Hoofland’s German Bitters Adverts 1871 New Harmony
In New Harmony Indiana a 1871 page promotes Hoofland’s German Bitters and German Tonic. The tonic includes a bottle of bitters with Santa Cruz rum and flavors, priced at 1.50. It claims no spirits and lists liver and digestive remedies, plus external and internal cures for various pains and diseases. It emphasizes quality ingredients and warns against cheaper substitutes.
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Hoofland
Germany
Hopffand
Santa Cruz
United States
Canadas
South Americs
West Indies
Helmbold's Buchu and Rose Water Remedies Ad
A 19th century medical catalog advertises Helmbold's Buchu extracts and Rose Water for urinary, prostate, kidney, and systemic ailments. It touts diuretic, blood purifying, and tonic properties, claims cures for diabetes and chronic complaints, and warns against counterfeits with pricing 1.25 per bottle or six for 6.50, delivered to address.
Remorse to Reunion at Swan's Nest
Violet endures years of torment after her husband's apparent infidelity and absence, then learns a hidden truth before a shipwreck fates him away. Years later a chance seashore meeting reveals their renewed union, as Horace survives illness and returns to restore happiness.
Jealousy and a Wandering Heart at Swan's Nest
A narrator recalls a misty September night at Swan's Nest and a marriage strained by jealousy. She recalls her husband Horace’s loyalty while confronting fear after seeing him with a mysterious woman. After a period of calm, Horace’s long absence one night builds suspense and fear.
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Italy
India
Swan's Nest
Violet
Ethel
Calcutta
Horace Reade
Horace
Swan’s Nest
Continent
Rome
Alps
Eve
Ming
Parson Gregg Fights Off Rowdy Crowd at Gray House Church
Rev J O Gregg known in Ntarrisburgh confronts a disorderly youth mob at a small Gray House church near Lancaster. He descends from the pulpit after threats, coats tail, and delivers a clerical wallop to Jim Bedloe and others before resuming his sermon.
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Ntarrisburgh
J. O. Gregg
Levant
Parson Gregg
Jim
Page Bedlop
Bedloe
Making Sure of a Tenor in The Cornhill Magazine
A French impresario brings an opera company to New Orleans with one tenor under contract. After seasickness weakens voices, five tenors hear echoes of themselves on deck. On discovering multiple rivals, the manager quips that two will perish before landing, two during rehearsal, and one will survive as the sole tenor.
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Cornhill
New Orleans
Europe
Too Poor and the Farm Paper Trade
In a Rural New Yorker tale, Moore offers a former friend a paper in exchange for a laying hen and eggs. The friend, eager to settle debt, feeds the scheme by tending the hen, and proceeds after a year show the paper cost him four times its price, a joke he now shares as a lesson.
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Moore
New Yorker
Jonea
Brother Moore
Historic Hog Skin Wallet Exhibited From Pilgrim Heritage
The Eldorado Ledger recounts Col. Job Stout of Iar din county Iowa owning a pig skin pocketbook made by a pilgrim father. Its history traces to the first hog killed by colonists, carried by forebears in the French and Indian Wars, at Trenton and Stillwater, with bullets from Richmond and Rich mond campaigns. It traveled to Canada with Montgomery and holds $3,000 in Continental currency from peace.
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Job Stout
Iardin County
Iowa
Eldorado Ledger
Stout
Wolfe
Abraham
Bank of England
Col. Stout
Canada
Montgomery
Still Water
Trenton
Richmond
Indianapolis
Mirthful Men and Women in Times of Distress
A fragment discusses the value of humor within a family, praising spontaneous, contagious laughter to dispel gloom. It notes mirth can arise from shared pain and that genuine laughter, not forced humor, is meaningful. Florence Nightingale is cited on Paris distress as appalling.
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Florence
Paris
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Scnower
Dr. Hoofland
BUCHU
Heumuoup
Bucnu
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Sion
Helmsoun’s
Ses
Hrumponp
Rose
Wasu
Helmbold’s
Noother
H. T. Helmbold
Broadway
N.Y
My Chemical Warehouse
Jan21 Y
Ni. T. Welmbold
Medical
the Register
Co. W
Wrscses
SPOR
farAll
Mr. Reade
Thrall & Mumford
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