Doctor Albright Endorses Pink Pills as Cure All
A Lancaster Examiner excerpt quotes Dr J D Alerigut endorsing Dr Williams Pink Pills for palsy and other ailments. He recounts cases of Reuben Hoover recovering from hemiplegia and a woman with heart palpitations after two months of use. He touts the pills as a spring tonic and calls them a great discovery.
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Williame
Examiner
Lancaster
Amazon
Watriams
Mepremus Co
Williams
Reuben Hoover
Reading
St. Vitus
J.D, Alerigut
M.D
Prodigal son returns to doom as baronet shoots
In a Gloucestershire house a disinherited son confronts his father and a plan to thwart a burglary ends in tragedy. Sir Mortimer Barbican shoots Geoffrey after a tense confrontation while Linda Barbican confesses a forged check by her former lover and faces ruin, leaving Geoffrey mortally wounded and Linda's guilt exposed.
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Parkin
IR Mortimer Barbican
Gloucestershire
Misa Linda
Barbican
Mortimer
Mortimer Barbican
Geoffrey
Slong
Baronet
Mr. Geoffrey
Linda Barbican
Mr. Gooffrey
Linda
Patent Remedy Advertising Jumbles Raspy Claims
A disordered 19th century drug advertisement from Jersey City touts multiple “Rough on” preparations for headaches coughs fever malaria and rheumatism with pricing and claims of instant relief. The copy lists remedies for corns bunions and even rats and ends with a signature from ELS. Weiss a chemist.
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Els. Weiss
Jersey City
Y J
Rough on Pain and WormsPatent medicines catalog item
A rough OCR excerpt lists various patent remedies with Latin-like names for pain worms cholera skin sores asthma and other ailments. It includes prices such as 25¢ 35¢ and notes products like Leaurette Oil Balm and Wells Hair Balsam from Wells Chemist Jersey City.
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Rouait
Rouen
Jersey City
H. J. Sen
Pas c
E. S. Wells
N. J
Wells products and remedies in an old ad list
An antique ad features Wells remedies including powders balms tonics elixirs and a worm roach and pest killer. It lists prices like 35c and 1 for various items and notes E S Wells as chemist in Jersey City New Jersey. It also mentions Webster's Dictionary and a brief historical note about Cuba Spain and President Polk with a dated Detroit reference and various health claims.
Auction of Napoleonic Relics From Cardinal Bonaparte Estate
Executors announce an auction of personal effects tied to Napoleon Bonaparte. Items include the throne of Napoleon the Great a small table or desk used by the emperor at St Helena carpets once belonging to Mme Laetitia Napoleon miniature of Josephine a Canova bust of Princess Pauline Borghese and several family portraits. Interest is strong.
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Napoleonic Relicf
Cardinal Bonaparte
Napoleon the Great
St. Helena
Mme
Laetitia
Napoleon
Josephine
Pauline Borghese
Canova
Ex-Gov Brown in Mexico Interviews and Observations
Ex governor John Young Brown arrives in Eagle Pass after trains from Louisville and Mobile. He declines to comment on President Cleveland's message until he reads it, praises the Monroe Doctrine, and notes the courteous treatment by Mexican officials. He plans a week of sightseeing and meeting Gov. Crittenden.
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John Young Brown
Blue Grass
Mexican Central
Mexican Herald
Herald
Isaac Pusey Gray
United States
Cleveland
Louisville
Eagle Pass
Mobile
New Orleans
Gov. Crittenden
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Gov. Brown
Mexico
Dog runs bake shop uses Fifine the clever hound
New Orleans correspondent describes a baker named August Abert and his dog Fifine who runs the shop in his absence. Fifine collects nickels as deposits for loaves and defends the premises with a bite if needed, with the bell rope signaling Abert’s return.
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August Abert
New Orleans
Philadelphia Times
Abert
Fifine
World facts from a late 19th century issue
The excerpt notes diverse figures including coal use by locomotives and steamships, 17 000 ink patents in Britain, Atlantic cable costs above 14 million pounds, Krupp cannon deliveries to Europe, and Britain’s railway carriage losses. It also mentions starfish scent abilities, Africa territory, solar effects on monuments, disinfectant sunlight, glass transparency, Chinese duck production, and celery’s medical uses.
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England
Great Britain
Atlantic
Krupp
Africa
United States
China
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Polk
Spain
Michigan
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Detroit
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Dean
Canada
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Venezuela
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Havana
Yoo
Croup
Cuban Republic
Bosqueit
Servia
Ayer
Cittyscee
Ogemaw County
Star Medico Surgical I Institute
Indiana Ave
Chicago
Ill
Aermotor CQ
Lhe
Danmary
Rockwell and
Fillcore Streets
Chicagoe
W.N
Dinnie
Sciaal
Union Fence Company
DE Kalb
Amos B. McNairy, & CO
Scranton Ave
H. D. Darling
Denver Meacow
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