A Cure for La Grippe and Earth Core Questions
A reader praises Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a swift cure for la grippe after two days of confinement. The page then surveys Earth’s interior, detailing a Wheeling Virginia deep well study showing rising temperatures with depth and pondering whether a molten core exists.
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F.T. Harrison
Park Row
New York, N. Y
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a unique female tonic for all disorders of women. It promises restoration, nerve soothing, and guaranteed satisfaction with a money-back offer if it fails to help.
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Dr. Pierce
Emulsion Cod Liver Oil Ad From Local Drugstore
Local chemists at 132 South sth Avenue advertise Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil. The druggist claims the product is sold by all druggists nationwide for $1.
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South Sth Avenue
Scott
Koenig Med. CO
Chicago
Plain Clothes Messenger at Waterloo Honored by Wellington
An anecdote recalls a unnamed gentleman in plain dress who rode through heavy fighting to deliver Wellington's note to a commanding officer. The Duke praised the act as one of the bravest deeds he witnessed, noting there was no prospect of reward or honor for the sender.
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Wellington
Shaftesbury
Shakspeare
Story of NC life through a revenue officer tale
Brooklyn preacher recounts a mountain road episode in North Carolina where a revenue officer is shot. The driver points to a valley road and explains the fatal event, noting another man with a rifle waiting for the next officer, illustrating danger in the region.
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North Carolina
Charles H. Hall
Brooklyn
New York Times
It Is For Rheumatism Relief Honest Testimony
A pamphlet-style appeal cites several users of St Jacobs Oil from Gilbertville Iowa San Francisco and Baltimore praising its cure for rheumatism sore back burns and neuralgia. The statements claim quick relief and lasting results with repeated recommendations to neighbors and friends.
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W. H. Schroeder
Gilbertville
Iowa
John Garbutt
Minna St
San Francisco
Cal
Ida M. Fleming
Carey St
Baltimore
Jacobs
The General Employment of Alcohol
An English physician questions teetotalism arguing alcohol is not inherently injurious and that abstinence rests on unscientific theories. He cites self-generated alcohol from food and warns teetotalers neglect incipient disease. He endorses Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive tonic and cites various ailments to be tended early.
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J. Mortimer Grandville
Alcohal
Dead Sea
Hostetter
Abernethy
American Travel Signs and Quack Cures in Serial Snippets
A collage of vintage clippings notes American presence in Portugal with shop signs reading American Spoken Here. It cites Brown's Bronchial Troches for hoarseness and a Paris quill toothpick factory producing 20,000,000 per year. Also mentions Horehound and Tar remedies and Prize's Toothache Drops as quick cures.
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Paris
Pearl diving in the Indian Ocean harvests gems at risk
In a colonial pearl fishery, hundreds of divers plunge at a signal with baskets ropes and sinking stones to scour the sea. Three fourths of the catch goes to the government while the remainder goes to workers. Gems are extracted after mollusks are sun dried and washed with vigilance to curb theft.
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Indian Ocean
Russia's Trade in Geese Sparks Railway Car Plan
An export house in Warsaw seeks to build special goose transport cars for direct shipments to Germany and Austria. Russian broad gauge lines would feed into German narrow gauge systems with rapid gauge change. The Ministry of Roads and Intercommunication was notified and expected to approve.
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Russia
Germany
Austria
Warsaw
Ministry On Roads of Intercommunication
Pleasant safety of Syrup of Figs for ladies
The article extols the California liquid laxative Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, safe remedy for women under all conditions. It advises buyers to ensure authenticity by checking for the California Fig Syrup Co. name printed near the bottom of the package.
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California
California Fig Syrup Co
London’s Two Governments Debate City Privileges
The article argues for London’s retained municipal government citing that income tax profits for 1889-90 show the city alone contributing over £70 million, with Middlesex at £41 million and Lancashire near £33 million. It notes these three areas exceed all other England and Wales combined.
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London
Middlesex
Lancashire
England
Wates
The Crescent brand word search ad and ancient wheat note
A 38 inch display ad from The Dr Harter Medicine Co invites readers to find a unique word each week and receive books, lithographs, or samples, featuring a Crescent mark. The article also notes wheat cultivation history and its rise as a staple across Europe and America.
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Dr Harter Medicine Co
Notable figures and ads collide in 19th century column mix
The clip surveys Carnegie’s early rise at the School of Hard Knocks and his thrift habits piece for Youths Companion, notes 525090 subscribers, and mentions Kemp Sand erford and Susannah Nobles marriage near Flora Mississippi. It also features an array of ads for Dr I Jaynes Expectorant Beechams Pills and a line about Irish reptiles.
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Andrew Carnegie
Prince of Manufacturers
Shilohs Cure Promises Quick Relief for Coughs
An advertisement touts Shilohs Cure as a positive guarantee for coughs hoarseness and la grippe with claims of rapid relief for croup and whooping cough. It urges immediate use for consumption fear and notes a one dollar price with druggist recommendation. It also promotes Shilohs Porous Plasters for sore lungs or back pain.
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Shiloh
Chicago wins Democratic convention bid in city hotel edge
Chicago secured the Democratic national convention amid competition from nine other cities. The decision reflected Chicago’s extensive hotel capacity and persistent energy. An advertisement touts Aero's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a remedy for lung and kidney ailments, urging readers to obtain it from Sylvan Remedy Co. in Peoria, Illinois.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
Montuna
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Free Government
Cheal Northern Pacific
R. R. An
Chas
B. B. Lambora
St Paul
Minn
Alice Maple
F.usny der
MeVick Theatre
Chicago
J. H. Reeves
City
N. Xs Co
Aero
Sylvawn Remedy Co
Peoria
Ill
August Flower Cure Reported by J D Cox
J D Cox of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, reports five months of dyspepsia with fullness after meals and sickness, working for Thomas McHenry, Druggist. After two weeks using August Flower he was relieved, regained appetite, and gained twenty pounds since recovery in Allegheny City.
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Thomas McHenry
Allegheny City
J.D. Cox
Allegheny, Pa
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