One Bottle Ends Rheumatic Pain, Zollinger Says
Local note from Fort Wayne area? August 23 1889 reports L C Zollinger credits Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup with a complete cure after one bottle. Dreier & Bro. of Jackson Michigan endorse the remedy and recommend asking your druggist for it. We have personal knowledge the statement is correct.
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Fort Warner
Ind
Rheumatic Syrup Co
Jackson
Mich
Messrs
Dreier
Dreier & Bro
Printing claim sparks heated debate at Houston society
At a Houston literary society meeting Major Dan McGary of the Houston Age faced a promoter’s challenge over a claim that printing was invented a thousand years ago. A prominent official disputed him, then McGary admitted error and the dispute ended amicably with both men sharing a beer.
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Houston
Texas
Dan McGary
Houston Age
Christ
Levis
Kissed Another Man's Wife and a Traveling Company
A row over infidelity ends with Brown defending his kiss to Green in a village setting. Green reveals the cause as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The tale closes with a traveling dramatic company fleeing a Michigan village audience, who choose to dance with the orchestra. Australia plans to source ammunition locally after reliance on England.
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Michigan
FifteenYearOld Chinese Slave Rescued in Denver
Ho Jong a fifteen year old Chinese girl was rescued from captivity after Humane Society officials including Secretary Thomson and police detectives secured her release. She had been brought from San Francisco and confined by a slave dealer who planned to profit through prostitution. Officials await a missionary to translate her story to build charges against the master.
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Beaver
Thomson
The
Humane Society
Lear
Scott and
Holland
Ho Jong
China
America
San Francisco
Ahice Hosk
Zhee Hosk
He Jong
Lis
Golden Gate
Ho Jony
Denver
Market
Denver Times
Leave-Making on the Stage and Its Effects
A literary reflection on how love phrases like "Fly with me" lose magic when overused by actors on stage. The piece argues romance depends on genuine heart, not performance, and explores how ingenues perceive such lines during rehearsal and onset of love scenes.
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Aage
Jafrs. Kendal
Murray Magazine
EE Brought Down the Hose and Spoiled the Sermon
A Virginia Baptist preacher recalls a winter custom of home meetings. He explains that early in his ministry a dinner interruption led to a lesson about avoiding preaching at his own house. A negro boy, Tim, was sent for butter and stood in the congregation as told.
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Virginia
Tim
Laur
Paul
St. Louis
Tim’s Butter Parable Turns Sermon Into Guffaw
A St. Louis Critic recounts a preacher’s energetic moment when a boy named Tim interrupted with a humorous quip about paying for butter. The tale ends with the speaker vowing to keep preaching separate from domestic matters, shaping his later approach.
Impolite New Yorkers and the Etiquette Debate
In a New York letter, a century of manners is examined as refined men in the West were once called like a New Yorker. The piece notes a shift where chivalry fades in public transit, with women often blamed for rough behavior while guards and conductors cite rudeness and crowded spaces.
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Western States
New York
King Louis Philippe and the artist Bouton encounter
An anecdote from Mypath recounts King Louis Philippe visiting artist Bouton unannounced. Bouton, brushing his lips with paint, refuses to acknowledge until the King speaks. The King compliments the moment and expresses his wish to possess the finished painting, praising the artist’s reception.
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Louis Philippe
Bouton
A Word of Caution
A man carries a satchel to the Birmingham depot and clashes with a colored baggage porter. A heated exchange follows as the porter asserts authority, warning of consequences if missteps occur in the baggage department.
Love and loyalty unite in a playful marriage vow
An inscription from Athens describes a decree detailing guards for a sanctuary and a barrier to curb fugitives. The note mentions Brussa’s Laekon Palace fire and its blamed rapid flames due to oak trees in chimneys. A sponge price rise at Key West notes a sale of 1,570 bundles for $1,300.
