Forty Niners Account of the Land of Gold Expedition
William B. Ogle records the arduous westward trek toward California, detailing food and water shortages, scarce grass, and brutal deserts. He notes floods of gnats, hostile terrain, friendly yet unreliable Indians, and the peril of hundreds of carcasses along the degraded river corridors in a grueling journey toward the promised land.
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California
Mr. Ogle
Desert
Ogle
Sahara
Desert Isles
Goodby
John
Great Relief from Pain Pills by Dr Miles
During a trying period women suffer many pains and nervousness. Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills stop pains soothe the nerves and give relief.
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Dr. Miles
Relief Pills and Harsh Frontier Trek Narratives
A mixed fragment describes Dr Miles anti pain pills praised by a user and a long diary entry recounting a brutal emigrant crossing. It notes high prices for food, thousands of dead horses and cattle, wagon losses, and harsh desert conditions with cattle and human hardship.
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Salmon Trout
End Of The World Of Troubles Recovered With Electric Bitters
E H Wolfe of Bear Grove Iowa reports Electric Bitters cured his kidney trouble general debility stomach liver and kidney complaints and blood disorders headaches dizziness and weakness. Price 50 cents guaranteed at Smock's drug store.
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E. H. Wolfe
Bear Grove
Iowa
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William B. Ogle
Sullivan
Miles
Henry Funk
E. Akron
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Times
New England
George C.porter
Broad Street
N .K
N. J
Oklahoma
Bailey Hawkins
Frisco Pe
Ecnese
Ind
P. A. Barco
Briggs
Notary Public
Davis Hotel
A. E. Hazelrigg
Indiana
Giles
Chambers & Eaton
C. Hi. Stratton Loan Co
North Long & Warren
W. H. Hill, JR
UBAME
Sullivan County
Glidden
North Side
ST. Louis
Denver, Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Burlington
R. F. AS
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Shelburn, Lovelage Building
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