Bees and stage door beeship in Wellington Street scene
A reader recounts a bee swarm blocking Wellington Street near the Gaiety Theatre, the crowd and stage manager pleading for removal. A makeshift hive was used to capture and relocate the bees, with onlookers including eminent figures applauding the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltabaday
Boya
Army
Navy Gagette
Wellington Street
Poline
Rettly
Victoria
Bues
Grote
London
Ftinelradt
Duaddever
Nataligt
Notide Hall
Holborn
Wellington
Baes
South American quake tests survivors and US Consul Nugent
Amid a major South American earthquake, residents struggle to rebuild as waves and ash blast inland. United States Consul W. H. Nugent recounts walls collapsing, dust and tremors, and the family evacuating their home as the earth opened and shook violently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
United States
W. H. Nugent
Druggists Offer Roughan Rats Insect Remedy
A historical notice promotes a rat and pest remedy named Roughan Rats sold by Depot Richards and Schhrbeck in Moline. The product claims to clear out rats mice roaches flies and bed bugs in 1 c boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards & Schhrbeck
Moline
Balloon voyage of Prof. King delayed by weather
Owing to adverse weather, Prof. King’s balloon ascent from Minneapolis toward the seacoast has not yet been attempted. It is promised when wind and weather favor a rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Minneapolis
Malt Bitters and Hogs Market Report in One Issue
Choice extracts tout Malt Bitters as valued by physicians and customers, claiming cures for chills and liver disease and praising a large bottle as best medicine. Hogs sell 10 cents higher per 100 pounds in Chicago with strong close at $7.30. A Swiss landslide buries 30 houses and 200 people. Parker's Hair Balsam advertised as a long sought remedy. The steamer Columbia founders near Frankfort Michigan. 15 perish, 7 saved. vessel carried wheat from Chicago to Collingwood, Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Droxsbie
Chicago
Columbia
Frankfort
Mich
Malcolm
Collingwood
Canada
New Discovery Promises Swift Recovery for Throat and Lung Ailments
Advertisements claim Dr. Kinc's New Discovery cures coughs and lung diseases, including fever, asthma, and hoarseness. It boasts a world wide reputation with physicians endorsing the formula and druggists offering free trials or regular sizes for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinc
Tom
Sr. F Hrbeek
Richards & Pe
Sailors' Liver Pills Promised Quick Cures
A garbled regional notice praises Sailors' Liver Pills as a swift remedy for illness, claiming relief from constipation headaches fevers ague and malaria by the medicine. The text reads like an informal advertisement with exaggerated health claims and no verifiable details.
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Rus
Carrie
Wateree
América
Arica
Walter Scott
George Mr
Napoleon
Commons
Palmerston
Dick Swiveller
Earl of Carnarvon
Plato
Kuinr
Arch St
Philadelphia
Penn
Parker
Ang Lyon EL Pmn
LVR
John H. Porter
Metropolitan
Main Street
D.O. Reid
Ou Foo He
Lierida
Beller
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Western Avenue
By Mall
Lynn
Masa
Lydia K. Liven
Wedicine Co
Ladelphia
Dobbins
Sp. Mall
Shakspeare
L Cragin & CO
South Fourth St
Philadelphia, PA
E. Hy Hazen, M. D
Forrest
Odr. Brady
Davenport
Infir
West Davenport
Arantal Cyclopedia of Tainge Worth
Know Ve . Mica Manufactur OG
Michigan Avenue
Chishe Theale
DEERE
Mney Fore
Moline, Illinois
Ives
Sarnia
Ork
Bolesenne
Brest
Moline Savings Bank
W. Wheelock
Sonn Good
Ravsixed
John Good
Greats
Christy
Spates Aliest Mint
Ceener
Chartered Vings
W. H. Devore
Business al Es
CP Rywreee
Jo Eit Gemeente Eee
N. P. Bergstrom
City Undertaker
Jsdhca
Earthing
Fortune
HauLart & Co
Portland
Maine
Back Island
Missouri River
Pacific Slope
Cian, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Enline
Chs
Kansas
Puritan PaLace
Lempurg
Denne
Ora
Nrrenk
Miari
Nebraske
An Ng
Utah
Nevada
Cal Stoke Cashington
Colorado
Arizona
Lexico
Syortam
R. R. Cable
View
ST. John
Tayz & Co
Anguata
Maing
Parker's
Duchy
Drake
Stillin Ja
Ickng Co
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Dalenger
Bohman
York
Lindvall
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