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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-07-16
WoRTHINGToN NEWS.

Miss Beryl tScwnrt. of Fairmont
WINS In town Tuesday.
Miss harllc Davis, OF Davis Ridge,
was calling on relatives here Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss. ocie Martin was calling on rel
atives nj BluEamun Sunday.
Mr.. Will Taurn. of Grafton. was call
Ing on relatives here this week.
Mrs. ArlIe B1rbe has been on the
sick lI.I for n few days
Miss Bessie Toothman. VINO has
been visiting relatives Mt Pennington
returned here Saturday.
Mrs. leila Davis was Mt Fairmont
Saturday
a sncial party was given mt the home
or Gnldic jacobs Saturday evening.
July 10. 1909. the following peonl-
were present: Misses Elsie Cochran.
Bessie Tnothman. Pearl Smith. Hazel
Cochran. Beatrice McIntlre. Madse
Brumase. Lillian hurry. Goldle Jacobs
Messrs. Terrence Shaver. Arch Bru1r-
age. Paul Tetrick. Lester Brumase.
Blake McIntire. Fred TaEgart. Russell
Smith. Willie Jacobs.
Mr.. Walter sandy Is i'll OF typnoi9
fever Mt this writing
Mrs. A. ]. Mcdaniel was 1t Fair
mont Wednesday,
Mr. Felix Martin has returned home
from Webster Springs.
= JOSHUA.
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HIGHT .:Ii- YOU ARE.

lance ofIthe law Is doubtless re-
Bic in a large measure for the
fine and jail Imprisonment IF
% Hall boys. from Simpson. rs
Hi FaIrmont day before yester-
kYidn convicted of tntIn' pistols
! Z a:lIcense and when given fines
dollars each and six months in
3 noted In our local colmns yes
the boys stated that they knew
& OF the new.Iay regarding the
hlE OF concealed weapons. When
hat the newspapers of the State
}ferred 10 IL time AMI again, ihcy
hey were unable to take n news
nut ench OF them could afford
liver. and 1t Is said that thcy shot
levoraI boxes OF cartridges ut n
In the box car In which they
j Fairmnnt. Had either OF them
I'll a dollar In newspaper for
of few months or year and
lev improved their time in read
B news TO be found therein they
have easily learned OF the re-
tents OF the new Inv. A news
is A protection. even TO the most
it. No homo. no matter how
should be without the news
The Hall boys should herrafG-
10 IL TINT their home is never
one. "A newspaper is more
nan whole arsenal. a bar
d n pair OF battleships In mat
10 kind.-Grafton Republican.
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NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

Owing to the annual inspection oil
the steamer I. C. Woodward Mt Pitts
burg on July Goth. the Woodward will
leave the local wharf mt $50 on July
18th. instead of $3.50. the regular schrd.
ule time OF leaving.
PITTSBURG AND FlAIRMONT PACK
EFT COMPANY.
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THREE l.ILLED.

DANvII4IIE. ILL., July 1.-two pas
sCngcr trains OF the Chicago and East
rrn Illinois Railway cDlIIlIed heal on
ut Royal. near here. today. Three pas
scngers were killed and three serious
ly injured.
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NOTICE.

