Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women's Ailments
An 1890s promotional piece touts Dr. R V Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and various ailments. It claims the medicine strengthens feminine organs, soothes inflammation and nerve pain, and spares women from embarrassing exams, with testimonials from patients like Mrs. Ruste Neere.
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Fortunne Teller
Sician
Woorma
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalides’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Ruste Neere
15Th St
Lomsvile
Lever
Corbett and Fitzsimmons Rivalry Recalled in Stage Echoes
A torn reminiscence recounts the Corbett Fitzsimmons boxing saga and Corbett’s turn to acting in London. It notes the fighter’s belief his defeat was accidental and his aim to prove it, alongside his later theater career and ambitious Broadway prophecy.
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Jim Corbet
Bijou
Weil Jim
London
England
Clement Scott
Anne Corbell
Villa
Phamnett Perhians Cornett
Daly and Lavigne Boxing Clash and Champion Ambitions
The article discusses Daly of Wilmington pursuing a 1200 dollar purse against Lavigne in Cleveland and his rise in boxing, with manager Sam Fite planning strategy. It notes Daly's past Philadelphia bout with Mack Sennett, rumors of underperformance, and the Kid McCoy-Sheridan talk of claiming heavyweight glory, alongside Connolly and Maher-Smith arrangements for future bouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Daly
Wimmington
Buvigre
Cleveland
Sam Fitepatelek
Daly
Lavigne
Din
Mack Sennett
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Bennett
Tie
Physician Recommends Chamberlain Remedy For Colic
A Cleveland doctor praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as an excellent cure after other medicines failed. He says it works quickly for both adults and children and recommends it to patients every time. Available in all druggists in bottles for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Glagzon
Chamberlain
McCoy as Champion by Default in Heavyweight Rumor
A 19th century debate among boxing figures over the world heavyweight title. Proponents argue McCoy rightfully holds the championship by default after Corbett and Pitt refuse to fight, while others demand a formal match and entry of contenders like Maher, Fitzsimmons, and Rudila to decide the title.
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Rhe Ganek
Ye Aral
Champian
Filzsittin
Dim Dos Pale
Bau
Muspett
Steve O'Donnell
Larsilyhlese
Pitel
Cans
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Tim
United States
Pitzsimmons Faweht
Carson City
Mort
Blix
Bobi
Cone
Wilzsiiamens
Tom Crib
Molyneaux
Ugkind
Tis
Tom Spring
Jack Langan
Langan
Rhamipions
Kid McCoy
Alerive Tan O'Rourke
Ats Corbett
Fitz
Hob Docy
Fitesimmons
Tain Sharkey
Hin
Ami
Pitesiamon
Mettay
Dan Stuart
Pitt
Bob
McCoy
Hehen
la Salle
Fames J. v
Pittsburg
Fretsca
Sharkey
Maher
C. Smith
Thunderbolt
Philadelphia
Buck Connolly
John J. Quinn
Fila
Bill Brady
Welene
Shania
Chayaski
Rudila
Evan Fitzsimmons
Kid Metey
Dan Shiart
Mutual Electric Light Co The New Company
A city electric lighting and power provider announces modern machinery and reliable service available 24 hours daily at reasonable rates. It offers free connections, estimates for fixtures and wiring, and urges patronage with generous treatment. Located at THA West Houston Street, Tel. 316.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Electric Light CO
Ollica
Houston Street
Tel
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Endorsed by Merchants and Families
The ad claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best cough syrup used by the sellers and their families, with testimonials from W. H. King, Isaac P. King, and others. It urges customers to try it, asserting its superiority upon honor.
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W. H. King
Iiaac
P. King
A. Blake
Gong
F.C. Hellig
Giet
Lynchburg, Va
Ell Druggtat
Digest Times For Various Foods From Historic Menu Data
A historical list presents digestion times for numerous foods including raw apples two hours and forty-nine minutes, green corn four hours, roast beef eight to thirty-four percent hours, boiled lamb two to two and a half hours, eggs seven hours and forty minutes, and turkey roasted well done among other entries. The document reflects an era’s attempt to quantify dietary digestion across a broad range of items.
