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tai expenditure to date, chargeable to
Atlanta exhibit fund, of $4,267 %, and
leaves a balance in said fund of ST.
131 72.
This, I estimate, will be nearly or
quite enough to reinstall the exhibit at
the new quarters you have selected at
JIG Post street, San Francisco, and when
that work is done as hope to be able to
do it, the State Board of Trade will be
in better shape in every way than it was
previous to going to Atlanta, and 1T
will. for its extra pains and efforts in
connection with the Atlanta Exposition,
have placed to it's credit as an addi-
tional and powerful reason for its ex-
istence and support, one of the greatest
works ever performed for California.
either at home or abroad for like
amount of money.
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PORTLAND Oregon

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 5.
I send you herewith the photographs
of some of the best people of Portland,
and / write to tell you that joys Vege-
table Sarsaparilla has touched the
hearts of the people of this city. have
personally spoken to and noted the diff
ferent people of the Quimby House who
have used Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla,
and they all praise the great remedy.
Portland is doing finely. Business is
not absolutely rushing, yet one meets
few idle people and everything has an
air of business. Go on the streets, in
the markets, to the theaters, all is life
not the hurly- burly, bustling life of
Chicago, but the staid, solid business
life of a substantial city.
The Hon D. J. Quimby is now one of
the leading business men of Portland,
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other blood medicine. but 7 ordered
bottle OF joys because Joys is the best.
A. J. MORRIS-Joy's Vegetable Sar-
saparilla cures skin disorders. had
friend who suffered much-he now
praises joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
T. BUTTON-Joy' Vegetable Sarsa-
parilla is good for the blood. 1 like the
remedy.
L. w. BROWNING all praise joys.
P. KALICH-Joy's is the great medi-
cine now.
j. S. JENKINS have used joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla. 1t is good.
w II. HUNTER-Joy' for me every
time.
JOHN BRADY-I know a score of
people who praise the great remedy,
joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
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FINNEGAN's CRAZY MULE.
It was a Racer When 1t Got Started

Tt Was Racer When 1t Got Started
on the Way.
did you ever hear of Finnegan's
rnule?" queried Charley Mann, door
keeper of the press gallery of the House
of Representatives to a Washington
News man. HE was probably the
greatest mule ever foaled. He could
trot mile in 2:40, if you could control
him, but there was the rub. He un-
questionably carried, on the dam s
side, race horse blood. When I inno-
Gently purchased him about ten years
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Marysville Appeal: 1t would be hl1mil-
fating to be struck by a comet that has
no tail, but though, like razor heck
the new celestial visitor is no beauty II
has speed of 100000 miles a dav Tho
Yuba County office-holders saw that
they would just as soon be struck hv
the frisky creature of space as de-
cision from the Supreme. Court declar-
ing the four-year law invalid.
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c. TROXELL-Joy's Vegetable Sar-
saparilla has many friends in Port
land.
GEORGE PEASE,-Put me down as
an indorser of joys Vegetable Sarsa-
parilla.
JOHN McGINN-I believe Joys Veg
etable Sarsaparilla has more friends in
Portland thar. some of the best-Hked
men. 1t pleases everyone.
F. HILDEO-Joy' Vegetable Sarsa-
parilla cured me. I like it. recon-
mend it.
J. F. ELLIOTT-We all believe in
joys for the jaded.
F. HILL-A druggist tried to talk an
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SEND THE WEEKLY UNION TO worm
friends in the East.
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JIMBY HOUSE, PORTLAND, OREGON.

and I was interested in him to-day for
nearly two hours. We spoke of the re-
suit of The new bond issue, and we
agreed in looking forward to a good
spring business. We'll" said he, 'I
am glad it is coming. L feel able to cope
with any amount of extra work. I am
really and truly a strong man. I was
not in good spirits or health a few
months ago, but that was before 1 used
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GREAT HOME REMEDY.
OY'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA.

To tell you the truth, all of the regular
guests of the Quimby House had spoken
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Vegetable Appre
ciated and Indorsed the Good Portland,
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SEVENTEEN TONGUES OF GRATITUDE.