Mr- NJ. ]. Lnntz mas soil his interest
lin The Handy Grocery" To his par:-
ncr. Mr.. VIM. NcKiIIop. All persons
knowing themselves indebted 10 the
former firm will please make arrange
mnnts to settle Mt once 1s-Gt
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The R1sf n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
kindly favor a good many old comrades
by publishing short history of the S1st
N. Y.?-John Geer. Marion. N. Y, R.
T. D. /.
The S1st N. Y, one of the fighting
regiments, was organized at Oswego
from Dec. 20. 1861. to Feb. 20. 1862.
and after serving out two enlistments
finally mustered out Aug. 81, 1865. 1t
was commanded by Coils. Edwin Rose
"a West Pointer). Jacob ]. De Forest,
John B. Raulston and David 3. White
in succession. The 81st was also called
the I'd Oswego regiment. The regiment
was first engaged at Fair Oaks. where
it fought well under the command of
Lieut. Col. De Forest. who was wound
ed. and Maj. MeAmbly, who was killed.
Its casualties in this engagement were
25 killed, go wounded and 20 missing.
The 8fst distinguished itself particu-
larly in the assault on Cold Harbor,
where it led the brigade in the charge.
sustaining the heaviest loss of any in
fantry regiment on the field. 1t be-
longed to Brooks's Division, Eighteenth
Corps, and lost 142 killed and 81 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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tions given the night previous. Gen.
Howard sent Woods Division OF his
corps down along the south bank of
the river to a position across the Palce's
Ferry road, leading to Atlanta. to cover
the laying of a pontoon bridge at the
ferry. AS soon as Woods troops had
brushed away the enemy's pickets lin
ing the south bank the pontoon train.
under charge of Col. G.. p Buell., 5Sth
Ind. was moved forward to the river.
and bridge laid with a remarkable
celerity and precision by II a. M. and
shortly afterward a second. As soon
as the first bridge was completed Pal
mer's Corps commenced crossing, and
Immediately after Palmer's Gen. Hook
er's command went over. Palmer's ad-
vanced division (Davis's) relieved
Woods Division of Howard's command.
and the latter Immediately proceeded
to rejoin the balance of Its corps at
Abernathy's house. About a mile be-
yond the river Davis's Division came
upon the enemy In some force posted
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A Crossing Found.

had suffered from an excess of Regular
martinets. There were few Regulars
in these armies. but somewhat fewer
in the Army of the Cumberland than
its two sisters Probably In drill and
discipline the Army of the Cumberland
was much nearer the model Of. the
Army of the Potomac than either or
the others, but it was far from having
the fauitless regularity of the Eastern
army. Indeed. the Army of the Poto-
mac. at Its best. was probably un-
equaled by any other in the world for
fanitless execution of the last detail OF
drill and discipline. AS those of the
theatrical profession say, 1T was dead
letter perfect in the minutia of mill
tary art.
The Armies of the Ohio, Cumberland
and Tennessee began fighting almost
before they began drilling, and learned
their drill and discipline in front of
the enemy. Consequently they never
learned anything but what was abso-
1utely necessary in battle. and the win
ming of victory or success Of move
ment was always of much more impor-
tance to them. from the highest to the
lowest. than the technical perfection of
some feature of drill.
When they started out on the Atlanta
campaign they knew what they had
before them. and each man and officer
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Tho 18Th and $50 Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the.4sd and $50 Ohio.
DR.. N. Wells, Cynthiana, KY.
The 48th Ohio was organized In the
Stats-at-large from September to De-
cembsr, 1851. and after serving out two
enlistments consolidated. Jan. II, 1865,
with the SD Ohio. II was commanded
by Col. Peter J. Sullivan. who resigned
Aug. 7, 1853, succeeded by Col Job r
Parker, in command at the time of the
consolidation. when he was discharged
1t belonged to A. ]. Smiths Division.
Thirteenth Corps. and lost 81 killed and
123 from disease. etc.
The SD Ohio was organized at Camp
Dennison during August and Septem-
Der. 1862. Those members whose terms
of service would have expired previous
to Oct. I. 1865. were mustered out July
"a, 1865, while the veterans and re-
cruits were consolidated with those of
the 114th Ohio. formed into a battalion
of six companies. and designated the
48th Battalion. Ohio Infantry. 1t was
commanded by Col. Frederick w.
Moore. belonged to A. j. Smiths Divi-
sion. Thirteenth Corps. and lost 56
killed and 163 from disease. etc.-Ed-
itor National Tribune.
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ADVANCE rEAcHrREE


