Grant's Last Message Recalled by a Mattapan Postmaster
A. J. Holbrook retired Mattapan postmaster recalls General Grant’s parting words to his “Boys in Blue.” The Dorchester man’s 1885 sliver dollar keepsake marks the memory, with Holbrook recounting meeting Col. Fred Grant in New York and Grant’s souvenirs.
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Gran
Dorchester Min
Boston Globe
A. J. Holbrook
Mattapan
Boston Post Office
Dorchester Avenue
Puller Street
Ashmont
Holbrook
New York
Metropolis
Grant
Fourth Street
Col
Fred Grant
Col. Grant
Texas Clergyman Praises Kidney Pills Public Endorsement
Rev G M Gray of Whitesboro Texas testifies that Tumbago kidney pills relieved his long running kidney pain after short use. He states he did not wish to publicize his name but wants other sufferers to profit. Sold by dealers for 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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G. M. Gray
Dantiat
Whitesboro
Texanya
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Chas. H. Fletcher
B. Halstead Geott
Chicago
Ill
William Belmont
Cleveland
Ohio
J. H. Taft
Brooklyn
RB. J. Hamlen
Detroit
Mich
Enya
Fletcher
Wm, J McCrain
Omaha
Nob
J. R. Clausen
Philadelphia
R. M. Ward
Kansas City
Optical illusion and medical ads mix bizarre claims
A jumble of 1907 era snippets features an optical illusion joke about seeing a man in the moon, a boast of Cuticura cures for eczema with testimonials, a barbered trial line about burying in Crae burn parish, a Brooklyn child critiquing a new baby, and an ad for Grape Nuts highlighting brain and nerve nourishment with a patient letter asserting health gains and a Postum notice claiming authenticity.
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Postum Co
Hattle Creek
Mich
Wallville
Grant Greetings and Memoirs Shared in Bedside Visit
A visitor recalls meeting General Grant in his hospital room after recognizing Civil War uniforms and artifacts. The general, barely able to speak, requests the man to deliver a message to Camp Grant recruits to tell the boys to love them as his own children. He mentions Stevens and Two-eyed Stevens in cadet days and shows his memoir manuscript.
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Hersell
Fredericksburg
Mia
Grant
Hoys In
Holbronk
Ismael
Stevena Ha
Lelling Ance
Stevens
Simple safeguards in buying paint and peony medicine notes
The piece warns buyers to avoid adulterated white lead by choosing National Lead Company products with the Dutch Boy trademark. It also promotes a free painting book offer. The text shifts to a brief historical note on peonies and their medicinal or temperance uses.
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Wii Co
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Bldg
New York
Paeon
Cure All Catarrh and Eye Remedies Advertised in 19th Century Catalogs
An assortment of medical claims promotes internal cures for catarrh, eye remedies for weak or painful eyes, and dentifrice for teeth. Advertisers tout血 blood purification and mucous relief, with generic testimonials and prices.
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Catarri
Carey
Tauek
Chasey & C
Toledo
Drugetats
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