Presbyterian Pastor Praises Peruna In Local Church Ad
A Green County church feature showcases Rev E G Smith praising Peruna tonic. Letters from church elders and Greensboro Ga connections endorse Peruna for catarrh and kidney relief, urging readers to consult Dr Hartman and try the remedy with confidence.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Green
Peruna
Alen
Presbyterian Church
E. G. Smith
Thore
FH. G. Smith
M. J. Rossman
Greensboro
Peruna Medicine Co
J. Rossman
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Ad and Foot Ease Promo
A collage of old advertisements offers an Upright piano for 148 dollars on easy payments from Schmoller and Mueller Omaha. Also promoting Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot ailments and a cautionary note about gardening and widow’s weeds. Includes a chintzy line about girls keeping their chins up.
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Schmoller & Mueller
Marnam Street
Omaha
Capitol cost contrasts show rising state buildings
The New York Sun notes Arkansas laid a cornerstone for a million dollar Little Rock capitol while Jackson Mississippi awarded a contract for a near million dollar new state capitol. It lists other states with capitals and grounds costs ranging from 50 000 to 3 000 000 in a trend toward costly new structures.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Jackson
Miss
Alabama
Montgomery
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Kentucky
Frankfort
Goebel
Maryland
Annapolis
Mississippi
Sacramento
California
Austin
Tex
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Rhode Island
Providence
Des Moines
Illinois
Spingfield
Nebraska
Lincoln
Wisconsin
Madison
Michigan
Capitol
Colorado
Washington
Olympia
New York Sun
Seer Wigglesworth Predicted US Canadian Population Rise
A 1776 pamphlet by Edward Wigglesworth, Hollis professor of divinity at Cambridge, forecast the British American colonies reaching 80 million by 1900. His method, based on doubling every 25 years, matched census figures through 1900 when Canada joined, totaling about 81 million with the United States and Nova Scotia.
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Wigglesworth
Edward Wigglesworth
Hollis
Cambridge
Nova Scotia
Dominion of Canada
United States
Harvard Divinity
Canada
National Magazine
Preacher Put Him to Sleep tale of laird and sermon
A Scots anecdote recalls the earls of Laudar dale falling ill with insomnia. His son orders a preacher from Livingston to heal by sermon. The minister arrives, delivers a sermon, and sleep returns, leading to the laird's recovery.
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Dean Ramsay
Laudardale
Livingston
Odd Swedish Decorations in Wood and Pewter
Swedish ware found in shops that specialize in old pewter appeals to house mistresses seeking dining room ornaments. The list includes wood and wicker baskets bowls pails jugs boxes and other usable decorative pieces with deep wooden drinking cups encircled by hoops and sometimes leather strips in the design.
Mushrooms Reported as Snake Venom Vaccine
A paper to the Academie des Sciences in Paris notes M. Phisaux found certain mushrooms produce a vaccine against viper venom. Juice from the mushroom reportedly renders a person immune for one to two months. The claim appears amid uncertain scientific context.
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Academie Des Sciences
Paris
M. Phisaux
Witness Oath Mixup in London Court
In a London court twenty witnesses were sworn on a guide to landlord and tenant rather than a bible. The error was found when a court official noticed the book was unusually clean, revealing the mix up amid the proceedings.
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Jondon
Lancashire parish’s 91 year old clerk keeps church alive
An elderly woman in Lancashire aged 91 serves as parish clerk attending weddings christenings and funerals kept the church in order and even filled in for the church warden taking collections organ blowing and bell ringing on occasion showcasing lifelong dedication to local worship and community duties.
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Lancashire
England
Garfield Tea Invaluable Remedy For Digestive Ailments
A historic note praises Garfield Tea as an invaluable remedy for stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders. Also mentions egg white brushed over morocco leather to freshen it, reflecting period health and care practices.
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Beemnan
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Patcee
Trall
Pd. Cheney & Co
Valeds
Ohio
Wheney & CO
Toledo
S. Fire
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Putnam
Joan F Bowen
Trinity Springs
Ind
JavElez Mya. Co
Dept. D
Patyons
Kansan
Defiance
Geo. L.shuman & Co
Dearborn Streets
Chicago
Washington, D
U.S. Pension Bureau
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Cascarets
Mentson
Petre Eer
Mesic
Ubeok Wavy
Fou
Ig Remedy CO
Bork
State Capitole
St. Jacobs Oil
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