vigilant Johnston This astute COM
mander had WheeIer's Cavalry and
some infantry on the opposite side of
the stream. watching with untiring pa
tience the movements of the Yankees.
and constantly on the alert to defeat
them.
At Soap Creek.
The first suggestion of a feasible
crossing seems to have come from
Schofield's men. Cox's Division of the
Twenty-third Corps was on picket at
the mouth of Soap Creek. with orders
to go as near the river as possible with
out being seen, and to keep the pickets
as well hidden as could be. No camp
fires and no display of marching men
was to be permitted. All the same, his
men were prowling around the river,
spying the other side and studying its
possibilities.
About one-half mile above the mouth
Of Soap Creek was one of those fish
dams so common in mountain streams
1t was line Of rough stones running
across the river. with an opening in
the center. This was now almost over
flowed by the rise in the water, but 1t
seemed to the eager men that they
could manage to get across on IT. and
the more it was studied the more they
became determined to make the at
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INn4 TT4AN7N.
By JOHN McELROY.

each one of these so destroyed would
cause a delay of two weeks before the
bridge could be repaired so as to allow
Skerman's army TO advance, and that,
according to the rules of military art,
this would have been the case with any
other army than Sherman's.
AS matter of fact. no one of the
great streams which had to be crossed
caused more than a days stoppage
The whole army was deployed along
the banks of the particular stream,
each man and officer in it knew that II
must be crossed, and set himself to
work to find means for doing so. Trees
We're found which stood near enough
TO the bank to reach across the stream
when they were cut down, or If they
would not other trees on the other
side might complete the causeway. and
as every regiment was filed up with
men skilled in the use of the AK. 1t
never took more than a few hours to
make some kind of a bridge which
would carry that special command over.
1t was a race all the time as to which
command should cross first.
1t was in this way that the armies
came up against the Chattahoochee.
the greatest river they had yet encoun-
tered AS stated before, Sherman's
men. cavalry and infantry, were scat
tered for so miles along the Chatta-
hoochee, studying the stream and seek
ing way to cross it in the face of the
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The Sd Ky.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short account OF the Sd KY. and was
it one of Col Fox's fighting regiments 2
M. H. Nelson. Greenfield, Ill.
The Sd KY, one of the 800 fighting
regiments. was organized at Camp Dici,
Robinson Oct. 6. 1881. and mustered
out by companies at different dates
from Oct. 13, 1854, to Jan. 10, 1896. It
was commanded by Coils. Thomas e.
Bramlette, William T. Scott, Samuel
Mckee and William III. Spencer. sue
cessively. During the first six months
of active service the regiment was sta
toned ht various places in Kentucky
1t marched with BuelPs army to the
battlefield of Shiloh, arriving, however,
at the close of the fighting. At the bat
tie OF Stone River, in which it was ac-
lively engaged. it lost IA killed, IS
wounded and "a missing, Col Mckee
being among those killed. At Chicka-
mauga its casualties were 13 killed, IS
wounded and 22 missing. After the fall
OF Atlanta the regiment moved to Nash
Vile, where 1t was mustered out 1t
belonged to Sheridan's Division. Fourth
Corps, and lost 109 killed and 199 from
disease. etc. Its total of killed and
was 449, and II of its mem
bers died in Confederate prisons.-Ed-
tor National Tribune.
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Tho eed n. Y. Cav. and I'd Iowa Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of these regiments. j
]. Mack, 1892 Central avenue southeast
Cleveland. o.
The 22d n. Y Cav. was organized al
Rochester in February. 1864. for three
years. but was mustered out Aug. /.
1865. 1t was commanded by Col Sam
uel j. Crooks. who was discharged
March 1. 1865, succeeded by Col. Ho-
ratio B. Reed, of the Regular Army, in
command at the time of muster-out. 1t
belonged to Wilson's Division, Cavalry
Corps. and lost % killed and 1S4 from
disease, etc.
The I'd Iowa Cav. was organized at
Davenport in August and September.
1861. and after serving out two enlist
ments finally mustered out Sept 10
1865. 1t was commanded by Col WASH
ington l.. Elliott. of the Regular Army.
who was promoted June II. 1862. TO
Brigadier-General. succeeded by Col.
Edward Hatch, promoted TO the same
rank April 80, 1864. Col Datus e. Coon
then took command. who was brevetted
a Brigadier-General March 8. 1865. II
belonged to WashburD's Division. Six
teenth Corps. and lost 60 killed and 209
from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
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The 18th N. Y Cay.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
me short history of this regiment.
have been a subscriber to your paper
for over 80 years.-Edward Walton, AZ
Washington street. Westfield, Mass.
The 18th N. Y. Cav. also called
Sprague Light Cavalry. was organized
at Plattsburg from June to October,
1853. for three years, and was consoli-
dated. June %. 1865. with the 18th N.
Y. Cav. and the force known as the Sd
Provisional N. Y. Cav. 1t was COM
manded by Col H. n. Lazelle. West
Point man, who resigned Oct. 10, 1864.
succeeded by Col. Nelson B. Sweitzer,
also graduate of West Point, who was
in command at the time of the consoli-
datioE. 1t belonged to the Twenty
second Corps, and lost 81 killed and 100
from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune
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brigade, the Third, consisted of .':e
nth KY. Col. S. Palace Love; 18th
KY. L;eut.-Col Laurence II. Rousseau;
lst Tenn, Lieut.-Col. John Ellis; 5th
