Generous New Englander to Fund Education of Freedmen
John F Slater plans a one million dollar fund for the education of freedmen with a trustees board including ex President Hayes and Chief Justice Waite. The fund aims to support teacher training and may fund foundations to aid higher education for colored students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Slater
Norwich
Conn
Hayes
Waite
Wm. E. Dodge
New York
Gov. Colquitt
Georgia
Jas. P. Boyce
Kentucky
Wm. A. Slater
Slater
Murder Plots Across Two States Stir Local Fear
In Arkansas Newton county farmer William Eaver was killed by a shotgun blast after a fodder stack fire. In Des Moines R W Stubbs was murdered by a burglar at 3 am on April 15, with his wife awakening to gunfire and the killer fleeing after the fatal shot. burglary suspected at Armstrong and Little’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Eaver
Newton County
Arkangis
R. W. Stubbs
Des Moines
Mr. Stubbs
Armstrong & Little’s
Tracca
Reader reports St Jacobs Oil eases rheumatism
W F Hetherington editor of the Sentinel told a Emporia Kansas representative that he tried St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and found the remedy removed the pain entirely. The claim emphasizes strong relief from rheumatic pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Hetherington
the Sentinel
St. Jacobs Oil
Emporia
Kan
Faithful to a Double Trust at Cold Springs Ranch
A herder shows a valuable shepherd dog and her four puppies. Flora the mother dog searches wild mountains for twenty missing sheep, leaving her nursing pups. She returns exhausted but safe, while guarding her young, a touching display of devotion and instinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cold Springs Ranch
Tom
Flora
Bossa
Tustenuggee and Slaves Known in Florida Everglades
An Atlanta Constitution report quotes Seminole chief Tustenuggee who insists his slaves are not free, and recalls a recent incident where he dismissed his wife after inspecting a sewing machine. The account notes his periodic return from swamps and his reputed hard drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tustenuggee
Everglades
Florida
Atlanta Constitution
St Jacobs Oil Praised For Theumatic Pains
A reader claim praises St Jacobs Oil as the most excellent remedy for rheumatic pains. The note credits Mr F Letom of Harrison Street Providence Rhode Island and mentions Boston in a truncated reference.
Fact Figures From Around the World and Nation
A compilation notes global and domestic statistics including 4 million white fish fry placed in Lake Ontario, Iowa butter production over 85 million pounds annually, France population 35.5 million, US quinine use 800000 ounces yearly, 1817 English soda import 8000 tons, US Indian wars spending about 3.058 million in a decade, UK alcohol spend about 120 million pounds annually, Germany forest acreage 35 million with state ownership, ivory trade 100000 elephants a year, England 30000 tusks yearly, Virginia sumac production 10000 tons at $45 per ton, English army cost 15.5 million pounds, 139,900 troops, Maine packing outputs 750000 canned mackerel 1500000 lobsters 250000 clams, Mont Blanc tunnel cost over 10 million dollars and six years, British egg imports 750 million eggs worth over 10 million dollars, Dakota population growth 853 percent 1870–80, Washington Territory 213 and New Mexico 29 with city populations 135180, 75120, 180430, and New York City sewer, water, gas, electric and telegraph infrastructure totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Ontario
Iowa
France
United States
England
Germany
Sumac
Virginia
Maine
Mount Blanc
Switzerland
Great Britain
Dakota
Washington Territory
New Mexico
New York
Girls A-fishing Tale Sparks Mischief on the Shore
A playful scene unfolds as girls fish and joke about a big catch. Yarns of bait, poles, and a stubborn book are traded amid laughter and clumsy mishaps, ending with concern for freeing a trapped creature.
Bright's disease warning and cure pushed by Rochester remedy
A dramatic health warning warns Bright's disease as a widespread, deceitful killer. The piece links sudden deaths of notable figures to kidney failure and extols Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as a widely used, trusted remedy, naming several prominent supporters and urging early treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Rochester
N. Y
Bright
Col
John C. Whitner
Atlanta
B. F. Larrabee
Boston
Mass
C. A. Heckman
Phillipsburg
N. J
D. D. Buck
D. D
Geneva
F. A McManus
Baltimore
Edwin Fay
Davenport
Iowa
A. C. Kendrick
LL. D
J. S. Matthews
Portland
Mich
C. W. Eastwood
New York
A. A. Ramsay
Albia
C. N. Sims
Syracuse
S. P. Jones
Marionette
Wis
T. S. Ingraham
Cleveland
Henry T. Champney
James S. Prescott
North Union
Pension push seen as giant swindle in war veteran plans
Omaha Commercial Record voices alarm at sweeping pension proposals for Mexican War survivors Indian War veterans and Civil War soldiers arguing payouts would total over 1.5 billion dollars. It condemns pensions as political plunder and warns of lasting national burden while noting only disabled veterans and widows merit aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Commercial Record
United States Army
Physician Denounces Mineral Poisons and Promotes Yellow Dock
A physician argues against mineral remedies citing adverse outcomes and promotes Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a herb based alternative. The tonic is claimed to tone and strengthen life organs, especially urinary and digestive, with pleasant taste and proven merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Medicine
Guysett
Ake
Curiosities of Trade and Folk Remedies Noted
A Providence Journal item surveys eye stones and blood stones used in trade along with rattlesnake and skunk oils touted as cures. It cites eye stones from the Pacific coast, price ten cents, and claims for nosebleed prevention and joint relief, plus a letter from a young man praising Yellow Dock remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Journal
Sé&'Khore
Pacific
Germany
North Carolina
Engagement Quietly Arranged Despite Doubtful Suitor
A man resists pressure about his engagement saying he may be happy despite doubt. He notes the bride’s mother is a temperate, heat tempered woman. The conversation shows personal tension behind the match.
