Fraudulent Jewelry Offer Targets Readers in 1873 Prospectus
A dubious mail offer touts wholesale jewelry at cut prices from 1873 era, promising vast stock, deep discounts, and free samples on payment. It lists numerous items including rings, chains, pins, cameos, and diamonds with terms demanding upfront payments and vague assurances of delivery.
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Lettes
Bankrap
Audi
Leon
Chicago
Wrudlg
Inek
Loberath & Fire Duilare
Jewelry offer entices orders with watch prizes in Chicago ad
An old Chicago advertisement promotes a tied sale where a $1500 jewelry order earns customers four watches for $4 and other prizes for $30. It claims free shipping after a $15 order and touts endorsements from The Chicago Press. The piece cites several Chicago firms as sponsors and notes a promised payment and delivery terms.
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Geneseek
Advert for Catalogue and Money Orders by The Inventors Agency
An old advertisement offers a catalog of watches jewelry novelties and new inventions. It explains payment by money order or draft on New York or Chicago and prohibits C O D beyond 5600 miles. Orders under $10 require full payment with the order and refunds apply if not satisfactory. Agents wanted at a Chicago address.
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Teginter- Yor
New Ok
Chicago
Ailver Tar
Inventona
Freskbagton &1
Calcagu
Beast
James Tobin
Nort Halsted Street
Tobin
Cook county pacemakers split as rival delegations form
Intense excitement marks the Cook county Republican primary fight with Wardburne Blaine and Grant factions clashing. Two conventions form at Farwell Hall and Palmer House while a third seeks seats in Springfield.
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Ceicaco
Cook County
Washburne
Blaine
Tribune
Grant
Farwell Hall
Saplit
Zoro
Youngfield
Times
Inter Ocean
Wardburne
inter-Ocean
Farwell Mall
Leonard Swett
KR. &. Futwil
C. B. Farwell
Eader
Lelevates
Unty
H. A. Singer
Elliott Anthony
Singer
Joricy
Fifteenth Ward
F. C. Klakke
Blaine-Washburne
Twelfth Ward
Palmery House
Mesers
Storre
Swett
Dan
Munn
Clough
Springfvld
Springfield
Palmer House
Hoconrention
Fire Fiends Reach Across Pennsylvanian Caves
Inferno in Rexford and nearby towns follows gas and oil tank fires. Eighteen to eighty buildings burn, with 7000 barrel oil tank destroyed and 25000 barrel pipes ignited. losses soar, with Rexford at about 100,000 dollars. Fires threaten forests near Barnum City and Calagto as wind and tinder worsen the blaze.
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Braprorp
United Pipelines
Tidewater
Dama
Rexford
New York
G. HH. Lincoln
The
Petroleum Exchange
Beadle
Pa Foey
McLeod & Morrison
United Pipe Lines
United Lima
Tidewater Pipe Line Company
Barnum City
Calaglto
Bradford
Coleville
Barnum
Daxvius
Bmay
J. B. Pace
Richmond
Winstead
Greenboro
N. C
Murphy
Welleck's Tannery
Local Store Ad Lists Broad Stock on 4th Street
A downtown vendor advertises a wide assortment at Hicgaixsotsm & Co on 4th Street and Weber Mills. The lineup includes ladies and gents ware, booze and shoes, dry goods, hardware, farming implements, grain and feed, and other daily staples with sale prices.
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Hicgaixsotsm & Co
Atore
4Th Street
Weber Mills
Indian Finances and New Loan Talk Surface
Private telegrams from India point to a new loan as the likely method to bridge the budget deficit. Reports from London criticize government handling of Indian finances and Austrian policy misinterpretations. In Albania four thousand horses and rifles arrive for rebels, while Turkish officers mingle with them, and in Germany Bismarck’s clash with the Reichstag grows tenser after a recent speech.
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Loxpox
London
Gladsrone
Jetter
Austria
Facta
Fawcett
Post
Daily Telegraph
Standard and Times
Albania
Vienna
Scutari
Prizrend
Kanaja
Inventions and Discoveries Across Eras and Regions
A sweeping list of early innovations and milestones from 15th to 19th century Europe and America. It catalogs tools, devices, and institutions such as the first newspaper adverts, glassmaking, temperance societies, and the Union flag, then shifts to a critique of Germany’s coinage and its social and economic strain amidst shifting metal standards.
Early 20th Century Item Highlights and World Events
Reports from Lexington show One Dime winning a race while Wayne County coal mines ease after a heavy rain. Secretary Sherman tours New York government buildings and Courtney and Frenchy Johnson arrive in Washington. Senatorial action confirms Edward L. Jouneon as Colorado U S district attorney. A Catholic bishop condemns land league in Ireland. Emigrant figures from Castle Garden and Chilehueya Indians surrender in Colorado. Baltimore conducts its first double execution for record purposes. A boiler explosion at the American Iron mill in Koue N Y kills four and injures five. New York Senate backs a constitutional amendment to extend female suffrage by 17 to 14. House Ways and Means considers May Bot as adjournment date replacing May 24th. Blackburn manufacturers union vows to lock mills unless wage demands are met.
