Short Handed Boys and a Phonography Path to Fame
A portrait recalls William Henry Smith a former farm youth from Champaign Ohio who rose via Phonography to key government and press roles. The piece promotes self-instruction books and notes opportunities for enterprising youths, urging use of the Eclectic Manual of Shorthand. It also muses on spiritual imagery and grape growing trends over twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Smith
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Smith
T¢ Scinnati
Champaign
Ohio
Gazette Office
Hayes
Chicago
New York
Dame Fortune
Elias Longly
Robert Clarke & Co
West Fourth Street
A Curious Train Conversation and Odd Anecdotes
A Chicago to Philadelphia limited express yields a car talk with a conductor and a grim view of a traveling woman. The piece shows a mix of humorous vignettes about travelers, a Georgia sneeze accident, a Yale survivor, and brief medical ads for Peruna Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Brown’s Iron Bitters with assorted quips and local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cullman
Chicago
Pittsburg
Ald
Griggs Glycerine Salve Offered For Sale At Low Price
An 1870s advertisement touts Griggs Glycerine Salve as a universal remedy for cuts burns wounds and skin ailments with guaranteed satisfaction or refund. It markets 25 cent sales by FE Lash and mentions fashion notes about sleeves in evening dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggs
Willi
FE. R. Lash
Man Irritated By Telegraph Pole Fetish Sparks Odd Talk
A man in front of an office rubbed against a telegraph post claiming it soothed his itching sores. He blamed spring and joked about Swayne's Ointment. In Indiana a bachelor gives each of his seventeen nieces and nephews a 21000 check for his birthday, forecasting a fight over his will later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. 5S. Eveline
Allegheny City
Swayne
Indiana
Agricultural Fair in February at Orange County
An account from J Lindley Jones describes the 5th annual Orange County Fair near Sanford Florida. It features Southern crops like cotton and rice, fruits including oranges, a robust ladies department, poultry and horse displays, a brass band, a tournament with knights on horseback, and a ball crowning a queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss
J. Lindley Jones
Orange Co
Sanford
Orange County
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Georgia
George Allen
Worcester
Massachusetts
Papa
Delevan
Wis
D. Boyce
Rochester Post Express
Hood
Mr. Jones
Ayer
Sumpter County
Rockvill
J. Y. Marmon
Lima, O
Hunt
Adirondack
Hall Lg Sicis
Physi
Cias
R. P, Hall & CO
Nashua, WH
Alyon&healy
Monroe Sts
O.m.ferry & CO
Detroit
Prupgiate
Pinpe
OOU
P.O. Box
York City
CEAS
SHULT
Mas
Probate Judge's Office
Washington St
Athe
Phaeton S
IND
C. E.M. Jennings
the Athens Messenger
Power Press
Job Printing Department
Athens
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