Jehossee Island’s Old Plantations Storyfield and People
The narrative surveys Jehossee Island off South Carolina, detailing its historic 4000 acre estate, rice and cotton cultivation, slave heritage, and preserved grounds. It describes the plantation house’s destruction, slave church, fittings, and the mixed memory of emancipation, with current leaseholders modernizing while maintaining dignity and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehnssee Island
South Carolina
Jehoasee
New York
National Capital
Johnsson
Walt
Highland Horse
Osd
Stehoasee
Notone
Taor
Jehessee
Charleston
Jehossee
Blood Balm and a Menagerie of Remedies in a Patchwork Ad
A fragmented advert column promotes BBB blood purifier with claims to purify blood and treat numerous ailments including cancers and skin issues. It also markets Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and features a jokey cartoon about a lovelorn ice man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Our Drug Co
Wilhite & Wilhite and
Nvans Pharmacy
Blood Balm Co
Mitchell St
Atlanta
Strange Eulogy by Ingalls on Senator Beck
A Chicago Times extract recounts Senator Ingalls’s August senate eulogy for Kentucky’s Senator Beck. The piece highlights his stark meditation on life and death, the fragility of human existence, and a closing note of faith, framed as a rare dramatic oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Ingalls
Senate
Senator Beck
Kentucky
Ingalls
Beck
Tropics
Thieaulbay Fa
Gilbert A. Flerce
Chicago Times
Suspended Animation in Columbia Family Foils Burial
A white Arsenal Hill family faced a near burial when a child seemed dead after two weeks of illness. About an hour later the child revived, asking for water, and continued to improve through the morning, prompting renewed hope and medical attention. The incident underscores calls for certain death determinations before burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsenal Hill
Columbia Record
Quick Justice in Ohio Convicts Peck for Life in Akron Case
Louis Peek, a colored man, was moved from Cleveland jail to Akron under guard. He was tried by a special grand jury, found guilty of assaulting four year old Christian Maas, and sentenced to life at hard labor. Judge Nye imposed the verdict before Peck was transported to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CleveLand
Ohto
Louis Peek
Christian Maas
Akron
Nye
Elyrne
Peck
Clevyeland
Akrom
Columbus Trails
Columbus
Cure for Chronic Diarrhoea Told by Mississippian
John H. Halloway of French Camp Mississippi describes thirty years of debilitating diarrhoea and his hope fading until Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured him after several bottles. He urges others to obtain the remedy from Hill Orr Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Maggie
Chamberlain
Hill-Orr Drug Co
Cholly
Subrette
John
Halloway
Colin
Hill-Orr Droge Gos
Dewitts Witch Hazel Salve Ad Prompts Caution
An old advertisement warns against counterfeit Dewitt’s Witch Hazel Salve claiming fakes resemble the true product yet cause irritation and blood poisoning. The copy condemns prejudice against Chinese and social misbehavior, ending with a moral quote about childhood. Evans’ Pharmacy is named as seller.
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DeWitt
DeWito
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Old Aiken Homestead
South Carolina Coast
Mrs. Hive
New York Commercial Advertiser
Jerry
Suceer
Black Ferry
Ulora
Sea Island
Bea Bie
Summers
Ohio
Eluba
Thas
Les
York 5
Gastoria
Bears
Castoria
Dean
Lacit Observatory
Dean's
Weal, Baad Dean & Ratliffe
Igor
Leon
Werry
Yours
F. B. Grayton & CO
Mear
Mutual Benefit LI Life Insurance Co
Eddowineak
Eritg
Liana
Tnt
Oxitte
Andi
Eee Orleans
Bree
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