Pulled Out Hair by Hair A Remarkable Indian Cruelty Tale
Oklahoma Letter in Philadelphia Times recounts the 1859 Thurwald family tragedy near the Texas border. Elsa Thurwald endures hair by hair tearing during a Tonkawa and Kickapoo conflict, survives captivity, and later marries a local farmer after 18 months of rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Thurwald
Texas
Thorwalds
Thorwald
Dallas
Elsa
Elsa Thurwald
Colorado
Oklahoma
Philadelphia Times
Quid Confusion on the French Flagship
An English admiral visiting a French flagship left his chewing quid on a bulkhead then entered the officers quarters. Returning, he found the quid still there, and mocked French sailors for not being true sea dogs. A French sailor apologized, saying he had been chewing it but replaced it when the admiral returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
Buttered asparagus saves royal dinner plan
The French writer Fontenelle and Cardinal Dubois loved asparagus with butter and white sauce. A dining plan to please both failed when Dubois died, and Fontenelle ordered all asparagus cooked in butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fontenelle
Cardinal Dubois
Cardinal
Jean
New York Recorder
Linguist Needed for Mme Scalchi Family Pets
In an Italian suburb villa near Turin the noted singer Mme Scalchi seeks a tolerably well practiced linguist for her animal family. Ten parrots understand French, one English. one pug knows Italian and English. five other dogs respond to her in French. Signor Lolli cultivates his vineyard while the singer forages for mushrooms at dawn and values green garden vegetables for voice strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Scalchi
Turin
Signor Lolli
Harper’s Bazar
Visitor identifies painting by old master in new frame
Mrs McShaddie concedes the artwork is by an ancient master while noting the frame has recently been replaced. The exchange is reported in New York Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McShaddie
New York Weekly
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Editorial
A warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments urges consumers to use only physician prescribed remedies. It cites Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as mercury free and to avoid fake products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo D
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Ee Praceens
L. M. Bosworth
Senate
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted for scrofula cure in era ad
A dense catalog of patent medicines and public notices follows, touting Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for hereditary scrofula, DeWitts Little Early Risers for liver and headache, Krause's Headache Capsules, and various tonics. It also mentions political commentary, travel tickets, hotel praise, and upcoming rail excursions, with many product promotions throughout.
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Krause
Cmn
Norman Lichty
Des Moines
Iowa
Herman Hicks
Rochester
N. Y
Hood
DeWitt
Ames Drug Company
Castoria, Eaton Hall Costs, and The Novel Taste Debate
A collage of 19th century advertisements and opinion excerpts discussing Castoria and DeWitt's remedies, the Duke of Westminster and Eaton Hall reconstruction costs, claims of Washington relatives, Park's Sure Cure, Hood's Sarsaparilla, and literary trends favoring occult and social novels over traditional love stories. It also includes brief notes on a long sleep death, criminal theory, German social behavior, and cautions about cough remedies.
Austrian pension law aids elderly townsfolk in Vienna
The article notes under Austrian poor law a man aged 60 may claim a pension of one third of hisworking daily wages, ranging two to six florins monthly, with 16 000 recipients in Vienna. It also cites drug ads and political commentary interwoven with historical notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
The Best Salve for Cuts and Skin Ailments
An old time ad claims a guaranteed salve cures cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, and more or money back. Also notes a 25 cent price and sale by L M Bosworth Druggist. Separate item mentions Texas gov Hogg sugar bounty repeal bid and remedies for kidney trouble. Also Harper’s Young People portrait gallery features Henry W Longfellow and Washington Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Bosworth
Harper's
Henry W. Longfellow
Washington I
Kentucky postmistress halts stamp sale over mail guarantee
A Kentucky postmistress refused to sell stamps to a schoolmistress unless a guarantee was given that letters would be mailed from the stamp source. A government inspector ended the policy. The note also advertises DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures for piles burns sores and ulcers sold by Ames Drug Company and parks herb tea remedies lines about a couple and a grand canyon electric launches plan.
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Unter den Linden
Germany
DeWitt
Ames Drug Company
Harrison
Elkins
W. Va
London
Kentucky
de Witt
Park
L. M. Bosworth
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Rand, McNally & CO
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Mason City
Peoria
Marshalltown
Town
Sun
St Louis
Kansas
Sacre Soo
Emity
Vendaily
NORTH
Ally
E. McNrret A. F. Banks
Ass’t
T. P. Barry
Aphro Medicine CO
Western Ranch
P. O
Actlant
Opessom
Ames
VIOLA
G. C. Bittner & CO
Scientific ‘American Agency For
America
Scientific American
Broadway
New York
Cincinnati Ooers
Anco Erass
Ames Drug Co
the Intelligencer
K. Wilson
Carter Street
Rochester, N
Jas
Keystone Watch Case Co
Philadelphia
Samuel Johnson
Denbigh
Wales
M. Francisque Sarcey
Raby
Castoria
Miss
Dr. King
Carroll D. Wright
Congress
Wright
Woods
Carlsbad Springs
Mackenzie
Frederick
Mr. van Alen
Whitney
Central America
L. M. Bosworth Druggist
Ireland
Lillie Wilcox
Brookland
N. Dak
Flora Seay Havanna N. Dak
Flora Seay
Havanna
Sola
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
White House
Pitcher’s Castoria
Kidney Cure
Maryland
Little
DeWitt’s
United States
Canada
Skandinaven
Skandinaven and _ Intelligencer
Mme
Henriette Ronner
Paris
Canterbury
Dodo
Iowa Central Ry. Will
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Manitoba
Missouri
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Arizona
Lowa Central Ry
Thos. P. Barry
Marshalltown, Ja
Amye Reade
Charles Reade
Ruby
Zerma
Duke of Westminster
Eaton Hall
England
Ebenezer Burgess Ball
Washington
George Washington
L. M. Boswourth
Marie Corelli
Zanoni
Margaret B. Peeke
Robert Elsmere
Zola
Conan Doyle
Robert Louis Stevenson
J. M. Barrie
Covington
Morgan Rheenar
Boone County
Cheshire
Conn
The
P. Lorillard Company
Why
Imax
Infanta
Bucklen
van Alen
Italy
Europe
Grand Canyon
Cracer
Kalamazoo
Smith-Dunkley Co
Kalamazoo, Mich
News of the World
New York Weekly Tribune
Fos
K. Wilson, Publishers
Intelligencer
Geo. W. Best
Tribune Building
New York City
Skookum Root Hair Grower
Bowie
Skookum Root Hair Grower CO
South Fifth Ave
New York, N. Y
Pryce
Axo
Seth Tone
Feravs Faua
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