Digestive Tablet Praised by Medical Authority
W H Morse gives high praise to T J Hunt of Merom Indiana for a Digestive Tablet bearing his name. He reports personal examination and notes the product surpasses ordinary tablets and marks an initial step toward health with a wide range of usefulness.
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W. H. Morse
M. D
Bureau of Materia Medica
Society of Science
London
T. J. Hunt
Merom
Indiana
Hunt
Our Dead Presidents Ages at Death and Causes
A list of U S presidents with ages at death and causes. Washington died at 67 from throat and lung inflammation. Lincoln was assassinated at 56 by J Wilkes Booth. Garfield died at 49 from assassination by Charles J Guiteau.
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George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James’ Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buran
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Milliard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
J. Wilkes Booth
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Ruthford B. Hays
James A. Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
Chester A. Arthur
Kright
Lost Child Becomes Symbol at Ocean Grove Sermon
Ten thousand people fill the Ocean Grove auditorium as the Bishop delivers a benediction. A lost baby is brought to the platform, claimed by its father, and the Bishop uses the moment to speak of lost souls seeking the Father’s arms.
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Ocean Grove
Will You Be There Will You Be There Sunday School
A woman tries to lure a street boy to Sunday School with promises of singing pictures and stories. When she asks if she will be there the boy responds yes and insists on going, moved by her personal care.
Night was Her Terror and a Cough Cure Promise
Mrs. Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana describes coughing all night and coughing blood from consumption. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a full cure after other medicines failed, claiming a 58 pound gain. The ad offers 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles and free trial bottles at Joe K Smock’s drug store.
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Chas. Applegate
Alexanderia
Ind
Dr. King
Joe K. Smock
Dallas Confederate Veterans Reunion Round Trip Fare
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers round trip tickets to Dallas Texas for 18 dollars and 20 cents to attend the Confederate Veterans Reunion April 22 to 25. Tickets go on sale April 18 19 and 20 with a return limit of May 24 and a deposit by May 16. Double daily through coaches and Pullman cars will be provided.
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Dallas
Tex
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville
Lilliken
Laville” & Nash
Errors of History The Myths That Survive in Texts
The piece debunks legends from classical to early modern times. It questions Milton’s dictation to his daughter, Leonidas at Thermopylae, Cesar’s famous line, Belisarius begging, William Tell’s apple myth, and early steam engine claims, citing sources and dates to separate fact from legend.
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Milton
Johnson
Leonidas
Thermopyle
Barthelemy
Diodorus
Pausanias
Rhodes
Belisarius
van Dyke
David
Justinian
William Tell
Tell
Zurich
William of
Cloudsley
England
Charles V
Spain
America
Robert Fulton
Marquis of Worcester
France
Solomon de Caus
Don Blasco de Garay
Barcelona
Fulton
The
Times
New. York Mail and ‘Express
Tricks of the Trade Exposes Barber Mug Theft Scheme
An old barber shop tale reveals a shifting trade where cups, brushes, and sponges are reused or sold to customers. Barbers profit by selling personalized mugs for 1.50 with a 50 cent gain, while castoff items are passed to new customers, often bearing common names like John Smith or William Jones.
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John Smith
William Jones
New York Telegram
Poultry Pointers for Health and Breeding
Ducks and geese need no grain when grass is plentiful. Fattening chicken requires cooked food for digestion. Do not scatter soft feed on ground. If confinement is used, scatter grain among litter for scratching. Exercise and healthy flocks improve hatch success in winter. Roaming fowls have better health and grit for digestion. With medicine in water, withhold drinking for hours to aid swallowing.
Last Execution at Tyburn Shifts to Newgate in 1783
The Last Execution at Tyburn notes the final hangings at London’s Tyburn on November 7, 1783, with John Austin executed for highway robbery with violence. It recalls Tyburn’s long role in Middlesex capital punishment and mentions earlier hangings dating to 1388 and the 1783 move to Newgate where ten were executed on December 3.
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Tyburn
London
John Austin
Middlesex
Tressilian
Nicholas Brembre
Newgate
London Chronicle
Curious New York City Note from 1790 Card
A London Graphic correspondent describes a tiny banknote measuring 2 by 2 1/2 inches. One side repeats Two pence, the other shows the amount in words and figures along the border. The center bears I promise to pay the bearer on demand twopence By order of the Corporation of the City of New York Feb. 20 1790 D Phoenix City Treasurer.