Tenn, Col James T Shelley. The 18th
Ky was to push over in the pontoons,
while the rest of the brigade appeared
on the crest of the hill and with its fire
covered their landing
Cameron's Brigade, the Second, was
detailed to make a crossing at the fish
dam above Soap Creek. His brigade
consisted of the 65th ILL.,, Lieut.-Col.
William S. Stewart; 63d Ind, Col. Israel
n. Stiles; 65th Ind, Lieut. Col. Thomas
Johnson; oath KY, Col. John S. Hurt:
103d Ohio. Col John S. Easement and
5th Tenn. Col. James T. Shelley. Cam
eron was instructed to conceal his men
as well as possible. push his advance
over simultaneous with that of the
pontoons. join his silirmishers on with
those below, and advance on the run,
while the remainder of the brigade
crossed as rapidly as they could.
The Movement Begins.
The movement was ordered to begin
at half past o'clock, and in the mean
while the opposite bank was anxiously
watched, but not a sign manifested it
self that the enemy suspected anything.
lery was all that could be seen of the
Confederates. At the signal the 103d
Ohio. led by Col Jack" Easement.
rushed into the water at the fish dam,
and began scrambling thru the swift
current over the rough rocks. Every
one was intensely excited and eager,
and tho men lost their footing and fell
into the water. they were rescued by
their more fortunate companions, and
in an incredibly short time reached the
opposite bank, where they were almost
Immediately Joined by the 18th KY.
crossing In pontoons. The enemy's
cannon fired one shot that did no dam
age. and before 1t could be reloaded
and fired again Byrd's men had it un-
der their rifles, and those gunners who
did not run away surrendered, while
the cavalry force galloped away after
firing a few warning shots. Col. Ros-
seau rushed forward with the 18th KY,
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The Hath N. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the aforementioned
regiment-E. S. Carpenter. Dayton,
Iowa.
The 114th N Y, one of the fighting
regiments, was organized at Norwich
in August, 1852. and mustered out June
s, 1865. 1t was commanded by Coils.
Elisha Smith and Samuel r. Per Lee,
successfully. The 114th was first under
fire at Fort Bisland, April II, 1863,
where several men we're mortally
wounded After the Teche campaign
the regiment Joined its corps. which
had already invested Port Hudson, and
for 40 days took part In the incessant
fighting about the works. In the grand
assault on June Il Col Smith was killed
while in command of the brigade. The
Hath took part in Banks's Red River
campaign and in the fighting at Sabine
Crossroads. whore Lieut.-Col. Morse
was wounded. Soon after, being or
dered to Maryland. it fought under
Sheridan in his famous Shenandoah
campaign against Early. At the battle
of the Opequon the regiment lost 1S5
men killed and wounded, three-fifths
of those engaged. thereby eliciting a
complimentary notice from the Division
General. 1t belonged to Dwight's Divi-
sion, Nineteenth Corps. and lost 121
killed and 1914 from disease, etc. Its
total of killed and wounded was 423.-
Editor National Tribune. -.
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The nth Ind.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a brief account of the 11th Ind, and
)will any comrade who knew Sebe Cor.
nell. Of Co. D, write to j. F. Quinn p
]. F. Quinn. Wisconsin Home. Wis.
The 18th Ind. was organized at In
dianapolis Aug. 81, 1881. and after serv-
ing out two enlfstments finally mus.
tered out July &c. 1865. 1t was COM
manded by Col. Lewis Wallace, who
was promoted to Brigadier-G General
Sept. 8. 1861. succeeded by Col. George
F. McGinnis, promoted to the same
rank Nov. 29, 1862. Col Daniel Maeau-
ley then took command, retaining the
same till final muster-out. 1t belonged
to Hovey's Division. Thirteenth Corps,
and lost lis killed and 173 from dis
ease. etc.-Editor National Tribune
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among the turnings of the hills, who
fired upon his advance, and after some
show of resistance fell back toward
Nancy's Creek. The column was again
set in motion, and proceeded to near
Kyles Bridge, over Nancy's Creek.
where line was formed by Palmer's
Corps. with Hooker's Corps on its left,
Palmer's skirmishers being pushed out
from his right toward the junction OF
Nancy's and Peachtree Creeks. Light
skirmishing continued until dark.
"On the morning of the 18th the
whole command crossed Eancy's Creek.
and. driving the enemy before it in its
advance. pushed forward to a position
in front of the old Peachtree road, lead
ing from Turner's Ferry to Decatur.
Palmer's right resting near the juno
tion of Nancy's and Peachtree Creeks.
with Hooker's Corps on his left. Hook
er's left connecting with Howard's
Corps at Buckhead. a4.s
THE advance of Howard's Corps.
moving down the main road leading
from Buckhead to Atlanta, reached the
crossing of Peachtree Creek at $50 a.
m. on the 10Th. finding the bridge de-
stroyed and a pretty fair infantry work
constructed as a bridge head just be-
yOnd, manned with infantry. During
the afternoon crossing was forced by
Woods Division a short distance below
the Buckhead and Atlanta road, and
by Stanley's above, both divisions ef-
fecting lodgment on the south side by
dark. the enemy stubbornly resisting
their advance. By direction of the
Major General commanding the mill
tary division. Stanley's and Woods Di-
visions of Howard's command were
closed to the left on the Army Of the
Ohio. which was moving on q road
leading to Decatur, leaving Newton's
Division of HowsTds Corps to the right
of the Buckhead and Atlanta road. Dur
ing the afternoon OF the 10th parts of
Hooker's and Palmer's Corps were
crossed over to the south side of Peach
tree Creek, the latter meeting with con-
siderable resistance"
(To be continued.)
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The laslh \. y, or s.h n. Y.H. A.

