Catarrh of Lungs and Urban Shifts Highlight 19th Century Notes
A Miss Maggie Welch letter praises Peruna for curing a severe lung and throat illness. The piece also notes broad teen schooling access, Omaha night classes, and a postal exam success. It discusses rural migration to cities, and a British artillery camouflage experiment at Aldershot with color painted guns blending into scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Welch
Betsey Ross Educational and Benevolent Society
North State Street
Chicago
Ill
Peruna
Omaha
Messenger Boys
Young Men's Christian Association
Civil Service
Postal Department
Aldershot
England
Vanderbilt Child Prompts Hats From Male Attendants
Mrs George Van derbilt has issued orders that all her male servants must lift their hats when they enter the presence of her 1 year old child. The remark notes the exalted status of the infant and hopes the youngster refrains from squalling.
Allen's Foot Ease Free Sample Offered
A 19th or early 20th century style notice promotes Allen's Foot Ease with free samples to Olmsted LeRoy New York. It claims cures for corns bunions blains and foot ailments and mentions 26 cent price in druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Failure to Advertise A Tale Of Friendship And Enterprise
A lengthy anecdote contrasts a shrewd Hebrew merchant Kejee with Weber the German watchmaker over a corner lot. Weber resists selling to preserve home memories. Kejee finally buys and preserves the tiny office in the new department store, keeping it as a shrine for the family past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregationalist
Kejee
Weber
Lejee
Greta
Jan
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur Company
Murray Street
New Fork City
Silas Green Runs a Stable at Whitmore Lake
A farm man Silas Green pursues livery wealth at Whitmore Lake. He builds a stable with standard rigs but faces a commission for an unheard-of dog cart. A sharp city visitor challenges his limits claiming a dog cart cannot exist in the area and Silas counters with a top buggy option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Green
Detroit Free Press
Silas
Whitmore Lake
Few Brits Leave Estates in Wills Despite Large Population
Only 80,331 of Britain's 700,000 deceased left anything by will last year. The article notes the rarity of bequests and contrasts male and female birthday celebrations, with women commonly taking longer to mark their day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Alice Horton
Twelfth Street
Britain
Curious Ways of the mud dauber on a farm attic
A Country Life in America contributor describes the mud dauber solitary wasp nesting on rafters and nails. It builds inch long cells, fills each with eighteen paralyzed spiders, lays an egg, and the larva eats the spiders before emerging with steel blue wings. Parrots learning language aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrp
Country Life
America
College president urges burning of dead books in libraries
A librarian responds to a college president who calls dead books those unused in five years. He cites titles like Tom Jones and The Aeneid and argues burning would waste potential value since books can regain relevance. History shows works revived and demand can return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Tom Jones
Tristram Shandy
Iad
Marlowe
Malta
Poole
Miss Burney, Richardson
Pliny the Elder
Cervantes
Trenath Musings on Fate and a Youthful Vexation
A cryptic note observes Trenath as a fine Tuchhorse and claims death wins in the end. The writer remarks on the odd coincidence of a boy's favorite things seemingly impacting a break room pastime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenath
Death
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Peruna Mediacine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Kline
B. H. Kung. Ltd
Archst
Philadelphia
Turkey
Clark
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Mr. Morgan
London Morning Post
Mr. Carnegie
Alfonso
Confessor
St. Paul
The
Detroit News Tribune
S.S.S
Atlanta
Col. A. A. Pope
American Bicycle Company
Col. Pope
A. A. Pope
Pope Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Conn
Burnside
Grant
Sherman
Paris
Jahnson
August Koenig
Hamburg
St Jacobs
St. Jacobs
Hanbury
Miranda
Ck. Hen
Ayer
Emma Jane Entsminger
Langsville. O
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
DOUC
W. C. Douglas
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Tote Monte
Heyl
W. S
Douglas
Brockton. Mass
Gears, Roebuck & CO
A. J. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Newell, Sr
C. H. KeErrz
Jones St
Sioux City
Blerling Nomedys Company
Montreal
Libonl
Cork Tabacco
Prussian Remedy CO
St Paul
M Swaggert
Wayzata
Minn
H Malone
Adel
Portland Seed CO
Portland, Ore
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