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Prominent Medical Claims and Legal Wins Highlight 19th Century News
A letter from Mrs. Mattie A. Walker touts Dr. Pierce’s remedies and free advice from Buffalo, praising relief from years of nervous and digestive ailments. California Supreme Court upholds MacKay win in a mining case over Patton’s 1888 service payment. An editor apologizes for a misprint about a fruitcake gifted during a conference. Cattle bribery testimony in the Lexow inquiry. Advertisements for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor
Spetin
Pierce
Supreme Court of California
Superior Court
Theodore Fox
Consolidated California & Virginian Mining Company
John W. Mackay
W. H. Patton
Con., Cal, & Va
J. M. Sewell
Board of
J.C. Flood
Flood
Patton
Seawell
Macay
Mater
Messie
Deal, Tauszky and
Wells
Mackay
Siebert
Regensburger