Subscriber’s Query Prompts Praise for Warner Cure Pamphlets
A reader defends Warner’s Safe Cure from Rochester against physician bias, noting testimonials and a $5000 offer for refuting them. The piece also recounts appearances at McClurg’s bookstore where a quiet visitor, posing as a bibliophile, seeks expensive volumes paying with a hotel clerk under the name George M. Vanderbilt of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. H. H. Warner & Co
Rochester
N.Y
Warner
Dows
Hiii
McClurg
Bouw
Mr. Millard
Iis Means
Richelieu Hotel
Millard
Richeliou
Millar
George M. Vanderbilt
New York
Chicago News
Foreign Gossip Of Paris Reports Europe Wide News And Oddities
A Paris statistical document notes Europe’s blind people, with 80 000 in France. England and France lamp shade makers earn good salaries. A Gloucester fisherman finds a Victoria Jubilee medal in a cod. Hong Kong cathedral costs 120 000 and seats 4000. Vaccination policy and smallpox death rates are cited. Plans for a 23 mile Channel bridge cost 180 million with 26 million potential freight profit. A Chinese wedding night robbery prompts neighbor loans. A French army microphone gauges troop movements. London bridge foot traffic tallies show 1 875 walkers and 45 000 vehicles. Victoria railway curios include violet timetables and Prince of Wales finest coach. A thermographic press in France promises high impressions.
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Paris
Europe
France
England
London
Piye
Grand Banks
Hong Kong
Glasgow
English Channel
Cape Grisnet
Falkestone
Kinkiang
London Bridge
London Answers
Commissionaire Corps
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Fragmentary dialogue and misquoted lines in Life text
Readable fragments show a garbled exchange about Mr Bagley’s office location and an escalator question. The brief appears as stray phrases rather than a coherent report or named entities.
Start in Life in Greensboro Cart Tale
A Greensboro scene tells of a recently married man setting out to "start in life" on rented land. He travels with his young wife, an ox drawn cart, and minimal provisions, while locals joke about his age and happiness as he heads to begin their new life.
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Greensboro
Donsel
Marrial
Norf Caroling
Camman
Indiana
Worl
Joseph Lininger
Huntington
Skunk
Lininger
Mr. Lin
New York
Stowe
Bill Nye
New York World
Valparaiso
van Monciscar
Third Street
Portlad Oregon
Portland
Northwest
Dcal
The Revenge of Time Tapeyard and Ribberley Fragment
The fragment presents a tense exchange between Tapeyard and Ribberley about a girl named Goldie Bullion. Ribberley resents the girl and asserts she does not know him now though he claims she once did. The piece hints at past romance and social intrigue in Lavweeks Cities.
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Tapeyard
Rolex
Ribberley
Timilly
Tam
Tra
Wien
Vieni
First Thief Targets Homes for Bible Swap Scheme
A Philadelphia Record excerpt describes two thieves posing as Bible requesters. The first thief asks for a large print Bible to swap with a sick man, claiming a safe plan and then flees with the family Bible from a book store. The second thief suggests the trick failed in another city as people saw through the ruse in Chicago and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sone City
Chicago Folka
Philadelphia Record
Impeded courtship noted in Boston Courter piece
The fragment describes a stern parent wary of a young man named Sam seeking to marry a wealthy daughter. The dialogue hints at plans, wealth, and hesitation as the youth faces parental scrutiny in a Boston Courter context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Boston
Bank cashier questioned in railway delay tale
A clipped dialogue from Burlington press features Cominet, Copeland, and Raynor debating a train yesterday. The exchange hints at a bank cashier’s suitability and a missed connection, set in a Burlington context with a light, urban tone.
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Copeland
Chinkine
Raynor
Copelant Leen
Burlington Pree
Fragmented wartime saying on ammunition and courtesy
A garbled fragment cites a military education view on ammunition waste and social courtesy among ladies. The quote references Troy and a general, expressing disdain for poor handling of ammunition and urging civility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matem
Troy
Detergent Tips and Word-Counting Machine Mentioned
The fragment mentions a cleaning solution recipe using starwh and gum arabic with egg white, and notes a Minneapolis inventor creating a word counting machine for use with steel or a typewriter. It blends household tips with a tech note on counting devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moneapolis
Tas
Various ecclesiastical and social notes from 19th century sources
Entries discuss gifts to Oberlin College from J Hall estate, a New York YMCA for French-speaking youth, American authorship among religious books, Yale tuition in 1822, and plans to move Chicago kindergartens to the Board of Education. Other items note Barnard College’s naming, Bishop Lightfoot's income use, European missions, a Methodist university proposal in Utah, and mixed religious publicity from Boston and English churches.
