Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Pledge by Cheney & Co
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of FJ Cheney & Co Toledo that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 6 1888, describes internal use and blood mucous action and invites testimonials. The product Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold by druggists.
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A. D
A. W. Gleason
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Draga Eta
Leo XIII Reaches Milestones in Ecclesiastical Career
The pope has served as a priest for over sixty years and as bishop for more than fifty, while approaching forty years as a cardinal, marking a long and storied tenure in the church hierarchy.
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Leo
Leo XIII
Lane's Family Medicine Promotes Daily Bowels
A vintage health notice promotes Lane's Family Medicine as a daily bowel movement aid. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and relief from a sick headache with prices listed as 25 and 50 cents.
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Lane
Acta
Hair Vigor Customer Endorsement Promotes Soft Hair
Mrs Helen Kilkenny of New Portland Maine praises Hair Vigor after five years of use noting restored color to gray hair and smoothness. She says the product cured a scalp condition and mentions her mother used it for twenty years with satisfaction.
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Helen Kilkenny
New Portland
Ayers Hair Vigor Restores Color and Growth
A sales pitch claims Ayers Hair Vigor has decades of success in restoring gray color and stopping hair loss. It promises a clean scalp and longer, thicker hair with a $1,000 bottle price, noting extensive drug lists.
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Ayers
Longtime B and O railway conductor earns fifty years of service
W H Green known as Captain Harry has worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad since March 3 1850. He remains the oldest passenger conductor and has never been suspended or injured in service. He wears ten gold stripes signaling five year increments and continues to run Baltimore to Cumberland trains.
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Westl
W. H. Green
Harry
Fife
Captain Green
Green
Cockeysville
Baltimore County
Baltimore
Cumberland
Elderly Jealousy Sparks Coded Banter
In a Chicago Tribune snippet a professor mocks a doctor’s appeal as the doctor grabs a set of keys the professor tossed. The exchange turns on age and romance with sharp wit as the doctor counters the professor’s insult.
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Chicago Tribune
Smyth Co Sells 5000 Guitars At 2 65 Each
The John M. Smyth Co offers five thousand guitars at two dollars sixty five cents each making them affordable for all. The firm is described as thoroughly reliable and a large catalogue is available elsewhere in the paper.
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John M. Smyth Co
Acetylene drawbacks and a safe Christmas candle holder
The article reviews Prof J Vertess critique of acetylene gas from impure carbide and its smoky flame, plus hazards from closed spaces and fog from decomposition. It also describes a new candle holder with a weighted universal joint to keep candles upright on Christmas trees.
Time records in 1897 earthquake data disputed
Mr Oldham notes he recently had to handle many time records connected to the 1897 earthquake. Many records were rejected as it was impossible to tell what time standard was used. In others, extensive calculations were needed to align observations from different places.
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India
Ogham
Indian Geological Survey
Asiatic Society of Bengal
Oldham
North America
Greenwich
Bengal
Assam
Burmah
Rest
Lace collections worth vast sums across Europe
Queen Victoria holds lace valued around £80,000, the Princess of Wales £50,000, and ex-Empress Eugenie has a fine collection. Yet Leo XIII's lace collection tops them all with an estimated value near £200,000.
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Queen Victoria
Princess of Wales
Eugenie
Leo XIII
Wagner sleepers end? snorers persist in berths
In a brief exchange from the Baltimore American, Dinguss declares no more Wagner sleeping cars while Binguss counters that snorers in berths will continue to render Wagner selections the same.
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Baltimore
Dinguss
Wagner
Binguss
New Texas Cavern Theory From Artesian Well Findings
Mr Blackford writes from Washington to Nature about discoveries near San Marcos Texas where the United States Fish Commission bored an artesian well. Living animals emerged with the water including four crustacean species and a blind salamander. Two salamanders were mailed to Washington stirring interest. He suspects a cavern or subterranean lake connects to the well.
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Blackford
Washington, D. C
Nature
Texas
United States Fish Commission
San Marcos
Tex
The
Fish Commission
Washington
Inventor Adapts Sliding Door Idea for Hidden Racks
A western inventor adapts the sliding door handle concept to a clothes rack. The rack hides within a door or furniture when not in use and reappears with a simple pressure on a spring. The design aims to save space in crowded urban homes improving daily life.
Devices for Producing Gold From Ice Substitutes
The article notes Washington research shows inventors focus on devices to replace ice by producing artificial cold. Some devices are costly yet promising. promoters foresee a future where cold can be controlled like gas or electricity, cooling city homes year round. Current cold plants are expensive, limiting use to large factories, but innovation may extend to homes.
