Rate War and Harvest News Across the Nation
Reports on the rate war among western pool railways with July 1 freight and passenger rate changes. Harvest in Kansas shows large berry yields near Parsons. a severe water spout hits Denver area with flooding and deaths feared. but Michigan reports crop vitality steady and corn and oats prospects improve.
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Kern
Kansas
Parsons
Southwestern Pool Railway
Chicago
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Cago & Alton
Hannibal & St. Joe
Chica
Burlington & Quincey
Rock Nd & Pacific
Kansas City
St. Louis
Kan City
Maine State Convention Opens Under Eugene Hale Leadership
The Maine state convention met at Port and was presided by Eugene Hale. Hale praised the gathering as one of the largest in Maine and urged vigor for the Republican party. He warned the campaign will face battles for Congress, Senate, and county seats.
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Port. Jane
Mtor Eugene Hale
Hale
Maine
Piststed
Senate
Repubican
Haight Visit Sparks Indignation Over Rumors
The Herald notes Mr and Mrs Haight stay at Dr Thomas's home in the city amid unfounded rumors. Dr Thomas, a real estate dealer, defends the couple’s integrity and character. Miss Adams and her sister Miss Alice were seen at 2232 Wabash Avenue with neighbors praising Alice.
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the Herald
Resign or die shocks imperial circle in Egypt
The interior minister Ignatieff resigns due to ill health but remains on the empire's council. Count Tolstoi succeeds him. Egyptian military leaders petition the khedive to abdicate, threatening to massacre if he refuses.
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Interior
Ignatieff
Council of the Empire
Count Tolsto
Riot in Alexandria Leaves Dozens Dead and European Shops Looted
Reports recount a five hour riot in Alexandria triggered by a stabbing, with 100 to 250 killed and many wounded. Europeans flee as mobs attack shops. police inaction and later consular clashes are noted, while wider regional unrest and a czar’s daughter birth appear in brief notices.
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Alexandria
Cairo
Imperial Council
Egypt
Emerson as Seer of Science and Poet of Nature
The Rev K Heber Newton portrays Emerson as the seer of science and poet of evolution. He argues Emerson treats nature as the test and source of all truth, sees unity and progressive change in nature, and foresees a new church founded on moral science with faith and truth guiding toward a future life.
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K. Heber Newton
New York
Emerson
Miracle relief from pleurisy with St Jacobs Oil
Mr. R. C. Moore of Vermon & Co., 34 New Street New York, was instantly relieved from severe pleurisy pain after using St Jacobs Oil. The remedy acted like magic.
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Brooklyn Eagle
R. C. Moore
Messrs. Vermon & Co
New Street
New York
St. Jacobs Oil
Cultivate a Sweet Voice in a Jewish Messenger Reminder
A short exhortation on the value of a kind voice and soft touch, warning that harsh tones betray the heart. It compares tone to light for the eye and a pearl for the heart, urging daily care to preserve a sweet voice for loved ones and guests.
How Lincoln Settled It
A farmer recounted to Rev. N W Miner how Lincoln advised settlement over a farm boundary dispute. Lincoln warned that continued conflict would ruin both farms and spark a generation long feud, then had the two men wait with him in his office while he dined. He locked the door and left, leaving them to resolve their differences on their own.
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Vincennes
Ind
Edwin A. Haight
Vincennes University
Adama
George T. Ramedell
Gan Works
Vincennes Society
Terre Haute
Professor Haight
Miss Adams
Terre Haute House
E. H. Albert
Dega
Chicago
Ramedell
University
Haight
Patterson
Baptist Church
Adame
Alton
N. W. Miner
D. D
Lincoln
Art connoisseur cromwell cured by st jacobs oil
Norfolk obituaries note the art connoisseur and aca exhibitor Professor Cromwell was cured of rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil. The brief item preserves a regional obituary ghosting the seller’s ad tone.
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Aca
Cromwell
St. Jacobs Oil
Norfolk
Very Homely Man on the Great Lakes Bet
A correspondent recalls a trip on the Great Lakes with a Canadian companion who loved jokes and stories yet was a stubborn stam merer. The voyage included a bet to find the ugliest man in the steerage and compare them. Kanuck shushed his companion's attempts at making faces and declared stay as God made you you can t beat him. he did not.
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Haight
Vincennes
Ind
Miss Adams
Chicago Herald
Chicago
Curcaco
Eptor
Great American Lakes
Kanuck
Leavin
Ata
Nature
Sermon Across Yard Sparks Wry Prison Exchange
A Sunday jail sermon at Carson State Prison prompts a witty exchange. A chaplain notes his sermons, while a convict replies he cannot attend due to yard work. The chaplain boasts a service like church but the inmate quips the congregation has been caught.