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Oberlin College
J. Hall
Chicago
Young Men's Christian Association
New York City
Columbia College
New York
Barnard College
Barnard
Lightfoot
Durham
Eng
Europe
America
Methodist Episcopal University
Utah
Warren
Ogden
Park City
J. P. Durbin
Boston
England
Inland Mission
China
Burmah
Adoniram Judson
Calcutta
East Indian Company
Rangoon
Christian Weekly
How Johnny Escaped From a Boy Prank
An Atlanta pupil with a taste for bugs and reptiles fills pockets with beetles grasshoppers snakes and a frog each day. A grasshopper outbreak in class leads to laughter while the boy’s arm holds a coiled snake shocking the teacher and leaving her unwell.
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Rey
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Curious Coincidence at City Hall Portico
A man asks a young passerby if he is waiting for someone and notes the boy seeks a license while another seeks a divorce lawyer. The exchange ends with, Let’s go have a drink, reflecting a curious coincidence reported by the Detroit Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Kennedy and Pierce Remedies Featured in Historic Ad
An old advertisement extols Kennedy’s Favorites and Dr Pierce remedies for kidney and liver disorders, blood and skin issues, offering a 2100 reward for an incurable nasal catarrh case and urging readers to send for treatment books and cures. It mentions S. VY. tradually well and Rondout New York production details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sickine
Dr. Kenheeds
S. VY
S. Fy. van Kuskirk
Dellarest
N.V da. Kennedy
Rondout
N.Y
G. Bend
Pierce
Iic
Bage
Prevent Disease With Ready Remedies At Hand
The ad urges constant vigilance against illness and advises taking Beranvreti's Putts for head pains dizziness fever and rheumatic stomach sickness. It recommends, at the first sign of illness, using Andiethos Pits and Brown's Bronchial Trachea for coughs sore throat hoarseness and bronchial issues to fight sickness early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beranvreti
Brown
Travel safe with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Liver Pills
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as essential travel medicine for land and sea journeys, claiming it prevents seasickness, aids digestion, and supports kidney function. It also promotes Dr McLane's Liver Pills and a mysterious free recipe from an old physician, urging readers to mail for old world remedies.
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White Elephant of
Siam
Lion of
England
Dragon of
China
Cross of Switzer
Banner of
Persa
Crescent of
Egypt
Double Eagle
Russia
Star of Chili
Circle of
Japan
Harp of Erin
de. C. McLane
Bros
Wouth
Discrxsang Moorel, Association, Proprietors
Positive remedy for the above named disease offered
T A Slocum M C announces a cure for consumption and offers two bottles of his remedy to readers who send express and postage to 151 Pearl Street New York. He claims thousands have been permanently cured with timely use and invites inquiries from afflicted readers.
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T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl S J
New York
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Helly Bageal Pepe
Yale College
Board of Education
Bystom
23Rd St
Hronchit
Scott
Littl
W.a.hutaner
M.D. Salisbury
North Carolina
Swift
Diwan
Dawson
Dia
BF. Jonson & CO
Maio
Richmond
N. B
BLP Co
Smith's Cash Store
Front St., & F
Cal
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Johnny
Foundry
Palmer & Rey
Oreton
Bright
Geewea
Qepritr
Uni
San Franco
Beiler
UG Rowe M
Pearl
Spinney
Spinney & Co
Kidorve
Wastin
Sextus
Beni
Tampa
Vwadiook
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
Mooot
Moody & CO
Cincinnati, C
Tuala
Market Street
Nereinot Coal
Wpie
Heideroe
Melly
Mieh
Bes
Neves
S Jacobs O
St. Jacos
Druggiars
Devlera
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Boek
Gehvaise Granam
Beauty Doetor
Powell
San Francisco
J. C
Astoria
Oy Mall
Mmanich
PEARK
Steinway
Bach
Wa Gabler
Ah Guera
Priew
MA Gray Ov
Post
Brace Chemical Co
Cinzinsati Ohio
G.h.ingraidtam
M.D
Amsterdam
D. BR. Dyche & Cn
Ill
Wqwight
Soas
Saleratus
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