Why Are Crypts and Dogdays Talked About Here
A compact column surveys the origins of crypts in Christian practice and explains the dog days name, tracing them to Latin dies caniculares and the rise of Sirius. It also offers quirky notes on lip salves, rodomontante etymology, furniture polish, Atlantis lore, and remedies for dyspepsia and deafness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Sirius
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantis
Canary Islands
New World
Atlantic
Great
Atlas Mountains
Africa
Castoria and tonics advertised in shuffled ad text
A garbled old advertisement page promotes Castoria for infants and children, Park’s Sure Cure, Cubeb Dough Cure, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Mentions L. M. Bosworth druggists, Ames Drug Company, and references to DeWitt’s pills and other remedies. Notes railway and library items in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beppe
Renee
Hance Hood
Jaffa
L. M. Bosworth
Ames Drug Company
Harvard University
el Miste
Peru
Park
Japan
DeWitt
Tees
Russia
Copenhagen
Richard Parker
John Brown
Edward G. Mason
Chicago’s Historical Society
Brooklyn
New York
Eariy
Ripans Tabs promote digestion and various cures
Ripans Tables claim to cure dyspepsia and indigestion and improve digestion. The text lists cures for bad breath and dizziness, mentions druggists selling Ripans Tabules, and includes numerous ad lines and quotations about remedies, products, and public notices from Ames Drug Company and other entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
DeWitt
Ames Drug Company
Tommy
Iy Vark
LM. Bosworth
James Russell Lowell
Westminster Abbey
Rand, McNally & Co
Adams St
Chicago
W. I Chareh
Stanton Post
Park
Krauses
G.H. Vinionr
Boston
Mass
Krause
L. M. Bosworth
England
L. M. Bosworth Dingwist
Ames
Illinois Central six southern Home-Seekers excursions listed
The Illinois Central announces six southern Home-Seekers excursions from Sioux City and other points north of the Ohio to southern lines via Chicago. Low round trip fares, limited 30 day tickets, with stopovers and a Toy Sleeper option. Applications and printed matter to the Manchester, Town office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traurosa
Ohio River
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississipp Louisiana
Memphis
Sioux City
Waterloo
Dubuque
Chicago
Manchester
Parcieso
New Orleans
Mexican Gulf
Texas
Georgia
Florida
South
Northwest
A.G.P
An Apt Scholar Miss Scarborough Visit Ends in Jail Tease
In a brisk exchange Miss Scarborough compliments Miss Brown Jones on American flair while discussing a dreary building and a promised jail. The dialogue notes a clash of tone between a fair Englishwoman and savvy Americans as Good News closes the scene with irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Scarborough
America
Miss Brown-Jones
Tve
England
Free Trial of Dr King's New Discovery Adverts
A vintage drug advertisement touts a free trial of Dr King's New Discovery and Mr King's New Life Pills with a request for name and address to He Bucklen Co Chicago. It promotes cures for asthma bronchitis catarrh consumption and other ailments and offers free literature and home treatment via inhalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Iit
Teacher's Club
Dr. King
HE. Bucklen & Co
Mr. King
Prince Bismarck
Dra. Starkey & Palenis
Archieisco
Cal
Harper's Weekly 1894 Summer Issue Overview
A fragmented advisement of Harper's Weekly from 1894 describes illustrated content, subscription details, and postal terms. It notes new cuts and magazine style, with references to actors, records, and youthful contributors, along with pricing, mailing, and order instructions for readers in the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasper
Aliag
Amerie
Ub‘citerest
al Suiertbers
United
Wtaten
Castadee
Merton
Amber Forum
Harper's Week
Bes
Uanras
Sorness
New York
Small Caliber Rifles and Powder Contracts Stir Nation
The nation moves to the new small caliber rifle for the U S army with two months to full production while powder contracts for 2,000,000 muskets draw bids. A Texas rustler plot is cited, a doctor coins swell head as American jargon, San Francisco hosts Olympia trials, and a masked intruder extorts $800 from the Monk family in Fishkill New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
China
United States Army
United States
Europe
War Department
The
San Francisco
Olympia
Pacific
Monk
Fishkill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iceman
Jas
Keystone Watch Case Coy
Philadelphia
Brerenenerwanted
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mason City
Peoria
RAGE
St Lane Sind Kansas
St Luli
Kanesity
DR. Hebra
Viola
Eves Po
G'G. Bittner
Tocco
Pont Ecelpe
Norman Lichty
PamiLy On
Des Moines
Iowa
L. M. Boswort
Scientific American Agency For
Ial
Winchelus
Fwey
Shuid
the Intelligencer
K. Wilson
Gowland
Rodomont
Sarza
Algiers
Borardo
Orlando Inamorsto
Ariosto
Orlando Furioso
Vodemont
Doralis
Granada
Mandricardo
Tartary
Rogero
Bob Acres
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hood
Castoria
Castori
Sallie Joy White
Boston Herald
Free Public Library
Orth Side
Duluth
Julian
Hawthorn
Jemelcs
Harvard Annex
States
Dominion of Canada
Maine
Harvard
Texas Siftings
U's
Washington Star
R.A
Central Station
12Th Street
Park Row
Lake Front
Hagerman Pass
Colo
Pitcher’s Castoria
Ames Drug. Company
Frederic Remington
Mexico
Harper’s Weekly
A. Thompson
Dulath Chamber of Commerce
Review of Reviews
North
Thompson
British America
Atlantic Coast
American Northwest
Union
Mississippi River
Canadian Northwest
Alaska
Manitoba
Kewatin
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Athabasca
British Columbia
Canadian
Towa
Peace River Country
Winnipeg
Yukon River
Minnesota
Wheat Belt
Ottawa
North America
Great Slave Lake
Galveston
Houston
Amerca
Kalamazoo
Tage
Smith-Dunkley Co
Kalamazoo, Mich
News of the World
New York Weekly Tribune
Tts
H&s. K. Wilson, Publishers
Intelligencer
Geo. W. Best
Tribune Building
New York City
Oyeraar
Ieee
Joe Meoom
Femers Frus
Ming
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