City of Blood at Cawnpore narrated by Talmage
Dr. Talmage recounts the 1857 Cawnpore massacre led by Nana Sahib from a survivor's and eyewitness view. He describes the siege, treachery, and mass killings of women and children, the well where many died, and the memorials, urging missionary zeal and evangelization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage
Nana Sahib
Brooxtyx
N. Y
India
Cawnpore
Joseph Lee
Shropshire Regiment of Foot
Cawnmpore
Mr. Lee
Europe
America
England
Lee
Gen. Wheeler
Wheeler
Delhi
Perth
Carsy
Hell
Plassy
Lord Clive
Jacobee
Ganges
Havelock
Summer House
Darling Mamma
Isabella Blair
Jesters' Handiwork and Witty Ballads Parade
A collection of humorous quips and comical exchanges. Jests include a dig at Chinese gunpowder, a mole weighing daily meals, a penny for thoughts, and multiple engaged lovers. Riddles and flirtations appear in a playful courtship dialogue style.
Do Not Harm Your Stomach Use Hostetter’s Bitters
A letter extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a safe effective laxative. It argues against harsh drastic remedies, praising the tonic for liver complaint dyspepsia nervousness lack of vitality rheumatic and kidney issues and malaria. It urges elderly use to speed convalescence.
Pleasant sitter as photographer chats with actor
A photographer compliments Mr. Rhodster for a perfect sitter. Rhodster admits he is an actor, and the photographer jokes about his control over facial expression from riding a machine on stony toe to look pleased.
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Mr. Lenz
Mr. Rhodster
Fiist
Rhodster
Stcom
Hall's Catarrh Cure promissory oath notice and odd ad
Fraxx J. Carney swears as senior partner of F. J. Carver & Co to pay one hundred dollars for each uns cured catarrh case. Notary A W Gleason signs. Ad copy touts Hall's Catarrh Cure’s internal action and offers testimonials. Ends with an unrelated proverb about marriage.
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Toledo
Loucas County
J. Carney
F. J. Carver & Co
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
The Best Life of Napoleon Yet Written Featured in The Century
The Century Company announces a major new history by Professor William M. Sloane on Napoleon. It includes exclusive art reproductions by modern artists and new memoirs from archives in France. The magazine will cost thirty five cents per issue and aims to set a high standard in literature and art.
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Lincoln
Century
Joseph Jefferson
Century Co
Napoleon
William M. Sloane
Sloane
France
National Archives
The
Royal Baking Powder Company Address Listing
A readable fragment shows the Royal Baking Powder Company located at 106 Wall Street, New York. The entry indicates a business address in Manhattan with no further context or accompanying events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Bak'ng Powder CO
Wall St., New Yor
Wall Street
Morton, Ward & Co
Wall St
New York
Waiter Dispatcher Mixes Up Orders in Dining Scene
A sharp dining room exchange has Rivers dining when the waiter serves roast beef instead of ham and eggs. The diner complains the misdelivered dish should go to the exchange editor’s department, prompting a stiff reply and a corrective retrieval.
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Rivers
Department of the Exchange
Sah
Hunter's Advice From Wife Sparks Brief Banter
A witty exchange from Texas Siftings shows a wife urging her husband to shoot game on a hunting day. The husband replies that the rabbits must be consulted since they are to blame for his low kill count.
John Vindicated in Procrastination Quip
In Texas Siftings a playful exchange defends John as a great fellow while noting his habit of putting things off. The banter contrasts praise with a humorous concession about his delaying tendencies.
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John
Texas
Political caucus deadlock prompts delegate bolts
Mrs Houser notes fear of exposure at gatherings. Mr Houser comments the paper reports nearly half the delegates bolted after the caucus deadlock was broken.
Burlington Route Excursions to the Pacific Coast for Moderate Means
Tourists are offered Personally Conducted Excursions from Chicago and Omaha to San Francisco and Los Angeles with through service, second class pricing, carpeted cars, and uniformed pullman porters. Prices shown include $600 from Chicago and $5.00 from Omaha for a double berth. The program highlights scenic routes via Denver and Salt Lake City with experienced excursion managers.
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California
Burlington
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Omaha
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Denver
Salt Lake City
O Ronan
Jon Ca
Eering
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Albia
Osceola
Afton
J. Francis
Gen
Clinton
Modern Rail Passages and Travel Ads Across the Midwest
An early 20th century rail promotions piece touts the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway routes from Chicago to Omaha and beyond with regal trains, sleeping cars, dining service, and home seeker excursions to the west. It advertises maps, timetable brochures, and special round trip rates while mixing in assorted product pitches and historical asides.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
la Crosse
St. Paul
Anneapolis
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Sioux City
Yankton
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Michigan
Chicago, Miwaukee
St. Paul Railway
Grains of Gold Aphorisms on Money and Character
A collection of maxims urging discipline and purpose in life. It contrasts ready cash with steady effort, notes the perils of selling souls for spot cash, and observes how money can reveal or distort virtue and happiness.
The Business Man's Lunch and Health Remedies
A discussion on overworked digestion and the need for proper nourishment. The piece touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for bilious stomachs and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purify and enrich the blood, claiming relief from indigestion, nervousness, and related ailments. It urges readers to obtain these tonics from drug stores.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
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A. W. Gleason
U'S Family
California Fig Syrup Co
Mexico
Cee
Wales
Cornwall
Missouri Penitentiary
U. S. Gov. Food Report
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Colorado
Santa Fe
C. A. Higgins
Glotiant Aeneyey
Chicago Great Western K’y
New Mexico
Os Brooks
C.P
Fifth Street
Des Moines
Aexandria
Egypt
Hanson
Croesus
Elegant Pevenne
Montrose County
Colo
Gurlew Inv. CO
Cooper Bldg
Dhensio
John W. Morris
Washington, D.C
McElrees
Cardus
For
Sciatica
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