Pink Pills Prove Potent for Crippled Newspaper Man
A 45 year old Indiana newspaper man, crippled by a gunshot foot and plagued by rheumatism and digestive troubles, testifies that Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People markedly improved his health within a week. He notes relief from headaches and stomach issues, and says only his lame foot remains. He praises the pills and cites others helped including Mrs. Anna George of St. Croix, Perry County, Indiana. The ad lists conditions treated and prices.
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Esanisa
Ind
Wittrans
H. H. Fiser
Care Medicine Company
Schenectay
Important Difference Prompts Cleansing Monuments and Tales
An item notes the need to educate thousands that they are not ill while promoting Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co as a cure for costive conditions. It mentions a proposed monument after death, a Boston robbery anecdote, an exchange about theft, and a Commons circular appealing to editors in England to curb sensational reporting of immorality.
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California
Editora
England
House of Commons
Catalogs for Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co Ad
Fragmented promotional clippings mix an illustrated jewelry catalog offer from Mermod & Jaccard with political quips and assorted consumer notes. It references Gold and silver wares, a Ladies' Hat Pin, and general ads alongside political remarks about McKinley and Corbett, with miscellaneous quotes and product pitches.
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America
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry CO
Broadway
Cor
91. Louis
Free Home Treatment For Catarrh By Dr Hartman
An eastern physician Dr Hartman offers two months of free correspondence based treatment for chronic catarrh to any applicant. He prescribes medicines hygienic and dietary rules and keeps all letters confidential. Patients send life history symptoms and prior treatment to Dr B Hartman Columbus Ohio. He promotes Peru na as a key remedy and notes the Peru na Drug Mfg Co will send a 64 page pamphlet upon request. A mix of testimonials and ads follow.
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Hartman
Surgical Hotel
Peru-na
B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Peru-na Drug Manufacturing Company
Louisiana News Notes
A roundup of incidents across New Orleans and surrounding parishes including fires, accidents, assaults, arrests, commutations, and jail relocations. Notable items involve Mrs. Crates gin fire in Madison parish, a 13 percent profit at Donaldsonville Bottling Works, injuries on Canal Street, a clock tower lighting bid, and multiple arrests and assaults involving Black and white residents.
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A. A. Crates
Madison Parish
Donaldsonville Bottling Works Company
H. G. Vizard
Carelston
New Orleans
Canal Street
Court Building
Algiers
Bell
Thomas Kaumell
Enghein Street
Mabel Wilcox
Eddie Henry
Robert Johnson
Foster
Full Board of Pardons
Alex. Beri
Clever female swindler posing as banker's daughter stalks merchants
A Philadelphia Times report details a blond young thief known as Elsie Clews or Ethel Sutro, calling herself Jane Doe, who befriends shopkeepers, orders goods to be delivered to banker Henry Clews at 9 West Thirty-fourth Street, then absconds with items or lets bills pile up. Detectives tie her to a prior year’s scam and a Huyler’s witness identifies her as the same con artist. The banker has informed police as merchants fear further losses.
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Ethel” Sutro
Theodore Sutro
Fifth Avenue
Elsie Clews
Henry Clews
West Thirty-fourth Street
Jane Doe
Papa
No. 15
Broad Street
Mr. Clews
Ethel Sutro
Huyler’s
Doe
New York
Miss Doe
Philadelphia Times
Retired burglar recalls a curious encounter in Connecticut
A former thief recounts meeting a mysterious man in a dark Eastern Connecticut house. He searched downstairs and found nothing worth stealing. Upstairs in a pitch black room a voice spoke from a bed, asking who he was and noting the burglar’s line of work. The exchange ends with the intruder choosing to leave the sleeping resident undisturbed.
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Boston
Connecticut
Egypt
Burar
Advice for aspiring novelist joins gas bill work
A Washington Times item quotes Prof Scribbler suggesting imagination training through a practical job. The speaker then asks for guidance, and the reply proposes applying to a gas company to handle bill work as a focus for study.
Postage Stamp Production Totals Reported for 1896
Claude M. Johnson reports annual totals for stamps delivered by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Ordinary stamps 3,025,481,467. Special delivery 4,446,275. Postage due stamps 19,348,714. Newspaper etc 5,002,672. Total 3,054,802,123. A saving of 25,124 dollars in production costs is noted.
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United States
Claude M. Johnson
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
That Horrid Mia Dodge Sparks Family Dinner Row
Exasperated father recalls a dinner table quarrel about aging and appearances as a child jokes with him about life now. The passage contrasts social pretenses and a domestic moment with a tonic ad crediting Hostetters Bitters for fever acne and vigor, echoed as public sentiment. A wry closing line notes a husband may only talk back to his wife.
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America
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