Dull Times for Freaks and Museum Biz in New York
The public shuns dime shows and museums in New York as audiences grow skeptical of sensational acts. A manager recalls failed scams, bets on sensational stunts, and notes that beheadings, beards, brims, and deaths draw fewer crowds. Bearded men, Niagara Falls stunts, and European kidnappings are discussed as costly yet untrustworthy entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York Commercial Advertiser
Cucaso
San Francisco
Mars
York
Niagara Falls
Bowery
Notoria
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Iend
South
Be Your Own Doctor Vogeler Remedy Featured In A Shamill
A reader from Chiswick recounts two years of indigestion and chest pains eased by Vogeler’s Curative Compound after his wife read a pamphlet. He praises sleep, appetite, and energy returning, claims friends share similar relief, and notes St Jacobs Oil Ltd offers free samples to readers. Also mentions explorers nearing North Pole distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Black Chambers
Bennett St
Chiswick
Vogelers
West End
London
Rsé
Vogeler
St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
Garfield Headache Powders and Patent Medicines Ad
Colonial era advertises Cascanrrs Candy Cathartic and Garfield Headache Powders as cures for ailments from nerves to bowel issues. Claims easy movements, low cost, and universal relief with tablet stamps C C. warnings include beware of imitators and note on New York Chamber of Commerce incorporation. Offers sensational lines about poverty and wars to sell patent medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yan
Nickel concert gains interest from New York society women
A group of New York society women, active in prominent music societies, support a nickel concert plan to provide quality music for ten people at three cents each. Other tidbits note remedies from Garfield Tea Co. and various sensational-sounding claims, including teas, tonics, and quack cures, with ad-like blurbs and odd historical dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barnum
Borneo
Europe
Ocean Gables
Sydney
Mount Evere
Snc
London Telegraph
North Po
The
New York Chamber of Commerce
George Ti
Swiss Lakes
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklin, NL
Garfeld
Moscow
Dr. Kline
St. Phila
Joan ¥ F. Boxes
Trinkings, Ind
Ayer
A. K. Randles
Nokomis
J_C_ ATER Co
Lowell, Mass
Monia
Bree
Buffalo Exposition
McIlhenny
Graz
Antral
Foote Pac
Weacerless Taou
Ats Stover
Ene
John A. Salzer Seed Co
Ea Ise
Wis
California Fig Syrup CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!