Letters from Okolona on grandchildren and the world
The writer laments age and loss while cherishing grandchildren who visit grandma and grandpa. He muses on life, marriage, and divorce, praises children and schools, recalls Tom Hood and Swift, and notes local Mississippi figures like Colonel Gordon and Cherokee land history. He describes Okolona, Indian names, and peafowl lore, ending pondering habit and a Confederate monument effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma
Grandpa
Paris
Hhey
Dean Swift
Tom Moore
Gazella
Kingdom of Heaven
Georgia
Sted Sradens
Tom Hood
Tom
Okolona
Recks
Natches
Gordon
Mississippi
Pontotoc
Tupelo
Aberdeen
Dundee
United States
Scotland
Ross
Ridge
McIntosh
Osceola
Colbert
Ittawamba
Chickasaws
Dolly Madison
Memphis
Tam
Ben Franklin
Haboo
Botanic Blood Balm Claims Cure for Contagious Blood Poison
An advertisement touts B B B as a universal cure for contagious blood poison and other skin ailments. It cites cases from Atlanta and Maxey and offers free trial treatment by mail, with requests for readers to describe their trouble for medical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. P. B. Jones
Atlanta, Ga
Robert Ward
Maxey
B. B.B
Blood Balm Co
Mitchell Street
Atlanta
Coyer
Hill-Orr Drug Co
Wilhite & Wilhite
Evans Pharmacy
After Galveston Disaster Liquor Trade Exposed as Vicious
In the wake of the Galveston catastrophe, the Texas Christian Advocate condemns liquor dens still operating amid ruins. It praises the surviving islanders who drove these establishments from the area, denouncing the industry as a scourge that deepens misery and defies divine wrath. The piece calls for broader public action against the liquor trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Hounan Martin
Denk
America
Texas Christian Advocate
Temperance lecture vivid and pointed in 19th century speech
A temperance lecturer questions boys about ownership and future fortunes, highlighting alcohol’s social ruin. The piece notes the young Queen of Holland as a total abstainer and ally of temperance, with Wilhelmina backing reform societies and urging moral action against drunkenness as criminal.
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Queen
Holland
Prinasss Paulina
Wurtemberg
Royal Indies
Uao
Wilhelmina
Total
The Best Plaster Trial Relief Pain Balm
An old advertisement touts Obsinberlain's Pain Balm applied to damp flannel for lame back or chest pain. It claims superior relief with one treatment and urges purchase from Hill-Orr Drug. The copy promises prompt relief and highlights curing someone named dhoumation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill-Orr
Reveries of a Spinster and Oddities of Love
A slangy monologue from an older era rails at aging, romance, and social proprieties. It touches on marriage pressures, flirtations, and the speaker’s stubborn opinions, interrupted by an ad for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and a note about Mrs. Nancy Hollifield’s reported age of 121 in Charlotte, N C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia Hykes
Lal Vuinby
Mag Sputterwell
Taboy
Hvans
Nancy Hollifield
Charlotte
The First Trousers Then and Now
A compact tale tracing the origins of trousers in Assyria during King Aeshurizirpel’s reign 835-858 B C and the invention of pantaloons from skirt cuts. It notes the long effort by tailors to solve cavalry clothing, finishing with a humorous quip about the nine tailors. Also mentions Lt Governor Timothy Woodruff’s prison tour and his request for release after a brief confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tha Biv
Boas
Assyria
Aeshurizirpel
Hia Ronjesty
St. Nicholas
Timothy Woodruff
New York
Dannemora State Prison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill
Atlanta Constitution
Birt Agr
Daughters of the Confederacy
B. A
W.G
Hie
Uo Anderman
Jos, J. Fretwell
Sportsmen's Headquarters
Sullivan Hardware CO
G. Evans, Jr
W. Evans
E.G. Evans, Jr
CGO
Pendiston
Ceria
Bears
Ecan Ens
Nantes Eo
Castoria
Mutual Benefit Life Inc. Co
M. M. Mattison
Vycoopin’ Bank
Anderson
Vandiver
Vandiver Bros
E. P. Vandiver
Vv. B
Hen. B. Bleckley
Noel B. Sharpe
Herry’s
F. B. Grayton & CO
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