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Laekon Palaze Nenr
Brnssela
Key West
Deafness Cure Promised If Catarrh Healed
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucosa and urges a constitutional cure. It offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and lists Toledo Ohio makers F J Cheney Co. Also mentions world mountain names describing snowy summits.
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Hall
Tree
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Remedy for influenza cough and coyote trap tale
A remedy recommended for influenza cough is Kemp's Balsam, suited to throat and lung diseases. Get a bottle now to use at first symptoms. neglect may lead to pneumonia. All druggists sell it. Farmer Gardner of Porterville set six traps for coyotes. each trap sprang but jaws released by eating legs, costing $30 for the feet.
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Smith &Co
St. Louis
Farmer Gardner
Porterville
Grass Valley
Cal
Gardner
Kemp
Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills Promotion
Advertisements tout Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills as scientifically compounded and child safe for headaches constipation dyspepsia and nausea. Also mentions Dobbins' Electric Soap and Brown's Bronchial Troches with promotional quips about Wagner statue in Munich and a proverb about ascending ladders by roundabout means.
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Ideal Laxative and Diuretic
A promotional description extols Syrup of Figs as a perfect luxative and the most gentle diuretic. It emphasizes taste and appeal, ease of use, stomach safety, and healthy effects as key qualities of the remedy.
Yellow Teas and Progressive Dinner Party Trends
A brisk look at fashionable social events notes yellow themed hostings with down to the doilies decor and four course progressive dinners where couples rotate tables. Also mentions Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs with sample bottle offers and assorted local notices and ads from Fioreneé, Alabama, plus railway excursion promos and old medicine ads.
Prepare for Spring Now Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad
An 19th century advertisement urges readers to prepare for spring by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood and gain strength. It cites testimonials from J. IM PeARCE of Granite Railway Co. in Concord New Hampshire and promotes the product as sold by druggists for one dollar per 100 doses.
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Hood
Ted
J. Im, Pearce
Supt
Granite Railway Co
Concord
N. H
C. Z, Hood &O
Lowell
Mass
Fashionable Society Ailments and Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
An article touts fashionable society’s rigours on health and promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the premier tonic for debility in women. It claims guaranteed satisfaction or a dollar refund, and offers a 100 page book for ten cents by the Mexican Association at 663 Main Street, Buffalo, NY.
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Woruip
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Seychelles
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Brown
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Green
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Washington, D.C
American School of Telegraphy
Madison
Wis
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EH. Koss & CO
Ohio
Ely
Catar RH
Fa Eever
ELY Brothers
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Mang
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Scott
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Sachel
Birmingham
Ali
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Charles
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Haghios Andrews
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Snowdon
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Snafell
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White Mountains
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Lebanon
Caucasus
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Hibbard
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Munich
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Ala
Chicago and Western Illinois Railroad
Evansville
Alabama
William
Hill
Pass
Chicago
Tansill
Isaac Thompson
Fashionable Society
Piso's
Mee
Sumner St
Cleveland
St. Jacobs Oil
Jacob Etzensperger
Druryists
J. Ly
C Stephens
BeyaNnT’s Busnes College
Buffalo
N.Y
U.S. Pension Bureau
Pensitor Wa Singent Po Lh
ASEAN
Asthma Kidder's Pastilles
Brs Stove & Cot
Ren Geen F
Rlestown
Masa
Sacco
Ore Praia
Pater
ASTH
Popham
Peres LD
Swo
M.D
Town
T. Popham
Poladelyaa
PEUA
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Chase B. Lambora
Hane
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Catatogue Sree
RK. H. Shiaway
Rockford I
Srinic& Wesson
Smith & WI Arms
Smith & Wesson
Springfeld
Victor
Privrer MrcHaniem
Flas
Berminute
Gormaley & Dk Frery Manufacturing CO
Chichester
Red Cross
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Omical Co
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Philads
C.N. UL
G.H. Ingraham
M. D
Simaterdam
N. Y
DL. R. Dyche & CO
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