Candies and Christmas Visits Spotted in Local News
Fragmented notices describe holiday candy orders to Hutchinsons and travels to Fairbury, plus brief health tips touting One Minute Cough Cure. Also covered are Christmas visitors from Edgar Nebraska, local hog and sorghum news, a Hartwick lumberman’s rheumatism note, and Chamberlain’s Pain Balm relief shared by J W Sutton.
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D. Robinson
Hartwick
N.Y
Robinson
Chamberlain
J. W. Sutton
Damaged Sidewalk Repairs Prompt Recalculation
A local property owner argues repairs to damaged sidewalks are progressing too slowly and could incur a large bill. The dispute centers on responsibility for damages and who should bear the cost of repairs.
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Sdk Coe
Major Picton Manages State Hotel Texas
Fragmentary notes describe Major T. Picton as manager of the State Hotel in Dena Texas. The text mentions guest experiences and a claimed cure or remedy, with unclear details about hospitality and operations.
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T. Picton
Dena
Texas
Owotera
Picton i
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Promoted for Sores and Piles
A local ad extols DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for scalp eruptions, chapped skin, cuts and piles. The copy notes the salve is widely used and claims it cures piles. An accompanying remark mocks a town patent medicine ad veteran.
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DeWitt
J. W. Sutton
Sound Liver Medicine Promises Cure for Liver Ailments
An advertisement touts HERB E as a universal cure for liver and stomach disorders and bone issues. It claims to treat jaundice constipation biliousness dyspepsia indigestion hot dry skin chills fever and related symptoms. Free samples offered at J W Sutton's drug store.
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J. W. Sutton’s
Nebraska Legislature News From Lincoln State Journal
Fragmentary note compares Nebraska lawmakers’ access to Lincoln papers during the legislative session. Mentions newspaper coverage and the need for on the ground news from Omaha and Lincoln outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln State Journal
Edo
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Endorsed by Local Figures
A Quincy Illinois resident and an insurance man from St Louis praise Ballard's Horehound Syrup for curing influenza related coughs. They report relief to themselves and a sister after using the 25 and 50 cent bottles. Sold by J. W. Sutton. Ter ie aacts me.
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H.M. Blossom
H. M. Bloeson & C
N. 2Rd
St. Louis
Ballard
John Cranston
Hampshire Street
Quincy
Ills
J. W. Sutton
Cure Consumption Declares Free Lead by Great Chemist
An 1880s advertisement touts T A Slocum M C as a “great” scientist offering free treatment to the ill. It promises a new cure for consumption and related throat troubles with claims of thousands cured by “scientific courses of medicine.”
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T. A. Slocum
M. C
Thras Barries
Sloogan
Pongs Street
York
Eerie
Medicien
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Ava
Burden
Hutchinsons
Sam Hutchinson
Will Livingston
Fairbury
A. B. Grosemar
Edgar
Nebr
Oda
Calda
John Miller
Diller
Wee
Ain
Harry Montgomery
Abe
Ayo
Easley ‘Carmichael
H. B. Fairchild
Diiler
Steele City Standard
The
Nebraska Legislature
Collinson’s
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