Mark Twain as a Pensioner in a Holiday Mixup
A letter from General Black to Samuel Clemens of Elmira New York pensions office confusion recounts a rejected claim for rheumatism piles and sore eye dating from 1884. Clemens replies under his alias Mark Twain lampooning the process and suggesting a transfer to Senator Hawley.
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General Black
Samuel Clements
Elma
N. Y
Mark Twain
Evina
John C. Black
Sin
Hawley
L.clemens
Gen. Grant
Swift
John H
T. 8, Field
LaGrange
One of Walton's Intimate Wins in Grand Prix Plot
A Philadelphia News tale recalls Walton arranging a race fix for jockey Archer and the Foxhall horse. Walton bid £10,000 for a farm, forced Archer to win the race and confirm success with a private run on race day. The scheme yielded Walton nearly $400,000 as Archer became proprietor.
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Philadelphia News
Walton
Archer
Foxhalle
Foxhall
Cheeky Reporters in Logan Anecdote from Springfield
The Chicago Herald recalls Gen. Logan praising cheeky reporters. One night in Chicago a reporter gained entry with a telegram and pressed for notes, prompting Logan to chat while a gas lamp burned low, revealing the reporter’s audacious persistence.
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Chicago Herald
Gen. Logan
Springfield
Chicago
Logan
Fragmented 19th century remedies and notices
A collage of advertisements and brief notices mentioning Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and other tonics, a Fort Lewis claim of high altitude military posts, anecdotes about health cures, and a note on a newspaper bureau. It highlights patent medicines, testimonials, and small town events without a single sustained narrative.
St Jacobs Oil Praised For Rheumatism Pain Relief In Philadelphia
An unnamed Philadelphia man identified as Mr 8 W Benerman says St Jacobs Oil relieved excruciating rheumatism pain in his arm after years of inability to dress or undress. The note ties Kingston Canada fortifications to Irish towers once demolished.
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8. W. Benerman
Philadelphia
St. Jacobs
Kingston
Canada
Ireland
Lord Cornwallis
Duke of Richmond
Martello
Corsica
United Provinces of
Upper and
Lower Canada
Grand Union Hotel Ad Highlighting Rates and Transport
Advertisement for the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot in New York City boasting 600 elegant rooms from $1 a day and up, plus $3 car riage hire and baggage transfer from the depot. It also promotes White Beaver's Cough Cream and Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya by Caswell Hazard & Co. as a tonic and fever preventive.
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Grand Union Hotel
Grand Cent
N. Y
Caswell Hazard & Co
New York
Veterinary Carbolsalve advert from Cole & Co
Farmers and stockmen are urged to use Veterinary Carbolsalve for wounds on horses and cattle. The product promises hair regrowth to its original color and is available in 50 cents and 1.00 dollars, sold by mail or at Drats, Cole & Co., Black River Falls.
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Cole & Co
Black River Falla
Porrera Drue and Chemical Co
Boston
Wells,richardson & CO
Burlington
Vermont
Montreal
P. Q
London
Ragland
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China
France
England
Chamber of Deputies
House of Commons
Great Britain
Congo Free State
Shawmut Avenue
Bridget
United States
District of Columbia
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Maryland
Georgia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Dr. Pierce
Iy Sbameald Medical Association
Buffalo
Kossuth, Marx & Co. Jewelers of
Sweet Maud Muller
Whittier
Fort Lewis
la Plata County
Col
World's of Medical Association
Buffalo, N
John W. Forney, Jr
Philadelphia Progress
Richard Pfaff
Burr Oak
Wis
Port Arthur
Perry Davis
Jumbo
St. Thomas
Justus R. Bell
Minneapolis Evening Journal
Brown
Robert Beaner
Allen
J. P. Allen, Draggitt
St. Paul
Minn
Market Report
Cmcaco
C. Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Timothy
Charles A. Vogelerg O
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
W.r.penic
St. Joseph, Alo
Gatarrh
Ely
Drogglets
Owego, N
Uticura
Northwest
Minnen
Knifa
Anger
Ted Celi
Standard Silverware Co
B. J. Stephens
Anon
U.S
ANE Remedy CO
LaFayette
L. Pond
M.D
Aurora, Kane Co
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wic
R. U
Lorillard
Noves Bros. & Cutler and Ryan Drug Company
St. Paul, Minn
Sten
Moafer &Co
Mannheimer
James Bagley
Winkle
Ohio
Awhole Wight
Athlophoros CO
Wall St
Waterbury Watch
Minneapolis
Washington
Second Avenues
Nuith Prions
Drs. Whittier
America
Mailor Express
Red School House
Henerson
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eCelebra'anufacturera C. M. Henderson & CO
Boots and Shoes
TAX Lom
Atlanta
ING Eclectic Medical College
Shoemaker
Des Moines
Iowa
Sver
Eureka Silk CO
Swretae Co
Atlan N. Y
Frank Wilson
Peabody
Masa
Sal Hodges
Wiliamatown
W. Va
Lymant
Abell
Georgis
Bro
Westport
Summerein
Phillip
Ballou
Monkton
N. G
N. J
Jersey City
N.J
Ikidney- Wort
Fis Prav
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