Closing days of Congress and a veteran statesman at work
Describes the frantic final hours of Congress as lawmakers rush to complete business and a veteran legislator clears his desk with care. The piece highlights the fevered pace, the clock-watching, and the ceremonial farewell as the Fifty-First Congress ends.
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WashinaTon
March
House
Senate
Congress
Triuumph Phs
Supreme Court
Cassett
Basset
Senatora
Sam
Camtel
Walter Wellman
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Spring Blood Purifier
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the ideal spring medicine for purifying blood repairing tissues and invigorating the body while claiming it checks progress of acute and chronic diseases. It notes Mrs Stra Gardfeld wearing mourning years after her husband’s death.
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Stra Gardeld
Wueno
God Send Balm Heals Chronic Nasal Catarrh
Mrs Jackson of Portsmouth reports three years of bad catarrh with bleeding noses and sores. After using the Balm, two bottles cured nasal congestion and head heaviness, leaving the patient feeling like a new person. Also noted is Mrs Worth, wife of a noted dressmaker, dressing plainly.
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Mr. Hearn
Hearn
Kenyon
Lane
Gramps
Young Lee
Miss Marshall
Lin
Lis
Lfe
Taudif
Army
Pe &K
Aeres Lane
Lana
Moss Marshall
Miss Wharton
Marshalls
RBF
Sulphur Jitters Restores Sailor After Long Illness
A mariner named Joseph Batehebler credits Sulphur Jitters with ending a year of dyspepsia and failed doctors, noting relief after four bottles, then describes a weather cycle where sea water evaporates, becomes rain, and returns to the ocean.
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Joseph Batehebler
Baker
Warning from the kidneys and Swamp Root remedy
An old health warning notes that 1 445 400 gallons of blood are processed by the kidneys yearly and kidney disease causes many deaths. It urges readers to act before neglect leads to failure and promotes Swamp Root as a guaranteed remedy by Zimmerman and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmerman & Co
Plating Machine Promises Easy Profits in Zanesville
Mr EEITOR reports one week of work with a plating machine earning 42 dollars in profit. He praises the ease and potential wealth, credits W H GnrirFire & Co of Zanesville Ohio for the $3 plater, and urges readers to request a circular to join the venture for light hearts and plenty of money.
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Doctor France
New York
France Medical and Surgical Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Wooster
Oho
Acher House
France Medics and Surgical Institute of Coloneille
W. H GnrirFire & Co
Zanesville
J. G
Neverpay and the Bank Glimpse in a Troubled Tale
A garbled snippet hints at a bank, misgivings, and a widowly character, while an ad voice extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a malaria cure and health tonic. Mentions Fanny Davenport as a leading businesswoman and Uncle Tom’s Cabin theater scenes, with references to Ball Blue for laundry.
Weathered figures in the rain across political ranks
The piece notes various leaders and public figures across offices using umbrellas and rain gear. It describes Congresaman Jog O Mett neree, Governor Hrackett, Governor Russell, Ale, Jen Butler, Grant, John D Long, W H Barrett, ex Mayor Primes, Charles Levi Woodbury, and others in wet weather attire including mackintosh, overcoats, overshoes, and hats as they move between duties.
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Congresaman
Hrackett
Bert Grant
Grovernor
John D Long
Née Ways
W .H. Barrett
House of Representatives
Cape Mackintosh
Charles Levi Woodbury
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Harding & Cos
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W. F. Kean
Ollica Ayer eClarran
Ingram
McClarran & Caskey
Ee Weors
Wooster, Oe
H.R. Smith
Public Square
John P. Jeffries
M’clure
Martin L. Smyser
McClure & Smyser
Attorneys-At-Law
Wooster Ohio
Merchant's Emporium
E. W. Newkirk
Quinby’s Shoe
Emporium
East Liberty Street
John C. McClarran
LAW
M’clellan Bras
Woost
Lyman
Critchfield
John
Adair Critchfield
M.B. Mowrey
Nasal
Spruce Street
J. E. Barrett
Offilce
North Market and
North Streets
N Market Street
North Market Street
Iscopal Church
H. A. Hart
New Lutheran Church
N. Y . Eye and Ear Institute
J. H. Todd
West Liberty Street
Stoll
W Ryall
Drs
Stoll & Ryall
North Market
North County
Dr Stollopp
N Market
J. G. M’coy
Owoing Block
Hoelzel and
Kaltwasser’s
Fai
Board OF Schoolers OF
Tiso County
Dalton
West Salem
Doylestown
Paks Eineenig
Board Oftiene
Othe Chi
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Millb Ik
Theram
Springville
Mill Brook
Glinton
Eee Ate Asia Fea
Ech Azon Zorg Ps
Benet Yi
Thak
Charles King
J.B. Lippineets
Mn Wellace
Martin
Gen
Allo
Lee
Mr. Lee
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Stones
Stone
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Chicago
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Col Morris
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Tutter
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Welsh
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Sanstone
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Walter Ellpan
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New York World
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Syaw
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Canada
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State House
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Prancs Medical Institute
Roth
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U.S
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Clark
ABG
Cine Go
Sk Lous
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Richards
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Eeitor
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Paw
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Efor
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Aster
Addipic
Russell
Ale
Jen Butler
Wrather
Reenst
Onte
Ayer
Anwynes
Lydia Thomson
Ayerts
Wm H Quartly
Minlaton
Australia
Portomouth
Shaw
Ayérs
George Lawrence
J. G. Ayer& CO
Lovell
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