Twenty Years a Sufferer Letter Praises Golden Medical Discovery
William Ryder of Buffalo New York writes that a shipwreck left him with large leg abscesses after cold exposure. He claims treatment with the Golden Medical Discovery cured him in under three months and lets him once again place his left heel on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
M.D
Buffalo
N. Y
Atlantic Ocean
William Ryder
Jefferson St
Buffalo, N
Advertisements and health pitches in a late 19th century page
A collage of medical ads and patter lines hawk remedies for women’s diseases, lung and throat ailments, baldness cures, toothache drops, and cordial tonics. It also notes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Carboline hair grower, Allen's Lung Balsam, and Pike's Toothache Drops. A hotel ad promotes St Charles Hotel in Omaha with rates and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hale
Pike
George Washington
N. O. Picayune
L. E. Ransom
Toronto Policeman
Tere
Allen’s LaNe
Partngr Up Kitten Dispute Between Mothers and Children
Margaret Vandegrits recounts a quarrel over custody of a found kitten. A mother insists the animal is hers part of the day while the other claims ownership and warns of consequences. The exchange shows tension and playful threats about who cares for the kitten.
Miss Beagle’s Gypsy Fortune Promises a Change
Jane Beagle, aged and lonely, considers life beyond her shabby home after she rebuffs Billy Winkum and meets a cheerful gypsy. The fortune teller coins a chance for wealth and a handsome house, tempting Jane to gamble on a future she has long denied.
Gypsy Tricks Woman Then Romance Follows Rescue
A gypsy vows power to reunite lovers and binds Jane with a handkerchief while wooing. William Winkum finds her chained and unties Jane after a scream. He consoles her, laments women’s danger, and then proposes marriage as a wedding aria unfolds amid comic mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Mr. Warrington Winkum
William Warrington Winkum
William
Witham Warrington Winkum
Billy Winkum
Jave
Sue Sani
Ywearsace
Arkmaid
Jg Landersia
Dave
How the Aurora Is Formed in 19th Century Theory
A lecture by Professor W Gill Adams proposes that the sun acts like a magnet and atmospheric tides transfer positive electricity toward the poles. A conducting air layer about thirty to forty miles up lags the earth, generating currents that discharge as aurora borealis when conditions shift with humidity and temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poles
Equator
Earth
Mosaic reflections on effort fortune and friendship
An idling mind yields despair while success comes from right use of strength. The piece muses on life as a game, enduring friendships, and the folly of chasing fleeting company, ending with a reflection on time and memory. It compares life to whist and warns against courting shallow entertainments.
President Arthur's Love and Lonely Life at St John's Church
The article portrays President Arthur walking to St John’s Church in Washington with a long memory of his deceased wife Ella Herndon. It recounts her background, the Herndon family tragedy aboard the Central America, and Arthur’s daily ritual of wreathing flowers on her portrait in the White House as he endures a solitary executive life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lafayette Square
White House
Madison
Arthur
Longfellow
Paradise
E. Herndon
National Observatory
St. John’s
St John’s
Chester A. Arthur
Deponent
Ella Herndon
New York
Cenius
Executive Mansion
Railroads Labeled Nation's Great Public Highways in Historic Eulogy
The piece quotes Byron Paine praising railroads as the world’s great public highways. He notes their role in wealth, trade, travel, medicine, literature, and social life, and their impact from Atlantic to Pacific coasts, including war mobilization and battlefield relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Paine
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Clark
Atlantic
Agency and Payment in Illinois Case and Discharged Prisoners
The court found no evidence the appellant's agent had collection powers and payment to the agent was at the payer's risk. Greenhood vs. Keator, Appellate Court of Illinois. Seventy tramps were discharged in one day from Blackwell's Island due to an overcrowded prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellant
Appellee
Greenhood
Keator
Ilinois
Blackwell's Island
The Sweet by and By How the Composer Was Moved to Write
A Cleveland Penny Press excerpt recounts J P Webster and collaborator Brigham producing The Sweet by and By for the Signet Ring work in Elkhorn Wisconsin in 1861. Webster composes the melody after a flash of inspiration sparked by an invitation to write a hymn. The piece quickly becomes popular among local children and earns lifelong notices of its immortality. A separate note mentions St Jacobs Oil as a German remedy referenced by Cleveland Herald officials after a reader testifies to relief from ankle pain using it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancader
Elkhorn
Wis
J. P. Webster
Messrs
Lyon & Healy
Chicago
Webster
N. H. Carswell
K. Bright
Mr. Webster
Mr. Bright
R. R. Crosby
Richmond, Ill
Cleveland
Ohio
Penny Press
H. G. Keffer
Cleveland Herald
St. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
What a Sister Did
Annie Howard of Boston died at General Hospital from starvation after years devoted to caring for her insane brother. She led a wartime army clothing manufactory and was known to Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson for her executive ability. Her relentless care masked hardship and resulted in her own deterioration when her brother was committed in 1880. A bank book showed about $5,000 and $40 cash found in her last rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Annie Howard
