The Judge's Trout and a Charcoal Burner's Appeal
Judge Sourdat, a hard and irascible official, is found craving trout as a moral test unfolds. A sixteen year old charcoal burner girl, Meline Sacael, arrives with testimony about a forest murder. The judge shares the meal with her, revealing a humane indulgence that may absolve him for gluttony as the priest hints at mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Sourdat
Palais
Hemorin
Brillat Savarin
St. Victor
Sourdat
Judge Sourdat
Semois
Geneva
Holland
Croton
Touchboeuf
Meline Sacael
Onze-Fontaine
Sourrot
Manchin
Maryville
Belgium
Manehin
Guestin
Scholastique
Touchboner
Ile
M. le Cure
Hemorin Sourdat
Affairs of the Heart and Marital Practices Across Nations
A survey of marriage trends notes widowers and widows pairing, high marriage rates in England, and broad social shifts. It recalls a Glasgow physician who left his fortune to a wife who had deserted him, and a Brooklyn fortune teller who showed a servant girl a photograph of her future husband Edwin Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Siam
England
Glasgow
Cora Spire
Joseph Buchholtz
Sharon
Poultry Raising Tips From An Old Issue
Practical advice on poultry care including timing of market prices, roost alignment, scalding wheat bran, scalding cornmeal for fattening, keeping runs fresh to avoid filth, and managing feather pecking during moult with a drastic cure noted.
Diverse notes from old era reveal varied curiosities and records
The text lists scattered facts from late 19th or early 20th century topics, including mosquito masks in Florida, a flouring mill inventory of cowhides, a long wheat or flouring mill section, a will dating confusion, life expectancy statistics showing a rise to 43.9 years, a corundum discovery near Morgan Station, and an immense Washington capital building dome surpassing several world landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Baldwin
Minneapolis
Morgan Station
Delaware County
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Peter's
Rome
St. Paul's
London
the Invalides
Paris
St. Isaac’s
St. Petersburg
Juneau to Get Alaska's First Central Electric Light Plant
Sparks and flashes describe the spread of electric light in the United States with hundreds of towns using trolley cars and lightning seeking the easiest path. Juneau Alaska will be lighted by an electric central plant as mining uses electricity and copper refining grows through electrolytic processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Juneau
Alaska
Tuk Popular Science Monthly
Napoleon
Scott
Emerson
Seneca
Lichter
Olive trees and historic flora in old plant lore
An Pomona orchardist grows sixty olive varieties while Humboldt trees are reported to be nearly three thousand years old. The thistle shamrock and rose symbolize Scotland Ireland and England due to plant abundance. A balanced crop relies on soil seed and cultivation, each at its best to maximize the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Humboldt
Cal
Scotland
Ireland
England
Sources of Immigration and Origin of Workers
Immigrant dentists mostly come from Germany. Most cigarmakers and tobacconists originate in Cuba. Exoland and Germany supply about half of American actors. An estimated one million Germans live in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Cuba
Exoland
TeRe
United States
The Pains of Rheumatism and Hood's Sarsaparilla Cure
Lactic acid from tissue decomposition causes rheumatic pain in joints especially the back shoulders knees ankles hips and wrists. Thousands report Hood's Sarsaparilla as a positive cure, claiming it neutralizes lactic acid purifies the blood and strengthens the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Shadow and quiet fields in ghostly verse
A compact literary collage with poems by Ingram Crockett and Fannie B. Dillingham, featuring reflections on dawn and decay, a streetcar no-seat moment, and mournful nostalgia. The piece ends with an exhortation to sing of happy lives amid a chorus of kin and friends from the Atlanta Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie B. Dillingham
Lippincott's
Atlanta Constitution
Fragments of facts and maxims from varied sources
A collection of brief notes covers topics from Burgin Kentucky fires and Nimes wine consumption to material strength of iron and size of cocoanut leaves. It includes small world trivia, anniversaries in Tromson Norway, Siberian frozen earth, and rail links in Mexico. Also quotes on courage self denial and individuality appear throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgin
Nimes
France
Ceylon
Tromson
Norway
Siberia
Coatzacoalcos
Salina Cruz
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Coast
England
Holland
Germany
Birmingham
Feminine Fancies Odd Beauty Tips From A Bygone Page
A vintage style guide suggests a steel pen marks indelible ink, favors brown for blondes with pale hair, and notes repeated alcohol removes grass stains from white fabrics. It advises curling bangs with bay rum to gloss and hold the style longer.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Affairs OF the
U. S.S
Sources OF Immigration
Ingram Crockett
Nixon Waterman
Chicago Journal
Averflow
Fanny ix. Jonson
Lok
Grace D. Goodwin
Independent
Annie Gage
Baxter Springs
Kanta
Mall
All Druggiata
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Byron
St. Vitus
Blanche
Dr. Miles
Palmer House
Central House
Washington Street
Athens, Ohio
John W. Pickett
Prop
Yyreen & Wood
Attorneys AT Law
Office—Law Building
Crisinas Ganes
Lion Correr
8Pice Co
Toledo
BROWN
Galtimore, MO
Ours
Patera Kern
Main Street
Athens
Ohio
Prosovenor
Jones & Worstell
Office—Law
Oretigey
Gratigny
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!