D'ri and I A Vermont Family's Move Westward Journey
Irving Bacheller recalls a family tale of displacement and endurance as a boy narrator travels from Lake Champlain toward the St. Lawrence with his parents sisters a grandmother and Dri the family companion. They face wolves peril rough trails a deer and a painter cat and end with hardship planting roots in a frontier valley.
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Atlantic
Montreal
Vermont
Ethan Alten
St. Law-rence
D'rl
Roger
Timber Land
D'rt
Lake Champlain
Father
Hatr
D'ri
York State
D’ri
Dri
Grandmother
Drn
Chateaugay
Rover
Painter
D'r
Nather
Startling Mortality Reported From Acute Illnesses
Statistics reveal alarming death rates from appendicitis and peritonitis. An advertised remedy, Dr. King's New Life Pills by M Flannery of 14 Custom House Place Chicago, is touted as a cure for constipation and biliousness. Available for 25 cents at R A Millers drug store.
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Dr. King
New Life
M. Flannery
Custom House Place
Chicago
R. A. Miller
Thedford
Building a Log Home in Madrid Chapter It Story
In mid June we reach a new Madrid home once only for wildlife and forest folk. Neighbors help raise a log house as we forage for fish and game to feed the family. A trip to Canton for rum precedes a joyful log-raising party and the humble shelter takes shape with a pyat shelf serving as roofed floor.
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Madrid
Dri
Majone
Canton
Grasse
Mother’s Friend promises easier childbirth and early recovery
An advertisement touts Mother’s Friend as a preparatory external remedy to ease labor, prevent morning sickness, and soften skin. It claims reducing pain, shortening confinement, aiding milk production, and preventing mastitis, with a reference to a free book titled Motherhood and a price of one dollar. The Bradfield Regulator Co. of Atlanta, Georgia promotes the product.
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Ceed
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Gas
Foley's Honey and Tar Remedy Ad
An old advertisement from Foley & Co. Chicago touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy praised for merit and popularity. It states it is mildly laxative contains no opiates and is safe for children and delicate persons sold by E. E. Conner & Co. Algona.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
E. E. Conner & Co
Algona
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Endorsed by A Kentucky Buyer
A testimonial from N. Watkins of Lesbus Ky praises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a thorough digestant and guaranteed cure for indigestion gas on the stomach sour risings and stomach troubles after a hearty meal. He claims fifteen years of trouble ended after six bottles at a cost of one thousand dollars. Sold by R Miller.
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N. Watkins
Lesbus
R. Miller
Lungs Healed by Foley's Honey and Tar Claim
A. M. Ake of Wood Indiana recounts severe lung hemorrhages years ago and poor results from multiple doctors. After using Foley's Honey and Tar the patient reports the lungs are sound again and urges its use for advanced lung trouble. Product sold by E. Conner & Co with claims of stopping coughs and preventing serious outcomes from colds.
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A. M. Ake
Wood
Ind
Foley
E. Conner & Oo
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promote Health Vista
An advertisement from Valley City mentions DeWitts Little Early Risers as a tonic pill that cures headaches constipation biliousness and similar ailments. A bowl clerk Mack Hamilton credits two bottles with curing chronic constipation. Sold by R H Miller.
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DeWitt
Mack Hamilton
Valley City
N. D
R. H. Miller
Dr Wood's Norway Plue Syrup Promises Cough Relief
A patent remedy advertises Dr Wood's Norway Plue Syrup as a nature cure for coughs colds and lung ailments claiming timely use prevents complications and offers relief from various respiratory troubles.
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Wood
Norway
Cure Cold In One Day Ad Promises Refund
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It claims all druggists refund the money if the cure fails and features E. W. Grove's signature on each box. Tyr 15.
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E. W. Grove
Settlers One Way Train Rates to Midwest and Provinces
Schedule lists one way fares for settlers on the Chicago Upton Pacific and North Western Line to Minnesota North and South Dakota Wyoming Manitoba Western Ontario Saskatchewan and Assiniboia on Tuesdays in March and April 1905. Rates apply via agents for diets and information.
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Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Busck Hills
Wyoming
Manitoba
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Assiniboia
Chicago, Upton Pacific & North- Western
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Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden
Darrel of the
Blessed Isles
Lothrop Pobiis
Jerushy
Jerushy Jane
Jerushy Jane Pepper
Wolf
Holt
D'rihed
T'ri
Judas Priest
Mex
Pirrepuna
Kas
Rabbon
New York
Saene
State
Penn
Butte
Milwaukee
Bigeo
Texas
Omaha
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