Health elixirs and a barber shop joke in a 19th century ad
An old time notice touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and related ailments with testimonials. It also promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Fellows for bilious or constipated conditions. A drug store joke features a bald old man asking for red hair restorer to match his eight year old hair color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Pierce
Kidney-Wort Promise Cure for Constipation and Kidney Ailments
An advertising snippet touts Kidney-Wort as a natural remedy for constipation and all kidney and liver diseases. It mocks dangerous life risks and mentions Carbolire as a deodorized petroleum extract claimed to restore bald heads and hair care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Party scenes and ads mix in a curious 19th century column
At a party Miss Angelina presides at the piano while a conductor ejects her for rough behavior. The page hawks patent medicines Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and a distribution job for papers with sample copies and a one dollar annual price from the Curnal of Commerce in Omaha Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
All Druguis
S. Pike
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Curnal OF Commerce
Omaha
Nebraska
Bargain Fire-Proof Safe for Sale in Omaha
Large second hand fire proof Safe by Messler and Baumann, newly painted and warranted as good as new. Originally $275, cash price $150. Delivered on the cars in Omaha. Western Newspaper Union, Omaha Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messler & Baumann
Omaha
Western Newspaper Union
Nebraska
Lung Balsam Heralded as Cure for Consumption
Advertising pamphlet claims Allen's Lung Balsam cures pulmonary consumption bronchitis and coughs after doctors deemed incurable. Endorsed by patients and professionals with testimonials from Marion County West Virginia Bowling Green Virginia and Cincinnati. It is promoted as harmless to delicate children and an effective expectorant sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Wright
Marion County
W. Va
Allen
Ws. C. Dinars
Bowling Green
Marevith
Cincinnati
A. Graham & Co
Zanesville
Ohio
Mathias Freeman
Mstin
Oakly
le Des
Alisa
Norristown Herald
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Lyon
Rivarol
Roy City
Marathon
Caswell, Hazard
Elected Livers
Boston
Boston Courier
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Fund For the Education of Freedmen
the King Blepmant
Jogan
St. Louis
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Middle States
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tlenois
Towa
Scoville
Cook County
Ilinois
Charles J. Gulteau
Guiteau
Hong Kong
Pacific Coast
China
Anchor
Union
Western Transportation
Commercial
Leigh Valley Line
Chicago
Buffalo
Boon Fox
THE
American Land League
American Land League Convention
Washington
Ireland
Committee On Constitution
Land League Convention
James Mooney
John J. Hines
Pp. A. Collins
Thaddeus Fl
Alf A. Boynton
S. A. Boynton
President Garfield
Grandma Garfield
Hiram
Indiana
Jay Gould
San Francisco
Willame
Bast
Muscogee
First National Bank of Buffalo
Fourth National Bank of New York
Strassburg
Bremen
Northwest
Jesse James
Roscommon
Parnell
Dover
Paris
Imperial Household
Moscow
Russia
Austria
Berlin
Vienna
America
Harper's Magazine
Tiffany
Colman
Proctor
Ishop E. O. Haven
Hon
Clarkson N. Potter
Everett
Sumner
Chase
Wood
Wilson
Carpenter
Albany Argus
Mr. Potter
Potter
Edward F. Rook
New York Stock Exchange
Wall St
Rook
Miost
T. D
Miss Angelina
Seraphina
Angelina
Redding
Buchu Afbn
Express
Gioré
ES. Wells
Jeracy City
Lydia E. Pixxham
Lynn, Mass
Shaw & Sohdeare
Lydia KE
Lydia & Pinkhamn
SOO
Skinner & Wood
Erie, PA
Borse
Loomis & Nyzaan
Tifin
CNS
Henry Lehmann
Neb
Ays Bates Sng
Charles Nelson
Psy Poe
Ang
Port Huron
Mihony
Eugene B. Blork
Junction
John Arnall
B. Goodwin
Bylief
Anna J
Jarrett
Beith Baiem
Turin
Radney
John B. Lawrence
Jackson Tenn
Michael Cato
Montgomery Con 4
Droggista Ae — Wells
Richardson &C
Frazef Axle
Finzer'r
WWE
Parsons
Tineke
Mate 3
S. Johnson & Co
Reston
Merry Bangor
Joseph Cillo
Accra
Frank
Popathe
Sontie
Bunker
Brock
Sabe Pert
Heen
Ots
Vale Neuse
Charles Shubrick Hlaly
Spee
Wilk Ohara
Brown Medicine
Aif’g CO
ALL Druguits
Ewe
Elink Wike
Ikda
Battee
Chack Konan
Anel
Barnes
BEES
Bering & Quinlan
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