M Quad the humorist of the Detroit Free Press
A character sketch of C B Lewis known as M Quad, detailing his rise from printer to editor at the Free Press, his creation of popular characters His Honor Bijah and Brother Gardner, and the broad comic wisdom he brings. The piece notes his eccentric yet generous nature and fame across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.B. Lewis
M. Quad
Artemus Ward
Hosea Biglow
Detroit Free Press
West
Free Press
Bijah
Brother Gardner
Gardner
Biejah
Detroit
Gettysburg
Sheridan
Custer
Grant
Leo
McQuat
C. B
Lewis
Edmund Kirke
Harper's Magazine
An Old Athens Gazette of 1819 Found in Lexington
A Lexington reader shares a copy of the Athens Gazette dated November 4 1819. The 12 by 16 inch paper is mainly legal advertising with little local news and notes early electric light claims, cotton prices, a New York package via Savannah in 144 hours, and Galveston Galveston Texas cotton crop progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsyvania
Ohio
Indiana
Iinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Lexington
Echo
Athens Gazette
Augusta
Spain
Savannah
Lemon Elixir Promises Liver Cure in Odd Notice
A fragmented, archaic notice touts Lemon Elixir as a liver medicine replacing failing remedies. It cites physicians and a treatment path, naming Talbert Jennings and Dr H Momey, with prices of 50 cents to $1.09, and claims wide availability from druggists.
Also Mentioned on This Page
ML Quad
Chicago News
McCoy
Scott County
Hitt
Emma
Mac
Pye
Sam Jones
Baptist Church
United States
Church of Jesus Christ
A. H. Colquitt
America
Galveston
Ww. Felder
Warehons Ba Commission Merchant
Goa
7. D. Sex
Daniel Pratt
TOOLE
McGarrah & Tondee
General Agency
Fire and Life Insurance
Felder & Callaway
Bank of J. W. Wheatley & Co
Catton Avenur
Buchanan & Bell
STERN
Orleans Centennial Exposition
Boar
Harris & James
Harris & James’ Corner
Kk Capital Prize
Louchang
Banka
J. H. Oanesny
Nat'l Bk
J. W. Kieprety
State
A. BaLpwin
New Orleans
Lewitt
Present
Ace Constutath
Wary
Hemi-Aus
Gi BO
Express
Et Jremas
M.A. Dauphin
Washington, B.C
P.O. Volley
James Fricker
Proprietors of the
Southwest
Music House
Americas
Anderson
nFome
Amerida
Edward J. Miller
Horace Mei
Miller & McCall
Americus
Ratlng
Edgar B. Guerry
Justice OF the Peace
Bon
Pusple
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