Home Manners and Care for Books and Guests
The article emphasizes warm home welcomes from girls to friends and family, the joy of reunions, and duties of daughters in assisting mothers. It also warns that book shelves and bindings suffer from heat and dampness, advising against placing books high or near stoves and radiators to prevent warping and deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
California Tin Syrup Co
Cavifornia Fia Syrup Co
Caisi-Forma Fig Syrup Co
Pretty Walks and Quiet Corners of Home Life
A parade of domestic tips and society notes on refined living. Reading nooks with book shelves, proper walking styles, and fashion guidance occupy winter evenings, while public manners and courtship conduct are debated by anonymous columnists and periodical excerpts.
There Is No Telling and Hudson Bay Change
There is no telling how rheumatism may strike, so get a bottle of St Jacobs Oil to cure it. Hudson Bay is disappearing over centuries as shores rise and old harbors become shallow. driftwood beaches appear 20 to 70 feet above the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Venice
St. Jacobs
Hudson Bay
H. Woodard & Co
Second St
Yortland
Various cures and curiosities in a late 19th century ad sheet
An assortment of remedies and products appears, including Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills touted as liver cures, Allen's Foot-Ease for tired feet, and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for colds. Also noted are a safety vault experiment in Cincinnati, a white worm delicacy in Jamaica, Jesse Moore Whiskey, windmills and machinery suppliers, and notices about trains hotels and a Chinese and Spanish royal reference. The items mix medical elixirs, household remedies, travel tips, and commercial promotions.
Relief From Pain From Mrs Prye's Medicine Letters
Two readers report relief after using Vegetable Compound Liver Pills and Sanative Wash. First letter from Mrs Walden of Gibson Georgia describes daily suffering and monthly period pains improved after one bottle. Second from Florence A Wolpe of Lancaster Ohio says inflammation of the womb resolved after following advice and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Walden
Gibson, Qa
Florence A. Wolpe
Gig Mulberry St
Lancaster
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
A Mansfield Louisiana reader reports severe menstrual pain leucorrhea and lower abdominal soreness before using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with a dramatic improvement and recommends it to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Bates
Mansfield
Lydia
Pinkham
Witty Quotations and Jests From Various Papers
A collage of jokes and quips from the era including lines about consent in mornings, spinsters, missing face washing, and clever wordplay. Snippets reference Mrs Wackum, Jane and candy, a tailor named Boeckle, and a sexton with graveyard talk, capturing light humor and social foibles of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Crowther
San Francisco Chronicle
Georgie
Jane
Cleveland V Plain Dealer
Wackum
Tommy
London
Spain
Chicago
Boeckle
Das Kleine Witzblatt
Chicago News
Sexton
Squire Thornback
Titus
Tacum
John
Aline
Arper
Indianapolis Journal
Tommie—Iiullo
Jimmie
Tommie
Spokane
Bridget
Matam
Stilwell
Washington Star
Gager
Philippines
Teller
Boston Transcript
Johnny
Sinking of the Merrimac and Frank Leslie January issue
Osborn W. Deignan, former Merrimac helmsman, writes a full story on the sinking and crew capture at Santiago for Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly January issue. The article is richly illustrated with portraits of Hobson and crew and is accompanied by new drawings. Additional features include Eslarte, Miller, and Dawley contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrimac
Santiago
Osborn W. Deignan
U. S. Navy
Frank Leslie
Hobson
Dr Darrin Specialist Private Diseases Portland Ad
Dr Darrin offers treatment for gonorrhea syphilis varicocele bladder and kidney diseases and nervous debility among others at 265 Morrison street Portland with free confidential examination and circulars. Patients urged to consult soon noting private cures and equipment like batteries and belts if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Poole
Morrison Street
Portland
Oregon
Darrin
Leather money circulated in Russia since Peter the Great
The article notes that leather currency circulated in Russia as recently as the era of Peter the Great, highlighting an unusual form of money used in early modern times. It reflects on monetary practices and the materials used for cash in that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Peter the Great
Also Mentioned on This Page
I & Ine
Tehkey
Hter
New York
Phil
Sphia Inquirer
West Branch, Mich
Minnie L. Abbott
AKER
Hood
L. Hood
Cincinnati
Allen
Allen 8
Ray, N. Y
Jesse Moore
Dallas
Texas
Colored Printer’s Union
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Bush — Street
Chas. Montgomery
China
Hoitt's School For Boys
Burlingame
Menlo Park
San Mateo County
Cal
Ira G. Hoitt
Japan
Mrs. Pinkham
Ruth White
Miss Ruth White
Miss White
Uncle Sam
Castle Square Company
South Africa
Klondike
Australia
India
California
Kies
Bell Klinig, Ltd
Arch Street
Philadelphia
England
J.L. Northcott
Windsor
Ont
Canada
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hail
Pilla
Massachusetts
Europe
Willamet
Iron Works
Portland, OR
St. Jacobs Oil
Witte Se Run
California Fig Syrup CO
Louisville
N. Y
Feery
D.m.ferry &Co
Moore
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
Seattle
Woodardy Clarke &Co
Ponbtnann
Qreredderr
Fred T. Merrill Cycle Co
Tacoma
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