Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup Sold For Blood Purity
Letter from B C Robinson of Marshall Michigan endorses Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup as a powerful blood medicine after years of biliousness and rheumatism. He reports four bottles restored liver and kidneys and purified his blood, praising the product. Prepared by The Charles Wright Medicine Company Detroit Michigan sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbard
B.C. Robinson
Marshall, Mich
B. C. Robinson, Marshall
Mich
Charles Wright Medicine Company
Detroit
Froze Him Out and a Cold That Follows
In a humorous exchange, Tomson recalls freezing out Smith by keeping his room icy and fireless, causing Smith to shiver during his visit. Tomson boasts of the stunt and mentions catching a dreadful cold, while Jimson jokes about remedies like cola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomson
Smith
Jimson
Yankee Blade
A Woman Two Hundred Years Old
An old time reference notes that a woman lived to two hundred years, while contrasting modern female mortality. The piece touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed cure for leucorrhea, painful menstruation, prolapsus, ovary pain, and weak back, plus Dr. Pierce’s Pellets to cleanse the liver, stomach, bowels, and whole system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Dust nuisance and sugar prices in public sale notes
A grocer dodges a dust cloud and notes public pricing on sugar and prunes. Dr L L Gorsuch touts Hull's Catarrh Cure from Toledo. Petition sheets aim to reach the Czar for Siberian exile reform, routed from Philadelphia. An English critic counts heroines as blondes and lunettes in recent novels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Russia
Philadelphia
Last Ear
Cupid's Coat Tail Messenger In Love Story Told
A humorous New York Tribune piece recalls how a stern Brooklyn leather merchant unknowingly aided a romance. A young couple used the father’s overcoat lining as a covert letters channel, turning the old man into Cupid’s mailman for years before granting consent and expanding the family with a grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice
Brooklyn
Nibbi
Jane
Papa
Billy
Cupid's Messenger
New York Tribune
Millennium Come to Bennington Deacon and the Swearing Horse
A Vermont tale recalls Deacon Tracy who inherits a stubborn horse from a distant relative. The beast balks and provokes fits, until a Boston drummer and the Deacon debate swearing. The drummer suggests cursing, sparking a joke about whether the millennium has arrived as a preacher and layman contemplate using profanity to tame the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Deacon Tracy
Boston
Hanner
the Pospil
New York Sun
Agni Kunod Fire Walking Ceremony At Coorg Palace
Invitations went to officers and residents to attend the Agni Kunod festival at the Rani of Coorg residence. European spectators watched natives walk over living coals as a fire god procession moved round the pool. The fire bed measured about twenty feet by four feet by two feet, with mounds of kneaded flour and Mahadea carried thrice in a grand palanquin amid singing and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coorg
Mahadea
Indian Fire-Cooling Rite After Sacred Head Severing
The text describes a ritual where after the third turn a priest cuts off the head of the god of fires with a drawn sword, claimed to cool the fire. Following the deity's defeat, natives of various ages and castes walk barefoot across the flames without complaint, repeating the traversal.
Veteran Salutes Veteran in Walnut Street Tramp Exchange
A veteran on crutches and a second beggar with a amputated leg drew sympathy at Ninth and Walnut streets as a well-dressed man paused after a Walnut Street Theater matinee. The donor identified the veteran as a comrade from a Civil War battle and gave a stack of silver and a $5 note before continuing up Walnut Street.
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Philadelphia
Ninth and
Walnut Streets
Salma
Walnut Street
Charles City Cross Roads
Gen. Lee
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hay shrinkage in winter storage under Kansas tests
The Auburn Advertiser reports Kansas Experiment Station trials showing hay losses during six months of storage are usually small, mostly 2 to 4 percent, with over 10 percent in two cases and a rare gain in one. Moisture level and drying before storage largely determine outcomes. Farmers should test drying and moisture levels to avoid unnecessary extra drying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Experiment Station
Auburn Advertiser
Leeward Window Tip Said To Stop Rocking Beds
Lieutenant Beale of the Signal Service advises that opening windows on the leeward side during storms relieves pressure and stops rocking beds. He explains rocking results from indoor outdoor air pressure differences and notes many houses blown down in tornadoes could have survived if this fact were known.
