Yankee Lad Boots the Waif Fights with Boers
War correspondent recounts William Young known as Boots a 12 year old Yankee fighting with the Boer forces in South Africa. He joined the Irish brigade then Captain Cassell American scouts, carries two water bottles and dreams of a pony and a Mauser carbine. Boots aids wounded comrades and hopes to capture a horse or pony in coming days.
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Thomas Fr. Millard
New York Sun
Boots
Mr. Millard
William Young
United States
Mayland
South Africa
William
Iitself
Trish
Blake
Taney
Natal
Dundee
Newcastle
Nicholsom
Nek
Platland
Tugela
Assell
Seven Years in Bed and a Remarkable Recovery
Mrs. L Pease of Lawrence Kansas reports being bedridden seven years due to kidney trouble and nervous prostration. After using Electric Bitters she walked within three months and felt like a new person. The tonic claims to aid women with headaches backache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy and dizziness.
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Ce. E. Sehliott
Tears as eye wash and tonic to vision
The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette extols tears as a natural cleansing and nourishing mechanism for the eye. It notes tears contain phosphate of lime and soda, act as a salty shower bath, improve muscular vision, and keep the eye soft and lucid, countering distress without weakening sight.
Beavers Attack a Dam in Maine Incident
In Nenneba wa Falls Maine Jiorace Frost of Berlin Mills watched a beaver crew at a dam above the falls attack and chew a brace timber while twenty five to thirty men observed. The beavers chased Frost and returned with others to cut away timbers as high water forced them to abandon their homes. This marks a second such attempt at the dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jiorace Frost
Berlin Mills Company
Nennebawa Falls
Maine
Mr. Frost
Frost
Toter Ocean
Senator West recalls Bertie Rendale anecdote on schedules
The anecdote from Senator West recalls Miss Bertie Rendale in 1894 amid tariff debates. He quotes the stage manager announcing Rendale would sing Down in the Valley, asserting the Senate schedules would stand despite House demands.
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Senator West
Bertie Ahendale
Senate
West
Mr. West
Bertie Anendale
Nanunel
Phunder
Rendale
The Tear Film and Nerve Tone in Humans and Apes
A discussion compares tear sensitivity in humans and apes, explaining that tear production depends on nerve sensitivity rather than disposition. It contrasts human emotion with animal responses and notes medical terms in a humorous tone. It ends with a sales blurb for Chamberlain's Liver Tablets and free samples at Co RL Elliott's drug store.
Sioux Indians Lifted Scalps And Health With Dr White Comb
Advertisement copy touts a health claim for an electric scalp treatment by Dr White’s Electric Comb. It promises guaranteed satisfaction and urges immediate order via N. Rose, Gen. Meyr, Decatur, Illinois.
New booklet promotes western migration with map
A booklet describes Oregon, Washington and Idaho as destinations with reduced rates and opportunities for immigration. It offers a large map and will be mailed to any address for six cents in postage to W B Kuiskern, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago.
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W.B. Kuiskern
Tifth Avenue
Chicago
Putnam Blade Dyes Offer Colorfast Sweat Resistant
C. J. Milett markets a dye that resists sweat and fruit acids, claiming it prevents color fading in clouds dyed with the Putnaat Blade less Dyes.
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C. J. Miliott
Electric Comb Claim Hair Growth Promise
An advertisement touts Dr White's Electric Comb claiming to prevent hair loss and scalp diseases with a written guarantee and agents nationwide, urging readers to send 50 cents for one. Also notes railroad excursion ticket sales statements with complex seasonal routes and prices for Colorado and Utah travel.
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Dr. White
de N. Rose
Mar. Decatur
Train Schedules Describe Chicago to Denver and Utah Routes
The notice outlines rail options within 30 days for round trips with stopovers on the way. It lists The Chicago Special One Night to Denver departing Chicago at 1 A.M. and arriving 2 PM, The Pacific Express leaving Chicago at 10 P.M. arriving Denver next day, and The Overland Limited departing Chicago at 6:20 P.M. daily with two days to Utah.
