Weathered Words and Western Echoes From a 1881 Newspaper
A sprawling column combines science notes on sun spots and auroras with reports of new laboratories in Paris, pyramids near Memphis, and a metal lamp for signaling. It flows into a Kansas frontier letter detailing Morganville, Clay Centre, and local growth, then ends with a Iowa town recounting a winter blizzard and a Clinton literary reunion.
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French Academy
M. J. Seure
M. Mercadier
Cairo
Memphis
Sagarrah
Paris
Lyons
Iowa
Clinton
North Western
BR. R
Boston
New England
Athens
Ladies’ Literary Society
Dr Fenner's Improved Cough Honey Promises Relief
Advertising copy touts Dr Fenner's Improved Cough Honey as a remedy for head cold and cough. It urges readers to try sample bottles and hints at a low price with a promotional offer.
Memory as the gate to immortality in a Sunday sermon
The sermon argues memory creates a first life and enables a resurrection, asserting no second life exists without conscious remembrance. It reflects on memory as immortality’s creator, recounts how the wicked face inner guilt, and notes the moral divide in society as sin shapes eternal outcomes.
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Edward Beecher
Earth
Westminster Abbey
Gidious
Sin
Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills Advertisement and Oddities
An 19th century ad touts Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills as blood purifiers and liver regulators for skin diseases, headaches, dyspepsia, fevers, and detoxifying the bowels. Prices: 25 cents per box, five boxes for a dollar. ointment 60 cents, three boxes for $1.25. Includes mail order option and Philadelphia address. Also features short, quirky items about a calf and mutton club, plus a chastened parental quip about spanking a child.
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Swayne
Mai
Dr. Swayne & Son
North Sixth Street
Philadelphia
No Leader of Society Proves Woman’s Worth in a Bonanza Era
Olivia in the Philadelphia Times argues that society’s leadership now hinges on beauty, brains, and money. A Western congressman laments fashion club receptions as mere clothes, while Garfield and Blaine say relief comes from changing thoughts, not idle chatter. The essay urges nineteenth century women to develop power equal to men.
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Super Katharine Chase Sprague
Congress
Garfield
Senator Blaine
Olivia
The
Philadelphia Times
London Hair Color Restorer Promised to Restore Hair Color
An Elegant Toilet Preparation and London Hair Color Restorer claim to renew gray or faded hair to a youthful color. A. A. Gibson of Barrytown praises its effects on hair growth and quality, noting it stopped hair loss and restored natural color. Gente-Include Philadelphia advertises eight dollars for a dozen bottles.
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London
A. A. Gibson
Barrytown
Duchess County
Dr. Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Gente
Post Office
Best hunting season in Catskills draws bold predators
Old hunters report an exceptional Catskill season with bears, catamounts, foxes, and deer unusually numerous. Severe winter storms froze streams and slowed animal feeding pushing some bears toward farms. A large she bear carried off a pig. a Lexington man fought a bear beside a frozen brook. a Shandaken bear was trapped alive for a boarding house in the Catskills. Catamounts grow more aggressive, a Marbletown teamster wounded, and Ellenville youths killed three wild cats in two days. Lynx reappear, deer numbers up but hunting costs high.
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Morganville
Clay Co
Waterville
Manhatan
K.P. R
Clay County
Missouri River
Nebraska
Junction City
Ft. Kearney
Clay Centre
Wakefield
Morgan
Clifton
Clay
Washington
Central Branch
Morgantown
Warren County
W. A. Brovenron
Kansas
Catskill Mountains
James Barber
Barber
Brain
Nathan Anderson
Lexington
Anderson
Andersen
Shandeken
Ulster Co
Catakills
New York
Shawanggunk
Joseph Bailey
Marbletown
Itis
Bailey
Ellenville
Old Lee
Catskills
A Daughter Rescued By Dr Swayne’s Cure
A Frankfort physician recalls rescuing a prominent citizen’s daughter once deemed hopelessly consumptive. After using Dr Swayne’s Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry she recovered, becoming rosy and healthy. Sold 25 cents and 1 bottle or 6 for five dollars, prepared by Dr Swayne & Son Philadelphia. An occasional dose of Swayne’s Pills is advised to keep bowels regular.
