Is consumption curable as shown by a Memphis anecdote
The article recounts K Morris of Memphis praising Dr Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral after his wife recovered from a seven year lung illness once diagnosed as consumption. It claims the remedy relieved coughing and spitting blood and asserts broader pulmonary benefits with half size bottles priced at 50 cents, inviting readers to request a Curebook.
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K. Morris
Memphis
Tenn
Dr. Ayer
Hey
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
New York Man Says He Cannot Resist Kisses in Court
A New York man told the police magistrate he cannot resist hugging and kissing handsome women. The magistrate set the assessment at 10 dollars per fit and required instant payment, but none has occurred since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement notice
An 19th century style ad offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co and endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnaon Marvin as Toledo druggists. It claims the cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and price at 50 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
FP. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnaon & Marvin
Walding, Kinnaon & Marvin, Wholesale Drugeists
Onto
Whisky production and distilleries in the United Kingdom
Great Britain produced 54,622,706 gallons of whisky in 1897, up by over 6 million from the previous year. Domestic consumption totaled 32,126,238 gallons in the United Kingdom, with 4,790,181 gallons exported. There were 193 distilleries in Scotland, 29 in Ireland, 9 in England, and 1 in Wales.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
Scotland
Ireland
England
Wales
Hat too small for winner says election joke
A humorous exchange notes Bill won a hat in the election but claims its brim is insufficient as his head swelled with pride after naming the winner.
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Bacon
Bill
Egbert
Coughing Leads to Conseription Kent’s Balsam Ad
Coughing leads to concern as Kemp's Balsam promises immediate relief. Visit your druggist for a free sample bottle and consider 25 or 50 cent bottles. Don't delay as delays are dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
Nocturnal Nurse Exchange Reflects Childcare Duty
A terse exchange between two nurses reveals a nurse declining to accompany another tomorrow citing the need to avoid leaving the baby with its mother. The remark underscores financial strain and social expectations around caregiving.
Five-Legged Frogs Go For High Price In Court Case
A French court awarded 105 francs damages after a fish vendor from Lucan sued a Nantes druggist for fleaching a five legged frog he had sold for stuffing. The frog, valued at 21 dollars, was eventually presented to the Nantes Museum after the druggist’s cat carried it away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucan
Nantes
Grain-O The New Grain Drink Supplanting Coffee
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 that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but it is made from pure grains and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. 15 and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like coffee. Looks like coffee.
Swedish Polar Expedition Led by Nathorse 1898
Owing to funding from King Oscar and private donors, Sweden will dispatch a polar expedition in 1898 led by geologist Professor A. G. Nathorse. The project is estimated to cost 70,000 kroner.
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Oscar
A. G. Nathorse
Allen's Foot-Ease advert promises relief for cold feet
It Makes Cold Feet Warm And is the only cure for Chilblains Frostbites Damp Sweating Feet Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes. Available at all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
The Baby's Feat New Nurse-Oh Mrs Barber
A playful exchange reveals a baby cutting a red hair as the mother frantically asks if he is ill and the new nurse reassures the mother there is no sickness. The dialogue showcases a domestic scene from Harper's Bazar.
No To Bae advertised as tobacco cure
A vintage ad promotes No-To-Bae as an easy tobacco quitter promising lasting success. It claims cures are guaranteed and offers a booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York. The piece closes with a political cartoon caption about nails needing head-thumping to go straight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Cheerfulness at Home A guide to a happy disposition
The article promotes constant cheerfulness as vital to a happy home. It cites Womans Home Companion and Admiral Collingwood, urges calm temper under strain, and warns against cross words over small mishaps. Cheerful conduct improves work efficiency and lifts others, making homes more pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Admiral Collingwood
England
Church Burglars Torch Hymn Books After Break-In
Burglars entered a Jamestown Pennsylvania church and stole from a store before making a fire from hymn books. They cooked a meal on the flames and left the scene.
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Jamestown
Record Run Brings UP Mail Cheyenne to Omaha in Record Time
The Union Pacific mail train achieved a 519 mile run from Cheyenne to Omaha in 520 minutes marking the fastest long distance mail service record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Mail
Cheyenne
Omaha
Religious News Highlights From Around the World
A survey of religious events reports 20 000 delegates expected for a London 1900 Christian Endeavor convention and bishops advising sermon burning after third delivery. It notes rail investment in a Y M C A building, starvation death estimates from Jubbulpin India, Wales Methodist centenary debts relief and church-building plans, and proposed 20000 Sunday closing meetings across Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
London
Archbishop of Canterbury
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Jubbulpin
India
Great Britain
Doctor Lamson
Doctor Storrs
American Board of Foreign Missions
First Congregational Church
Hartford
Conn
Amherst College
Children of Mary
New Flannels and Trimmings Lead Fashion Flurry
The article notes soft flannels for house wear priced at 65 cents and printed chalices at 50 cents. It highlights pointed bertha edgings with lace and velvet ribbon, hopsacking revival, and a wide weave assortment. Mousseline de sole trimming appears in ruches and edges for yokes collars and epaulettes.