General Hospital
Charles Sumner
Henry Wilson
Taunton
Nature’s herbs as cure for weakness and disease
The article extols herbal remedies over mineral medicines and promotes Dr. Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. It urges using vegetables like Yellow Dock, Sarsaparilla, Juniper, Celery, Calisaya Bark to invigorate the system, improve nutrition, and address dyspepsia, weak kidneys, and impure blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Not on That Basis. Detroit lree Press tale on circulation bets
Detroit lree Press recounts a Michigan circus agent Joe Warner who inflates a paper's circulation figures to win ad contracts. He negotiates 3 000 copies but admits the true mail list shows about 650, proposing to publish 6 000 copies to boost ad reach for his patent medicine pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Warner
Wwell
Amon
Amore
Mrs Lucy Coleman Reports Recovery After Yellow Jack and Sarsaparilla
Mrs Lucy Coleman of Hamilton Ohio writes she suffered from dyspepsia impure blood and irregularities with nervousness and heart pain. After trying many remedies she used Dr Guysett s Yellow Jack and Sarsaparilla and reports a remarkable improvement with relief from bearing down and loins pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy J. Coleman
Hamilton
Ohio
Generals Stir Debate Over Retirement Age
The remark notes Moltke winning his first battle at 64 while others urge Gen. Sherman into retirement at 62, highlighting tensions over age and command tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moltke
Shermen
He that marries is like the Dodge and the Adriatic
A wry adage compares marriage to a Dodge linked with the Adriatic. It hints at unknown rewards and dangers that may lie in matrimony, from treasures and pearls to monsters and tempests, awaiting the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adriatic
Unhappy Scheme and a Postcard Legal Hint
A newspaper man drafts a divorce tale and receives a postcard advising grounds differ between England and the United States prompting a household stir. The Trenton Gazette cites Mr John Wood of the American Pottery Co in Trenton who credits St Jacobs Oil with curing a seventeen week rheumatic attack despite confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
Trenton
N. J
John Wood
American Pottery Co
City
St. Jacobs Oil
Comprehensive catalog of popular 19th century books and editions
A heavy catalog lists numerous works in history biography and fiction with prices and formats. Notable titles include The Greatest Illustrated War Book of the Century, The Wonders of the Arctic World, and Don Quixote. Also advertised are legal volumes guides and works by Harriet Martineau and George Crabb. The page concludes with Flowering medical ads for Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epes Sargent
Charles F. Hall
US. Navy
William H. Cunnington
Audacson
Willy
Reilly
Tom Brown
Irving
Mysterious Island
Croser
Dotann
Helen J. Ford
Verne
India
J. Drew Gay, Esq
London Daily Telegraph
Ligeo Strebor
Tae Tunez SpantaRos
George Walker
Tae
Str
C. F. Lascelle
Wraxhall
Bart
Livy
Paris
Arsene Houssaye
George Crabb
A. M
Omaha Weekly Bee
Bee Company
Bee
H. Harrison, Jr
Toledo
Iowa
Ragbag's Early Fatherhood Recalled In Gentle Jibe
A 23 year old Ragbag notes the burden of setting a good example after his first child born. The tale reflects pride in wealth and the social moment, with a touch of humor about responsibilities and expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragbag
Boston Post
Bitter Life Versus Blighted One Theme Emerges
A fragment quotes a credo that a bitter life is better than a blighted one and warns against forcing an engagement that would break a heart. The line reflects personal resolve and emotional caution.
Allen's Lung Balsam claims cure for consumption and more
Letters from patients and professionals across multiple states allege Allen's Lung Balsam cured consumption bronchitis and coughs. Endorsed as harmless and safe for children with no opium, the product is marketed as a universal remedy sold by medicine dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Warent
Marion County
Wise
Len
Dicers
Bowling Green
Merepiin
Cincinnati
Allen
Wm. A Graham & Co
Zanesville
Ohio
Mithias Freeman
Martin
Oakly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indianapolis
Omaha
St. Charles Hotel
Harney Street
12Th
13Th
New York City
Baggage Express
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Omana Wamatt
Wasat
Jereeweerreset
Abd Oatee
Agate
Aliaciel
Margaret Vandegrits
St. Nicholas
Jane Beagle
Billy
Billberry
Billberry Society
Wiliam Warrington Winkum
Heigh Ho
Kane
Els
Miss Jane
Coe
Melody
J. W. D. Forest
Harper's Magazine
Arthur’s Church
Dr. Pierce
Racard
J. A Kennedy
Netawaka
Kansas
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Was
Lydia E. Pinxham
Lynn, Mass
Kee
Tate
Lydia
Pinkards
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Freely
Pamphet
Pinkhax
Aultman & Taylor CO
Marsfield
Bros
Janesvilla
Iscsi Commercial College
Circularfree
C.baylies
Dubuque
W.C. Payne
Alansilalltown
Town
WM. Hanschh
Centreville
Fef. B. ‘Pooyt
Agen
Demples
J. Helgerkton
O. Karsas Olty Mo
Piso
Oic
Musselman
C.K. Berg
Cresco, Iowa
Joseph Gillotts
Hever
Arigi
DE i Schuiffman
St Paul
Minn
Sara Seed
Minnesota
T.M. Metcalf
Pea Paul
ST Jacobs
Ara Palito
Atery
Toa Pension
Ciacay
Corike
Uerria
Rriders &Co
Patest
Washington DC
Addras Loomis
Nys
Wasaingtia
Ang
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Centra
CIRIF
M.iwauke
Jai' Woo
Mai W
Nebraska
NEW Riches Parsons Pub
Johnson
Talat Eee
Witen
Omaha Pire
VTA
Hakiten
Iit
Louis
THE
Chambers
Bering & Quinlan
Orelaeke
Orleans
Richardson &C
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