Inc ls6th y. 4. or Sh ~ Il. IL. n.
Editor National Tribune: Please give
me history of my regiment. the lzsth
n. Y, and the 8th N. Y II. Al. H.
Anthony, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock
Island. Ill
This regiment was organized at Lock-
port in August. 1882. as the 10th N.
Y. the men coming from Niagara, Or
leans and Genesee Counties. 1t was
changed to heavy artillery in December.
1862, two additional companies added
in January. 1862, and the force. then
consisting Of six companies, mustered
out June 5, 1855. 1t was commanded
by Coils. Peter A. Porter, Willard w.
Bates. James NJ. Willet and Joel B.
Baker. successfully. The 9Th N. Y. H
A. was one of the fighting regiments,
and performed garrison duty until May,
1864, when II was sent to reinforce Gen.
Grant, and was in action for the first
time at Spotsylvania. In this battle it
lost eight killed. 81 wounded and four
missing. At Cold Harbor, where Col.
Porter led the regiment in its grand
charge on the enemy's works. falling
dead in the extreme advance. 1t lost SO
killed, 339 wounded and 86 missing:
total, sos. Eight officers were killed in
that action. In the assault on Peters
burg the regiment made another gal
liant charge, in which Col Bates and
Maj. Blake fell mortally wounded. In
the various actions around Petersburg
the regiment lost AZ killed, 26i wound
ed and five missing. Tho an artillery
regiment. the men carried rifles. and
were drilled as infantry When they
first took the field their II companies.
each composed Of $50 men, made them
a very efficient organization, but thsir
heavy losses so reduced their ranks
that but few were left to witness the
end at Appomattox. II belonged to
lost 361 killed and 302 from disease.
etc. The total of killed and wounded
was 1,010, and 102 Of it's members died
in Confederate prisons.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune. ~. :
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THE LINE OF BATTLE oN PEAcHTREE cREEK

