Blood Poison Suffering Recounted and Swift's Specific Cited
A claimant describes decades of agony from blood taint contracted from a nurse. She credits Swift's Specific with a complete cure after failing mercury and potash treatments, noting the product reaches deep seated cases and has cured the most desperate patients.
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Swift
Tim
T. W. Lee
Montgomery
Ala
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta
Georgia
Gettysburg Deed of Mercy by General Gordon for Wounded General Barlow
A Confederate captain of engineers at Gettysburg aids Brigadier General Barlow of New York after he is wounded. Gordon saves him with brandy, reads a dying message from Barlow’s wife, and tears the letters, then delivers a note to Mrs. Barlow. Barlow survives and later honors Gordon.
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Gettysburg
John B. Gordon
Georgia
North
Richmond
Lee
Gordon
Tam General Gordon
Iam
Barlow
New York
Tam
Meade
Congress
Potter
General Barlow
General Gordon
Millionaires on the Car: A Pageant of Farce and Fares
A New York Sun tale follows two young capitalists in a Wall Street car. They discuss multi million dollar deals while struggling to pay a 9 cent fare, causing anxiety and comic tension among riders before the car moves on.
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Wall Street
Haven
Metropolitan
New York Sun
Think Success And Do It The Law Of Your Life
A New Orleans Times-Democrat quote urges that effort shapes ability and success follows from giving your best. A Frenchman once wrote a book on any subject he could not find, proving anyone can learn and inform themselves. A gray coated police officer brings a toy lamb he found in the park to the arsenal sergeant, joking it as an effigy of a sheep.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Arsenal
New York Commercial Advertiser
New York Ledger
Strange Confessions and Mysterious Rescues in History
The article recounts cases where individuals confessed to crimes they did not commit under duress or psychological pressure, including John Perry in 1661 and the Vermont case of Russell Colvin and the Boorn family. It covers the ensuing executions, public hoaxes, and later reappearances, plus a note on how fear and religious exhortation influenced false confessions.
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England
John Perry
Campden
William Harrison
Harrison
Russell Colvin
Manchester
Stephen
Jesse Boarn
Colvin
Jesse
New York Evening Post
Chadwick
Shrewsbury
N. d
James Whelpley
New York
William Polhemus
Dover
N. J
Whelpley
Common Council
Merus
Vermont
Stephen Boorn
Graphophone promise and Exposition notes in a single page
A scattered advertisement page highlights the Graphophone as an affordable entertainment device with instant recording and playback. It mentions the Omaha Exposition of 1898, travel notes to Chicago and the Trans Mississippi region, and various medical cures and pills by J H Bacher & Co, A Kempf, and Dr Sawyer.
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Omaha
Geo
H. Heafford
Chicago
Dr. Sawyer
A. Kempf
J. H. Bacher & Co
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Ilinois Central
Williams
Lunesville
Town
Lyle
Minn
Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Alden
Towa
Southern Homeseekers
Manchester
Iowa
J. N. Merry
Ilinois
Yazoo Valley
Mississippi
FE. P. Skene
I. CO. Brr
Cedar Falls
Mona
South Dakota
Minnesota
Ackley
le Mars
Waverly
Two Scottish ministers preach on Adam Texts
Two ministerial candidates named Adam and Low preached in a Scottish church. Mr Low spoke in the morning on Adam Where Are Thou, delivering an excellent discourse that edified the congregation. In the evening Mr Adan preached on Lo Here I Am.
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Adam and
Low
Mr. Low
Adam
Adan
Not Economical Paradox in Flour Purchases
Somerville Journal notes that buyers who purchase flour by the bag pay more than those who buy by the barrel and do not receive the barrel, illustrating a price efficiency issue for small purchases.
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Somerville
Mass
Winter Irishman Enters Duck in Cock Fight Tale
A character named Pat brings a plump duck to a cock fighting pit and boasts of thrashing the challenger, declaring its fut and daring the other bird. The scene captures local excitement and humor through a humorous Old World persona.
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Pat
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Wm. I. Proctor
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Oxford
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Chicago Theologica Seminary
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Germany
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Odell, Ga
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Buffalo
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Boston Transcript
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Sawyer
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Sharon, Wis
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Pierson
Mich
J. S. Bacher & Co
Atchison Globe
South America
Bank of England
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Castoria
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chae, H. Fletcher
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
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Woman's Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans
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J. F. Merry
M. W. Herrick
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Jones,Co
Dubuque
Delaware
Linn and
Jones
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J. N. Hughes
W.A. Mirick
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T. B. Kent
Main Street
Center Junction
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D. D.S. Entist
Hicks & Rilers
Atore
Natth Lessen
Oxford Junction
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C. J. Wilson, M.D. C. M
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Hicks & Eilers
Hapa
John Gibson
Cortar
Tiple
GO Seevence Bt
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Murton
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