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Corporation of the City of
New York
D. Phoenix
London Graphic
Marriages Long Lasting Not Said In Heaven
A denkt on marriages quotes a Chicago Post remark that unions last longer only with quality. The piece ponders changes in durability of vows and compares earthly and heavenly bargains as a cynical reflection on modern wedlock.
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Chicago Post
Weather Attache Quoted on Unpredictable Forecasts
A Washington Star quote questions who keeps saying the unexpected prevails in weather. The remark hints at a weather bureau attache and the notion that forecasts often surprise.
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Weather Bureau
Washington Star
Not So Brave. Blobbs Says He Prefers Fighting to Eating
The Philadelphia Record quotes Blobbs calling himself dyspeptic and preferring combat to meals, while Slobs remarks he is pugnacious. The exchange paints a comic contrast in temperament.
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Blobbs
Philadelphia Record
Bachelor Defines Love As Combo Of Diseases
A Chicago News note records a bachelor describing love as a combination of diseases an affection of the heart and an inflammation of the brain. He uses vivid, medical imagery to lampoon romantic sentiment.
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Chicago
News
Houses in London Sell With or Without Furnishings
Real estate listings in London show homes offered with or without furnishings and fitments. Buyers weigh options as developers advertise flexible delivery, pricing reflecting included or excluded fixtures.
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London
Grotesque Styles From Chaucer’s Time to Georgian Dandies
London Tit-Bits surveys fashion history from Chaucer to the eighteenth century, detailing extravagant wardrobes, multi colored garments, and lavish church and noble robes. It notes wardrobes of six dozen cloths of gold, bishops rich with satin and pearls, and fashion hazards from oversized to two foot long shoe points, with beard starching and fashionable potions.
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Earl of Northumberland
Ely
Solomon
Fuller
Chaucer
Joseph
Manchester
Europe
Henry II
Henry IV
London
Jugginsons Harmonious Relations Cited in Quip
A witty exchange notes the Jugginson family harmony with Burt adding Mrs J always has the last word while Jugginson accepts it. The Boston Transcript humorously comments on domestic accord and mutual respect in a light anecdote.
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Hanson
Jugginsons
Burt
Jugginson
Wunder-It scale of money and dough in joke
In the Baltimore American a humorous exchange notes Mrs Wunder-It finding a music teacher always asking for money. Mr Wunder replies that it is natural since the scale begins and ends with dough.
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Wunder
Baltimore American
Fragmentary overheard remarks in a rainy city scene
A garbled OCR fragment shows a disjointed dialogue about relations and hardship. The lines mention a mourning band on a hat and reference Chicago with unclear context. No clear event or identifiable people are readable.
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Chicago
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J. W. Hunt & CO
McCammon
Sullivan Ind
Sullivan County Loan Co
H. Stratton
Sullivan, Ind
VIA
S W
Portland Ore
Tacoma
Helena and
Butte, Montana
Ogden and
Salt Lake City
Utah
Los Angeles
San Francisco
California
West
P. Townsend
Wincanney
O. P. McCarty
Gen
Cincinnati
Texas
Thermopylie
Follies
Sullivan
David Crawley
Funerals
Direc Factory
Manife
Sted
Liston & Hazelrigg, Agts
Davis Block
Sullivan, Ted
W. H. Hell Jr
General Insurance
Sullivan State Bank
E. R. Riggs
New Davis Block
Sullivan, and
L. A. Stewart
ART Dentistry
West Washington Street
John T. Hays
Will H. Hays
Attorneys-at-law
Arthur D. Cutler
Carlisle
S.c.chaney
A. G. McNabb
Southside
John S. Bays
O.D. Hunt
W.F. Wood
Goodman's
Isaac H. Kally
George W. Buff
W. P. Stratton
Buff & Stratton
Coffman’s Drug Store
Northeast Corner Public Square
R.H. Crowder
J. R. Crowder
R. H. Crowper & Son
Physicians and Surgeons
Crowder’s Block
East Side Square
Walter N. Thompson
R. L. Bailey
Crowder Building
C.H. Edwards
Public Square
Josh Beasley
James R. Brown
Beasley & Brown
Sullivan County
Coffman Block
East Side Public Square
Chanry
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