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Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
Colorado
Utah
Chicago
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Springs
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Puebla
Deafness Cure Claim by Catarrh Remedy
Advertisement claiming deafness caused by catarrh can be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. offers $100 for any case not cured, directs to send for free circulars from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. mentions Hall’s family Pills and a June Ladies Home Journal note on punctual letters.
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J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Arnica Salve Cures Severe Burns in Wirkmania
A report describes a terrible stove explosion injuring a lady. Doctors could not hear the running sore, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve fully cured her. The ad touts the salve as infallible for cuts corns sores boils bruises skin diseases and piles. 25 cents. Hie Otls.
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N. Id
Padmeer
Wirkmania
Bucklen
Practical grounding for girls to improve future happiness
A June Ladies Home Journal assertion argues that girls benefit more from practical life skills than sheer high sounding knowledge. It contends practical experience yields lasting happiness and better preparation for adult life.
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Ladies Home Journal
Boston Man Marries for Love Not Money
A Boston man who recently married a sickly wealthy young woman is now joyful as she regains perfect health after taking Dr Kings New Life Pills. The remedy is marketed as infallible for jaundice biliousness malaria and other liver and stomach troubles. Gentle but effective. Only 24 cents at C Ke Elliott's drug store.
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Boston
Dr. King
C. Ke. Ebliott
Westfield Trader Seeks Horses at Central Livery
Ino G Clark of Westfield will be at the Central Livery Stable every Friday to pay the highest market prices for horses.
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Ino
Clark
Westfield
Huntington lime celebrated at Pearson's lumber yard
The article notes a celebrated Huntington lime being showcased at Pearson's Lumber Yard, highlighting its popularity and local interest in the display.
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Huntington
Pearson's
Suste Tug Power of Toe and Ice Load Limits
The excerpt describes ice bearing capacity rules for travelers and military use. Two inch ice can support a man or spaced infantry, four inch supports a man on horseback or light guns, six inch supports heavy field guns, eight inch supports artillery with carriages and horses up to 1000 pounds per square foot on sledges, and ten inch supports an army. Fifteen inch ice could carry a railway.
Ankle Sprain Quick Cure by Chamberlain Pain Ball
Gen. Ik Cary editor of the Guide in Washington Virginia reports rapid relief and complete cure after using Chamberlain's Pain Ball for a severe ankle sprain. The remedy was found effective after other medicines failed and is sold by C. J. Elliott.
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Gen. Ik. Cary
Washington, Va
Chamberlain
C. J. Elliott
Mold Prevention in Libraries with Perfumed Oil
A remedy for mold in libraries is proposed, suggesting a few drops of perfumed oil to counter damp. Reference is made to Russian leather scented with birch tar which resists molding, noting merchants store bales at London docks without concern for damage from damp.
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London
Woman Divorces Husband Over Paris Exposition Refusal
A Idaho woman obtained a divorce after her husband refused to take her to the Paris Exposition. He testified he feared water and even bathing, saying he got seasick easily. The notice ends by promoting Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at C. E. Elliott's.
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Idaho
Dr. Caldwell
C. E. Elliott’s
Snow as Fertilizer and Air Purifier Found
Experiments in London show snow acting as a fertilizer and air purifier. Snow from suburbs yielded 10.65 grains of solid matter per gallon while city snow contained 17.32 grains after melting and analysis.
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London
Steady Girl Wanted Applies To Theater Scene
Several young men complain they barely begin with agents and may have theater tickets ready, then the girl cannot go due to a sick headache. Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin advertised as curing stomach trouble and sick headache. Girls a word to the wise your friend.
Ohio Birds Collection at Ohio State University
Through the generosity of W. N. Hayden of Columbus the department of zoology at Ohio State University has secured a valuable collection of Ohio birds. The display is arranged in forty two cases and shows species with nests eggs and both young and old birds in their natural surroundings.
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Ohio
W. N. Hayden
Columbus
Department of Zoology
Ohio State University
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