Dangers of Skipping Rope Warned by Reno Gazette
The Reno Gazette cautions against excessive rope jumping calling it a harmful pastime. An Indianapolis doctor notes frequent bone injuries and cases of necrosis from repeated concussions, urging parents and teachers to ban the activity.
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Reno
Rino
Indianapolis
Indianapolia
Ile
Deception in Patent Remedy Advert To Cure Digestive Ailments
An advert claims Sulloh's Vitalizer cures dyspepsia liver complaints constipation sour stomach and general debility, offered at 7 cents. Sold by J W McNutt Co and C C Orm eby in Logan with emphasis on relief and free of cyst claims.
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Sivso Suiloh
J. W. McNutt & Co
C. Orméby
Logan
Electric Review
Buralida
Jarrous
Daly
Pramatore Exhbauedon
Montgomery Bf
Lame Back Side or Chest Remedy Ad
SHILOIS POROUS PLASTER markets wide for lame back side or chest relief. Sold by J. W. McNutt & Co Wholesale and Retail Druggists and U. C. Ormsby Logan. Price listed as twenty six cents in the notice.
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J. W. McNutt & Co
U. C. Ormsby, Logan, Nevsaly
German Syrup Promoted as Strong Cough Remedy
The advertisement touts a long proven cough and lung medicine called German Syrup presented as a reliable treatment. It claims quick relief, notes years of use, and warns against imitations while stating a simple bottle costs 19 cents and three doses relieve ordinary coughs.
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United States
Ervey
August Flower and Green's Anguet Flower Cure Ad
An 1860s advertisement touts August Flower and Green's Anguet Flower as universal cures for Dyspepsia Liver complaints and related symptoms. It claims three days relief, notes “Two million bottles sold” last year, and offers samples for ten cents with a 75 cent price. It promises free delivery on receipt of stamps through A. Green and Company.
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Frea
Brown's Pepsia Fonic Cures Appetite
Ad claims a tonic named Brown's Pepsia Fonic cures myapipels and restores appetite. It urges readers to try the remedy, asserting effective results and relief from digestive issues.
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Brown
Popular English History books offered by John G. Chambers
Enclisa history compared with the United States stresses kinship and language. Airghts Popular History of England praised for its spirit of liberty through British naval power and centuries of blood. Knight's history offers a thorough account to 1868. Eight volumes binded in cardmanila at 30 cents each, or two volumes in cloth at 2.80, available via John G. Chambers of Fifth Street.
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United States
England
Airight
Funk
Hume
Macaulay
Knight
Elume
Manila
John G. Chambers
Fifth Street
Journal of Vargas 1694 Reveals New Mexico Reconquest
A Santa Fe correspondent recalls Secretary Ritch showing Don Diego de Vargas 1694 journal detailing the reconquest of New Mexico from Pueblo forces. The manuscript, preserved in bold hand, predates the American Revolution and reflects continental era exploration and governance.
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Las Vecas
N. BE
Tazette
Santa Fe
Ritch
Don Diego de Vargas
New Mexico
Pueblo Diatla
New World
Atlantic
Grant Cabinet Prospects Mentioned by Press
The article notes speculation that General Grant will assemble a cabinet with Senator Conkling as Secretary of State and Senator Cameron as Treasury while E Storra of Chicago would be Attorney General. The Buffalo Express fears Grant may pick a self formed cabinet, surprising the nation as he often did.
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Conn
Edwin Hoyt
Sherif
Uenasidha
fToyt
Sha
Grants
Conksling
Cameron
The
Treasury
E. Storra
Chicago
Buffalo Express
Grant
Galena
Wlingis
Provo Woolen Mills Expand Output For East Trade
The Provo Woolen Mills now turn out large quantities of cloths flannels jeans linsey and trinkets and forward them to agent John C Cutler in Salt Lake City Buyers are urged to inspect goods before sending east The firm claims to use no cotton in flannels nor shoddy in cloths.
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Provo
John C. Cutler
Salt Lake City
Life in the North and Political Debates in Utah
A long correspondence from the Montana-North region notes severe weather and early railroad activity at Red Rock while criticizing Utah politics. The writer defends party loyalty amid debates over the People's Party, Democratic and Republican alignments, and religious influence on officeholding.
Shiloh's Consumption Cure Advancements Promoted
We challenge the world with Shiloh's Consumption Cure claimed to treat chronic cough asthma bronchitis whooping cough croup and consumption with better results than others. It is said to cure where others fail and is pleasant and safe for children. Price listed as 10 ets 25 ets and $1. Sold by J W McNutt Co and C G Ormsby Logan.
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Shiloh
J. W. McNutt & Co
C. G. Ormsby
Logan
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