Dr Darrin's electricity cures listed in ad
An advertisement touts Dr Darrin's electricity and medicine cures for deafness skin disease rheumatism cancer and sexual ailments with many named patients and locations across Oregon and Washington. It invites visits to an office in Portland and offers home treatment and free circulars.
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Darrin
George Smith
Astoria
J. E. Coenour
Portland
Maggie Synhoest
la Grande
Isaac Thompson la
Wash
Mary A. Johnson
McMinnville
F. Mayhew
Henry van Helms
Sandy
Mra. C. Sandstand
South Portland
Mra. J. Bilis
Clay Street
Portland, Or
Honest yet flawed moral vaccination in St Louis Magazine
The piece argues honesty and error are not mutually exclusive and warns against a self congratulating but hollow virtue. It critiques a pseudo moral vaccination that masks corruption, urging vigilance against a dangerous ease of moral wart and spiritual lep rosy within the carnal human nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
The Arcadia of Law and Crime in a Frontier Town
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt recalls a Santa Cruz mountains settlement that thrived without law until office seekers arrived. A doctor served as deputy coroner and justice of the peace, turning the community into a volatile place as power, wardens and profits shifted after a fight over authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden of Eden
Santa Cruz Mountains
Arcadia
Justice of the Peace
Littl Arcadia
San Francisco Chronicle
What a Sea Cow to Like
A narrator recalls first impressions of the manatee or sea cow on the Manatee River. He explains the animal is not cowlike in appearance or behavior, noting that wild sightings are rare and that a single specimen was shown at Jacksonville’s semi tropical exhibition.
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Manatee
Jacksonville
New York
Arcade
Aserul
Bear Attack and Mother Bear Cubs Encounter
A Baro Masia man Pode Manshi confronts a female bear with two cubs while returning from the nets. After a fierce struggle the bear is driven off with the club by Banthal, the cubs flee, and the hunter survives without injury as alerted townsfolk respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pode Manshi
Baro Masia
Bokh
Hap to Doly and Debonaire Society Snubbed
The Arizona Kicker reprints a tirade against us for shooting Sioux Jim last week on Apache Avenue. It claims exoneration by a coroner's jury and asserts defense killings as self defense, then recounts a bracelet episode with the Debonaire Literary Society after a snub.
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Arizona
Hap
Doly
Blackjack Avenue
Sioux Jim
Apache Avenue
Jim
Pennars
Debonaire Literary Society
I’lam
Echo Snowers
Omaha
Denver
Lincoln
Virginia City
Humorous Parlor Snippets Across Periodical Voices
A collage of 19th century quips and anecdotes from various papers lampoons social mores. Jests about poetry, manners, courtship, religion, marriage, and urban life feature wry exchanges among readers and editors in a brisk, archived miscellany tone.
Peaceful overthrow of Dom Pedro ends Brazilian monarchy
A Chicago News summary describes Brazil abandoning the constitutional emperor and declaring a republic in an orderly revolution led by public figures who embraced liberal reforms. Dom Pedro and his family sailed to Europe with no return, marking a peaceful abolition of slavery and a contrasting US history.
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Hraail
South America
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Europe
United States
Ural
Republic
Frederick Lil
Germany
Chicago News
Noisy Burglar Alarm At Late Hour In Chicago Home
In a Chicago Tribune account, Mr Billus wakes with Mrs Billus to a noise from the cellar. He plans to open doors to the cellar so the burglar can hear their conversation, despite lacking a revolver. The scene unfolds in a tense household incident.
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Arkansas
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Iui
St Paul Mioneer
Enitor
Terre Haute Express
Mra. Closehall
Mrs. Dumpsey
Burlington Free Press
Mrs. Oldhboy
John
Boston
New York
Norristown Herald
Mr. Younglove
Mrs. Younglove
John John
Maria
Chicago Tribune
Billus
Mr. 5
Mr. Billus
Railroad weights on window sashes could advertise line from Maine to Texas
The Detroit Free Press notes a proposal to attach weights to railroad car window sashes so they move freely like home windows. This idea aims to publicize the line from Maine to Texas, potentially affecting dividend payments to stockholders.
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Maine
Texas
Detroit
Fragmented dialogue and snatches from Terre Haute Express
A jumble of quoted lines includes a critical condition remark about a husband, a sharp exchange about hair and dress, and a brief note “Washington Cavite,” reflecting scattered social snippets from a Terre Haute Express page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinah
Terre Haute Express
Washington
Cavite
The Grave Gets Tired Yawning Seemingly
A 19th century health ad touts Hostettier’s stomach bitters as a cure all for chronic weakness indigestion and nervous complaints. It claims the product strengthens digestion and assimilation while alleviating malaria kidney issues constipation rheumatism and neuralgia. It urges constant health vigilance and ridicules other remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostettier
Livingston's antidote for liquor habit touted as cure
An ad claims a remedy by Livingston's Chemical Company in Portland Oregon cures the liquor habit in three to ten days without diet or business changes. It states the product is not sold in drug stores and provides a Portland address for contact.
Elegant lithic novelty collection offered by Fleming Bros
Don’t miss a good thing. An elegant collection of artistic novelties can be procured by anyone. To receive the list mail the wrapper from Dr. McLane’s Liver Pills with your address and 4 cents in stamps to Fleming Bros. Pittabury Pa. They will mail the list with chromatic cards.
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Dr. ©. McLane
Fleming Bros
Pittabury
Chilten
Howe
Atic Peridoen
Iso
Centagani
Bogus Patent Medicines Advertised From Waisting Infant Ailments
A fragmented ad column touts Scotts Emulsion and Cod Liver Oil with hypophaephites as cures for infantile wasting, claiming restored appetite and strength. It also extols Dobbins Electric Soap and Brown's bronchial traches, and mentions Tansill's Punch cigars and a druggist in Wien Texas, all in marketing blurbs.
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Wo Cones
Wien
Texas
World’s medical centers famed offer Hospital Remedy cures
The Hospital Remedy Co markets cures claiming to come from London Paris Berlin and Vienna hospitals. They offer catarrh bronchitis consumption and rheumatism remedies with guarantees and free circulars. They also advertise job opportunities with B F Johnson & Co at 1000 Main Street Richmond Virginia.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Hospital Remedy Co
Hosrrray Kew Apt ComPrasy
Toronto
Canada
Favorite Remedy Claims Heal Child's Ailment in Vermont
A Vermont mother credits Kesxear's Favorite Remedy with restoring her ten year old daughter from a severe illness after doctors failed. She reports rapid recovery and urges others to use the remedy made in Roudour, New York, citing kidney and liver concerns and promising lasting relief.
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Dr. Whale
Roudout
N.V
McCvery
M. Latura A. Kempton
Rutland
Vermont
Kesxear
Roudour
Ss. Y
Cures Proliferate for Sage's Catardh Remedy
In a bustling market scene, thousands flock to Dr Sage's Catardh Remedy as trust in the product spreads. The passage hints at sharp bargaining and a crowded trade as buyers seek the best value in a competitive environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sage
Vente
Sure cure for blind blends and flehing Cilea
A dubious patent remedy claims to cure piles and other private ailments with Kirk's German Pie Ointment. The ad promises rapid relief, absorption of tumors, and poultice-like soothing. Sold in 81.00 per box by J. J. Mack & Co. as wholesale agents in San Francisco.
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Kirk
J. J. Mack &O
San Francie
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