Trade card offers cures and refunds for medicines
A promotional card promises money back if Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It promotes various products from Sharrar and Mulholland’s druggists and claims benefits for burns wounds and pains. It mentions Dr Thomas' Electric Oil and Kercel?elic Ol as household remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Estia
Strank
Mulmolland
Alma
Bivins & Reopes
Huson
Riverdale
Ooklin
Sharrar
Mulholland
Traveling Companion and Railroad Jar Claims
A traveling companion article promotes Major's Neural Pills from Hivins and Rhodes as a new discovery that allegedly helps with weak stomachs heartburn bloating dizziness and related ailments caused by a constant railroad jar. The claim highlights the pill’s preventative effects and urges reader confidence in the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hivins & Rhodes
Major
Piles Relief Ad For Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil
An advertisement promotes Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil as a permanent cure for piles with immediate relief. It claims relief and cure from external and internal hemorrhoids including bleeding itching fissures and fistulas. The ad offers a free sample and notes the medicine is from a Willoughby New York company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Medicine Co. Cor
Willow York
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 Ad
Nervous debility, vital weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes touted. Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 claimed in use over 40 years as the only successful remedy. Price listed as $1 per vial or $5 for special packages. Sold by Druggists or sent prepaid. Distributor noted as BLS Webb Alma Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
William & Jobn
BLS Webb
Alma, Mich
Barred Depositors and Military Rifle Reassignment in Michigan
A Lansing report notes banks refusing a single business client’s deposits amid unsettled banking conditions. Officials question if bank attitudes will persist. Also, Quartermaster General Kidd orders Illinois guards to return Springfield rifles and gear as the state arms its troops with Krug Jorgensen rifles under the Dick bill. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor reports “Fifteen tons of coal confiscated” with a week’s supply left. Secretary Wade seeks the offending railroad's name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iansing
Lansing
Kidd
National Guard
Selved University
Ann Arbor
Wade
University of Michigan
Preventive care against pneumonia with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
The article promotes using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to prevent pneumonia, asserting it counters tendencies toward pneumonia after colds or influenza. It cites numerous cases in the recent flu surge and notes the remedy’s availability from Bivens & Reades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Colle
Eta
Pneumooia
Jake Chamberlain
Bivens & Reades
Storm an Opium Den in Ann Arbor Laundry Outburst
Angry students disrupted a Chinese gambling and opium den in a laundry in Ann Arbor. They pelted the place with wood from a rear woodpile, breaking windows as Chinese patrons played dice and dominoes, while a lamp was extinguished and a drunken man stumbled outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Elias
Right to Serve Beer in Supreme Court Case Question
A notice of appeal from a Lower court case raises the issue of whether a person may serve liquor to guests regardless of their age. Calvin Bird had hosted Mattie White as a guest. Bird was convicted and a stay was granted pending court review. The Michigan event timeline includes a Prohibition Convention in Flint and updates on the Michigan Young Men's Christian Association activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonlu
Clee
Linia Eirenit
Calvin
Bird
Mattie White
Amingr
Heer
Supreme Court
Paine's Celery Compound Backed By Boston Man
Vigorous old age testimonial from George F Morse of Morse Mass cites Paine's Celery Compound as restoring health and weight after a long illness. He reports chills fever and grip for a year, then gradual improvement with the tonic, and regained weight and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Welress— Watts & Kidianpsos Co
Paine
Tly
Ghorge Fb
MORSE
Mass
Grand total of taxes under new assed framework in Michigan
The state board of railway assessors completed rolls for the new ad valorem taxation, listing total assessed valuation for all classes at 200,192,240 and taxes of 2,708,757.70. Railroads total valuation 194,691,000 with taxes 2,719,206.59. express firms valued at 5,550,000 with taxes 555,550. The Michigan Eastern Railway project details and arrests in Niles centered on recent events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancing
Pele
State Board of Railway Assessors
Sligo
STATEHOOD BILL LOOMS IN SENATE AS DEBATE HEATS
Washington February 4 senators push a statehood bill while debate on post office and army appropriations continues. The Panama Canal treaty is favorably reported and a new bounty plan for ex slaves is introduced.
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Washington
Senate
Panama
Department of Agriculture
Auehote
Stat Hood
Metinen
Margen
CNM
Rott Mn
Wiehington
House
Penpeelite
Anedepstal
Taverne & Rokud Hever
Erley
Stius
Ari Yherides
Helen
Bergen
The
Tate
Dietciet of Columbia
A Scientific Discovery by Kodol for the Stomach
The text touts Kodol as a digestive aid that supplies natural stomach juices and does the work of the stomach. It claims to relax nervous tension and rest inflamed stomach muscles while digesting food and enabling conversion to rich red blood. Bivins & Rhodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bivins & Rhodes
Wine of Cardui Promises Strength for Pregnancy
An old advertisement touts Wine of Cardui as strengthening the organs of generation for pregnancy and childbirth, preventing miscarriage and aiding recovery. It claims Mrs. Unrath would have avoided weakness if she had used the remedy, and asserts Wine of Carduar regulates menstrual flow.
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Fred Unrath
Bente Harbor
Mich
Wsuel
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