Strangers near Chattanooga Meet Guerrillas and Shelter
Mark and Jakey flee into guerrilla country and sprawl by a river. They fix money inside a boot, sleep in woods, and reach a Chattanooga farmhouse seeking supper and a bed. A cautious mother and a curious daughter weigh danger, then offer shelter and meals as a Union vs Confederate tension unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
Jakey
Army of the
Chattanooga
Leetle Farm
Sequatchie
Martin
Laura
Mamma
Confederacy
Papa
Kyar
Astonishing recovery and cures touted in era advertisements
A jumble of testimonial snippets praises Sulphur Bitters and various remedies. The text cites a Piqua woman who claims a near-death recovery, neighbors preventing infanticide, and doctors astonished. It also lists endorsements for Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, Krause’s Headache Capsules, One Minute Cough Cure, and other patent medicines with assorted historical figures referenced.
Famous Figures and Fathers in Humble Occupations Mentioned
A collage notes parental occupations of notable figures such as Alexander Wilson Daniel Webster Keats Livingstone and Mendelssohn. It also promotes Dullam's Great German remedies and DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve with several claims and a Bay City Michigan anecdote.
The Chances Girls Have and Their Possibilities
Jenness Miller's Magazine argues that girls should abandon the belief that their chances are inferior to boys. It urges women to rise above modest self doubt, dream of progress, and pursue higher roles despite adversity, stressing mental and moral triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenness Miller
Lost Flower Names Fade From Country Life
Macmillan's Magazine laments the decline of traditional plant lore as old country names and meanings vanish under modern botany. It contrasts past knowledge with present reliance on manuals and the drifting health and leisure of rural residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perdita
Macmillan’s Magazine
New York Women Break Ground in Real Estate
The New York real estate scene sees women increasing in leadership. Agnes Murphy now Mrs Mulligan led the firm previously run by her father and built it beyond expectations. Mrs S M Blakeley has taken charge after her husband’s death and completed major sales. Other women have entered the field, earning respect for their persistent work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Agnes Murphy
Miss Georgie Cayvan on Japan and domestic service
Miss Georgie Cayvan, the New York Lyceum leading lady, returns from Japan with tales of near perfect domestic service. She praises timeliness and economy, noting meals prepared on demand with no waste, and claims men and women equally perform housework. She humorously recalls a Boston hostess returning home eager to embrace a samapan man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie Cayvan
New York Lyceum Company
Japan
Delmonico
Boston
A Woman in the School Board
The article praises Mrs. Tifft of the Buffalo board for her effective role as a school board member. It notes the male examiners were unprepared to set kindergarten questions, while she demonstrated knowledge of Froebel Pestalozzi and kindergarten principles, guiding the board with insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tifft
Buffalo Board
Froebel
Pestalozzi
New York
Pens, Chisel and Brush in 19th Century Arts Scene
The text notes Alexander Dumas selling his Paris house to live near Marly Forest, Alphonse Daudet drafting manuscripts in memo books, Hugo praising verse over prose, William H. Howe displaying 86 works in St. Louis, and Tennyson's advice on reading Bible and Shakespeare. It also mentions the French Academy shrinking to 36 members with four deaths, including Camille Rousset, and vacancies not yet filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Dumas
Paris
Forest of
Marly
M. Alphonse Daudet
Tennyson
French Academy
Camille Rousset
German Lutheran Churches in Chicago and Boston Pulpit Trials
Over twenty five German Lutheran Chicago churches and one Boston chapel call congregants into the pews. A Boston Unitarian church contemplates candidates for its pulpit after hearing fifty eight, with no selection yet. An advertisement touts Durlam s Great Blood Liver Stomach and Kidney Cure as effective for cleansing the system. Local druggists stock it, and Bosworth’s store carries free trials of Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and consumption. Massachusetts railroads banished car stoves from November first, switching to steam heat per the new statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sena
Samwarantes
J. M. Bosworth
Spice Agent
Ames
Lowa
Hlall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Chenty & Co
O. G
L. M. Bosworth
Chicago
King’s Chapel
Boston
Durlan
Dullam’s
J. B. Wilson
Clay St
Sharpsburg
Dr. King
Robert Barber
Cooksport
L. M. Bosworth’s
America
New York Bay
Hampton Roads
National Guard
Kearsarge
Portsmouth
San Francisco
Reina Regenta
New York
Indiana
Baltimore
Charleston
Philadelphia
Newark
Atlanta
Concord
Ben
Yorktown
Detroit
Montgomery
Vesuvius
Mi Antonomoh
Dolphin
Machias
Bancroft
Cushing
Massachusetts
Antone
Bosworth’s
Broad and
Fourteenth Street
Pierce’ Golden
State of
Pennsylvania
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Ad Globe Bimck Puelish Ina Co
Chestnut St
Phila
Dearborn St
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mason City
Peoria
Marshalltown
Lews
Fex Sun
Si Fanus
Kansas
Can
Albia
North
Fast Express
E x Sun
C. H. Ackert
A. F. Banks
Lhen
T. P. Barny
U. S. Patent Office
Washington
Angie
C.a.snow &Co
D.C
Gay Exion
Omaerca
G& C. Bittner & CO
Cureo
M. Kriccord
M.C
Masonic Teravle
Z.cos
Nice
Pta
Oregon
Iowa
Scientific American Agency For
Scientific American
Ponent
Co. Blishers
Broadway
New York City
Nese
New Life
E. West
LM Bosworth
Towa
the Intelligencer
S. K. Wilson, Publishers
F. A. Mitchel
American Press Association
Boys’ Brigade
Great Britain
Jr. Kaufmann
A. P. Ordway & Co
Mass
Tokio
Buit
Chamberlain & Co
Des Moines
U. S. Treasury
Mary E. O’fallon
Piqua
Saya
Hood
John Rowell
Kingston Herald
William T. Price
Richland
Nebraska
Chamberlain
Pierce
Defoe
J. J. Kein
Krause
E. R. Holmes
Montrose
Oliver Cromwell
Whewell
de Witt
Southey
Pitcher
Harvey
Cervantes
Cullam
Ramus
Pitcher’s Castoria
Alexander Wilson
Dullam
Daniel Webster
Keats
Constable
Maximian
Marshal Sechet
David Livingstone
Chas. Rogers
Bay City
Mich
DeWitt
Mendelssohn
Hugo
William H. Howe
France
Hound
Dulam
A. B. Snell
Hamilton, Mich
Tintorretto
Bucklen
Johann Muller
Memphis
Ilinois Central Railroad
J. F. Merry
Manchester
A. H. Hanson
Sir Robert Peel
Statesman
Demosthenes
Marshal Lanes
Franklin
Gifford
Castoria
D. Done
Parker
Dakota
Rosseau
Emile
Umbria
Harper's Weekly
Charles de Kay
Harry Fenn
Chili
Ella L. Knowles
Montana
People’s Party
Miss Knowles
Bates College
Lewiston
New Hampshire
Helena
Mon
Samuel Pitcher
da. G. C. Osaoon
Lowell, Mass
Dra
H. A. Arcus
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Children’s Department
Asitep Hospital
Mags
Allex C. Surra, Pres
the Cantaur Company
Murray Street
Mrs. Gladstone
Sir Andrew Clark
Hawarden
Mr. Gladstone
London Telegraph
National Park
Missouri
E. Cannonveal
Lapeer
Michi
Bosworth
Gov. Lewelling
Electric Bitters
Science
Saparilla
Dr. Kaufmann
A. P. Ordway Co
Ema
P Marguerite
Baron Rothschild
French Board Public Charities
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