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Mousseline de Sole
Crete Population in 1893 Details Mohamme dan Minority
In 1893 Crete housed 276 208 residents, among them 72 253 Mohammedans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crete
Barraconta the Reef Guide and the Deadly Fish
The narrator recalls Barra conta a quiet Florida Keys guide famed for barracontas a long spear and a dangerous reef. A wreck rescue by McNally ends with him attacked and branded Barraconta after surviving barracontas bites. The piece notes the fishs viciousness and near-constant threat to divers and sailors along channels and wells.
Encounter with a Barraconta and Tales of South American Fishes
A hunter describes a dramatic fishing sequence with a barraconta, leaping fish and skilled spear throws. The narrative notes the fish’s markings, eight-foot length, and a docked weight of about 150 pounds. It records Barraconta's sunward approach to dazzle prey and recounts a Bahamas hurricane tragedy involving sailors and a dangerous serrasalmo in South American rivers.
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Barraconta
Key
Sea Horse Key
Bahamas
Cat Mortgaged in Cincinnati Court Records
County clerks in Cincinnati filed a chattel mortgage listing a cat as collateral. The loan was from Charles Arnold to J. Claus. Officials were astonished by the unusual security and pondered the fate if the cat escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Charles Arnold
J. Claus
Lydia Pinkham Cure Promised For Uterine Ailment Warning
A Peerless cure pitch touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for uterine weakness and anemia from excessive menstruation. An testimonial from Mrs Erwin Eruin of Bethlehem Pa claims dramatic improvement after using the compound Liver Pills and Sanative Wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Erwin Eruin
Church St
Bethlehem
Sumatra Wrappers Quality Leaves Spark Cigar Image
Sumatra district tobacco is prized for cigar wrappers with speckled leaves. Smokers seek this mark of quality, while many firms use chemical treatments to artificially spot domestic tobacco leaves.
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Sumatra
Exce ptionally Favorable Contracts At Royal Publishing
The Royal Publishing Company of Richmond Virginia offers unusually favorable contracts to Hoe workers. They seek men and women of good character and promise liberal weekly salaries and expenses. A proposition before you may be surprising and gratifying. Skeptical remark about women's incredulity noted in a whist game.
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Royal Publishing Company
Richmond
Virginia
Sea Line Mondays telegraphic news and routes service
Publication note promising weekly telegraphic news on routes steamship sailings and facilities in Alaska for prospectors and friends. Includes request to send six cents to W R Callaway Minneapolis Minn. for mailing list. Humorous exchange about a baby between a young mother and bachelor brother.
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Sea Line
W. R. Callaway
Minneapolis
Minn
Collected Patent Medicine Ads and Proverbial Quips
A collage of 19th century ad blurbs and quips. It includes claims from H H Green Sons of Atlanta promising dropsy cures and testimonials, a no-cost tobacco cure pledge from No To-Bac, and a barrage of remedies for colds digestion and teething. Also notes on Oxford University freshmen and various one liners about marriage and drinking.
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K. Morina
Enn
Boston Transcript
Grinnell
Iowa
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
N. Witlamoth
A. Swanson
James Williams
Bwanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Dearborn ,T
Ilia
Lake Huron
The
Klondyke
Armstrong
L. A. Hamilton
Land Commiss'r
Winnipeg
Adams Street
Nebraska
West
Corn Belt
Southern Homeseekers
J. F. Merry
Manchester
W. A. Kellond
Loufaville
G. Hatch
D. P
Illinois Central Railroad
Southern
Oule B. Ege
National Correspondence Institute
National Bank
Weakinaten de
Batpax Psoyzistang Co
Jamal, MW
Hallet & Davis
Hallet & Davis CO
Wabash Ave
Cor
Jackson St
French Chemical CO
Dearborn St
Stien Mail
W. H. Smith & ‘Co
Buffalo
Uhker
Atlanta, Ga
Moysman
Laabella
Caicagu
World's Religious News
H. C. Morrison
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Board of Missions
C.R Older
Wys Asat
NY. Ledger
Key St. Vincente
Florida Keys
McNally
New England
Maine
South America
Serras Lmo
Serrasalmo
Kiondyke Bulletin
St. Patrick
Eden
H. H. Green
Tur Piso Co
Warren, Pa
Eixlhood
Cee
Kalramr
Mra. Winslow
Oxford’s University
Wells
St.Jacobs Oil
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co. Limited
Dorchester, Mass
Price
Western Office
Neb
Peneter
W. Spear & Coo
Indianapolis
Ind
Jan Pre
Morris
Washington, D
W.N. U. Chicago
O. U
A. AE
Boox
U.S
N American I
V Ptors
Betx Lidg
Pola
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