Oddities and Odd Jobs From A Busy Day In History
A collage of strange tales and local curiosities including a showman smoking underwater deception, a grain dealer seeking bat livers for luck, a dog named Nero saved by a raft, a Nashville goat triggering a steam bell, and pension claims of a woman posing as a soldier.
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St. Louis
Fifth District
Barney Cush
Nero
Cush
Nashville
A_ theatrical company
Hooxes
Elkhart
Ind
Pension Board
Hooker
Col. Hooker
Purr Armour
Armour
Alance
Armour Office
Taylor
Des Moines
Iowa
Ball of snakes blocks Florida train in fog and frost
An engineer on a South Florida line near Kissimmee spotted a ball of 150 snakes of varied sizes and colors on the track. The engine struck the mass, sending snakes into the air and onto the locomotive as workers at the next station noted the unusual sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Florida
Kissimilia
Here
Ecowcatcher
Globe-Democrat
Man Struck For The Woods After Pulpit Tale
Sam Jones recounted a Tennessee tale of a drunken wreck who listened to his prohibition speech. Jones helped him by sending him 33 miles into the woods to start anew, later reporting the man rebuilt his life, secured a school and his children, and found stability.
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Sam Jones
Robinson County
Tennessee
Murfreesboro
Cooperation Among the Chinese and a Colonial Colonel Titling
A Pittsburgh iron works loses a large order due to a punctuation error by a typewriter. A Southern gentleman with a colonel title demands satisfaction or suit after a seven page reply heat up the dispute. A Chinese community in Borneo practices cooperative mining with defined shares, strict discipline, and biannual account winding within a 201 year old system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Borneo
Society
St. James's
Blood Will Tell and the Liver’s Hidden Role
The piece argues that impure blood signals liver trouble and urges Dr Piece's Golden Medical Discovery to purify the blood by restoring liver function. It warns of serious outcomes including liver or kidney disorders and mentions a remark about a daughter named Fort and a hopeful suitor.
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Piece
Readable Nostalgia Patents and Patent Remedy Claims
A fragmented 19th century ad style piece touts Dr Pierce Pleasant Purgative Pellets for constipation and loss of appetite, Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy, Kemp's Balsam for throat and lungs, and sample bottles offered free by druggists. It also references a general caution about officers pursuing miscreants. The text promotes medicinal products with claimed cures and pricing mentions for large bottles and sample offers.
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Kemp
Swayne’s Ointment Claims Skin Disease Cure
Itching moist skin condition worsened by scratching may form tumors that bleed and ulcerate. Swayne’s Ointment stops itching and bleeding heals ulceration and can remove tumors. Equally effective for all skin diseases. DH Swayne & Son Philadelphia mailing offered by druggists.
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Swayne
Dh.swayne& Son
Philadelphia
Positive remedy for consumption promotion letter
A reader letter from T A Slocum M C proclaims a cure for consumption and offers two free bottles to readers who send express and postal addresses. The note requests readers to contact at 151 Pearl Street North.
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P. O
T. A. Slocum
M.C
Pearl St
Piso's Cure for Consumption Ends All Coughs
The advertisement touts Piso's Cure for Consumption as the best cough medicine sold everywhere. It also promotes Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye-Water for sore eyes and notes druggists sell bottles at 2 cents. Advertising rates apply to the paper publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaae Thompson
Scott
Scott & Bowne
New York
Havana
Key West
G. E. Bryson
Joan White
A Story of Jo Jefferson at St Louis Theatre
A Philadelphia News item recalls Jo Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle at a St Louis theatre. Exhausted after travel he naps through the act while the audience heckles with laughter. The prompter finally rouses him and he mumbles about an imaginary railway ticket as the crowd roars.
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Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
St. Louis
Rip
Philadelphia News
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Guanajuato
Mexico
George Fay
Zeo Battesta
Pensacola
Cardiff
C. W. Davis
United States Military Academy
Lieut. Kirby
United States Army
West Point
Davis
Pickens County
Florida
Gubbins
The
Board of Trade
Shipboard
the Handsomes
Lady In Town
Tems
WM. M. Goldthwaite
Fulton St
C. S. Page
Hyde Park
Vermont
U. 5
Jo Jefferson
Wells
E. S. Wells
Jersey City
Weis
S. Wells
Dervey
Ity
SUACO
Sco
Stockine
Druggixts and
Deales Everveine
Cherries Veceler Co
Bat
Layfever
Elys Cream Ty
Elys Y Bros
Peabody Wre
Can Institute
Resten
Mass
WW. H. Paraee
Axle Frazer
New York City
A. Simis & Sov
Larerst
Grive
U. G. Root
M. C
Peari St. Yew
A. H. Dow Fit
Itor Enquirer
Brenton, N. C
Piso
Kilmer
Neme
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