St Jacobs Oil Cures Rheumatism Claims Enduring Relief
A pamphlet touts St Jacobs Oil as a permanent cure for rheumatism. It cites J. E. Bonsall of New Bloomfield Perry County reporting long lasting improvement after 1861, with notes from 1888 claiming continued health and no recurrence. The text asserts hundreds of similar cases exist in the manufacturer's files and denies any other remedy matching these results.
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St. Jacobs
J. E. Bonsall
New Bloomfield
Perry Co
St. Jacobs Oil
New Hampshire Electors Vote on Seven Constitutions Amendments
New Hampshire electors recently approved seven constitutional amendments including removing the word Protestant from the state charter. The vote reflects a move to redefine the text while preserving other proposed changes.
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New Hampshire
Perilous Elopement Across Green River
Luella Christy, an eighteen year old of Munfordville Kentucky, elopes with Sandford Greer after crossing a swollen Green River in her father's skiff. Despite her father's threat with a pistol, Luella reaches Greer, they marry in Munfordville. Chicago Herald reports the daring crossing and wedding.
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John Christy
Munfordville
Green River
Hias
Luella
Sandford Greer
Christy
A Greer
Sandford
Kentucky
Greer
Chicago Herald
Why the Emperor Wrote for Money
In 1883 while touring Europe Dom Pedro II of Brazil stayed in Cannes and agreed to write papers on Brazil for a French science magazine. He asked for payment, explaining he could write for free but had long donated all earnings to an orphan asylum in Rio de Janeiro.
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Europe
Dom Pedro II
Brazil
Cannes
Peror
Dom Pedro
Rio de Janeiro
Value of Pipes in Dispute Cited in Court Query
A dialogue captures a lawyer and plumber over pipes at issue with Mr. C Green. The plumber states the pipes are worth about sixty five cents, while Green claims he paid 18 dollars 44 cents. The scene appears in the Lowell Citizen.
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C Green
A Flood Tide of Humanity Across London Bridge
A London Answers survey counted 111,873 foot passengers and 45,000 vehicles crossing London Bridge in 24 hours on the 25th ult. The piece also notes a mass draft by editors and commissionaires for the contest.
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London Bridge
London Answers
Commissionaire Corps
A Chinese Conveyance Through Desolate Mountain Passes
The author describes a grueling overland journey to the Great Wall of China using mules camels and muleteers. He notes rugged mountain roads littered with boulders and mud and tells of litter travel including his wife riding a cloth covered box. lodging in bare brick inns with hogs and stables.
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China
Frank G. Carpenter
New York West
Mongolia
Peking
Andes
Palestine
The Grain of Salt in Health and Habit
A reflective piece argues health hinges on salt of content and warns of nervous overwork, narcotics, and stimulants. It cites kidney disease Bright's and poisoned blood, urging Warner's Safe Cure as a proven remedy to restore kidney function and overall vitality.
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de Quincy
Bright
Warner
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Favorite Prescription Ad
An old medical ad touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a powerful tonic for overworked women and a restorative for “worn-out” workers. It claims Favorite Prescription strengthens the whole system and offers a money back guarantee with bottle wrappers bearing the guarantee.
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Pieris
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