Electric Bitters touted as blood purifier and cure
Dr D B Cargile of Washita claims four bottles cured Mrs Brewer of scrofula with terrible head and face sores after other doctors failed. The ad promotes Electric Bitters as a supreme remedy for eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers boils and running sores. It purifies blood stimulates liver kidneys and bowels expels poisons aids digestion and builds strength. Sold by Trail Cooling and Chas P Miller druggists for 50 cents guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Cargile
Washita
I. T
Brewer
Tral] & Cooling
Chas
P. Miller
Your Home Merchants Reliable and Worthy of Patronage
A concise promotional note asserts that local home merchants are dependable and deserve customers’ support, urging residents to favor neighborhood retailers for goods and services.
Indian Village Ruins Spur Historians In Silver Creek
Detroit News reports in Silver Creek township near Indian Lake ruins suggest a former church and later school on William Gilbert's 1843 farm. Excavations reveal nine sugar camps with copper kettles and tools, while locals recall church services and baptism records. Indian Lake was named for the area’s maple sugar gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
Indian Lake
Saya
Detroit News
William Gilbert
Bertrand
Notre Dame
Slater
Prussian Trial Sparks Gilded Gambling Hell Scandal
Berlin buzzes over a gambling case involving three young officers who ran a baccarat club with over 200 elite patrons. A surge of lavish spending and large losses exposes a decadent social scene, drawing scrutiny from socialist critics and possibly prompting stricter imperial measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hell
Demi-Monde
Socialistic
London Spectator
Monaco Prince Shuns Casino and Rules Royal Realm
The prince of Monaco rarely visits the Monte Carlo Casino, living part of the year in a castle atop Monaco and spending summers in Paris with his family. His rule is revered, with a famed spring disagreement with Count Castellane leading to a challenge the prince refused. Monaco is noted as the richest small kingdom per capita with abundant work and loyal subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Monaco
Monte Carlo Casino
Paris
Count Castellane
Kipling Kin and a Cautionary Courtship Tale
The anecdote recalls Rev George Macdonald Rudyard Kipling's grandfather courting Mrs Brown. An aged Methodist father-in-law confronted him for entering a drawing room unannounced, claiming Mrs Brown sat apart in the past. Macdonald answered that he would have done the same to court Mrs Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
George Macdonald
Rudyard Kipling
Mr. Macdonald
Mrs. Brown
Reports on Fritz’s school progress through the years
A sequence shows a father criticizing Fritz’s reports as disgraceful then praising his improvement. The mother Maria is cited as the boy’s progress is improving and the father acknowledges better school performance in later terms. The excerpts capture changing parental attitudes toward Fritz’s education.
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Maria
Fritz
Marta
World Ward Om Water
An unclear item from the Indianapolis Journal mentions a coat on the tongue and hopeful notes from the Colonels about a thing called tiackintosh. The readable text lacks coherent facts, names, or a clear event to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapols
Atise Tiackintosh
The Merry Hearted Fortune Thieves Cannot Steal
A concise proverb notes that those with merry hearts possess a fortune thieves cannot touch. It frames happiness as inalienable wealth beyond theft.
A Sure Cure for Croup Says Cough Remedy Works
A claim that Chamberlains Cough Remedy prevents croup when hoarseness begins or after the cough appears is presented. The ad asserts twenty five years of use with no failure and notes it is sold by Traill and Cooling, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traill & Cooling
Quotations on Virtue and Fate from Classic Philosophers
A compilation of remarks by Cornelius, Bacon, Longfellow, Cecil, Sir George Grey, Pascal, Charles Sumner, Seneca, Colton, Johnson, Dr Edward Judson, and Carlyle. It surveys guilt, self knowledge, happiness, faith, wisdom, and the link between success and suffering.
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Cornelille
Bacon
Longfellow
Cecil
Sir George Grey
Southey
Pascal
Charles Sumner
Seneca
Colton
Johnson
Edward Judson
Carlyle
Royal and political figures in social brief notes
Princess Victoria and Princess Charles engage in cy cling as their favored exercise. John D Rockefeller faces trouble completing a New York residence due to a threatened plasterers strike. Congressman Harmer of Pennsylvania, dubbed Father of the House, is seriously ill. Miss Plorenics Fensham of Constantinople becomes the first woman admitted as a student to an American theological seminary. H Rider Haggard warns that race hatred may rise from the Boer war. J L Reilly of Cleveland gains $80 000 from a Texas farmer he once saved. Mrs Anne Brumby watches her son Lieut Brumby in Atlanta. Earl Carrington lends Wycombe Abbey park to the Wanderers. Edith Root, daughter of the secretary of war, makes the tenth unmarried woman in Washington’s cabinet set. Since the war began Queen Victoria attends daily prayers for the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Harmer
Pennsylvania
Washington
House of Representatives
Plorenics Fensham
Constantinople
H. Rider Haggard
London
J. L. Reilly
Cleveland
Rielly
Anne E.brumby
Queen Victoria
Notable Men and Women Highlight Ministers and Leaders
Carel Hendrick Kruger a nephew of the Transvaal president graduates from Eeinburg University winning the Syme surgical scholarship. Dr Courtland Myers of the Temple preaches on sermons about labor unions and a million dollars. Senator Berenger leads the International congress on Sunday as a rest day. Dr E Winchester Donald of Trinity Boston prepares Sunday school lessons arguing for more salvation and less biography and geography.
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Carel Hendrick Kruger
Transvaal
Eeinburg University
Syme
Courtland Myers
The
Temple
Berenger
Paris
E. Winchester Donald
Trinity Church
Boston
Phillips Brooks
Brazilian Exposition To Display 500 Varieties Of Serpents
The note mentions Brazil planning an arts exposition for 1900 featuring 500 varieties of serpents. It references a muddy day and a monetary figure around $95,900. Other fragments touch on Hungary harvests and vegetable production but lack full context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Hungary
Coal Dealer Promises Savings for Winter Supply
C B Patrick of Austin avenue and Lake street promotes coal sales with carload discounts and price savings for winter. The notice also includes a drugstore line, Traill and Cooling, and a testimonial from Capt C G Dennison about using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy during an Africa campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. B. Patrick
Austin Avenue
Lake Street
Tel
Austin 1652
Woman’s Cure Highlighted by Dr King’s Discovery
A Shelvy North Carolina woman Mrs Luther Lutz tested Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption after seven years of illness and three months of persistent coughing. She reports rapid sleep and complete recovery after two bottles. Trial bottles offered free at Traill Cooling and Chas Miller drug stores with regular sizes priced at fifty cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Lutz
W. C. Hamnick & Co
Shelvy, N.C
Traill
Chas. P. Miller’s
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Proves Effective Says Wife Healed
Adolph L. Millett of Manchester New Hampshire reports long standing shoulder pain eased after one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He and his wife had tried many remedies with little help before discovering the medicine. Sold by Traill & Cooling, Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Adolph L. Millett
Manchester
N. H
Traill & Cooling
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