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Frankfort
Dr. Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Saved from the gallows in Canada murder case commuted
In St ScroLAsTiqua Canada February 23, J B Narbonne condemned for murdering his brother Alexander in Arundel in 1877 had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. His father and stepmother, Accessories before the fact, also faced life terms after a dramatic interview with Father Tasse.
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St. Scrolastiqua
Canada
J. B. Narbonne
Father Tasse
Jean Baptiste
Jean Baptiste Narbonne
Alexander
Arundel
Frozen Rattlesnake Resurrects Crimea? No this is Georgia tale
A Georgia man digging a pest hole uncovered a frozen rattlesnake. He struck it, it sounded like rock, and after warming it near a fire the snake stirred and moved. He killed it to prevent a repeat episode, citing his belief that snakes thaw from cold.
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American Republican
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Warren, Warren CO
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Usiness
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Warren
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Geryaam
Bagiisk
Seafield’s Block
Wares
Jebs
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Liberty Sweet
the Baptist Unarch
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M. A. Greaves
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Groege
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R. BK
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Haxeltine & Davis Drug Store
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Union School House
Tracy IP
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Ivineton
Flayrparnes Hoube
Wilbur & Miles
Fred Morck
Acofield
W. Wilbur
M. Miler
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Messner & Trusbelas
Nsmoor & Cable
Scofield
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Jamny Cable
Rown & Stone
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First Rational Book
BR. Brown
Dg. W. Stone
Tetimore & Noyes
Second Street
Johnoor’s Exchange
Danring D
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Co. H. Noyes
Llen & Thompson
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Central Block
Tidioute
W. Allen
D. Thompson
Alte
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First National Bank
Dante
J. E. Berkstresser
Merck’s
Carver House
Lewis Meyer
Schnur
Law Ofice
Pennszylvania
N. d. Hill
Jamestown
Ordinsmoor & Cable
Bairstow
Fisher
Waeeen, Pa
Warren Hotel
D.M. Davis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia and Erie Rd. R
Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road
Erie Maid
Arvinetor “Corry
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Philadelph Kane Accom
Erte
Ty Corry
Kanaar
Pers
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WM. A. Baldwin
Gen
Wyunkink
Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railway
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Nortons Skidmores
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Pittsfield
Garland
Newton Insceet
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Wn Fas
Pup
Raja Oh
D. Thayer
Warren, Pa
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Morningspar Bros
J.H. Mitchell & Co
B. Platte
Moreigar SS
Times
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Ges
Woo
Third St
Methodist Church
Worke Ss
W. B. Kinsky
Warren High School
Roms Institution
the Academic School of
Warren Co
Tracwers
United States
W. A. Lindsey
B. Miller
Smith’s Coal
Episcopal Church
Duff & Sons
Pittaburgh
B. Davis
Beaman & Davis
Judge Wetmore
Meat Market
F A. Cogswell
City + Meat Market
Fisher's Block
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, I Mass
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Savings Bank
Yoragn Exchange
L. F.watson, B. Nesmith, A. J. Hazeltine
L. F. Watson
G. Woop
QO. H. Hunter
B. Nesmith
B. Dunham
A. Kirberger
Jas, Clark, JR
D. Brown
A.J. Hazeltine
the Maid OF Athens
Masks
Schipka
Stramberg
Moravia
Siemens
Dana
Amazon
Hoogly
Ganges
Psientand
China
Chusan Islands
Prof. Watson
Wisconsin University
Pernedy
Dr. Mottaur
Brooklyn
Catskill Mountain
Georgia
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