Dream City in May Park and the Mineral Spring Tale
A vivid, sprawling reminiscence blends a Beulahlike vision of Williamston Spring Park with practical notes on a mineral spring famed for tonic waters. The writer weighs dramatic personal gains, promotes health tourism, and hints at local development while interweaving reflective anecdotes about family, society, and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamston
Anderson Om
Ife
Ponce de Leon
DeSoto
Papa
Kameton
Courtrand
Aoe
Atoservica
Confarenes
Baltimore
Handy
Jahop
Senge
Delaware
Bishop Ward
London
Albert Smith
Ching
Agajo
New York
Hallock
Columbia College
Gar
Earth
Astranger
Niagara Pally
Jolo Capada
Hiaself
Bia Broset
Michigan
Floral Clock for Rockefeller Estate Shows Blooming Timepieces
An Ohio architect designs a floral clock for John D. Rockefeller’s Hudson River estate using wild flowers and cultivated varieties. Dandelions serve as the morning hand, hawkweed marks 2 o’clock, and snow thistle notes the 11th hour. water lilies open with sunrise and close at sunset, forming a living timepiece guided by a floral almanac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Hudson River
John D. Rockfeller
Rhine
America
Harry
Jermaine
Pliny
France
Scotland
England
Trig
Rockfeller Estate
Broness Burdett-Coutts
Rockfeller
Duke of Westminster
Russian Princess in Mobile Waterways A Tale of Peter the Great
A Russian czarina widow flees persecution to Mobile Alabama in the early 1700s. Chevalier D Aubont, a French envoy banished to the Gulf coast, shelters her, marries her after the czarina’s death, and along the Coosa River builds a grand home that endures in memory and bricks until 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter the Great
Alabama
Nova
Chevalier D'Aubont
Czaruga
Cearewits
Alexis Petrowitz
Petersburg D'Aubent
Russia
Chevalier
France
Bastile
Gulf of Mesico
D'Aubont
Itis
Mobile
St. Petersburg
Quaritza
Tine
Czar
Ivan
Crazitza
John Law
Mississippi Valley
Smetty
Mobile Bay
Mo- Wily
Duly
D’aubent
Czaritza
Dreas
Europe
D'Aubontat
Alexis
D’aubont
Walking with Broken Legs Ambulatory treatment gains traction
The New York Sun reports a new ambulatory system for leg fractures below the knee. Patients walk within 24 hours, aided by a plaster and bandage cast, with rapid bone healing and reduced joint stiffness. Cases show some elderly patients walking within days, though delirium risk exists for alcoholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Ihe Sun
Roosevelt Hospital
Berlin
Fiske
Wieke
How to Trant a Wife. Practical advice in a tender tone
This excerpt advises husbands to stay calm during trials and offer kindness to their wives. It suggests keeping a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at home to show care and protect health, endorsed by Scrapple by AN-Orr Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patien
An-Orr Drug Co
Eben
Chamberlain's
D. P. Davis
Goshen Va
Earth
Hill-Orr Dirug-Co
Ringling Circus Arrives and Sets Up In St Louis
The Ringling Bros circus visited the city, bringing a 12 acre tent ground at Grand and Laclede. Crews of 130 canvas workers, animal handlers, and drivers unloaded wagons, set up the big top 436 by 225 feet, and prepared the tents and cages. After the performance week, 8:15 p.m. marked the start of takedown, with Old Baldy the elephant aiding entry to the wagon, and the crew counting stakes as they packed trunks and folded tents for departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Cir
Sheba
Solomon
South Carolina
General Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Grant
Jack Walstaff
General Trout
James Grant Wilson
St. Augustine
Johnson
Milton
Loring
Urant
Croud
Rome Geurey
Ringling Circus
Ringling Bros
Grand
Laclede
Wey
Circus
Perl Souder
William Winner
John Snelling
Bosa
Boon
Laclede Avenue
Ua Lond Ia
Old Baldy
Ringling
St Louis Republic
A mixed page of proverbs and ads from a 19th century issue
A jumble of domestic wisdom and curiosities alongside medical and product notices. It includes health tips, notes on maple sugars, sailing seamen, and beliefs about Bible reading, with advertisements for Chamberlain's remedies and a cedar lice deterrent for poultry.
Also Mentioned on This Page
B.C. Evans & CO
Victor
Terrell
Josh Berry
Grain
Sullivan Hardware Co
BROWN
Westa
Brown & Bro
the Yates Shoe CO
Masonic Temple
Anderson, D. C
Nat
Tolly
Free City
H. Poore & CO
Deeot Street
Vilet
Billarp
Rockfeller's
Wooller
Calarsh
Chong
Waar & Trvak
Wiinloanie
Tuleda
O Warnixe
Kinnan & Mangis
Pelee Te
K. V. Pierce
Tilo
Vyia
Pierce
Luffalo
Perce
Golem
Phil
Linud
Golden Medical Discovery
Aiata
Dt Tiere
Cuffirers
Wintel and Logical Institute
Huffain
Vermont
Snd
West
New England
Aouth
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