Electrical Instructor draws crowds to Davenport clothier
Isaac Rothschild, leading Davenport clothier at Second and Brady, unveils the "Electrical Instructor" novelty. The device teaches grammar, history, geography, music, temperance, matrimonial matters, and old and new testaments while answering conundrums in a lifelike manner. Eight distinct instructors were gifted to the paper and added with each suit sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Rothschild
Davenport
Second
Brady Streets
Rothachild
Rothschild
Miss Lizzie Evans Tonight in Dew Drop at Wagner's Opera House
Friday evening October 31 Miss Lizzie Evans appears in the comedy Dew Drop at Wagner's Opera House. She is praised for talent and petite figure, promising a good house. The note recalls her Fogg's Ferry role and fan interest in seeing the favorite again.
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Lizzie Evans
Wagner's Opera House
Moline
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cure for Lung Ailments
Mr Wm Johnson of Huron Ohio reports his wife suffered chronic bronchitis for years before using Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds which allegedly cured her permanently. The ad guarantees cure for throat lungs or bronchial issues with trial bottles free at Richards Soherbeck’s drugstore and large bottles priced at $1. A separate note mentions a young woman seeking a beau through an advertiser offering Flats to Rest, expressing she would welcome any suitor.
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Ashrej
Jennie M. Jones
New York
J. H. Scuenen
Philadelphia
Albany
Eli P. Forby
Fourth Avenue
New York City
N.Y
Wm. Johnson
Huron
Oak
Dr. King
Richards & Soherbeck
End to Bone Scraping: Healing Sore With Electric Bitters
Harrisburg resident Edward Sheperd credits Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for curing an eight year leg wound that doctors said would require bone scraping or amputation. He praises the remedies after three bottles and several salves, noting the bank scene as a quiet end to a tense day.
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Edward Sheperd
Harrisburg
Ill
Bucklen
Richards& Lohrbeck
Patent salve and tonics advertise cures and politics
An advertisement touts a salve for cuts, sores, and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price from Richards & Lohrbeck. It also promotes Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renew er, plus a Toulon printer vowing not to shave until St John is elected.
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Richards & Lohrbeck
Toulon
St. John
Hall
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William H. Vanderbilt
College of Physicians and Surgeons
David Walk
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West Virginia
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Arper & Brothers
Cael
Will M. Carleton
Brooklyn
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J. P
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VER
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Peoria
ST. Louis
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Oman
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Union
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Mexico
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Territo Jets
LIN
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Tateo Gobron
United States
Lowell
Gen. Pass. Ag
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