Plantain and common weeds as folk medicine guides
The piece blends folklore and home remedies from plantain, burdock, nettle, privet, peach leaf, and Jamestown plant, describing simple preparations such as poultices, washes, and teas to treat inflammation, wounds, boils, sore mouths, piles, and general aches, urging careful use and noting a cautious distrust of patent medicines.
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Foster, Milburn & CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Jashoe
Jamestown
Striking Claims On Ballistics And Sound Reach
A historical note asserts that a musket ball fired into water rebounds and flattens, through glass it makes a hole without cracking, glass suspended by a thread stays still, cork sinks 100 feet and does not rise, and extreme cold allows distant speech. Dr Jamison allegedly heard a sermon two miles away.
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Mother Eve
Josh Billings
Rattlesnaik
Snaik
New York
Charles
Charley
Scott
Jerusalem
Atlanta
Lili
Arctic
Jamison
Advice on Handling Vicious Dogs and Immunity Policy
A gentleman presents a method for encountering a vicious dog by removing headwear and holding it by the side to shield the body. He claims this grants immunity from attack and promises to cover doctor bills for bites and funeral costs for hydrophobia deaths if followed.
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Grant
Vicksburg
Texas
Mexico
Rio Grande
Congress
Chicago
Mrs Partington Reports Seaside Visit And Views
Mrs Partington recounts a seaside trip praising some aspects while criticizing extravagant lifestyles. She notes summer experiences exceeded expectations and questions how affluent people with luxurious homes could endure seaside caverns.
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Willis Cowan
Warren
Warren County
Tanner House
High Street
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G. B. Evans
R. B. Stewart
Hazeltine & Davis’ Drug Store
Hickory St
Union School
Crandall
Davis
Perry D. Clark
Scofield
Water Street
Postoffice
Wm.swanson
Johnson’s Exchange
Cable & Knapp
Allen’s Block
Eddy & Co's
James Cable
M. Knapp
Brown & Ball
Beatty Block
First National Bank
W. D. Brown
D. J. Ball
D. I. Ball
G. H. Leonhart
Cigars Tobacco, &c
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A. Cogswell
City Meat Market
Front Street
Parmlee & Henry’s
P. V. Murray
Corner Water
Iickery
over _Morck & Co's
William Schnur
Morck’s Jewelry
Front St
Oo. F. Hoffman
Warren, Pa
Second Street
Warren Savings Bank
Wilbur
M. Miles
D. J. Hodges
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Messner & Trusher
Sextus Keller
Smith's
Dinsmoor & Reeves
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Scoffield
Warren Pa
Densmoor
F. D. Reeves
WM. V. Hazeltine
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Scofield & Hooker's
Iunlus R. Clark
Chas. H. Noyes
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C. C. Thompson
Brown & Stone
H. J. Brown
R. Brown
W. Stone
H. E. Brown
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Foreign Exchange
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazeltine
O. H. Hunter
A.J. Hazeltine
E. G. Wood
M. B. Dunham
Jas. Clark, Jr
Albert Kirberger
J. E
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Jamestown, N. F
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Sidney Robjohns
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