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Beale
Signal Service
School Ma'am and Varied 19th Century Vignette
A teacher recalls a simple meal with a family after sitting at a pine table, a ten year old proclaiming he knows good victuals. The text also recounts Nathan Hanvey of Topeka showing a wedding suit made in 1882 Richmond with notable journeymen, plus notes on French finances and French fortress plans, and a Berlin conference limiting child labor and mine work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Hanvey
Topeka
Kan
Richmond
Ind
Schuyler Colfax
General Burnside
Shryock
Harvey
Oliver P. Morton
Amusing malapropisms and odd remedies in old notices
A column of quirks in speech from various speakers then shifts to advertisements for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming travel aid for mariners and travelers, then notes on goats leading sheep in mountains, Kemp's Balsam sample offer, a giraffe birth in England and a Cragin & Co promotion, finishing with a color remark and Piso's Cure for Consumption and a free box offer for matches.
What He Dreamed About
A humorous dialogue from London Tid-Bits portrays John waking from a nightmare about fortune. He claims dreaming of a bank holiday where he lassos an iceberg into the harbor and sells it at 10 shillings per ton, per minute, with Maria reacting to his unlikely luck.
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John
Maria
London
Syrup of Figs and Rocky Mountain Snow Train
The ad touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative from California figs, praising its cleansing effect on kidneys liver and bowels and its cure for constipation. It also describes a winter snowstorm incident in the Rocky Mountains, where a train required nineteen engines to move a plow and nine cars, with extra engines to dig out if stuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Rocky Mountains
Hood
Many Adderly
North Water Street
Decatur
Hibbard's Pills a Cure for Rheumatic Headache and More
Advertises Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills as scientifically compounded and safe for adults and children. Claims relief from griping pain, sick headache, constipation, dyspepsia, and biliousness while promoting appetite. Mentions Brown's Bronchial Treches from 1850 as a notable early cure for colds, coughs, asthma, and bronchitis.
Gormandizing treated with Pills and Discovery remedies
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Purgative Pellets for overeating and indigestion, followed by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to tone the stomach and liver. It claims gentle yet thorough relief, purifying the blood, and warns against substitutes sold by dealers for profit. It lists a Buffalo New York address for the producer.
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Pierce
Worp
Dispensany Musican Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
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Hull
S Jacobs Ol
Minna St
San Francisco
Cal
Olympic Athletic Club
St. Jacobs
John Garrutt
17Th St
Omaha
Neb
G. Roeder
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Baltimore
Tad
Ayer
Dr. J
Ayer & Con
Lowell, Mass
Bermuda
Scott
Dan Cupid
Erven
Geventien
F. Smith &Co
Bt. Louis
Hotel de Villa
Paris
Lnstallon
Hotel de Vila
Toul
Metz
Strasbourg
Berlin
Germany
Scle
Eng
Biddy Biddy
Diddy Biddy
Ohio
Providence
Tropics
Switzerland
South Africa
Kemp
England
Cragin & Co
Philada
U. S
Canada
Josephus
Puck
Advick
Piso
Druggista
Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St. N.Y
Ladies
Erie
Pozzoni
Radway
Hind
Radway's
Nantes
Lear
Valentines
Janesville
Wisak
Thos. McSheehy
Washington, dC
Fremont
EL Raphy
American School of Telegraphy
Madison, Wis
Pensions Fr
Patrice O'Wapnern
Weabington
D. c
F. A. Lehmann
Pat
Washington
J. L. Stephens
Lebanon
Kidder
Rlestown
A.W. McCormick & Sons
Washington, D.C
Cincinnati
Johnson & Co
Main St
Pensions Ete
MIL
Jones
Binghamton
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Chas
E B. Lamborn
Express
Chicago, Il
Crates Scall
Eustis
Gah Pass
Sell E Wesson
Smith & Wesson Arms
Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson 3 Fr
Springfield
Maas
Wilcox
Gpacifo Co
Phila. Fs
Chichester
Red Cross
Pitt
Rm Thichester Chemical
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