Dr J Jackson Crider Promises Cure for Tuberculosis and Cancer
A vintage medical fraud ad touts Dr J Jackson Crider of Ottumwa and New York, claiming cures for consumption and cancer via rectal germicidal suppositories and other unproven methods. It asserts long hospital practice, lists numerous patient testimonials, and pressures young men to seek treatment at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crider
Basvician
America
Preudeni
Utes Medical
New York
Ottumwa
Burlington
Toil
Ard
Pune
Iit
Ollumwa Medical and Surgical Institute
Este
Ollumw
Drider
Dr. der
Cridyr Bes
Cridere
DeFlance
Iowa Deck
Toledo
Calder
Ottumn
Das
Despina
Andrew Sound
Hotel swindle secreted in pestilence tale told
In a dramatic 19th century hotel tale a group of strangers in a Western city roomed together, a sick man hidden in a double bed sparked a desperate cover up. The hotel owner faced ruin and proposed discreet payments to remove the guest, but moral resistance and threats escalated into a costly scheme. The narration blends intrigue with cautionary calls for honesty and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sielpost
Furbace
Miu
Tim
Mosti
Saul
Sheushi
New Orleans Times
Demetral
Thackeray and the Hackney Coachman Tale
Thackeray amused by a joke about a Reading hackman. On leaving the station he paid a shilling and entered a town hotel, only to be challenged by the cabman for the remaining fare. The incident arose from a new council resolution allowing hackney fares inside the township. The driver kept the money, and Thackeray later recounted the story at clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thackeray
Cadman Uy
Hackman
Sonngunly
Teacherar
Linn
Ding Lawn Council
Yalion
Empowertiz
Interrupted the Program at the Opry House
A fragment from Chicago Times Herald describes a rough vaudeville scene where a performer claims bullets in teeth while a hat is passed to him. Lariat Lem and Porcupine Pete comment on swindlers and the crowd, with a late anecdote about a conductor, nickels, and a rude passenger in Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opry
Porcupine Pete
Grenkin
Chicazo Times-Herald
Unexpected Freight Car Prank At Station
A ventriloquist on a station platform tricks a freight uain crew by blowing a voice from within a car. Four trained animals emerge, denying they asked to be released, while the ventriloquist steps aside. A cab driver jokes about a horse’s hemorrhage and a London Lance writer notes meatless sausages and slower German clerks.
Fragmented scraps reveal a mosaic of garbled prose and quotes
A jumbled, OCR damaged page mixes literary fragments, quotes from Washington papers, a Dreyfus note, a tyrant passage, and antique jewelry curiosities. It reads as a collage of unrelated items with few clear events or coherent narrative.
Unclear snippet from daguerreotype era note
Fragmentary OCR text references names and places like New York Press and Diet but lacks coherent events. The readable portions mention a poker game, a lord, and upstairs, but no definable action, date, or outcome to summarize clearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Failand Winter Styles for 1899 Offer to Customers
Vendor promotes Failand Winter Styles of 1899 as best value. Claims eight years of sales with no complaints about quality, fit, and water resistance. Advertises cheaper option by focusing on attention to details and tailoring, urging customers to take advantage of last fall and winter stock.
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B. Warman
Ladies’ Tome Journal
Edquist
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J. Jackson Crider
Perry
Iowa
St. James
DR. Crider
New York City
Ompany
Rock Island
Gary
Mrs
Geo, Reynolds
Dr. Sanche
Saterday
Sutherland & Gooden
Perry, Lows
Fred Knell
Daugut
Enierke
Hare
Miles
Giles
Chicago News
Mrs. Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Rochester
Jencac
Cabbr
Lenion Globe
Lenfon Lance
Ginger Jai
Suracton
Washington
Alamet Alwass
Tudianapolis News
Lear
Ation
Haoids
Kane Dar
Anu Suen Ie Dha the Tyrant
Washington Star
Pam
Tool
Central Armeica
Chicago Times
Genoa
Italy
Solomon
Cape Tully
Dukane
Gaswell
Mr. Dukane
Northside
Pillshurst Chronicle Telegraph
Failand
N, Edquist
J. K. Olds
Clements Hirech
Perry, Lowe
Evry
EMMS
Grad
Oplician
Croft Bik
F. A. Wildman
Steel
Cal County
F. Luther Ams
Advertiser
Fur Saic
Tnaper
Pricheg
R Bat
Gough, the Tailor
California
Chicaso
Joan Sebastian
Chicago
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