Obesity Cure Ads From Edison Era Frauds
A fragmented 1858 advertisement purports to promote Dr Edison obesity pills and reducing tablets. It touts Loring Germ Killer remedies and urges readers to send for a guide How to Cure Obesity. The misspelled copy targets fat men with vague medical claims and department order details for Loring & Co.
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Mary Hope Sims
Mary Hope Bing
Pvenny
Lorine
Mary
Tia
Lottie
Edison
Loring
Hbeart Loring
Abbott Loring
Riteon
Loring & Camnedhe
Jks
Hampi Ee
Protests Over Silver Bond Vote May Split Democrats
Washington debates the bond feature of the war revenue bill as silver supporters oppose delaying the bond clause. Senators Teller Pettigrew and Hia tler favor quick passage while Senator Jones of Arkansas stays silent. The finance committee plans to strike and later restore the bond provision. Nevada Senator Sones holds pivotal sway. If the bond clause is dropped, Republicans aim to reinsert it later with possible Democratic support. An income tax amendment may be proposed in committee.
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Washington
Teller
Pettigrew
Hiatler
Jones
Arkansis
Sones
Nevada
Senate
Ralnes Law Suit Seeks Bond Violations In Saloon Case
Henry Drymen, state liquor commissioner, sues Broadway Garden and Cafe Co and Pidel Safe and Deposit Co in supreme court for 1600 dollars, claiming bonds were charged as surety and violated by saloon keepers. If the commissioner wins, bonds against several firms will be affected and enforcement tightened.
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Maw York
Supreme Court
Henry Drymen
Broadway Garden and Cafe Company
Pidel- Safe and Deposit Company
Mary- W
War Debt Debate Opens in U S House Over Bonds Bill
Washington April 28 The Ways and Means plan to meet extraordinary war expenditures opened in the house. Debaters clash early over 500 million dollars in bonds as the main target. Mr Dingley urged unity and rapid action to end the war while Mr Bailey opposed measures he saw as unfair to producers and bank deposits. The session explored funding through taxes, bonds, and possible income tax extensions as the debate continues toward Friday vote.
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Washington
Spain
Jay
Ehaltinas
Dingwy
Dingley
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
House
United Action
Oder
Europe
American Congress
Bailey
Fie
Ways and Means Committee
Anther
United States
Whlch
Bedley
Maine
Mr. Bailey
Supreme Court
Talley
McMaila
Air. Bailey
Floral tribute swamps New York as Mrs Whitney returns
Mrs W C Whitney homecoming sparks a citywide floral celebration with about $25,000 in flowers. New York society fills residences and streets with bouquets from Aiken to Manhattan, as friends flood 4th Avenue and nearby streets with lavish greenery and blossoms.
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Whitney
New York
New York City
Mrs. W. C. Whitney
Whitd
Aiken
Zondeheer
Legion
Firth Avenue
Ifiey-nay
Mrs. Whitney
Grant Birthday Banquet Highlights Reunited Sections
New York April 28 76th anniversary of General Ulysses S Grant marked by a Waldorf Astoria banquet hosted by the Grant Monument association with 246 guests. Henry Watterson delivered the keynote The Reunited Sections dispatch praising peace and critiquing past federal reconstruction.
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New York
Ulysses S. Grant
Waldorf- Astoria
Grant Monument Association
Henry Watterson
United States
Confederacy
Union
Grant
Julia Arthur Married Boston Millionaire Benjamin Cheney
Julia Arthur the actress has wed Benjamin Pierce Cheney of Boston in New York over a month ago. Cheney is a leading Boston figure, Harvard 1890, a director in multiple rail and financial firms and known in Topeka society.
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Julia Arthur
Hollis Street
Boston
Benjamin Pierce Cheney
New York
Cheney
Ees
Harvard
Theatears
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston Safe and ‘Trust Company
Atchison,Topeka and
Santa Fe
Mexican Central
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Memphis Railrosa
Northern Railroad
Old World Deceptions and Union Resolve Amid Civil War Echoes
In fervent, period voice the piece argues deceptions fail before real courage and unity. It recalls Peter Monienbersh, Continental dress, and a call to fight, pledging iron walls for Union honor and aid to Cuba against Spain. It cites Grant and Decatur as nationalist anchors and emphasizes shared American destiny beyond regional lines, urging resolve.
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Peter Monienbersh
Cuba
la Mancha
Sandy Pans
Todesco
Spain
Don
America
Cortez
Pizarro
Weyler
Alva
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Amopeus
Decatur
U. S. Grant
Fred Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Jersey Woods Ablaze Destructive Fire Threatens Two Towns
A fierce forest fire near Hawkinsville, New Jersey, raged April 28, destroying timber and multiple structures including a church shed and barn. The blaze, driven by shifting winds, spread toward Estelleville and damaged a grist mill and several homes, with Mrs. Bourgoles' property loss estimated at 30,000 dollars. Firefighters saved the schoolhouse, while total losses mounted to substantial figures.
