War News And World Events Snapshot From The Era
Reports say Lieut Wagner was killed by Filipinos and British forces retook positions as skirmishes with Boers continue. Other items note Buller’s return with 1000 sheep, Dutch ships moved to Swatow and Amoy, and Nance & Wartley of Philadelphia failing in bankruptcy.
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Lieut
Wagner
Buller
Lydenburg
Spitzkop
Gelderland
Holland
Swatow
Amoy
Nance & Wartley
Wholesale Produce Commission
Philadelphia
Charles Hewitt
United States
New York
Gen. Gaselee
Pigmy
Shan Hai Kwan
Precision in Building a Locomotive Engine
The construction demands at least 5 416 components accurately adjusted like a watchwork mechanism. The description highlights meticulous assembly and exacting standards required in producing a single steam locomotive.
Record of ships and tonnage mentions and tonic claims
The article notes the ship Deutschland with cost 3 332 600 dollars displacement 23 200 tons and accommodation for 1 057 passengers. It adds a boast about Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming fifty years of cures for constipation indigestion and biliousness and mentions a private revenue stamp over the bottle neck.
Prince Oscar Bernadotte Returns From Inquiry Tour
Prince Oscar Bernadotte, second son of King Oscar, returns from a biannual inquiry tour into Laiplanners welfare. He travels with a Lutheran clergyman on each trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Oscar Bernadotte
Oscar
Norway
Sweden
Discoveries Of The Century Rheumatic Cure Ad
An advertisement extols Swanson's "5 Drops" as a universal remedy for rheumatism sciatica neuralgia and nervous disorders. It claims instant relief germ killing and disease prevention with uses including catarrh bronchitis stomach kidney malaria and creeping numbness. Available via Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co Chicago and agents. large bottles 300 doses $1.00. trial bottle 25 cents. agents wanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swinson
Annals of Medicine
Swanson’s
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake Street
Chicago
Lewiston Man Displays Peach Stone Watch Chain
A Lewiston resident shows an unusual watch chain formed from nine peach stones, each carrying a different design on both faces for eighteen total motifs, linked by gold bars to create a rich unusual piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted as Fever Remedy
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as the best prescription for chills and fever. The tonic is described as tasteless iron and quinine in a simple liquid form, with a price of 500 in local currency and a note that it is not a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GROVE
Finlay, Dicks & Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Sanitary inspectors rise among Englishwomen
A noted passage praises women preparing to pass sanitary inspector exams and commends those already serving well. The text promotes various products and sayings reflecting era humor and moral sentiment, from dent ists to hair balm and teething syrups, ending with ironies about haste and propriety.
McClerich Dies as Ramsey Era Minnesota Mentioned
A fragmentary obituary note recalls General John A. McClerich who died recently. It also references Governor Ramsey of Minnesota as the other surviving participant from the twenty eighth meeting in September 1843. The page also advertises Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure with a money back guarantee and a claim of ninety eight percent cure rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smth
Johp A. McClerich
Specember
Goveror ‘Ramsey
Minnesota
Cure Deafness with Ball's Catarrh Cure
Advertising circular claims Ball's Catarrh Cure cures deafness not curable by others. It asserts the disease stems from mucus lining and rhings inflammation. Promises 80 dollars for any case not cured, urging distribution through F. J. Cheney Co. and Hall's Family Pills as best remedy.
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Ball
F. J. Chene
Hall
Erika Paulis Commissioned to Build Mediaschi Hospital
Erika Paulis, a German architect aged 2h years, is commissioned to build the Mediaschi Hospital in Germany. She is the daughter of an engineer and has already planned and erected several large and costly buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erika Paulis
Mediaschi
Germany
Alreay
Wolfe's Sarcastic Scaledam Sc iapps Medicine Tidbit
A garbled note touts Wolfe's medicine as essential for toning the system this season and hints at royal comparisons. It mentions Maharajah Nepal leading a crowd of 2,000,000 with 15,000 in formation.
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Wolfe
Maharajah JoNapaul
Fragmented Classified Bits Highlighting Ads and Notices
A mixed page fragment shows terse classified items and stray notices. It includes job appeal SABESMN WANTED, a sale and expenses paid offer, and various product pitches for Bleaching Blue and Piso's Cure. Also references to Drewe's Great Nerve Restorer and unrelated quips about literature and politics.
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Tien Tsin
Perry Belmont
Finley Archer
Santiago
Spain
Greenville
Miss
Orange River Colony
Denetsdorp and
Wepener
Pekin Railway
City Council of
Galveston
Day
Metzger
Hayti
Lae
Dublin
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Lieut. Andree
Greenland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Capetown
Agassizland
Cripple Creek
France
India
Lima
Peru
Jas. P. Geary
Lake Charles
Geary
Jenkins
United States Circuit Court of Wisconsin
New Ocean Greyhound
Carter
Parker
Sabesmn
Pocahontas Toxns Co
Old City
King
N. W.samos
Ocean Grove
N. J
Drewe
R. H. Kine, Ltd
Areb St
ENERY
Galvesta Horror
Ena
Cincinnati
Cascarets
C. C
Lydia E. Pinkham
Te Johnson
Monclova, Ohio
Cuartorre Johnson
Monclova
Ohio
Charlotte Johnson
National City Bank of
Lynn
Lydia EF. Pinkham
Chillifuge
Wochester
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
New Haven, Conn
ENEMA
Acause
Leda
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