State legislatures and society in 1895 notes
The Review of Reviews surveys 32 state legislatures, noting Rhode Island’s slow senator election, biennial patterns, anti gambling moves in Connecticut New Jersey and Kansas, and law emphasis on roads water and removal powers in New York. It covers public morals, divorce laws in the west, and rising interest in temperance and liquor laws. It also discusses Vanderbilt and Astor divorces, Russian Jewish immigrants, southern industrial growth around coal iron and lime, and social exclusivity in New York. The piece ends with reflections on U.S. coinage weight, congressional salaries, immigration trends, and Nicaragua canal questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Ilinois
California
Union
Atlantic
Connecticut
Kansas
New York City
Rockies
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
West Virginia
Maine
South Carolina
Gould
Vanderbilt
Astor
William K. Vanderbilt
J. Coleman Drayton
Caroline Astor Drayton
Garth
Astors
Vanderbilts
Vjllian Ralph
Harper’s Magazine
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Toma
South
Roanoke
Birmingham
Ala
Kentucky
Chattanooga
New South
North
Ralph
Chattanooga District
Virginias
North Carolina
One True Blood Purifier Flood's Sarsaparilla
Advertisement-like testimony praising Floods Sarsaparilla as a universal blood purifier. Claims cures for grip, saltrheum, and various eye and skin conditions with patient stories from W. H. BarterFIELD Detroit and others. Includes price and vendor details for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Gardening and national events mix in a bustling era commentary
The piece extols gardening as a healing, civic duty and links English floriculture to American landscape improvement. It notes notable figures like Dean Hole, anticipates Chickamauga battlefield dedication with President Cleveland, and summarizes four former congressmen’s views on an extra session. It also recalls past newspaper experiments turning youth reporters into professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Virginia
Tugland
Dean Hole
Great Britain
Grand Army
Chickamauga Battlefield
North
South
Cleveland
Atlanta
Chickamauga
Charles Tracey
New York
Josiah Patterson
Tennessee
Bellamy Storer
Ohio
Robert G. Cousins
Iowa
Ireland
Mr. Tracey
Treasury
Tracey
Congress
Storer
Patterson
Cousins
Prominent endorsements for Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy
Widely cited testimonials claim Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy cures chronic ailments from stomach trouble to cancer scars and skin diseases. Commander James S Dean reports relief after a week and full cure of dyspepsia. Reverend I W Hill says the medicine as a blood tonic prevented cancer recurrence. Sisters of Charity note overall satisfaction and wide ranges of cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Hill
Methodist Church
Accord
Dr. Kennedy
Be Your Own Doctor With Mayers Magnetic Catarrh Cure
An ad proclaims Mayers Magnetic Catarrh Cure for catarrh hay fever and throat ailments, promised to last three months and cure any case by a new inhalation method. Testimonial by Mrs Elias Handwerk claims recovery after four weeks. Sold guaranteed by Siegfried & Co Ragumatism Curep and other cures offered by L. G. Nozes & Co in Waren, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Ia
Hood
Peter A. Johnson
Cranbury Station
New Jersey
G. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Mayers
Mayers Drue Co
Elias Handwerk
Ik Lick
Somerset Co
Siegfried & Co
L. G. Nozes & Co
Wairen
Farme Ad Promises Ear Corn Grinding Guarantee
An old advertisement from G. W. Kourrat invites readers at Farme to have corn ground with guaranteed satisfaction. The brief notice repeats the product offering and brand initials d-17-81, indicating a compact merchant promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Kourrat
Lillian Russell Perfume and a Page of Local Pharmacy Ads
A brief assortment of fragrances and household goods lists Lillian Russell Perfume and Huyler's Candies, Physicians' and Surgeons' Soap, and a stock of toilet soaps. It promotes Anderson's Plymouth Rock Spring cures Diabetes and kidney liver and bladder diseases at 20c per gallon, and endorses Momaja coffee as unmatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Anderson
Plymouth Rock Spring
Bright
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Telegraph
Itgelt
Telegraph
Ward McAllister
Times
United States
Congressional
Washington
Nicaragua
Sarsaparilla
Flood
Wonder
Sarsaparilia
W. H. Barter- Field
Hastings St
Detroit, Mich
H. W. Bushnell
Lyon Brook
Oxford
Francis A. Payverrs
Mishawaka
Ind
Aurora
Ills
Dailyxpress
The
Express
Harry Clayton
George Denny
Knoxville Whig
Ernest Downer
Protection For
Constantinople
Porte
Philip Currie
Terrell
Onfio
Toueno
Fas
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Cos
Toledo
Rank J. Cheney
A. D
A.W. Glason
Notary Public Hall
J. Cheney & CO
F. C. Trusler
Glade
Siegfrie
Jone
Joe Wright
Lillian Russell
Huyler’s
Huyler
Norway
Holmes & Coutts
Momaja
Variety Hall
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