Edison Train-Boy to Tycoon of Inventions
A portrait of young Thomas A Edison tracing his early life as a train-boy on the Grand Trunk line in Canada and Michigan. He builds a printing office on a baggage car, publishes the Grand Trunk Herald, learns telegraphy, and reads the public library exhaustively as he shapes a future in science and invention.
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Grand Trunk Railroad
Canada
Central Michigan
Edison
Grand Trunk Herald
London Times
Pittsburg
Detroit
Newton
Ure
Burton
Changes in hotel service since old times in Burlington
The piece recalls a Medk era when a Wang guide assisted travelers at stations and offered introductions to landlords. Now travelers arrive to cold stares, unreadable signatures, and a placard demanding advance payment for all transient guests. The note adds that an election occurred last Tuesday in Burlington.
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Wang
Nan
Burlington Hatch
Greenbacks and Money Value in a Gold Standard Debate
The author argues that greenbacks are not absolute money but a government promise to pay coin. Value rests on acceptance as pledge for gold or silver, with price set by world markets and labor. Legislation cannot create value or give away goods for less than market price.
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Europe
Great Britain
London
United States
Chicago
Russia
Hungary
France
Australia
British India
Sherman
Congress
Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Journal of
Bissell
Gov. Bissell
Gov. Cullom
Earth
Scribner
Merits Endorsed for Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup
The merits of Dr Bull's Baby Syrup are acknowledged by all who have ever used it for the diseases of infancy. Price 25 cents a bottle.
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Dr. Bull
A Reliable Life Insurance Policy
A confident promotion extols a stock life insurer with inexhaustible assets. It claims policies issued via Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, offered for a small fee. Principal druggists named as agents.
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Pierce
Hall's Hair Renewer Promises Hair Renewal and Color Restore
The advertisement touts Hall's Hair Renewer as a preparation that renews hair and restores color to grey or faded hair. It claims to be an unsurpassed dressing that keeps hair moist soft and glossy and notes it is very economical with long-lasting effects.
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Hall
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Sees Surging Demand
The Texas Tribune notes that the so called atmospheric freshness has led to many coughs and colds and that Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is in greater demand than ever with a price of 25 cents.
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The
Texas Tribune
Vanderbilt's Fast Horses Make First Appearance on Road
New York Telegram reports Mr. W H Vandervilt's horses Lysander and Leander, recently renamed Dr Lewis, astonished onlookers with their speed. Leander endured four days and nights on a car for the journey, arriving at Vanderbilt's stables before noon Sunday. The pair, driven at Fleetwood Park, clocked a half mile in 1 18 and a full mile in 2 1, with expectations they may surpass current records.
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New York Telegram
W. H. Vandervilt
Pew
Lysander
Leander
Dr. Lewis
Girl Blown a Quarter Mile by Cyclone Survives Unscathed
A Columbus correspondent recalls a dramatic cyclone path that hurled Jennie, a hotel worker, across a block in Lone Tree and Clark's, later dropping her gently to earth. She escaped with no injuries though frightened, then returned to the hotel. Also described are a star-time method using plumb lines to measure Polaris azimuth for clock correction.
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Columbus
Neb
Lone Tree
Clark's
Jennie
Scientific Observer
Boston
8. C. Chandler, Jr
le Bays
Dr Pierce’s Remedies Touted Against Consumption
An article drawing a contrast between economic insect losses and the far deadlier toll of consumption. It argues causes lie in scrofulous temperaments, cites two main remedies a blood purifier and a mild cathartic, and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Gold en Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets as effective treatments. It also mentions Dr. Pierce’s Invalids Hotel in Buffalo, N Y offering specialized care for consumptives.
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United States
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Climate Advantage in Treating Disease
The passage notes that the method provides essential benefits while being located in a climate where inhabitants are notably free from the disease. It emphasizes environmental factors as a key advantage of the treatment approach.
Cured of Drinking With EHop Bitters Claims
A Chicago Rt. R. official testimonial states a young man cured of insatiable liquor thirst by EHop Bitters. The remedy allegedly ended his craving, steadied his nerves, and kept him sober for over two years with several others reportedly cured.
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Rt. R
Chicago
Ills
No Deception Wacd Shiloh's Vitalizer offer
An advertisement hawks Shiloh's Vitalizer promising relief from indigestion liver complaint sour stomach and general debility. The seller claims free trial if it does not cure and lists prices 75 cents with Frank Miller and Clendenin and Martin as distributors.
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Shiloh
Frank Miller
Clendenin
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Moline Review
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Europeas Chromo Company
Agenta
Addreen
F. Gleagon
Esex Street
Ase
Riverview Military Academy
Poughkeepsie
Otis Bisbee
A. M
Hadson River
D. W. Sickels
Blossburg
Breckentity
Lynde Street
Aso
Alwass
J.C. Wallace
Schumacker
Purdett
J.U. Wallace
Brady St
Davenport
Lewas
Port Byron
Bank of
Port Byron, Ill
E. E. Rogers & Son
Joan Oo Jong
America
Hamburg
National
Inman
Bimoie
Ilawa
Sinth National
New York
W. H. Devore
General Banking
Nanbarg
Anchor
Toman Iive
Steamship
Reprnbmces Mitchell
Lynde
Kinkora
Rock Teland
II First Nations Bank
Laws First National Bank
I Piret National Bank
Milwaukee
Havenal Bank of Commerce
Nion Bank of Philidelphia
I Peno Allen
Copp & Nisbitt
Lonie
Iowa
Reupke, Ochmidt & GO
Proprietors
M. Christy
Rock Island, Ilinois
Ev.la Farman
TD. Lathroup
Wide Awake
Illustrated
T18
Lothrop & Us
Babyland
A. Blombergson
Wells Street
Bass Streets
Q Adérens J Worth & Co., Et
Louis
DR. Whittier
St. Charles'street
St. Louis
Crap Avopam
Quualter & CO
Cutcaco
Int
Jean Es
Rana
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