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Jersey
May’s Landing
N. J
Hawkinsville
William Campbell
Estelleville
Anderson Bourgoles
Bourgoles
Bourgeles
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Cure for Catarrh
Ely Brothers promote Dream Balm as a non irritating nasal remedy for catarrh offering rapid relief and safe healing. The product claims to absorb without drying secretions, improve nasal passages, reduce inflammation, and restore taste and smell with daily use. It is available by mail or at drug stores for 50 cents.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
Man in Women's Clothes Begs for Charity in New York
A New York man dressed in a full women's outfit, claiming mental distress and seeking alms, was found begging at Charles Street station. He told police his name is George W. Allen of 1119 West Twelfth Street, aged 50, and said he lost 10 000 in Wall Street. He was committed to Bellevue Hospital for a sanity examination.
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New York
Jefferson Market
Traintor
Charles Street
George W. Allen
West Twelfth Street
Allen
Wall Street
Bellevue Hospital
Franchises Denied as Peoria Defeats Central Railway Move
Peoria city council defeated a bid by the Central Railway company to pass an ordinance revoking a long standing fifty year franchise. The contentious vote hovered 7 to 7 before adjournment, with Alderman Forman in favor and Alderman Gorman leading the opposing camp. Officials warned of unrest as hundreds gathered, cheering after the decision to table the measure, which now cannot be revived without a two thirds vote.
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Peoria
Central Railway Company
Carroll
Forman
Plo S
Aldemad Fash
Fash
Gorman
Central
Eheerine
Giant Yukon robbery planned by secret pirate band
Victoria BC reports a Yukon based gang plotting a huge store and bank burglary at Dawson City. Dick Chamberlain of Circle City says the group aims to blow safes at two commercial firms and a government bank, with river smuggling to move spoils. Stake rumored above four hundred thousand dollars.
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San_Francisco
Victoria
Yukon
America
Dick Chamberlain
Circle City
Dawson City
Chamberlain
Armour's sausage order drives navy contract in Kansas City
Armour Packing Co received a navy order for 75,000 pounds net canned pork sausage from officials at Brooklyn. First shipment sent. two more to follow the week. Swift Packing Co seeks hides in Tampa, Fla. order size still unspecified. Schwarzschild & Sulzberger report a large government contract secured and to be filled from the Kansas City house.
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Kansas City
Armour Packing Company
Navy
Hrooklyn
Swift Packing Company
Frm
Tampa
Fla
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
New York
Seized Teacher By Strangers Near Black Jack Timber
Miss Acquilla Herron, a schoolteacher, was seized by one of two horsemen and carried toward the Black Jack timber. Authorities pursue Rob Wing and Hugh Vincent, two infamous northern Texas cattle thieves, believed responsible. A mixed ad for a health drink and a railroad schedule update appear in the same clipping.
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Talory
Sale of Fuerst Bismarck Denied in Hamburg
Hamburg directs denial of purchase rumors regarding the steamer Fuerst Bismarck by the United States. Also includes an ad for Bucksen's Arnica Salve claiming versatility for cuts and skin eruptions with 23 cent price. Santa Fe route tickets from Fort Scott offered May 12 to 18 with return by June 1. Peerless Steam Laundry launches unspecified new offers.
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Fuerst Bismarck
Hamburg
Hamburg-American Steams Company
United States
Roney
Swift & Holiday
Fort Scott
Santa Fe
Free Hyome Cure Test Promised by Local Drugists
An ad announces a free home distribution of Hyome Australian Dry Air Cure for catarrh bronchitis and asthma. Local druggists Rowley Snow Swift Holliday Hobart Frank Stanfield Sim Miller Woolverton Unther’s Pharmacy Som Druf Co and others will hand out bottles for three days to prove the remedy’s efficacy. The offer targets the public wary of paid cures and cites medical endorsement of the new treatment, though few doctors would apply it locally.
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CIA
Efthia
Cate
German Os
Brobchitis
Asthena
Argis
Oben
B. Tu Beech Ca
Briday
Ityamet
Rowley & Snow
Kansas
Swift & Holliday
Kaness
Hobart
FRANK
Topeka
Stanfield
G. W
Kansan
SIM
Miller Cpa
Ars Woolverton
L.unther
Fans Echo
SIM Drug CO
Kansan A
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Colle
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Denver
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Armour’s Sausage
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