Grizzled Veterans Gather For Confederate Reunion In Birmingham
Grizzled veterans who fought for the Confederacy assemble in Birmingham for an annual reunion. Death thins ranks since last year’s Richmond gathering, and General Stephen D. Lee’s death casts a pall. Federal veterans fraternize with gray as thousands of Confederacy symbols, orders, and entertainments fill three days. Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Atlanta vie for next year’s encampment with Atlanta favored for joint reunions of blue and gray resisted for entertainment concerns.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
Confederacy
Vicksburg
Stephen D. Lee
San Antonio
Tex
Atlanta
Grand Army of the Republic
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advertised for backache
A historical ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the remedy for backache and female ailments. It includes testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon claiming relief after use. The copy asserts the product has cured thousands of women of displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregularities, and other symptoms over thirty years.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia HK. Pinkham
The Cost Of Mighty Bodies In Exercise
In Common Sense to Exercise Charles I Cochran notes that extreme strength shortens lifespans. He cites Loula Gyr the Canadian giant who weighed 820 pounds yet died at 37 crippled by muscle. Kenedy the carimin lifted a thousand pounds barehanded but was crippled before forty. Dowd the strongman died at forty seven.
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Loula Gyr
Kenedy
Dowd
Charles I. Cochrane
Metropolitan Magazine
Nature Cures and the Role of Medicine
An 1870s viewpoint argues that nature cures most illnesses, not drugs. Medicine should create favorable conditions for natural healing, with faith and minimal drugs guiding recovery. Surgeons merely remove obstructions, allowing nature to mend, while excessive medicines can hinder the process.
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Delat
Hoes
Attre
New Haven
Heaven and happiness in personal heaven quotes
In Harper's Bazar Elizab eth Stuart Thelpa quotes distressed voices seeking heaven as relief from pain and fear. A lifelong invalid longs for a place where her husband survives, mothers fear each cough, and a mulatto girl treasures a marble bust of herself, all seeking a higher happiness built on conscience purpose and love.
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Elimabeth Stuart Thelpa
Harper's Bazar
They Go Together in a Rural Parlor Exchange
A young wife asks Henry about Tam tui while pursuing phonetic culture, comparing him to water and joking about saving jewels if Sam built a watch. Henry frowns, noting that a man who compliments a woman is an idiot in this rustic dialogue.
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Henry
Force Proportioned to Its Frame James Madison Quote
A Madison quotation asserts that free governments require a force matching their size and that the Union protects freedom and safety, with the War of 1812 serving as evidence that steady gains come from tested resolve.
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James Madison
Not In Her Class in London's Opinion Cartoon
A dialogue mockingly notes gender roles with Mrs Spenders asking about wearing men's clothes and Mr Spenders replying men’s clothes are never expensive. The line appears in the London Opinion humorous section.
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Mrs. Spenders
Mr. Spenders
London
Resented Quotations Spark Novelty in Cleveland Leader
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader features a repartee on honesty and commandments, highlighting a witty exchange about ownership of moral rules and a bold remark from a woman about her marriage. The text closes with a poetic image of dark clouds and a rainbow arc.
East Oregonian Motto Stressed in Witty Editorial Phrase
A brief East Oregonian line echoes a local belief that if it appears in the East Oregonian it must be so, underscoring community trust in the paper as a quick reality check for residents and readers seeking confirmation.
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East Oregonian
Oregon milk factory boosts county prosperity
A Boise Capital News reader letter details the Yakima Valley Condensed Milk Company’s operations and its impact on farming towns. It notes a daily milk intake of about 30,000 pounds, prices around 1.26 per hundredweight for four percent milk in June and July, and the spread of county development as dairy farms supply the condenser. The piece cites Washington County Oregon as a model, with land divided into 24 acre parcels and farmers prospering through milk sales. It also discusses feed quality, noting alfalfa and clover hay, and mentions dairy nutrition influences on milk flavor for processing.
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Caldwell
Boise Capital News
Oregon
J.T. Wood
Yakima Valley Condensed Milk Company
Amity, Ore
Wood
Twin Falla
Washington County
Willamette Valley
Best Pills Ever Sold in Ingleside Ad
After 15 years of chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, Dr. King's New Life Medicines are praised as the best pills ever sold. Bold guarantee at Tallman & Co.'s drug store with a local testimonial from B. P. Ryacuse of Ingleside, N. C.
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Dr. King
B. PF. Ryscue
Ingleside
N. C
Tallman & Co
Sale of Wines and Liquors at Actual Cost
A local notice states an inventory of wines and liquors must be disposed of by July 1. The Mint, led by J. P. Modormich, owner, announces everything will be sold at actual cost with nothing reserved to secure pure goods.
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Eleap
The
Mint
J. P. Modormich
Prop
Kidney Remedy Advertisement Circulates Promising Health
An old newspaper ad touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a great kidney remedy. It claims kidneys affect all organs, urges readers to consult doctors, offers sample bottles by mail, and provides address in Binghamton New York. The East Oregonian is cited for the notice and promotion.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Swamp-Root
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