Autograph albums and the poetry of Athens county life
Readable passages rail against fate and fate, reflecting on wishes of a farmer, a professor, a lawyer, and others. The piece recalls autograph albums popular in Athens county schools, detailing sentimental verses, clumsy rhymes, and the era’s childlike musings as students collected tokens of friendship across towns and stages of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Johnny
Willie
Susie
Caroline
Inshica
Caroline By
Klondike GoldClaims and Royalty Evade Tax Rumors
The Klondike fields faced uncertain gold takings as Haglish government royalties spur miners to evasion. The piece warns of cold fear and weakness, then promotes Hlostetter's Stomach Bitters as a stomach and digestion aid improving kidney and liver function and fighting malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haglish
Hlostetter
Swagger Sticks and Tammy Atkins Fashions
Official returns show about 4000 American women visited Nova Scotia this season and many touched Halifax. The piece notes Tammy Atkins famed swagger stick and its fashion influence including perfume cushions and scented accessories. It contrasts sailorlike garb with accessories and highlights the era of sachet powders in storage items.
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Nova Scotia
Talifax
Tammy Atkins
Leinster
Tammy
Tommy
Tishifax
Tommy Atkins
Marquis de Lafayette Remembered In Revolutionary Heroic Tale
The article recalls Marquis de Lafayette born September 6 1757 in Chavagnac France who came to aid American colonists at 20. It notes his staff role with General Washington friendship with the two great men and Congress gifting him 200000 plus land in 1824. He died May 24 1834 and rests in Paris in the cemetery of Picpus.
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Marquis de la Fayette
France
Chavagnac
Bis
American Congress
Congress
Gen
Washington
United States
Paris
Picpus
Faubourg Saint Antoine
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
America 2
New-York Weekly
Doll Peace Sparks Apache Return to Reservation
A tale from Cincinnati inquiry recounts Mr. Rourke and Gen Crooke in Arizona easing tension with Apaches. A captured young girl sobbed until a doll comforted her, prompting peace talks and the child’s return with her mother to move back to the Tadian reserve. The doll’s soothing effect altered the course of the encounter and led to a broader reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawachili
Mr. Rourke
Arizona
Crooke
Van
Herseer
Reserve —Cincinnati Inquirer
Cat Saves Bristol Whale Family From Fire
A Bristol cat woke shopkeeper Leda Sehmedémann to heavy smoke at 2:30 AM allowing a lodger Herman Muller, his sister, and another woman to reach safety on a landing. Muller, delaying for boots, was cut off but leaped from a second story window to escape, spraining his ankle.
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Bristol
England
Leda Sehmedé
Mann
Tabby
Biemeif
Herman Muller
Inmases
Muller
Dames
Girls on a Coow Hunt Shows Midnight Raccoon Sport
Four young women and a noted hunter pursue coon hunting at night through swamps and hills. They trip into mud, blaze away at treed game, and plan a larger party with twenty participants next week.
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Rocky Mountains
Coon
New York Journal
Coon Hunter
Home alone turns up safe and sound in Detroit tale
James recounts fending off burglars a gas leak and rats while his father was away on business. Father returns home on the porch as Jim shows confidence in handling the house. The oddly humorous chat ends with relief at no further incidents after a week alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmm
James
Detroit
Chamberlains Bali Cure and The Prince of Wales Suit
A reader testimonial extols Chamberlain s Pain Balm for a nine year shoulder ache and notes a single bottle improved the condition. An Austrian royal shooting anecdote describes ladies asked to wear a tight fashion kit, prompting local tailors to supply correct outfits.
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Chamberlain
Apourh L. Millett
Manchester
N. H
W.H. McKee
Als Farteve
Prince of Wales
Austria
Story of a Slave and Icelandic Glaciers Report
George D Williams of Manchester Michigan recounts a slave like disease bondage story and credits Electric Bitters for his wife recovery after five years of paralysis while a geologist Dr Thorodson notes Iceland's glacier count rising from 250 to 112 known glaciers and exploration expanding across the island.
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George D. Williams
Manchester
Mich
Helpeloss
W. McKee
Iceland
Br. Thorodson
Two Milwaukee Funds Donated Swords Presented in City
Two handsome swords bought from a Milwaukee public fund were presented Saturday in the city to Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur and Brig. Gen. Charles King. Gen. MacArthur received his sword with appreciative remarks as a symbol of public support and service.
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Milwaukee
Cuy
Arthur MacArthur
Charles King
MacArthur
Teie
Bucklen Arnica Salve touted for skin eruptions and sores
Advertisement extols Bucklen Arnica Salve as a cure for skin eruptions, ulcers, boils, felons, warts, cuts, burns, chapped hands, chilblains, and piles with a 25 cent price and guarantee by W. B. McKee druggist. The other fragment notes Boer rifle practice and expected inferiority after the Transvaal war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
W. HB. McKee Druggist
Johnston's Sarsaparilla quart bottles advertisement
An old newspaper ad touts Johnston's Sarsaparilla quart bottles as a panacea for menstrual and uterine issues. It lists pain, irregularities, leucorrhoea, and related symptoms, claiming relief and cures through the product sold by local druggists Warner, Cline, and McGee.
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Phil T. Jones
Mixersville
Ind
Thad Razema
Swift
Atlanta
Georgia
Johnston
Merage
Wicwisan Drug
Petron
Cline’s
Mchees Drug Store
Athers, Cline &S Altan
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Earth
Maneanper
Fowsitz
Borhood
Aes
Filipe
Eshorter
Life’s Sea
Earl Fng
Nothne
Hocking River
Athens
Albany
Armesville
Nelsonville
Glen Ebon
Glouster
Shade
Canaanville
Guysville
Coolville
Stewar
Frost
Marschfeld
Swagger
Lumiace Soneculia
Hood
Bover
Glens Falls
Hoods
Marquis DE Lafayette
Doll
Whale Family
Burning Hogar
Ton Cates
Jimmy
Bali
RAW
Beef
Eczema
Messenger and Herald
Athens, Ohio
Mari
Rt A
ST. Ndaro On Co
Race Marietta Commercial College
Marietta, Ohio
Ohio Valley
Nasly
F.C
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