Tippecanoe Battle and Harrison Legacy Highlighted
A historical recount of the 1811 Tippecanoe clash led by General William Henry Harrison. It notes the battle's impact on settlement, Harrison’s later political rise, and the broader Harrison lineage. The piece also promotes Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla as a trusted tonic amid frontier life.
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Tippecanoe
Wabash River
Indiana
Kiskwatawa
Wm. H. Harrison
Harrison
Army of the Northwest
United States Senate
Tip
Ben Harrison
United States
Warners
Warner
Mrs Alexander Hanna Of Apollo Passes In March Accident
Mrs Alexander Hanna of Apollo Pennsylvania died in March when struck by an Eastern Express while crossing a railroad track en route to a train. The obituary notes she was born March 6 married March 8 and died on the same day month, with two children born and a brother who died on another March day.
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Alex. Hanna
Apollo
Mvs
Alexander
Varied Marriage Laws Across States Highlight Divorce Ease
The passage contrasts marriage and divorce laws across states, noting New York’s infidelity requirement, New Jersey’s cruelty standard, and Chicago’s famed divorce mill. It mentions polygamy loopholes and humorous Eastern stereotypes, then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive issues.
Dangers of Tree Saw in California Woodsmen
The article warns of serious injuries from using wedges driven by steel sledges to bring down redwoods. Fragments fly at high speed, causing embedded wounds, eye injuries, and severe arm and shoulder wounds. It notes repeated strikes and the need for protection to guard against missiles.
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California
Northwestern
Lamberacon
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Constitutional Cure
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. Claims internal intake affects blood and mucus surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure. Includes testimonial list and Toledo Ohio address for Cheney Co. Toledo.
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Lere
VLU
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Lrugists
Middle Bible Facts and Numeric Landmarks
A compact listing of biblical statistics with counts for verses words and letters in the Old and New Testaments. It notes middle books chapters and verses such as Proverbs Job John, and Esther as the longest and midpoint reference points.
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Chanos
Jehovah
Ovenrs
Earl Thessalonians
What Makes the South Poor Post Office Job Refusal
The Macon Telegraph notes Postmaster Colonel Hardeman offered a colored woman a janitorial post at the new United States Post Office for 20 a month. She declined saying there was too much work for that pay and that Northern workers are raised to labor, whereas in the South people do not. The item adds a remark about a glut of religious books published in the country, with 339 of 482 from American authors.
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Hardeman
United States Post Office
Notable Writing Habits of Famous Authors Through History
The text surveys how authors like Byron Andersen Edgeworth Southey Cornwall Gray Shelley Dickens Thackeray and George drafted their works. It notes methods such as writing in crowds outdoors or in quiet rooms and near walks and shows Dickens practice of neat habits and measured daily output.
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Lord Byron
Hans Crristian Andersen
Miss Edgeworth
Southey
Barry Cornwall
London
Gray
Spenser
Shelley
Trelawny
Florence
Wordsworth
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Dam
Thackeray
George
Great Hock Island and stage routes to Kingfisher via Pond Creek
An travel notice describes the Oklahoma Country route from Pond Creek to Kingfisher via the Old Abilene Castle Trail. It promotes fast vestibuled trains Chicago to Kansas City and connections to Caldwell and Pond Creek with daily arrivals around 10:15 p.m. Includes contact points Geo. D. Smith and agents. It also notes Mrs Byrd of Brooks County Georgia owning an aged skillet and a knot worn by her grandfather for heart palpitations.
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Oklahoma
Cidease
Kansas City
Cabdwell
Kansas
Pond Creek
Indiana Territory
Kingfisher
Government Land Office
Abilene Casle Trail
Stage Road
Chicago
Caldwell
Dr. Smith
Cisral Viegker
Vassenger
C. A. Byair
Brooks County
Gia
Sleep ing Car Service From Chicago To Ohio And Indiana
A combined sleeping and chair car runs from Chicago to Springfield Ohio via Indianapolis with through service leaving at 11 20 p m daily. It stops Crawfordsville at 6 50 am Indianapolis 7 40 am Troy 12 04 noon Springfield 1 00 pm Cincinnati 12 10 noon and Louisville 12 15 noon. Berth rate Chicago to Indianapolis is 1 50. Chicago City Ticket Office No 64 Clark street Sherman House.
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Crawfordsville
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Chicago City
Chirk Street
Sherman House
Choice Colorado land in San Luis Valley for sale
A series of premier land tracts in the San Luis alley in Southern Colorado are offered as a single lot or in quantities to fit buyers. The property is irrigated, with secured rights and a ready kitchen. suitable for farming or stock raising. For price and terms, contact Henry A. Butters, Alamosa, Colorado.
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San Luis Alley
Colorado
Heny A. Butters
Alamosa
Gentlemen of Leisure in a Detective Family Portrait
A brief cartoonish exchange from New York Weekly portrays a Little Girl denying business chores and revealing her father is a detective. The dialogue humorously contrasts a gentleman of leisure with a working parent in a playful city scene.
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New York Weekly
Positive cure for Consumption promoted by T A Slocum
Letter to the editor claims a positive cure for consumption with a promise of two free bottles to readers who send their Express and P O address. Signatory T A Slocum M C of 181 Pearl Street North. Ranwin note mentions a skeleton of unknown content.
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P. O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl Bt
The British Empire Epoch Boosts Global Reach
The Queen rules a vast span with 100 peninsulas 500 premonitories 1 000 lakes 2 000 rivers and 10 000 islands. Her order mobilizes 900 000 warriors and 1 000 ships with 109 000 sailors. Her footprint affects 30 000 000 people while rival empires are described as weaker in reach.
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Great Britain
Cireece
The Wise-Looking Lord Chancellor Thurlow
A critic notes Thurlow owed much of his reputation to awe inspiring manners and a face that seemed wise. The Duke of Norfolk branded one of his owls as Thurlow, highlighting the Chancellor’s famed appearance of wisdom.
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Thurlow
Duke of Norfolk
Pension Right for Longtime Teachers Ends in Court
A former public school teacher in Texas Wisconsin seeks a pension after twenty one years of service, while Massachusetts requires a longer tenure before retirement benefits, highlighting varied state rules on eligibility and retirement timing.
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Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Raccoon Intrudes House. Man, Brother Caught It
Jess Hess of Logansport Pennsylvania awoke to a raccoon leaping on his bed and moving about. The frightened animal was killed with a boot after his brother lit the room. The family noted the creature could only enter by climbing down the chimney.
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Jess Hess
Logansport
Jesse
Handsome Lady Praises Kemp’s Balsam For Throat Cough
A town swears Kemp’s Balsam stops coughs instantly while other remedies fail. Druggists offer free sample bottles. Large size priced 50e and 1. Texas Siftings notes a British judge’s sharp remark on gentleness and worth. Browns Bronchial Tradies touted for bronchial and pulmonary control sold only to bores.
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Kemp
Remedy collection praised as elegant preparation
A quoted remark from the Lowell Citizen praises Macri's Formrnsion as an elegant preparation. The text states it contains three recognized remedies for treating diseases it targets and credits C. J. Vaylor, M. B., Philadelphia, with the statement.
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Macri
I. Vaylor, M. B
Philadelphia
The Experience of Mrs Peters Pellets Treat Digestive Ailments
A Victorian advertisement recounts Mrs Peters suffering from multiple ailments and failing medicines until Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the original Little Liver Pills, cure her. The pills are promoted as cheap, easy to take one per dose, claiming to relieve headache constipation indigestion bilious attacks and stomach derangements for 25 cents.
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WorLn
Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors
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