Epitome of the Week Domestic News
A wide set of brief items covers accidents and crimes, political escapes, census figures, and disasters. Notable entries include balloonist J. H. Katsma's fatal crash in Louisville, a jail escape in Greenville, violent clashes in St Louis, and a fatal boiler fault in Newcastle. Also listed are census numbers for multiple states, pension and mint data, and assorted incidents across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronan Buitrows
Inden
Ala
Bia
Bouldur
Col
Forestal Bros. Contractors
St. Paul
Minn
Maine
Torre Santo
Hal Pointer
Davis
Leavenworth
Kan
Dandy
Tecumseh
Josefa T. Carrere
Trenton
N. J
England
Atlanta
Ottumwa
Coal Palace
Topeka
Louisville
John Schmidt
United States
Vesuvius
Union Veteran Legion
Fort Wayne
Ind
G. J. Miller
Philadelphia
United States Court
Boston
George M. Pullman
Finn
Pickrell
Neb
Reading
Paul Ik
Tonsix Plarmer
Nicholas Boswensing
Ports Ee Clyde
J. T. Thomas
Eten Gregory
Knoxville
Tenn
Ireland
Carrey
Ohio
Cincinnati Board of Public Works
Daniels
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Guthrie
Congressional
New York
John F. Holvin
W. W. Smith
Hiram Smith
Wisconsin
L. M. Miller
Kentucky
H. R. Rowland
Farmers’ Alliance
Hewitt
Baltimore
Isaac Frazier
Montgomery
William Morgan
Ftteenth
Clarence F. Lexow
John J. Ketcham
I. Woolworth
James J. Bolden
Thomas J7
Meal
Daniel N. Larkwood
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Rhode Island
Henry J. Spooner
Warren O. Arnold
Mississippi
James Hill
J. H. Wallace
South Carolina
G. G. Alexander
Virginia
J. W. Lawson
Partners' Alliance
Sylvanus Holmes
Iowa
J. H. Barnett
City People’s Party of
Indiana
Martinb. Kindle
Johnson County
Leroy Tampleton
Benton County
Connecticut
B. Forbes
Ubhird
David A. Wells
HL. J. Cracker
Frederick Miles
Massachusettis
Charles 2
Codman
John W. Candler
G. FP. Williams
Fenth
H. M. Small
James W. Covert
John L. Child
W. T. Crosdale
Edewin J. Danphy
Dr. Campbell
Dew
Amos J. Cumings
Franke 4
President Harrison in Galesburg Parade and Knox College events
President Harrison visited Galesburg with a triumphal parade through crowded streets and a formal welcome at the courthouse. He toured Knox College, laid a corner stone, and addressed veterans, students, and citizens before attending brigade banquets and preparing to depart for Burlington. Two fatalities and multiple injuries followed a separate sawmill explosion in Muskegon, injuring nine workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
First Brigade
Tholy Red Union
Tlarrigon
Pedric
Clark
National Hotel
Eldse
Grand Army of the Republic
Ilinois National Guard
Peoria
Starke
Eish Leslie Lyde
Grand Army Post
Bishop
Galesburg
Twentieth Army Corps
Ilinois
Court House
Stevens
Illinois
Secrretary Irpey
Newton Bateman
Knox College
Milton Comstock
J. A. Adams
Toe
Dustin
United States
Odd Fellows’ Hall
First Christian Church
Burlington
Muskegon
Musseaux
Mich
Daecey Lumber Company
Hreman
William Yorger
Verpor
Hawkins
Plok and Nick: A 19th Century Charity Food Exchange
The article explains a social custom called plok and nick where guests mark the foods and drinks they will provide at a gathering. Originating in 1802, it spread in the 19th century, with a printed list used to designate who supplies each item and what item is chosen by each participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winwiam O'Beimn
John Dillon
Dublin
Ireland
America
State
New York
C.J. Hamlin
Bella Hamlin
Justina
J. W. Andrews
Terre Haute
Ind
Samunn Fo Mrrnnar
United States Supreme Court
Washington
James Niblich
Decatur
Williliam A. Scurmurr
