Chatauqua Instructor of Relocation. The instructional book offers practical advice and illustrations for speaking and civic action, aimed at families with young entrants to public life. It comes in two bindings priced at 2.25 and 3.25 dollars, and she will call on citizens seeking support.
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E. A. Fisher
Cure for Drunkenness and Prickley Ash Bitters Ad
A London Telegraph note recalls a Manitoba practice of branding repeat drinkers with a brass collar as a curb on liquor sales. The ad promotes Prickley Ash Bitters claiming four medicines in one bottle for a dollar, sold by Savage and Son Drug Co.
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Manitoba
London Telegraph
F. ©. Savage
Saci Son Drug Co
Peoples Party Mass Meeting Called in York County
A mass meeting of the Peoples' Party of York County is called by authority to meet at Dallas Court House at 11 a.m. on March 26, 1898. Chairman A. P. Alexanpen and Secretary Jd. J. Mersuon urge all populists to govern themselves accordingly.
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Peoples’ Party
York County
Court House
Dallas
A. P. Alexanpen
Jd. J. Mersuon
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Dewitt
Homeseekers
Pittsburg & Gulf
Mena
Port Arthur
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
F. A. Hornbeck
Townsite & Land Company
Meventh
Wyndotte
Kansas City
W. R. Blocksom
North
Mena St
the Star Pharmacy
F.C. Savage
Queen & Janssen Ave
Mena, Arkansas
DeQueen
Janssen
Deiker
Tobin A, Jenotiter
Thomson
Real Estate Agency
J.O. H. Hamilton & CO
Polk County
W. S. Pryor
Powers & Thayer
S. L. Lindsay
G. W. Pultz
Sherwood Avenue
Oposite Freight Depot
J. C. Byers
Caw
de Sheen Secant and
Honert Avenue
East Mena Street
R.M. Watters
Garrett’s Transfer CO
Rochester
Vick's
STAR
the Star
B. O. Flower Frederick Upham Adams
Fifth Ave
Chicaco
The
New Time
Mena Weekly Star
Sge
Ark
Enterprise
de Queen Street
Sherwood and
Janssen Avenues
Fred Salyers
Vine Hill Nursery
Mt. Pleasant, Tessas
Black Bros., Proprietors
Mena, Ark
Good &Igs
R. P. Cook
Mena Produce CO
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