The Family Doctor and Baby Care Rules
A new dental anecdote touts self administered anesthesia by rapid lung inflation for nerve pain and sleep. Then a Paris Academy of Medicine list stresses infant care rules including exclusive breastfeeding first year, gradual milk dilution, glass vessels, cleanliness, no solid foods early, weaning after teeth, and careful temperature, clothing, ventilation, and bed sharing cautions.
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Foote
Huby
Beating an Honest Toll-Keeper on a Western Road
A traveler recounts crossing from Carson to Bodie on horseback facing numerous toll houses. To avoid mounting costs he pretended to travel foot, but a tollman with a shotgun confronted him demanding $10 and criticizing evasion as mismanaging the road.
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Carson
Bodie
Col
Max
False Pride and The Call to Honest Labor
The piece counsels against pride and urges young men to earn their bread through work. It insists honest labor is honorable under any circumstances and condemns idleness despite wealth, urging readers to seek early employment with practical tasks.
The Young Man’s Duty and Luck in Work
The piece urges independence and steady effort for young men seeking work. It argues many are unemployed, but those who guard pride, stay diligent, and seek better chances can improve fortune and possibly become wealthy.
Mental Vassalage and the Bradlaugh Debate
An Indianapolis Herald column argues against civil disabilities for Bradlaugh over religious belief and urges freeing thought in politics and religion. It cites Gladstone and Ingersoll, condemns hypocrisy, and calls for ending mental vassalage and the repression of honest thought.
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England
Bradlaugh
Gladstone
House of Commons
Colonel Ingersoll
Indianapiolis Herald
Cattle King of Bent County Hosts Rare Ranch Tour
A Bent County cattle magnate, the state's leading rancher, invites a reporter to Powers Station near West Las Animas. The article details vast riverfront ranches, 18 miles of meadows, 100000 acres under fence, 40 miles of fencing, and 12000 cattle including thoroughbred short horns and Herefords. The tour includes breakfast and remarks on scope of operations along the Arkansas River.
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Arkansas Valley
Bent County
Powers’ Station
West Las Animas
Powers
Arkansas
Fort Lyon
Kansas Pacific
Texas
Curious Facts From Nature and Physics
The piece presents simple science curiosities from marine behavior to gravity and motion. It notes razor fish dislike of salt, fizar training, spider reproduction, water velocity in channels, Ganges river gradient, cannonball physics, gravity versus horizontal motion, and sun heat estimates including coal combustion and solar lifespan.
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Ganges
Himalaya
Younse
William Thomas
Scientific mining scheme sparks debate in Denver News
A Denver News excerpt quotes a miner denouncing hoisting tricks and praising a plan of periodic assessments to fund work in Nevada and California. The speaker claims to control every office position, draw salaries, and use Virginia supervision to pay hands, while predicting endless profits as long as populations grow.
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Virginia
San Francisco
Pine Street
Nevada
California
Utah
Golden Gate
Denver News
A Few Plain Facts From The American Christian Review
The piece extols Avi ex's Luxe Balsam Lane Basam as a decade proven curative for colds and a preventive for respiratory illness. It claims widespread use across the United States Canada and parts of Europe and urges households to keep a bottle for coughs croups and colds with physicians recommending its use.
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American Christian Review
Cincinnati
Ohio
Our House
Lane
United States
Canada
Europe
Fray
Avex
Clergyman Sued Over Deceptive Horse Sale in New York
A New York clergyman sold a horse to a woman who later learned it was not the animal described. She won judgment, and with no property, the court ordered the sheriff to hold the minister. She then sued the sheriff for allowing security to leave the county and recovered over $850 based on the conductor and brakeman testimonies outweighing the minister's denial that he had left the county.
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New Jersey Railroad
Tony Pastor and St Jacobs Oil Endurance Tale
The piece profiles Tony Pastor, famed New York showman, noting his tour of major cities and a successful Walnut Street Theater run. It highlights his health, reliance on St Jacobs Oil for rheumatic pains, and anecdotes from troupe members praising the remedy's value in keeping performers in place.
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Tony Pastor
New York
United States
Broadway
New York City
Walnut Street Theater
Philadelphia
Pastor
Bingham House
St. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs Oi
W. J. Clipper
Samuel H. Taylor
Washington
Ind
Cumberland
Sr. Jacobs OL
Health booster touts Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla cure
An editor’s collage of health ads touts Dr. Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a cure for malarial fevers and organ weakness. Claims strengthen liver and kidneys, improve vitality, and compare favorably to wine. Includes anecdotes and queries on local manners and journalism.
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Guysett
T. J. Tuosison
Maysville
A Father's Testimony in Creston 1881
A Creston Iowa item from May 21 1881 features letters and quotes about kidney tonic cures. It includes a father’s testimonial praising Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and mentions various editorial quips and kitchen remedies. The piece presents a collage of local anecdote and humor.
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Creston
Iowa
H. A. Wanner & Co
Local notices and anecdotes mix in a crowded column
A collage of letters and quips appears, with testimonials for favorite medicines, a village preacher joke, a shad order quip, and a Boston Post jab about a railway restaurant. Brief lines mention Dr Pierce pills and Dr Sykes cure amid miscellaneous humorous snippets.
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Boston Post
Voltaic Belt Co. Offers 30-Day Trial For Nervous Debility
Marshall Michigan firm promises thirty days trial of Electro-Voltaic Belts and electrical appliances to men with nervous debility and related troubles with full restoration of vigor and manhood. No risk as trial is allowed.
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Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
N. B
Kilert Extract of Tar and Wild Cherry Promoted for Colds
Advertises Kilert's Extract of Tar and Wild Cherry as a universal remedy for colds coughs croup catarrh consumption and bronchial issues. Urges immediate purchase from druggists and notes Mrs Lanny J Van Buren offers a women’s curebook and free letters from Buffalo New York. Also promotes Uncle Sax’s Condition Powder for livestock diseases.
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Eilert
Lanny J. van Buren
van Buren
Franklin St
Buffalo
Uxcle Sax
Atock
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