Local Roofer George White Promises Tin Gutts Service
A dated notice touts George White as the traditional roof builder at 431 times street, offering tin matted roofing for 3.95 per square. The ad cites 1887 as the establishment year and prints at No 297 St. Mary's street with a focus on reliable craftsmanship.
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Reliable Ti
George White
St. Mary's Street
French Physician’s Bed Exercises Curb Sleeplessness
A New York Herald report describes Paris physician Ter Learned using a bed bound exercise regimen to treat insomnia after drugs failed. The method alternates limb lifts, deep breathing, and sustained stiffness across eight positions, repeated until sleep returns.
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New York Herald
Ter. Learned
Paris
Herald
Learned
Lins
Ale
Dr. Learned
Westward youth’s path echoes a mother’s doubt and pride
A fractured reminiscence recalls a son’s temptations on a rough road to adulthood. A mother and parson weigh merit and danger, faith and restraint, while a Virginia druggist touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a rheumatism remedy.
Miscellaneous Notes and Receipts on Cleaning Lenses and Fabrics
The article discusses lens cleaning methods using vegetable pith from rushes elders or sunflowers to craft a cork-supported brugh-like device for safe optical surface care. It warns against turpentine or ether dipping due to Canada balsam in cement and recommends soft linen rags with turpentine. It also hints at render fabric proofs using ammonium sulfate and carbonate compounds.
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T. F. Uhrmedherkust
Tuppentine
Weatherproof coating for diaphanous textures and waxen bindings
A fragmented 19th century note outlines a weatherproof coating process using alcohol turpentine camphor and pyroxylin with gingival resin and methyl alcohol. It mentions dipping fibers, curing in warm conditions, and claims of imperviousness to weather and resilience to minor mechanical action, followed by literary snippets and a list of authors and numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarkes Zeitung
Willow cultivation and uses across Europe
The article surveys European willow cultivation from France and Germany to the Low Countries, noting extensive plantings for baskets, crates, and baskets, plus willow’s role along rivers for soil, dike stabilization, and even river signaling. It highlights species like Salix amysdatina and Salix purpurea, and describes simple propagation by twig into moist ground.
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Ind
Europe
Germany
France
By Fremblade
Arcachon
One Day Cold Cure Claim on Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
An advertisement touts a cold remedy promising cure in one day. It urges buying Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a guarantee of refund if not effective. The label displays L. B. Q. on each tablet and mentions a price of 2 cents.
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Joske’s
Hamburg
San Antonio
Nainssak
Nainsook
Wweex
Europe
America
Joske
Poem Authored Over Year by Mree FL AL Denlug
Oakland California writer Mree FL AL Denlug spent more than a year crafting a poem of 38 lines drawn from the writings of 98 Paglish poems. The fragmentary text notes the author’s long process and the mixture of sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Public Health Notice on Waterways Used as Sewers
Public Health Department warns that starting February ? legal action will be taken against property owners who use rivers ditches creeks or storm water drains as public sewers. By order J C Cumberland Plumbing Inspector San Antonio Texas February 1898.
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Public Health Department
Inet
J.C. Cumberland
San Antonio
Texas
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Sam
Bam
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Tim O'Shanter
Per Pkay
Butch Glag
Foster
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Jos H. Tiguston
Walter
Trodelis
Ted Mnuss
Tna
Wareen
Rocky Road
Denver
Olvis
Mana Fower
Nee Cot Bey
Sue
Yale
Young
Dr. Johnson
Popes
Prior
Sewell
Spenser
Sir Walter Davenant
Gray
Willis
Addison
Dryden
Francis Quarlen
Herric
William Mason
Dann
Shakespeare
T. EL Jornbon
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