Evarts Erects New Old Fashioned Log Cabin On Potomac
The piece describes Senator Evarts building a log cabin on Potomac land near Washington. It contrasts pioneer style with modern luxury finishes and links the trend to a revival of old fashioned remedies like Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla. It notes social interest in antique aesthetics and opposition to mineral medicines.
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Evarts
Potomac
Washington
Harrison
White House
New York
Euecese
Fife
Warner
Sarsaparilla
Senator Evarts
Palliser, Palliser & Co
T . Hall
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London photographer captures moving body mystery
In London a famous camera artist photographed a young woman said dead, only to find two negatives differed as the body shifted. A third exposure matched the second, revealing the patient was alive and convalescing. The tale pivots on an eerie medical error and sensational advertisement claims.
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London
The Jokers Budget and Other Satires
A collection of cartoon captions and quips from humor pages. Jokes touch on beauty secrets, drinking habits of merchants, jury choices, dogs, street urchins, hotel life, and elocution attempts with quick wit and social satire. Includes remarks about Surepay merchants and a fatal defect in elocution.
Larks Sing Long Distinctly From Great Distances
The Naturalist notes a lark sings for twenty minutes while in midair with no effort beyond voice use. South Dakota advertises statehood progress and farming growth. A leprosy outbreak is reported among Noumea's native Kanakas. Various brief items and jokes from Chicago and Pittsburgh papers follow.
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J. S. Wood
The
South Dakota
Dakota
E. P. Wilson
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Unis Balsam Promises Cures for Throat and Lung Ailments
An advertisement extols Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung troubles. It offers free sample bottles and notes the medicine's popularity. Include mention of Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a historic remedy for women and a guarantee policy.
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Dr. Pierce
Radical Cure for Epileptic Fits Offer
A reader advertises a positive remedy for epilepsy claiming to cure severe cases. The writer will mail a free sample bottle and a treatise to anyone sending a P O address and express address. Signed RKesp y H G Root M C 183 Pearl St New York.
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Rkesp
H.G. Root
M. C
Pearl St
New York
German bankers seek Liechtenstein land for gambling empire
German bankers reportedly opened talks with the Prince of Liechtenstein to obtain permission to establish a vast international gambling house at Vaduz, aiming to rival Monaco.
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Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Monaco
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted As Purifier Remedy
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifier and tonic to ward off ailments from impure blood. It claims the product grants energy, reduces headaches, and restores strength, citing a user who reports improved health after three years of spring use.
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Scott
Pam
Alabama
Ike Hood
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John W. Morris
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Roarer
Noumea
Ujhely
Hungary
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Leuze
Chient
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Fairfax
East Liberty
Pittsburg Chronicle
Cupid
Scotland
Tectinshire
Worzip
Dispensany Medical Associatoron, Proprietors
Free Masonary
Morgan
Perepies Pub. Co
St. Paul, Minn
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