Wonderful shrub Alkavis promoted for kidney cures
The Kava Kava shrub from India is marketed as Alkavis by the Church Kidney Cure Co of New York. The advertisement claims Alkavis cures kidney bladder disorders Brights disease rheumatism dropsy back pain female complaints and urinary issues with free prepaid trials offered to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Church Kidney Cure Company
New York
Ganges River
South America
Church Company
Fourth Avenue
Bright
Last Cigar Banter Sparks Up-To-Date Quote
Smith says this is his last cigar and Jones replies he feared a shared smoke. The brief exchange appears in Up-To-Date, capturing a light moment between two individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Jones
Catarrh Cure Endorsed As Internal Remedy
An ad copy extols Hall's Catarrh Cure and Wall's Catarrh Cure as internal medicines that affect the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims efficacy through tonics and purifiers, with testimonials and Toledo origin. Also notes Hall's Family Pills and a travel anecdote about seat disputes on a train. It ends urging use of Honister's Stomach Hitters for various ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ilall
Prisoners Hired Out For Domestic Service Found Elsewhere
A historical note shows that prisoners in New Castle Delaware were loaned for errands and even assigned to jailer families. It mentions long term convicts and a life prisoner kept under light guard while about town. Hawaii is not the only place with such arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
New Castle
Del
Peoria
Tanglefoot
Sherif
Law and Order
Detroit
Chicago
Seed orders and light humor fill Prairie page
Folin A. Salzer Seed Co of Tia Crosse Wisconsin reports a large order for twenty five thousand pounds of clover ten thousand pounds Salzer’s Superior Timothy seed and ten thousand pounds of grasses from a Montana stock grower. The ad links seed sales with a claim it pays to sow them. A joke section follows with assorted quips and a testimonial about Piso’s Cure for consumption.
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Ig Graes
Folin A. Salzer Seed Co
Tia Crosse
Wis
America
Salzer
Montana
Salter
The Liar Tourist Printer’s Incredible Midwest Tale
A retired tourist-printer tells a Chicago crowd a long veracity test tale from 1883. After being abandoned near a lake and nearly starving, he survives by praying, frees a four-pound pike, and cooks breakfast with sunlit paper. He is swept into a sheriff's posse, aids in capturing a lynching mob, and earns a $200 purse before staying in Chicago.
Old Life-Saver Governing Tristan d Acuna Island Group
Peters W Green, governor of Tristan d Acunda, a trio of volcanic isles off the African coast, has spent sixty years rescuing shipwreck victims. A native of England in his 90s, he also serves as clergyman and doctor, education uplifting fifty five to sixty islanders into samaritans of the sea.
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Peters W. Green
South Atlantic
Tristan d’Acunda
New York Journal
Mr. Green
England
Tristan
Bu Green
Islands
Green
United States
Queen Victoria
Gov. Green
Polar Bear Sore Foot Healed in Central Park Menagerie
The polar bear in the Central Park Menagerie sustained a wound from a grizzly claw. To avoid risking a bandage, keepers used a healing lotion applied via syringe while feeding the bear his favorite food, repeating as needed until the paw healed.
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Central Park Menagerie
I1AN AND THE CHAFING DISH ASIDE
Octave Thanet argues men cook better than women using chafing dishes. He cites confidence in men, crowd appeal, and decisive action while women fear scrutiny and feel pressure. The piece reflects gendered cooking norms and contrasts in domestic roles.
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Thanet
On to the Kootenai mining boom tale from 1897
The article extols the Kootenai region with rich mining in Montana Idaho and British Columbia. It notes Rossland growing from 200 to 6000 in twenty months and offers free maps from the Great Northern railway promotion. A humorous Parvenue Reception features guests who know no one.
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Kootenai
Montana
Idaho
British Columbia
Rossland
TF. I. Whitney
G. BP
U. A
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Minn
Salzer seed catalogue promises big yields and samples
An enthusiastic note touts John A. Salzer Seed Co catalogue offering facts figures and testimonials about farm seeds. Readers urged to send 10 cents stamps for the catalogue and 12 rare seed samples valued at $10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
W.a
Star Tobacco Ad Promotes Chewing Pleasure and Longevity
An advertisement urges readers to chew Star Tobacco for pleasure and lasting effect, claiming it is the best and most lasting, hence the cheapest option for users seeking value.
FOR SALE SALOON AND RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITY
Classified ad offers a saloon and restaurant for sale at a prime early site before a major exposition. Good trade, strong location, address 4. A. Nelson, 1316 Davenport St., Omaha, Neb. Includes note on distant post offices and a public notice style tone.
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A. Nelson
Davenport St
Omaba, Neb
Soldier’s Rheumatism Cured by Pink Pills Claim
A Cherokee Kansas veteran J M Baird and his wife credit Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing long standing rheumatism and neuralgia after trying multiple doctors. He cites August 1896 assurances from Rev J B Wiles and urges others to use the pills sold 50 cents a box or six for 2 50 by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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The
Sentinel Cherokee
Kansas
J. M. Baird
Shiloh
Cherokee
J. B. Wiles
Mr. Wiles
Mr. Baird
Dr. Williams
Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Pie Theft Tale and Habits Adverts in Local Column
A boarding house landlady pursues a pie thief who turns out to be dead, followed by a health ad for No To Bac and a column anecdote about a widow finding freedom after loss. The snippets mix crime, advertising, and human interest in a classic late 19th or early 20th century style.
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Hoe
John
Spectacles and remedies advertised in sparse 1900s notices
The fragment promotes Columbian Optical Co spectacles at 211 G 16th St Omaha and Begemna’s Compound with glycerine for chapped skin and other ailments. It also pokes at vanity aging and mentions C. G. Clark Co New Haven. The tone is a mixed early 20th century advertisement snippet.
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Columbian Optical Co
G.16th
Omaha
C. C. G. Clark Co
New Haven
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Adice
Canton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Enauirer
Honsteller
Dingler
J. Nichols
Princeton, Ind
Atlas
Denver
Mississippi
Alton
Mother Earth
Journal Amusant
Ethel
Mamma
Fliegende Blaetter
Key West
Fla
Ounalaska
Alaska
Brooklyn
Atchison Globe
Mexico
Montezumas
Joan T. Milliken & CO
St. Louis, Mo
Ieilne
Menterer
Keime
Arch St
Philadelphia
Geld
Wookery
Gesera Howsehold
Ard
Ieee
Walla
Wanilla
John W. Morrig
Wawmmaren
Bure & Yrs
Pouttay Kasran Co
Hox
Parkesburg, la
N. Y. Omaha
St. Jacobs Oil
Warren
Hara
Serrey Berness
Prica
Bareey
Ksawry Eerd En Cole Ree
Elkhart
Manne Mpa. CO
W. M. Pratt
Gee'y
Ind
Fateh Oe
Sterling Remedy
Chleaxe
Montreal
Can
Biso
Raven & CO
Ceresco
Michigan
Chee
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