Military service totals through American wars amid study note
The February Book of the Royal Blue from Baltimore and Ohio Railroad presents Major H. O. Heistand's article on The Regular Army of the United States. It lists totals for revolutions, 1812, Mexican, Civil War, Spanish-American and other conflicts, with regulars and colored troops, plus deaths and disease data.
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Book of the Royal Blue
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Regular Army of the
United States
H. O. Heistand
Heistand
Military Department
Mexico
Spain
Iowa Patent Office Report and Catarrh Cure Ad
The Iowa Patent Office reports last week 349 patents issued with 43 designs 28 trademarks 7 labels 2 prints 1 reissue and the rest for compositions methods and devices. Also an ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure promising cure and offering 100 dollars for failure to cure with testimonials and sales pitches.
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Iowa
U. S
P. Woodring
Delwine
Thomas G. Orwig & CO
Solicitors of Patents
Des Moines
Dr Seth Arnold’s Cough Killer Advertised by Family
The ad claims 23 years of use in Mrs A Suchaneck’s Minneapolis household and touts 25 cent bottles. It quips that beauty is skin deep and a big head isn’t always safe from a foe described as “the little end of the horn.”
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Hevs
Seth Arnold
A. Suchaneck
Minneapolis
Minn
Coes Cough Balsam Ad Implores Quick Cold Cure
An old advertisement touts Coes Cough Balsam as the oldest and best remedy that breaks up a cold quickly and reliably. It adds a dubious superstition about a crowing hen signaling bad luck and suggests selling the hen to a peddler.
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Coe
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY CLAIM
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a one day cure for a cold. It promises refunds from all druggists if the remedy fails and notes the genuine product bears L. B Q. on each tablet.
If you give away a cat or it goes away
A cautionary note warns that losing a cat or letting it depart may bring disaster to livestock including cows and horses, implying serious consequences for farm animals if pets disappear.
Health for Ten Cents With Cascarets Candy Cathartic
A vintage health ad promoting Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a quick cure for lively liver and pure blood. Claims to improve skin, eyes, and overall health. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
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Kay
Industrious Bedtime Fuss of a Small Boy
A short vignette describes a young boy who becomes unusually busy and persistent at bedtime, resisting sleep with determined activity. The scene centers on his bedtime routine and the parental response as evening settles.
Perfection Poultry Mixture Seeks Sales Agent
An ad from Perfection Manufacturing Co. offering 315 per week salary plus expenses for a man to introduce Per fection Poultry Mixture and Insect Destroyer in the country. Address with stamp to Parsons, Kansas.
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Perfection Manufacturing Co
Parsons, Kon
Piso’s Cure for Consumption Promises Lung Relief
Mrs J Nichols of Princeton Indiana reports two bottles of Piso’s Cure for Consumption cured her bad lung trouble. The note is dated March 26, 1895 and endorses the tonic as a remedy through quiet habit changes and regular use.
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J. Nichols
Princeton, Ind
Improvement Notes Across Men Revealed
A reflective line suggests that all men can recognize areas for vast improvement in others. It implies universal self awareness without naming individuals, places, or events.
Crescent Hotel Opens in Eureka Springs Arkansas
The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens February 28 in the Ozark Mountains offering a delightful climate and beautiful scenery with renowned medicinal waters. Through sleepers available via Frisco Line. manager J O Plank located at Room H Arcade Century Building or Frisco Ticket Office 102 N Broadway St Louis.
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Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Ozark Mountains
Frisco
J. O. Plank
Arcade
Century Building
N. Broadway
St. Louis
Turning chairs or leaves triggers family quarrel
A proverb notes that turning a chair on one leg or flipping a leaf upside down stirs up a quarrel in the house, reflecting a belief in household harmony being delicate and easily upset by small acts.
Alabastine Promoted as Durable Wall Coating
Alabastine is advertised as the durable wall coating replacing sealing kalsomines wallpaper and paint for walls. It can be applied on plaster brick wood or canvas and can be used over or under paint or paper. Sold in five pound labeled packs with no substitutes urged for churches and schoolhouses, with hundreds of tons used annually. Genuine Alabastine reportedly does not rub or scale off.
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Bauer
MTN
Ene Ata
Canada
Kent Ma
Senator Hoar
Senator Jones
Senator Tillman
Senator Chilton
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Ir. J. Cheney, & CO
Toledo, Ohio
Crescent Hotel
Band Cutter
Self Feeder
Parsons Band Cutter & Self Feeder CO
Newton
Sapolio
Spalding
A. G. Spalding & Bros
Chicago
New York
Denver
Brighpy Sease
Tompkins-Corbin Co
Broadway
New York City
Gregory
James J. H. Gregory & Son
Marbiehead
Mass
Nension Waincens
Cialms
Atty
Kari Jabbage
Gee
Joan A
Salzer Seed CO
la Crosse
Buckingham
R.p.hall & Co
Nashua
N.H
O’pfarrell
New York Avenue
Wasssuwus
Dr. H.4
Grebe Scons
Joes Breese
Ri Chemical Co
Dr. Kay
V.n.y. Omaha
Alasbastine Co
Grand Rapids, Mich
Pimay
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