Negro labor story from South Carolina letter
A Charleston letter describes Sam a diligent housing builder who employs fellow negros. The writer portrays him as honest and industrious yet a usurer, illustrating the era’s complex views on the negro labor question and classifying Sam as a “desirable citizen” despite debts. The piece frames the tale as corroboration of earlier News and Courier arguments about race and labor.
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Charleston News and Courier
Charlesto
Ithazo Sam
Sam
Ueis
News and Courier
South
Remarkable cures advertised in mixed newspaper items
An assortment of health claims and notices appears, citing Abraham Brown of Winterton New York praising Bitters for heart, blood, stomach and liver troubles with a single bottle outperforming five doctors. Other ads promote Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for coughs and croup, Dr Shoop’s Catarrh Remedy trials, and Senator Tillman’s patriot remark, all distributed by local druggists including Whitehead & Co and A C Peterson.
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Abraham Brown
Winterton
N. Y
Whitehead & Co
The Habit of Kindness in Everyday Life
A reflection on thoughtfulness and kindness as daily practice. The text urges holding a kind spirit, planting positive thoughts, and offering help regardless of others’ reception, claiming sincere efforts enrich the helper and cannot be wasted. It stresses consistency and patience as Christmas season demonstrates the harvest of goodwill.
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Saeress
A Real Wonderland and New Discovery Claim
A garbled item touts South Dakota as a wonderland with silver nines and bonanza farms, mentioning Mars and a medical claim. It references Mrs. Cla Iy and a “New Discovery” by ELT Whitehead & Co offering a trial bottle free and a $1.00 charge, with vague healing promises and sensational tone.
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South Dakota
Mars
B.D
Cla Iy
ELT
Whitehead & Co
Christ mas Shopping Dilemma and Remedies Mentioned
An aged fragment notes Christmas shopping hardship for the penniless, hints at health remedies and digestive issues, mentions a Dean’s Ointment for itching, and concludes with an ad for Case candy sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. including a mother’s tale of a sick child improved by the product.
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E. T. Whitehead & Co
Are we too Particular The overparticular housekeepers
A historic reflection warns that strict housekeepers should avoid harsh discipline in keeping order. Cleanliness should not override peace of mind or harm nerves and temper, lest a home lose its true mission in constant combat with dirt.
Special Notice on Pure Food and Drug Law Compliance
Announcement states that Honey and for coughs contains no opiates or saccharine drugs and is suitable for children and adults. Mentions Grand Duke Constantine of Russia as the most cultured Romanoff now living.
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Grand Duke
Constantine
Russia
Romanoff
Drugstore Promise for Foley's Honey and Tar Refunds
A card states all druggists will refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to ease your cough or cold. It claims the remedy stops coughing, heals the lungs, and prevents serious outcomes from a cold, influenza, pneumonia, and consumption, and mentions a yellow label stating no substitutes.
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Foley
E. T
Victorian railway staff vacancies draw 5,009 applications
Victorian railway authorities received five thousand nine applications for seven hundred vacancies. A medical notice discusses a laxative cough syrup Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup claims to clear the bowels to drive a cold from the system. It contains no opiates and is marketed as suitable for children. Sold by local outlets.
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Kennedy
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Pageant agitation in Cape Colony prompts local action
In South Africa an agitation pushes for a Cape Colony pageant soon. The text questions tone and stamina while mentioning bladder and kidney inflammation remedies sold by E. T. Whitehead. It notes mine explosions occurring periodically, worse than the Spanish-American War.
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South Africa
Cape Colony
Disturbed the Congregation Advised to Buy Cough Syrup
A person who disturbed the congregation last Sunday by coughing was asked to purchase Foley's Honey and Tar from E. J. Whitehe Co. The notice frames the act as a minor disturbance and suggests a correction through a common remedy.
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Foley's
E. J. Whitehe & Co
New Anesthetic Reported by Rockefeller Institute
Announcement in The American suggests a new anaesthetic from the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. It is plain epsom salts or sulfate of magnesia used as an anaesthetic, enabling operations with minimal heart danger. Dr. Samuel J. Meltzer is credited with the discovery and a 20 percent solution injected into nerves may produce local or genial anesthesia.
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New York
American Today
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Samuel J. Meltzer
Rockefeller
Shoop
How to Avoid Appendicitis in Constipated Victims
An advice note notes most appendicitis victims are constipated. It promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels restoring natural bowel action. It claims the syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is mild to take. Ins substitutes. E T Whitehead &
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Orino
E.T. Whitehead
Food prices in Belgium rise twenty percent
Commodity costs in Belgium increase by twenty percent. An advertisement touts Foley's Money and Tar as a remedy for coughs and colds, claiming it stops coughing and expels the cold with mild laxative effects. The text appears as a fragmented old ad referencing Whitehead & Co. and a yellow pack.
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Foley
Whitehead & Co
Engrave rings and medical ads mix in old Australian notices
Fragmented OCR shows jewelers renting engagement rings in Australia beside health remedy pitches. It references Foley's Kidney Cure and Dean's Regulates, claiming cures for digestion and constipation, and notes Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil for quick pain relief.
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Thomas
Breaking a Habit and Other Notions in Morning Star Reprint
A collage of brief clippings recounts an English clergyman offering a prize for a five minute essay on overcoming a habit, with a nine year old winner’s logic about removing letters. The page also promotes Health Coffee and Dr Shoop’s remedies, plus laugh lines from Washington Star and Life, and patient testimonials for Pineules and Shoop Cough Cure.
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Morning Star
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Elome
A Negro
Necra Lahr
Jennie
Wilson
Clara
St. Jos Press
Tillman
I Shoop
Racine
Wis
Dr. Shoop
A. C. Peterson
Cardus
I. T
Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fem
Mr. Bryan
Congressinal
E. T. Whitehead
Spain
O. S. Woolever
le Raysville
N.Y
Bucklen
Mollister
Rocky Mountain
Nashville American
Bill
Jill
Yonker
E. T. Whitehead& Co
Washington Post
E. T. Whitehead &Co
Jones
Brown
Hollister
San Francisco
Dean
Belgium
Bright
KE. T. Whitehead & Co
Burdock J. H. Wal
Sundy
Santa Claus
Washington Star
Todd
Joe King
Woodland
Tex
Jat
Eben
Shoop’s
Noother
A.C. Peterson
Ayer
Eerre St
J. E. Masrow
Virgenea
Main Street
Corner Tarbot
Norfolk, Va
N.B. Josey
Jessee
N.B. Josey Company
Scotland Neck
North Carolina
S. B. Kircntn
South Bend
E. T. Whitehead & Company
H. W. Mixon
Mer
Constad
Dr. Shoap
The
Cooper Marble Works
Bank Street
Norfolk
Virginia
America
Cotton Journal
Ailenia
Ural
Alloni
Mads Payat
Chas. Miller Watch
Quarrier and Manufacturer
Monuments
Petersnure
J. Y. Savage
Newth Ca
Savage & Som
Richmond
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