tempt. This determination infused it.
self into their officers. even up to corps
headquarters.
Soap Creek runs parallel to the river
for a considerable distance. then turns
sharply to empty into the greater
stream. The narrow peninsula between
the creek and the river was a hin of
about the same hight as those on the
opposite side. say. 200 or 800 feet. This
Hill sheltered from the view of tie
pickets on the other side the pontoons
which were set up and launched behind
1t in the water of the creek 1t also
screened the men who were massed to
assist In the crossing.
Byrd's Brigade Of Cox's Division was
detailed for the pontoon crossing. This
The National tribune., 1909-05-06
President for One Day.

Editor National Tribune: Was Davil
r. Atchisol President Of the United
States for one day when the 18th o.
March fell on Sunday. F. School
ler. McKeesport. Pa.
The Biographical Congressional Di
rectory, compiled under the authority
of Congress. says. under the head OF
David r. Atchison:
Appointed q United States Senator
from Missouri to succeed Lewis r
Linn. deceased: subsequently elected by
the Legislature and reelected, serving
from Dec. 4, 1S48. to March 8. 1856;
served as the head Of important com
mittees. and for several sessions wa.
President pro tempore Of the Senate,
this office made him President of the
United States during Sunday, March 4
1S4s. as Gen. Taylor was not sworn
into Office until the following day.
Editor National Tribune.
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Helpers Impending Crisis.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
history of Helpers book. which was
written some time in the SOS. For
what was 1t written "A B. White,
Lexington, Mo.
Helpers Impending Crisis was pub
iished in 1857, and it's author, Hinton
Rowan Helper. was born near Mocks-
vile. N. c., and graduated from the
academy in that place. His book, which
was dedicated to the "nonslaveholding
whites of the South" was written to
prove that, aside from its immortality.
slavery was an economic curse. Nearly
$4,000 copies of the book were circu-
lated inside of four years. and in 1860
The National tribune., 1909-05-06
Good News for the Deaf:

e celebrated New York aurist has
been selected to demonstrate to deaf
people that deafness is q disease and
can be cured rapidly and easily in your
own home.
He proposes to prove this fact by
sending to any person having trouble
with their ears trial treatment of this
new method absolutely free. We adj
wise all people who have trouble with
their ears to Immediately address DR.,
Edward Gardner, Suite 3i2, No. 20 West
Thirty third street. New York city. and
we wish to assure them that they will
receive by return mall, absolutely free,
Trial Treatment"
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The Mission

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This medicine is a combination OF
more than 20 different remedial agents
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