One Minute Cough Cure Promises Relief
An advertisement claims a cough can be cured by One Minute Cough Cure with testimonials from Norris Silver of North Stratfford New Hampshire. It promotes Bell's Pharmacy at 22 North Church Street as the safe place to buy and implies widespread prior cures.
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Norris Silver
North Stratfford
N. H
Bell's
North Church Street
Scott Street
Congress
Broad Way Streets
Origin and Growth of the Conscience Fund in U S History
The piece recounts the conscience fund starting with a 1811 New York donor who paid a dollar to restore wrongfully obtained government funds. It notes a 1861 boost of 6000 dollars in bonds after Sumter, and observes the fund's rise to over 300000 dollars as restitution becomes fashionable. It also mentions bounty jumpers profiting from such contributions.
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H. E. Armstrong
Ainslee
New York
Treasury Department
Washington
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
Conscience Fund
Republic
Sumter
United States
HOME NOTES ON HOUSEHOLD CLEANING TIPS
Practical guidance on cleaning windows mirrors glassware and furnishings. Suggestions include using kerosene water chalk for glass brass frames pounding vinegar and linseed oil for shine and lemon peel as kindling substitutes. Also tips for reviving fires and preserving satin ribbons with ale and ironing. Includes sponging bureaus with tepid water and a small carbolic acid solution.
Proctor Gilbert White’s Exemplar Judgment Anecdote
The university proctor Gilbert White finds a sleeping undergraduate intoxicated with clothes folded nearby. He sends the student to college for judgment. White notes one circumstance shows partial virtue and refrains from harsher punishment.
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Gilbert White
White
Cherubic Baby Sparks Friendly Rivalry in Dialogue
In a lighthearted exchange from Vearson's Weekly Mrs Newman and Mrs Winkler compare babies praising a cherub with heavenly blue eyes and delicate features. Mr Newman joins in a playful compare andMericy is invoked in jest.
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Mrs. Newman
Free Kidney Pills Offered At George Martin’s Drug Store
An advertisement urges readers to visit George Martins Drug Store on February 16 for a free distribution of Dean's Kidney Pills claiming relief from kidney ills. The notice promotes a public health reading and attendance at the local shop.
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Dean
George Martin
Calamity on a Myrtle avenue car sparks a puzzled man
A man on a Myrtle avenue car bound for New York stood and cried out that a calamity had happened. He claimed a half dollar owed to him was not returned. The conductor replied that 45 cents was given and placed in the man's vest pocket, a pocket the man swore he never used. The man apologized, fearing a costly mistake in a big town.
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Myrtle Avenue
Washington Street
New York
George
Brooklyn
Aberdeen City near Mala chite railhead grows as mill restarts
Pick and Drill Mill and Smelter work has resumed on the Abe deen Copper companys concentration plant with machinery being placed and expected to run before month’s end. The Mala chite region surrounding the mill resembles a small village promising rapid development and possible renaming to Aberdeen City.
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Abedeen Copper
Calera Gold Mining Expands in Sonora with four new claims
Ramsay C. Hogg, president, adds four new mining claims to Calera Gold Mining in Sonora Mexico, more than doubling the group’s extent. He owns nearby property and transfers the claims to the company at no cost to stockholders, arguing future gains from consolidating the Bonanza property. The article notes the new claims but cuts off mid sentence at “The names of the new.”
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Federal
FE Paso
Katzville
Arizona Copper Company
Clifton
el Paso
Standard Company
Clifton Copper
Calera
Sonora
Mexico
Ramsay C. Hogg
Bowery Dialogue Between Hoodlums Cited by City Reporter
A Pittsburg Commercial Gazette New York correspondent quotes a Bowery exchange between two hoodlums aboard a car. One boasts about shiny black trousers and uses dialect to brag while the other retorts that theirs are not as fine as a rival’s, noting theirs are dyed.
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New York
Pittsburg
How to Quit Chewing Tobacco Substitute cure praised
A Mobile citizen reports success with a pine stick substitute after years of chewing. He kept the wood between his teeth for at least ten waking hours and has not tasted tobacco in many years according to the Mobile Register.
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Mobile
Mouvile Register
Meandering Mike Weighs Sleep With City Life
The Washington Star quotes Meandering Mike arguing eight hours of sleep suffices for anyone. He adds that the remaining 16 hours must be filled with purposeful activity beyond wandering from place to place as asked by the philanthropist.
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Mike
Washington Star
Not Like Other Men. Turtle Soup Delay Dialogue
Customer chides Walter for half hour wait on turtle soup. Walter apologizes explaining turtles are slow. The exchange reads as a humorous period piece dialog showing social manners and service pace.
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Walter
Whale mothers lure and defend newborn calves from harpooners
Historic nautical lore describes whale behavior during hunts. A dam attacks the boat when she sees her calf entangled, attempting to reach it and often risking her own safety to rescue or assist the calf amid harpoons.
Eruption Dust Blazes Sunset Hue Worldwide
A gray water fell over Sicily on April 24 1781 leaving a quarter inch thick deposit ascribed to Mount Etna. Scientists note vast atmospheric solids continually circulate and the Sunda Strait eruption dust still sharpens sunsets globally.
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Sicily
Mount
Gtha
Strait of Sunda
The Evolution of Warships and Early Balloon Ingenuity
A column surveys naval and aerial innovators, noting an inventor who praised the anaconda as the largest bird and described air currents as stretchums. It recounts his ironclad ship idea and a miniature vessel tested by musket fire, foreshadowing the Merrimac and a revolution in naval architecture.
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Baltimore Sun
A Bright Jury in Mulnetwan Case
In Mulnetwan a larceny trial began with an 11 juror panel. After hours of deliberation the jury could not reach a verdict and was discharged. A respondent’s attorney later learned one juror said the panel repeatedly voted 11 to 0 for conviction but never 12, causing a mistrial.
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Mulnetwan
The Sun Promotes Itself as a Modern Newspaper
The Sun presents its journalism as sound, aiming to high standards, staffed by wide correspondents in the United States Europe and across the world. It claims prompt news collection, strong Washington and New York bureaus, and complete market reports. Subscriptions are listed: Daily Sun six dollars yearly, Sunday seven dollars, weekly one dollar.
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Sun
Ung
United States
Europe
China
South Afric
Philippines
Porto Rico
Cuba
Washington
New
Baltimore
Northok
Charleston
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Mail
Daily Sun
Sunday Sun
Weekly Sun
Hueang Pi
Weekly Sun Market Reports and Household Interest Column
The issue promises market reports from the agricultural department and a woman’s column. It advertises both the Weekly Sun and Weekly Sun mailed free in the United States, Canada and Mexico with payments in advance and inducements for club organizers.
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Weekly
Sun
wWaily
Weekly Sun
United States
Canada
Mexico
Conscience Question Sparks Exchange Over Promised Votes
In a dialogue from the Washington Star, Sena te Sorghum asserts she always paid every cent promised for a vote. A familiar friend questions her claim, asking how she can enter office with a clear conscience.
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Senate Sorghum
Washington Star
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