All Qumby Comprising the Hon D. Quimby and the Leading Guests
of the Quimby House Portland, Oregon
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HON. D. J. QUIMBY.
F. SNYDER.
J. MURRAY.
G. TROXELL.
GEORGE PEASE.
JOHN McGINN.
F. HILDEO.
J. H. ELLIOTT.
f. HILL.
A. J. MORRIS.
F. BUTTON.
L. w. BROWN.
P. KALICH.
]. S. JENKINS.
w. H. HUNTER.
JOHN BRADY.
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MoNE4 LEN Wv
I have referred to the fact that only
S5,400 was available for the Atlanta
Exposition. 1 am pleased to say that
with the concessions previously named
and by practicing the closest economy
where it could be done without impair
ing the efficiency of the work, the ex-
penditures will not exceed that amount
When I left California / carried with
me 81, 500; 1 subsequently drew 81 800
more. In addition to this I received for
work done for others and from sales
and salvage $211 50, and from returned
freight charges S97 40, making the total
that has come into my hands since leav-
ing for Atlanta $3.30S go In return
for this amount / have vouchers for
s., 53S so, a record of petty expendi-
lures on account of exposition work of
S145 81, and I have cash on hand to
the amount of SO 50, leaving a balance
of 1913 II unaccounted for. This bal
ance represents a portion of the cost of
living of Mr.. Johnson and myself during
our stay ait the exposition and Incl
dental expenses on the way there and
return.
The total cost of replenishing, packing
and loading the exhibit at this end of
the line before and after starting was
1910 IA. This added to So, ,29S Ia, the
cost of the work at Atlanta, makes a to-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

w. Y. Atkinson was reelected COVER
nor of Georgia by the democrats by a
majority of not less than $4,000.
Gen. George A. Sheridan, OF Louis
lana. once famous political speaker,
died at the National soldiers home in
Hampton, Va.
The national democrat or Connecti.
cut met at Hartford end placed in nom
ination presidential electors and full
state ticket headed by Joel A. Sperry
for governor.
SilRs j. Woodson, who was governor
of Missouri from 1872 to 1876, died in
st. Joseph. aged II years.
In reply to u letter of the business men
of the Catholic churches of st Paul,
Mimi, OF all politics, Archbishop Ire
land gave oui II letter in which he states
his reasons why he is opposed to the
Chicago platform, which ne says is an
archistic and menace to the union.
Ex-Gov. Levi Fuller died at Brattle-
boro, VT, aged SO years, In 1888 he
was elected to the state senate, in 1886
as lieutenant governor and in 1892 gov
ernor of Vermont.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17
FOREIGN.


terrific gale was raging on the Eng
lish coast and immense damage had
been done to property and many lives
were reported lost.
Advices from Cuba say the insurgents
have burned the tobacco and sugar es-
tate of Santa Rosa in Matabzas, which
cost over $1.0OO,0oO and belonged to
Miguel Aldama. They have also burned
the tobacco and sugar estates of Maria
Louisa at Cuevillns and of Puerto at
Cavasi, the loss being $350.0o0.
Since October there have been 20
deaths at Bombay, India, from bubome
fever, and Alden and Egyptian ports have
declared quarantine against Indian ar
rivals.
In a collision at Hull, England. be-
tween the steamers Alexander and En-
den the former sunk, drowning ten of
her crew.
The Norwegian bark Araidne, Capt.
Paulson, ran ashore at Green Cove, N.
s., during gale and went to pieces and
the captain and nine of the crew were
drowned.
George du Maurier. the artist and nov
elist, author of "Trilby," died in London,
aged 80 years.
1t is said that written treaty of al
lance is in existence between Russia
md France, but that it is only defensive
in its provisions.
The treaty which has for some time
past been pending between Nicaragua
and Germany has been ratified by con-
gress.
The German government has fol,
lowed up it's prohibition of the impor-
tation of American dressed beef and live
cattle into Germany by shutting out
American canned beef from the Ger
man markets.
Advices from Turkey say that the
governor of Mytiline had discovered a
plot of Turkish students to bring about
a general massacre of Christians, and
that four of the ringleaders had been
arrested.
Floods in Siberia have rendered thou
sands homeless and destitute and caused
the loss of many lives.
The archbishop of Canterbury was
seized with apopleXy during service at
Hawarden church in London and died
in short time. He was 60 years old.
The Laurier ministry has selected
Thursday, November 26. as Thanksgiv-
ing day for Canada, the same as in the
United States.
Mrs. Philip Omeara, the oldest resi-
dent OF Ottawa, and probably of Canada.
died at the age of III years.
The sultan has signed an trade prom
isising state reforms for the whole of
Turkey.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17
LATER.

AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Daytan railroad, held in Cincinnati on
the 18th, four directors were reelected.
They are NJ. c. Martin, George w.
Davis, Lawrence Maxwell, jr., and
George r. Balch.
THE following notice was posted in
the American Waltham watch factory
on the 18th: "On and after October 15,
and until further notice, the factory
will run 54 hours a week" The factory
has been running on half time only all
summer and employs 1000 hands.
THE Norfolk and New Brunswick
Hosiery Co., of New Brunswick, N. j.,
which suspended indefinitely month
lago, because, as it was said by the Off
Icials, of the uncertainty of the political
outlook, resumed operations on the
18th.
AT Claremont, N. H., on the 18th
Walter p. Hunt, aged 81, siiot and
killed Irving Smith, aged 10, and then
committed suicide by shooting himself.
The men were farmers and had quar-
lreled.
SATURDAY, October "a, has been des-
Iignated as a day for speech-mating
and parades all over the country by the
Railway Mems Sound Money clubs.
THE executive committee of the
Young Peoples Christian Union of the
United Presbyterian church has de-
;ided upon Indianapolis as the place
for the next annual convention, which
will be held August 18 to 23, 1897.
WHILE the members of football
team were being conveyed from Sc
lima to Monterey, Cal, on the 18th in
an omnibus, the vehicle struck deep
chuck hole in the roadway and went
over an embankment, carrying with it
the occupants and four horses. Frank
lOyer was crushed beneath one of the
horses and instantly killed. j. Riclet
and e. Rich were bruised and cut and
lother- members of the team badly
shaken up.
THE Cooper Fruit Co.. of Newcastle,
Cal, on the 18th fled petition in in
lsolvency. The failure was caused by
damage to fruit through late frost and
untimely rains. The company's liabil-
lities are $T7, 800, and the assets S6S,25S.
| GEN. Il. S. BRAGG, of Wisconsin, has
been appointed by Attorney General
Harmon special assistant to the United
States district attorney for the Eastern
district of Wisconsin. His duties will
be to aid the district attorney in pros
&c uting the suit of the United States
igains b the Manufacturers Investment
Co., of Wisconsin, to recover large
tract of land, about the ownership of
which there has been for some time q
= dispute.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

In the rush and crush of business in
the general post Office the other day an
Irishman's answer was heard that is
worth repeating. 1t was at the gen.
eral delivery window and the Irish
man was poor and typical son of the
sod. He had applied for letter.
Letter? All right, sir. What name?"
The 1rishman gave his name, but the
clerk, not catching it, asked:
"How do you spell it?"
spell it," answered the Irishman.
"Shure, If a foine smart clerk loi1e you
can't spell it, how dye think a poor
man loike me can?"-Harper's Round
Table.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

Jabez Chapman, OF Girard, Pa, cele-
bratcd his one hundredth birthday and
the event was made the occasion of n
public holiday in the village.
Commander w. w. Gilpatrick, of the
United States navy, dropped dead OF
heart disease in Cincinnati.
+. Towner Root, senior member of the
well-known music publishing house of
E. L. Root g. Sons, died in Chicago, aged
"a years.
Secretary of State Palmer decided
that the national democratic party is
entitled to a column on the official bal
lot in New York.
Rev. Crosby II. Wheeler, D. D., the
well-known missionary of the Ameri-
c>n board. died at Auburndale, Mass.
He was located at Kharpoot, Turkey,
for 30 years.
John IL. Williams, nged GO years,
dropped dead at Norristown, Pa. MIR.
Williams gained a national reputation
as the funny man" of the Norristown
Herald.
Isaac w. Higgs, who was the nominee
of the national party of prohibitionists
for governor of Illinois, has resigned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17
HER PLACE.
She Figured 1t Out Like ono with ZEE.
perlcnce