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Washington
Electrical advances spark bold industrial visions and feats
A New York cable to electricity plan proposes 3 million dollars for a conversion, a 25 000 horsepower plant would power the pyramids, and a long distance line opens from St Louis to Fort Smith Arkansas. Innovations include wireless balloon messages and copper corks for champagne. A New Jersey woman patents a detachable waterproof skirt protector.
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New York
St. Louis
Fort Smith
Ark
France
Boston
Chicago
Russia
New Jersey
Scenic Lackawanna Route Through Blue Ridge and Delaware Water Gap
The article extols a Lackawanna Railroad journey to New York with views of western New York farms, the Susquehanna River valleys, Delaware Water Gap scenery, and the Blue Ridge mountains. It notes Mount Pocono at 1900 feet and the descent toward the Hudson, with travel along the Morris and Essex canal.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
New York
Lackawanna Railroad
Great Trunk
Susquehanna River
Delaware River
Delaware Water Gap
America
Mount Pocono
Hudson River
Morris and Essex Canal
Glasgow in a Bad Way Warns London Daily News
The London Daily News cites five weekend deaths from people going to bed drunk and found dead next morning in Glasgow. It reports police force inefficiency due to only two superintendents and widespread drunkenness, risking a £50,000 government grant loss.
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Glasgow
London Daily News
Grain-O New Grain Beverage Promises Coffee Replacement
Try Grain-o. Try Grain-or Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain-O has the rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and agrees with delicate stomachs. One fourth the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers.
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Java
Swiftest animal debate on a circus train
Quinn and DeFonte discuss speed with a circus elephant claimed to run a mile a minute. The exchange centers on whether the elephant could sustain such pace and where this feat occurred on a circus train in Chicago News.
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Quinn
DeFonte
Chicago News
Do You Suffer from Worms or Other Stomach Troubles
Magazine ad touts SLOCUM'S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC WORM CARES with a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists at 25c. The ad notes Baltimore claims the world’s largest Negro population.
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Slocum
Baltimore
Free Trial Sample of Zaegel's Swedish Essence of Life
Readers are urged to request a free sample of Zaegel's Swedish Essence of Life, a blood purifier said to aid digestion and liver and kidney health. The ad promises quick relief from headaches and various ailments and instructs writing to M. R. Zaegel & Co. in Sheboygan Wisconsin with a 2 cent stamp for postage.
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Zaegel
M. R. Zaegel & Co
Box 83
Sheboygan
Wis
Cough Remedies Advertised With Free Sample Bottles
An advertisement claims Kemp's Balsam will stop a cough at once and offers a free sample from a druggist. It markets 25 and 50 cent bottles and urges immediate use. The notice also promotes Dr H H Green's Sons dropsy treatment in Atlanta Georgia with a promise of free treatment and their claimed expertise.
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H. H. Green
Laxative Cure Ad Claims Grippe Remedy
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as the cure for La Grippe with Lk Grove’s signature on each box. It appeals to quick relief and includes a testimonial from J B Palmer of Seattle, dating November 25, 1805, and quotes Poe on swearing.
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Lk. W. Grove
J. B. Palmer
Seattle
Wash
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Lowell, Mass
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T. A. Grady
California Tourist Service
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Adams Street
Anada
Grand Trunk
Clark St
Soo” Ry
Wisconsin
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Soo Railway
Minn
J. Vertess
Prof
Vertess
Veszprim
Hungary
Science and Invention
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C. J. Houghton
Monadock Block
Chicago, Ill
Everett & Kantz
Fort Wayne
Ind
M. Miller
Broadway
Leman Lake
Ruskin
San Francisco
Falta
Yi-Ki Co
Crawfordsville
W.d.caldwell & Co
Rupertorst
N. WK. Brown
Poe
Sorethroat
General
Joe Wheeler
Perunia
Sullivan, Roach
Me Enery
Peruna
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake ST
Chicaco
Johnm Smyth CO
Mammoth
Madison ST
Van
Madison, Wis
Ension
Ucce
Nolo Pension Bureau
Gy Thompson
Eye Water
Jose
Palouze Scale & Meg, CO
Ciates St
Greene
U.S
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Evergreen
Dundre Ill
Frey
H. MH. Breen
R. Hamlin
Washington,d.c
Reed & GO
Sth Bt
Philadelphia
W. N. U. Chicago
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