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Carson
Profitable Politeness in a Boston Store Tale
The Boston Traveller cites an anecdote of a plain elderly woman who mentored a diligent young clerk. The youth secured a business via her guarantee and social network, stockpiling goods and building a thriving store. He later died wealthy, illustrating the value of respectful treatment of elders.
Brightest Intellects Suffer Most Advertisement Tone
An 1860s style product pitch urges reform of dissipated young men with tonic claims. It promises to restore vitality, regulate the liver, improve urinary health, and banish nausea and debility using Dr Guyson's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparila. The notice warns delay is dangerous.
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Guyson
Vegetarianism and a Long Life in New York
A 63 year old man in New York died after forty years of strict vegetarian living. Doctors cited general debility partly due to his peculiar notions in living, while a vegetarian reader could argue the longevity supports the value of those notions.
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New York
A memorable cold June remembered in 1816
The Boston Transcript recalls a harsh year with a dry season and little rain. North winds and biting cold spurred mothers to knit socks while wood piles rose again. A Vermont farmer lost a sheep hunter on June 16 in heavy snow. another farmer protected corn by nightly fires, securing the lone harvest nearby.
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Boston Transcript
Vermont
Jane
Tewksbury
Lowell
Poorly legible medical reminiscence letter to Dr Guyeotl
A reader recalls long illness from urinary and digestive weakness and claims Dr Guyeotl’s Yellow Dock and a compound helped. The fragmentary reminiscence mentions poor blood condition and a perceived improvement after trying the remedy.
Storasc Bitters Remedy for Nervous Digestion
Storasc Bitters is described as peculiarly effective for nervousness and digestive disruption. It acts on the stomach to restore activity and secretion, counteracts dyspepsia symptoms, and relieves restlessness and low mood. The remedy is presented as safe and usable to prevent fever, biliousness, and constipation.
Women Among the Piates From the Renoy Ney Gazette
A bizarre scene on a New England piazza shows a man loading a squaw, a Newfoundland dog, and a child onto a wheeled litter. To balance the load he throws the dog into one basket and the boy into another while the man puffs a cigarette and watches.
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Renoy Ney., Gazette
Mill Creek
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted For Lung Ailments
Advertisements tout Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for consumption and related chest ailments. The text notes Bret Harte earned $500 for a four column New York daily story and quotes a saying about work and tears. It then promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's illnesses, sold by druggists.
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Golden Medical
Bret Harte
New York
Dr. Pierce
Vintage quack remedies and social musings from an old issue
A page mixes advertisements for Dr Pierce’s Purgative Pellets Carter’s Iron Pills and Liver Bitters with notes on love, hats and a digression about ancient Jewish trade guilds. It promotes Hop Bitters for kidney and urinary issues and Diamond Dyes for at home color work, urging readers to trust testimonials and home cures.
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Bright
Odd Product Ads and Health Remedies in an Old Paper Style
A collage of advertisements and health claims. Mentions remedies for rheumatism neuralgia coughs worms and dyspepsia. Notes on railroad labor in Texas and large land areas in Scotland and Wales. Various products named include Lyon's Heel stiffeners Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Brown's Pepsin Tonic and Dr Winchell's Teething Syrup.
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Jersey City
N. J
Scotland
Wales
Grand Union
Russia
Lyon
United States
Great Britain
J. J. Dewey
Fairfax
Brown
Delaware
Hale
Pike
Uncle Sam
Jaques
Fragmented 19th Century Notices From Louisville and Beyond
A collage of advertisements and brief items notes Frazer axle grease claims its world standard status and two week greasing, Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised for female health, a use of Dr Benson’s Celery and Chamomile Pills, and a market for lottery revenue in Washington. It mentions Whitelaw Reid’s Blaine life, Cicero quotes, Hamburg violet cultivation, Dr Stark sailing to Europe, and 90 million pounds of rice produced in southern swamp banks.
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Hamburg
Lydia E Pinkoam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tea imports plunge prices and a joke closing line
The 1881 tea imports into the United States reached 85 017 562 pounds costing 21 571 455 dollars excluding freight, with prices at new lows. Tea merchant Robert Wella advertises ten pounds for one dollar. A light quip follows about a duck’s bill, ending with a plain joke.
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N.Y. Journal of Commerce
United States
Robert Wella
New York
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