She Figured 1t Out Like ono with Ex-
pericncc.
WELL" said Miss Hungerford to Mr.
Gildersleeve, as shey sat on the piazza
OF a summer hotel and looked about
them, noting the other guests with
critical eye, "when am married--if
ever am married. shall not march
straight from the altar and put myself
on exhibition at summer resort"
THAT is a commedable resolution"
replied Mr.. Gildersleeve.
Just notice the three or four honey.
incoming couples at this hotel now"
i've noticed them, and, do you know,
I've rather envied the brdegrooms."
Have your Well, haven't euvied
the brides. l don't believe in public
love-malSing, either before or after the
marriage"
The honeymooners here seem to en-
JOY 1T, and it furnishes great deal of
amusement to some of the old married
people"
well, no one will ever obtain amuse-
ment at my expense in that way" Miss
Hungerford went on. II consider
newly-wedded affections too sacred a
thing to be put on exhibition"
"of course, you are right, Miss Hun
gerford, precisely right"
Now, when l am married." Miss
Hungerford proceeded, II am going
straight to my old aunts place in the
Catskills. It's the finest retreat imag-
Unable in the hot summer days 1
usually go there to rest up after a
month at the shore Perfect solitude
you know, the incest cottage. with
well-trained servants. You can lie in
the hammock all day long and breathe
the most delicious air. Then you can
row on the dearest little lake, and take
the most delightful walks, with no
danger of anybody intruding on your
privacy. When / was there last sum-
mer, aunty dear said: Now, Annie,
when you get married, want you to
come straight here with your husband
and enjoy your honeymoon as it ought
to be enjoyed. You and he are well
come to stay month or two, if you
like; the longer the better Now,
don't you think it would be much bet
ter to spend a honeymoon in place
like that than at a crowded watering
place like this, Mr. Gildersleeve?"
Indeed / do, Miss Hungerford. He
moved nearer to her and added: can
ME, lore, let's start right away"
"oh, George, this is so very sudden!
I'll need at least two weeks to get
ready for the wedding"
She was ready in time, however,
Harper's Bazaar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

THE Dickson Manufacturing COM
pany, of Scranton, Pa, has just COM
pleted passenger engine arranged
for burning anthracite culm. 1t is
said to be the first culm- burning pas
senger locomotive ever built at these
works. The engine has 6s-inch driving
wheels and a boiler So inches in dame
ter, with steam pressure of 100
pounds 1t is for the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western and two other en-
gines of similar type are being built at
the Dickson compauy's shops, and will
also be used on the Morris and Essex
division of the road
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

A WRITER in an English journal tries
TO show that the sea is fast encroach-
ing upon the British Isle, and that in
the course of time England will be
marked on the map as a banished
land. He says: On the east coast the
sea is encroaching upon the land at an
astonishing rate. Seaside towns and
villages, holiday resorts are gradually
being eaten up and the inhabitants
driven inland. In many parts the sea
runs up on beach which was once far
inland. In other cases, churches
which were at one time situated far
from the sea now stand upon the edge
of cliffs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

THE oyster dealers of Pensacola,
Fla, report a great scarcity of oysters
in Escambia bay, the point from which
they draw their supplies, says Mont
gomery letter to the Nashville Banner.
They say that the oysters in the bay
were nearly all killed by the terrific
storm of July Z, and that the number
of oysters now in the bay is so limited
that they advise oystermen not to take
any from the beds for two years except
for planting purposes, for fear that
they may totally exhaust the beds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

NEAR Ardenlee, Scotland, there is
wonderful advertisement made of
flower beds. The beds are each a gil
gantic letter, 40 feet in length, the
whole forming the name of Glasgow
newspaper. The total length of the
lire is 1913 feet; area covered by the let
ters, 14,S45. The advertisement is sit
uated on the side of hill, and, being
of bright-colored flowers, can be read
from a distance of four and one-half
rnileS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

THE Medicine Modern is authority
for the statement that stage fright, the
disease which makes the knees knock
together and Adams apple to beat
tattoo on the vocal chords, can be cur
ed by taking ten drops of tincture of
gelseminum three times day. An
English physician has prescribed a
remedy for the same trouble that does
not seem quite SO inviting to the SER
vices of the undertaken. 1t consists of
from five to six drops of wine of opium
taken just before going on the stage.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

