Traveling’s safeguard bitters advertised for voyage comfort
A 19th century style advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for travelers by train or ship, claiming it revives fatigue and counters impure water and malarious air. It markets cures for dyspepsia and liver issues, touts broad benefits for mariners and travelers, and mentions prices and other remedies by J. E. Elgin & Co. in Waco Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radway
al- Jaya
J. M. Moore
Farmington, Mich
Hops & Malt Bitters CO
Deraom
Mice
Pass system reform urged to end free travel abuses
Senator Platt and Mr. Adams discuss ending free passes by law to curb railroad abuses. Adams calls for heavy penalties on pass issuers and riders and ties free transportation to large revenue losses, noting UP free travel at about 2000 pounds daily and urging legislative action to restore fair charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Platt
Mr. Adams
Union Pacific
Adams
West
United States Senate
Matrimonial Agencies in France Revealing Accounts
A Le Temps writer outlines France’s matrimonial agencies, noting Paris hosts over a hundred, with public and private operators. One private agent near the boulevards faces a two year imprisonment for swindling. eight months show 202 marriages via a leading agency. Most agencies are run by women. clients include pensioned soldiers and impoverished officials, while women range from elderly maids to courtesans. The surge reflects political turnover forcing ex officials to seek status through marriage. Many matches likely genuine, though longevity of unions remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Temps
France
Paris
Slippers for the Baby in Cold Mornings
A contributor describes homemade baby slippers from single zephyr crochet. She gives steps to measure the foot, crochet a square, sew ends, add a scalloped edge with elastic, and finish with a ribbon bow. The design aims to keep tiny feet warm before dressing, noting older children may use them too.
Dog Attacks Object Near It in Vicious Snap
A dog snapped viciously at any object placed near it, alarming onlookers and prompting temporary containment by authorities. No injuries reported, but shelter officials warned nearby residents to keep away from the animal’s reach.
Desquamation Phase Of Scarlet Fever Promoted By Sponging
A British medical writer advocates twice daily full-body sponging with a oatmeal solution during desquamation to prevent contagion and protect new skin. The method aims to keep scales attached and shield the skin from cold, reducing risks of infection and dropsy.
He Didn't Say Grace A Boarding House Clerical Guest
A landlady in a up town boarding house boasts of a new tenant. A solemn clerical gentleman joins the dinner, and when asked to say grace he apologizes he is deaf and cannot hear. The meal proceeds without prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringlets
Grace
San Francisco Chronicle
Promises are Virtually Falsehoods Until Fulfilled
A compact reflection on governance and wealth. The writer notes that new officials face practical puzzles such as fitting 100 pegs into ten holes and urges action over empty rhetoric. The piece contrasts wealth with restraint, warning that riches come from what one withholds rather than what one spends, and mocks the notion of imagined poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Favorite reading material in a boarding house tale
In a Texas Siftings excerpt a widow questions reading habits of Judge Jenny bunker and others while a Fort Wayne Gazelle manager touts St Jacobs Oil. He sprained his ankle and finds relief after using the product, praising it as the better investment over a cane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Papers
Jennnybunker
Texas Siftings
Fort Wayne
Ind
Gazelle
B.T. Holman
St. Jacobs Oil
Fermentation germs survive high pressure say French experts
Two French investigators report fermentation germs endure pressures from 800 to 1400 atmospheres for days, unchanged by such extreme compression. Col William Louis Schley endorses Red Star Cough Cure at 25 cents a bottle. Offensive breath fades with Dr Sage’s Catarrb Remedy claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Louis Schley
I. O. M. Grand Lodge
Maryland
Grand Union Hotel Promises Comfort and Location in NYC
The notice highlights the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot offering 613 rooms, a million-dollar fit, $1 daily rents, and easy access to horse cars, stages, and elevated rail. It touts lower costs for families seeking first class lodging and mentions miscellaneous historical commentary on medieval debasement and the role of horses and armor in warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Popular Science Monthly
von Ranke
Rome
Condorret
Hume
Greece
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute ad pitch
An advertising notice from Buffalo New York promotes Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute with a large physician staff claiming cures for chronic diseases via medical or surgical means. It touts nasal throat lung and organ diseases, sexual health, and lists remedies like Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Walker tonics. Response asks for ten cents for a guide and cites The Golden Seal Bitters Company sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
America
Dispensary Medical Association
Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup Offer to Ministers and Doctors
An 19th century health advertisement offers one dozen bottles of Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup free to ministers lawyers doctors and teachers who arrange for a dealer to order. The offer promises two free bottles and a free map of the Holy Land with the medicine, directing readers to send the druggist’s name to Dr. D Warner in Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Holy Land
D. Warner
Chicago, IL
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Chicago Ledger
Ww. Buack
Abingdon
Iowa
Jones
Bigeon
Texas Agricultural Lands
J. E. Elgin & Co
Waco, Tex
Charles
Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Ee Avi Ler CO
Jacobs of
Jacobs
A. Ciwartes A. Vogeler CO
Ely
AL A. Jackson
Portsmouth
Isa
Ors
Harris & CO
Li Oan
Prop’rs
Cincinnati
Ohio
DR. Radway
Bert
Matrimonial
George A. Johnston
Arkansaw Traveler
Parennal
Massachusetts
Dr. Sage
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Durie
Deluge
Noah
Ark Angel
Hall
Peter W. Schmidt
Pete
Kumeda
Golden Seal Bitters Company
Holland City
Mich
Druggista
Athlophoros
Willis TL. Gilson
J. ‘J. Shannon
West Lake Street
Chicago
Piso
Isaac C. Chapman
Newburg
N.Y
WM. Hall
Moody
Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wis
Marah
Burney
Mion
P.O
Evoy
Gillolt
New York
Mae
D. M. Hoyt
Morris
Asys
Osan
C.D. Cottman
Jefferson
Iows
Brown Chemical CO
Daltinore
Ayer
J.H. Curry
Green St
Boston
Mass
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Abov
Walter
Wind
R.ower
Simmons St
P. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Merrill MagCo
Humane Dinampy Company
Lafayette
Dad
Ainghamton
Elia Smith
N. Foster Street
Springfeld
Athlophoros CO
Wall St
Frazer Axle
Frazer’s
Middlesex
Wendell, Fay & CO
Medlesex CO
Philadelphia
Clark St
Chester
THE
Silver CO
Spencer’s Alligator Press
J. A. Spencer
Dwight, Ill
Pullman Palace Car Co
Major & Wainlin Organ & Piano Co. &c
New Orleans
London
Orleans
Russia
Cunent CO
Halls
Wes
Ita
Ita Bae
Wanda
Express
P. O. Addrvas
I BR
S.A. Blocum
Pearl Dt
Ward & CO
Louisiana
Stadgiens
Whiting
Mane
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