Widow Martha Skelton and Tom Jefferson Courtship Tale
The 18th century Virginia milieu features widow Martha Skelton, her admirers led by young Thomas Jefferson, and a love-songs scene with harpsichord and violin revealing her拒否. Jefferson’s violin affinity surfaces amid rumors of an engagement, alongside a quip about a burned house and saved fiddle during a servant’s joke. A Shilohs Cure advertisement closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Skelton
Tom” Jefferson
Tom
Skelton
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Political boast of Democrats on civil service reform
The piece notes Democratic boasts about reforms but criticizes their lack of concrete plans. It includes a Cincinnati reader comment praising Brown’s Iron Bitters for indigestion, implying public skepticism toward reform promises and referencing political followers in government positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mademoiselle
Mare
Marie
Mr. May
Mademiselle
Jennie Bass
Mary Rice
St. Louis
Nash
Minnie Warther
Cincinnati
Brown
Swayne's Ointment and Cure-All Advertisements
A dense advertisement fragment praises Swayne's Ointment for skin diseases and denounces worthless ads. It promotes Hunt's Remedy for kidney and liver diseases and cites claims of guaranteed cures. It references Dr. Marchisi's Catholicon and Italian Pile Ointment, with prices and local agents Lash and Last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayne
Pennsylvania
Hunt
Igen
F. R. Last
Nedsly
Ayer
Rock Candy Cough Cure for Colds and Hoarseness
Advertises Rock Candy Cough Cure with roots and herbs for coughs colds hoarseness and lung troubles. Claims money back warranty and notes 25 cents per bottle 1.00 for large bottle. Sold by E R Lash at number 46 LY.
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E.R. Lash
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General May
Cat
Mademoiselle Marie
Jennie
Marie Duvelle
Woodbine
Dapplevare
Simon Pettengill
Simon
Mr. Elder
Paris
Dapplevale
Simon Petingill
Mr. Wider
Mselle Marie
May
Elder
Blythesdale Springs
Jove
Simon Pettingill
Dapplevale Calico Works
Jefferson and
His
Mason
Deyis
Shiloh
R. Lash
Ceylon
Fiji Islands
Java
IX. R. Lash
Ginx
Elmira Gazette
Eree Press
Edith
Philadelphia News
Byprusos
Hatton
Colinas
Oliver Twist
Dicken
Kesare Lytton
Houdin
L'abbé Constantin
Redcliff
God
Farrar
Arion
Pelt
Cea
Virginia
Moira Fergua
Black
Robin
Mra
Johnson
Ipice
Iin
Eron Munchausen
Thule
Lovefellow
Outre-Mer
Lov
Happy Boy
Arne Frankenstien
Shelley
Clytie
Py Collins
Robert Hondin
Abbe Constantin
Canon Farr
Margaret Lee
John W. Lovell
Dinary Ches
Price & mi
Mallann
Verne
Hardy
Chas. Dickens
M. Thackeray
George Eliot
Plutarch
Charles Knight
Ng Macaulay
England
Lovell
Tennyson
Shakespere
Milton
Meth
Ingelow
Proctor
Scott
Byron
Dante
Mendelssohn Piano CO
York
Innes
Sestanio
Mendelsso
Viehl CO. & CO
Faro CO. PLC
New York City
Miami Commercial College
Dayton
Laird & Josten’s
Mi5
Laird & Josten
Mary Stuart
EF. R. Lash
Notsly
Zeag
Herb Bitters
U.S
Germany
S Yund Heeft
E &A
Parker
George R. Walker
Court House
Matin Street
Athens, Ohlo
Nak
Cleveland
Ohio
Tme
Leader Printing CO. Publishers
Ohio University
Athens
Ohillo
William HL. Scott
Angust Uo
Lee
Jlias Tyson
WAYSV
Atalens County
Onto
Board & Sale Stable
Chas. Brown
Bus and Hack
Congress Street
Corner House
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Columbus & Hocking Valley R. RB
Pittapare
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
Phildelpia
New York
Boston
Indianapolis
Chicago
Louisville
Omaha
Kansas City
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Neorska
California
The
Territories
Pullman Palace Cars
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Throne
EF. A. Ford. Gen
Jas, McRea
Attorneys AT Law
Athena, Ohio
First National Bank
Chas, Townsend
D. L. Sleeper
Attorneys
LAW
Ofice
Welch & Welch
Athena, Ohto
Wadeened
Supreme
J.M. Welch
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