AN italian physician named Maestro,
of Padua, claims to have obtained sat
isfactory results from the use of ich-
thyol in the treatment of whooping
cough. He has repeatedly administer
ed this remedy done up in pills, grad
ually increasing the quantities, vary
ing the dose, of course, according to
the age of the patient, from five to 20
centigrammes a day. He has in severe
cases administered after several days
use of the remedy as many as 100 cent?
grammes in "a hours. He claims that
the remedy had no i'll effect on the
patients.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

THIS is the year in which the new
rule at Cornell goes into effect, which
confers only two degrees that of NJ.
A. or Phi D., no matter what the course
pursued by the student. By the suffix
which a Cornell graduate is to here
after wear with his name the observer
will be unable to tell anything about
the course the student pursued when
in college and there are a dozen diff
ferent courses possible in this institu-
finrn
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17
Eye Kicked out by a Grasshopper.

Tommy McCuldness, a 10-yesr-old
son of Marion county, Kan, farmer,
was playing in field last week when
he was kicked in the eye by grass
hopper and the sight was Immediately
destroyed. The grasshopper was of
the large locust variety, which is noted
for the great force of its hind legs.
A PEN may be driven, but the pencil does
better when it is lead.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

INDICATIONS are that there will be
fewer department clerks coming home
to vote this year than any previous
presidential year OF course the clerks
who live in Virginia and Maryland
who can go home and vote and return
to the Office without losing day will
vote as usual, but the other fellows
whose homes are far away will pair"
with fellow clerks and thus save the
expense of the trip.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

A CoNsTANTINoPLE reporter says that
during the recent rioting in that city
the consuls of the various powers ar
ranged that many Armenians should
go on board the different ships in the
harbor, where they would be safe from
massacre. This humane action has re-
suited in a somewhat awkward predic-
ament, as the government now forbids
the relanding or transfer of the refu-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17
important Contrnnt.

Readers of this paper will be interested
In learning that q large contract for adver-
tising No-ro-Bac and Cascarets, the famous
preparations manufactured by the Sterling
Remedy Co. of Chicago aud New York, has
been given. The Sterling Remedy Co. ap-
vertising medium, and the compliment is
the more marked, as the company is con-
servative concern which sells its products
under an absolute guarantee to cure~ or
money refunded. Every retail druggist is
authorized to sell NoTo-Bac, guaranteed
tobacco habit cure, and Cascarets, guaran-
teed constipation cure, under this absolute
guarantee, and readers need not hesitate to
buy these preparations, as it involves no
risk whatever, either physical or financial.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

THE value of the gold and silver ex-
bibits alone at the Berlin exposition
are stated to be worth 10000, 900 marks
is, ,0O0 0OO). One ring cut from single
diamond is valued at $4,000 A white
diamond of 1917 carats is valued at
SIS, 900, while there are a number of
exhibits valued at from $1,000 to $780,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

1.-THE Sultan of Turkey is the most
wretched, pinched-up little sovereign
ever saw" writes correspondent. IA
most unhappy-looking man, of dark
complexion, with a look of absolute
terror in his large eastern eyes. Peo-
pie say he is nervous, and no wonder,
considering the fate of his predeces-
Sors "
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17
Low Rate Excursions south.

On the first and third Tuesday of each
month till October about half-rates for
round trip will be made to points
in the South by the Louisville & Nash
vile Railrond. Ask your ticket agent
sion tickets write to G. P. Atmore, Gen.
eral Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, or
jackson Smith, d. p. A., Cincinnati, o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

A FRENCH paper says that an electric
boat has been constructed for the pur-
pose of visiting and inspecting some of
the large sewers. The boat is warped
with chain, which it picks up as it
coae a1onu
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

AN eminent astronomer is of the
opinion that the red glow of the planet
Mars is caused by crimson vegetation.
He thinks that the grass and foliage
there are red, not green as they are on
nnrfh
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

MEN and ladies in small towns wishing to
earn SIS week easily, write us; we will ex-
plain. Excelsior Chemical Co., Rochester,
N. Y. Lock Box 60S.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

ADVICE is seldom welcome. Those who
need it most take it least.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

He who would be a great soul in the,
future must be n great soul now.-R. w.
Emerson.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

JUST try l0c box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-17

To CURE n woman of stammering ask her
what she thinks of the girl her husband
came near getting engaged to q couple Of
years before she married him.-Texas