A Simple Scotch Lassie Seeks Mercy and Love
A first person memoir of Jeannie McLean from the Scottish hills recalling a bare, devout childhood, a soldier brother, and a later life as a servant in England. She narrates family devotion, the loss of parents, and a shift to hardship under an unkind mistress, with a budding love for a cellar friend John and a suitor named Jobo.
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Jeannie
Jeannie McLean
Tweed
Dee
Donside
Johnnie
Grannie
Auld
Auld Kirkyard
Father
Mother
Kirk
Jamie
Clear
Scotland
Braehead
Roup
Southsea
Portsmouth
Jennie
Ann
Auld Grannie
Kye
John
Jobo
The Hinny of Jennie and the Cottage of John
A servant lassie recalls a timid courtship and a pledge of happiness with John in a cottage of roses. The narrator confesses fear yet finds delight in domestic bliss as Gordon Stables’ Home Chimes echoes softly.
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John
Houtskirts
Jennie
Bonnie
Gordon Stables
Emulsions and a royal intrigue in one clipping
A medical ad touts Scorrs Emulsion with Hypophosphites as palatable and easily digested for consumption throat and bronchitis, noting dramatic child weight gain in a testimonial. A separate Norristown Herald item reports a king orders a fashion magazine agent captured and quartered with 1,000 wives.
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Shott
the. Prim. M. D
Alabama
M’wanga
Africa
Norristown Herald
Bucha Paiba Quick Complete Cure Ad
An old advertised remedy claims a quick complete cure for kidney bladder and urinary diseases priced at one dollar and sold by druggists. The text presents a period medicine claim typical of storefront ads.
Rough on Bile Pills Offer Small Granules and Big Results
Small granules and small dose claim big results with pleasant operation and no stomach upset. Sold at 10 cents and 25 cents. Promotes ease of use and gentle effect for daily relief.
Rough on Dirt Washing Powder Ad and Drunken Irishman Joke
A Rough on Dirt washing powder ad claims a harmless extra fine formula that cleans, bleaches, whitens, softens water and saves labor, with price notes and grocers. A drunken Irishman tumbles down stairs, quipping about falling upward and paralysis, from Drake's Magazine.
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Drake’s
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France
Johannie
Jack McLean
Bucha-Paiba
Peabody
Charles McKay
Mass
McKay
WM. J. McCarchy
Foster St
Peabody, Mass
A. D. Tsyon
Batavia
N.Y
Cuticura
Potter Drug and Chemical Co
Boston
Hayfever
USA
ELY
ELY Brothers
Owego
G. W. Blakeley, M. D
A. B. Frame
Athens
OFTO
Bank of Athens
Washington Street
Walnut Street
Walnut St
Bet
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. M. Tucker & Co
Addleman
Court Street
West Side
Athens, Ohio
Sanford
Sandforrd
Portmen Drea Curmican Co
Hocking Coal
Athens Gas Light Company
Wwe
Davis
New England
Ayrese
Vermont
Athens County
Beat
the Bank OF Athens
Athens, C
United States
John Brown, J.D. Brownn
Cashier
Presiden
Amuel B. Knowles
C.S. Welch
Knowles
Welch
Charles Townsend
Welch & Welch
Attorneys AT Law
Supreme
U.S
John Welch
Juste Welch
J.M. Welch
W. W. Watkins
Cloch John Ring
J.S. Basom
D. D
J. E. Edmundson
Phoenix Block
D. G. A. Dille
Athens,ohio
Orrick—Perkins
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Spruce St
New York
Washington
A. Snow & CO
Washington, D.C
H. P. Hubbard Co
New Haven
Conn
Ane Smith
Hasdin Sport Pie
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