First National Bank of Columbus
Bourgas
France
United States
Fairfield
Neb
Clayton Lioup
Newton
Ala
Greorgia
Winsiiuny Harrison
St Joseph
Atchison and Topeka
Kansas
Alexander Bartte
Republic
Wis
Brainerd
Minn
Paesipest Pars
Evermont
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with testimonial note
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from I J Cheney and firm endorsements. It claims the cure is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, offers samples, and lists a price of six cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
I. J. Cunway & Co
Props
Toledo
G. Wo
I J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Margin
Ohio
Detroit Free Press
Remarkably Effectual Pills Promoted in 1888 Letter
A letter from Rev. J. D. Davis of Raeran N C praises Dr A T Shallendergeer of Rochester Pa and his Chilland Foyer Pills for curing his wife after months of illness. It notes other remedies like quinine and various tonics, and includes marketing snippets for Dobbins Electric Soap Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Carter's Little Liver Pills Piso's Cure for Consumption and unrelated quips about locomotives and prices. The piece blends testimonial and advertisement with scattered non sequiturs and product mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
J.D. Davis
Favorite Prescription Promises Strength For Women
A health advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female derangements and weakness. It claims to restore tone and vigor, aids overworked workers and nursing mothers, and offers a money back guarantee if no satisfaction. The ad emphasizes its vegetable composition, absence of alcohol, and the Buffalo, New York address of the World’s Dispensary Medical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Proor’s
Main St
Buffalo, N_Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Republican
J. H. Katsma
Brit. Howard
Greenville, & C
St Louis
St. Louis
Green B. Raum
Pension Bureau
California
Michigan
New Mexico
Livingston
Tex
Wooprurr
Mor.gan
Alice Grabriel
Morgantown
West Virginia
Jamies M. Forrynn
Riley County
Galesburgh
Ill
Dupont
Wilmington
Del
George G. White
Bourbon County
Morton County
N. C
Prince
Minnesota
Dakotas
Lyaan E. Knapp
Alaska
P. J. Mutpoon
Chicago
Fitzpatrick
Presipyny Harrison
Pecatonica
Galena, Sr
City of
Taukee
Newcastle
Nathan Wicker
Norwalk
Cal
B. B. Woodward
Anderson County
C. C. Seant Lencey
Brazil
Fred Nance
of the Patriotic Sons of America
Hoston
John G. Tet
Todd Rowe
Dom Thist Muhird
B. Li Hunting
H. Dedie Ns
Meredith Matthews
S. M. Stephenson
W. P. Orr
G. W. Shell
Farmora’ Alliance
Utah
Charles GC. Goodwin
Carrain Prien Foster
Mount Pleasant
I. 2
Lillman
Columbia
A. C. Haskell
James Grasham
William C. Wallace
Andrew d. Perry
Pirth
John R. Smith
Nineteeth
Fitward A. Durant
James
Guatemala
San Salvador
Plaushing
Russia
Bremen
Mathias Gagon
St. Pierre
Que
HorninLu
Red Sea
Arabia
Europe
Mn. Banfour
Ira‘sig
Father Matthew
Cork
Roberto Sacasa
Nicaragua
Mexico
Nuwar Cumberland
Ont
Mary
Eliza
James McConnigin
Narcisse Laroque
Gaiety
Roadder
Reckuse
Yonker’s Statesman
Carter
Hale
Pike
Texas Billings
New Yorke
PORK
Beeves
Teres
Stears, ci
Cholea
Suacors Oil
N. Ogden
J.N.L. Poster
Hagerstown, Bd
Agnes Kelley
Tutt
HP Biel
Omlen
Murray St
Gal
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Chesebrough
State Street
New
Thia Papsk Avery Tims
Bradfield Regulator CO
Beecham
Ueoesee Isual Tod
James Epps & CO
Hommopathic Chemists
London
Ek Articular Galt
Hustis
Eeepee
Deepepala
DE Bronson
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