Eminent Doctors Back Unicorn Root In Favorite Prescription
Controversial medical testimonial extols Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription highlighting Unicorn root Helonias and Golden Seal root as key ingredients. Quoted physicians praise Helonias for uterine vigor and relief from back pain leucorrhea andamenorrhea while endorsing Golden Seal as a tonic for womb disorders and debility.
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Pierce
John Fyfeons
Eotrctic Medional Review
Helenias
Fyfe
John M. Scudder
M. D
Cincinnati
Bartholow
Jefferson Medical College
Wabash Time Card St Louis to Des Moines Service
Des Moines to St Louis and Kansas City travel times noted for Wabash service with morning and evening runs listed. For further details contact C. S. Crane at G P and T A St. Louis or L. R. Davis T P A Des Moines.
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Howell
Des Moines
St. Louis
Kansas City
C. S. Crane
G. P
T. A
L. R. Davis
New Great South American Kidney Cure Claims Quick Relief
A Panacea style advertisement claims relief from kidney and bladder disease within six hours using New Great South American Kidney Cure. It states prompt pain relief in bladder, kidneys and back for both sexes, with immediate relief from water retention. Sold by B. F. Keables, druggist, Pella, Ia.
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B. F. Keables
Pella
The Man Who Laughed and the War Time Vengeance
In 1860 I moved to Missouri and met Cy Paddock a cheerful town leader whose irresistible laugh steadied the town. During the guerrilla period he led a pursuit, and when battle turned bloody his demonic laugh signaled killings as I watched fear and awe collide in him.
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West
Missouri
Cy Paddock
Stokes
Paddock
United States Army
Satan
Hell
Prince of Darkness
Doctor Hale at Dinner Priced Pleasures For Charity
A tale told by a lawyer depicts Dr. Hale dining with a millionaire guest who boasted of costly dishes. As the course progressed the host enumerated expenses from terrapin to grapes down to a penny. Dr. Hale, smiling, asked to be cut off about 1 dollar 87 cents more, extending his plate for extra cost.
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Dr. Hale
Edward Hyerett Hale
Baltimore
Covent Garden
How He Got His Start
A son discovers a untidy confession from his murdered father, recalling a past as a tramp who turned criminal. The tale recounts a daring plan during a railway robbery attempt, a perilous ride beneath the express car, the uncoupling of cars, and a fatal strike with a coal rake that ends the engineer’s life.
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Express
Blaine’s Early Public Joke Kindled Political Skill
James G Blaine’s first stump appearance in Maine in 1856 showed audiences were attentive and he could express himself clearly. Gail Hamilton notes he went to Farmington to hear Fessenden, was urged to speak, compared his plight to a farmer selling a horse for $75, and his ensuing story and address pleased listeners.
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Blaine
James G. Blaine
Stanwood
Maine
Gail Hamilton
Farmington
William Pitt Fessenden
Tragedy of the Has Been Told by a Corporal Tanner
A New York Times account quotes Corporal Tanner about ex-President Arthur in 1885. Arthur, staying with Secretary Frelinghuysen in Washington, breaks into tears when told of the public neglect after March 4. Tanner recalls the shift from deference to solitude.
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Corporal Tanner
Arthur
Washington
Frelinghuysen
Tanner
New York Times
Senator Foraker Describes Politician’s Odd Washington House Tour
Senator Foraker criticized a politician for erratic conduct. He told how the man showed a visitor through his Washington house, boasting a grand drawing room, a mahogany dining room, and an ebony hall with onyx pillars, then led to a tiny back room containing only a table and two chairs. The tale illustrated the subject’s pretentious display and detachment from party.
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Foraker
Washington
Bombardier Beetle Demonstrates Defensive Fire
An instructor at the University of Pennsylvania reveals a rare bombardier beetle that emits blue smoke when threatened and can fire nineteen to twenty bursts per minute. The beetle hides under a stone and uses vapor to deter larger beetles before retreating. The piece also notes Siamese superstition about odd numbers and a set of playful conundrums about taxes and tricks.
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University of Pennsylvania
Dodge the Rope Circle Game With Mouse and Cat Roles
Players form a circle with one in the center swinging a weighted rope. Others jump as the rope approaches. a misstep eliminates the jumper. The center player increases speed and height. A mouse moves inside the circle while a cat stands outside. the circle helps the mouse exit, the cat cannot break in. More interest with two cats and one mouse.
Cast Thy Bread Upon the Snow and Birds
A reminiscence quotes a mother urging sharing, a canary kept in January, and hope Dick the bird may return. The text shifts to a curious note about a Japanese tree named the smoking tree, described as small and attracting attention with a faint cloud of smoke.
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New York Tribune
Japan
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Attorne
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Coal Port
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J. O. Mitten
van Hemert's
Geo. J. Thomassen
Iowa
Pennington Co
Siam
Cat and Mouse
Drs. Payne
C. E. Marti
S. S. Still College of Osteopathic
WorsShoudt
M. Porter Auctioneer
Kleina Shoe Store
East Side of Square
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Vander
F. W. Frahm
Wormhoudt's
Garden Square
DR. C. N. Bos
Main Street
Harry Worth
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Pelia
Chicago
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St. Joseph
Kanesag
Ci and
Omaha
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Minneapolis
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Oskaloosa
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