A Milliner’s Dilemma and a Soldier’s Plea
Avis Weldon buys a hat for thirty five dollars but uses forty dollars to aid Mary, a chambermaid, whose husband Dick lies wounded in hospital. Mary travels to see him with Avis funding thirty dollars for the trip. Charles Summers, learning of the need, learns a similar tale from his coachman, and asks to borrow funds, offering repayment next quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mes
Napeau
Avia Weston
Charles Summers
Avis
Charley
Avis Weldon
Petersburg
Mary
Thomas
Creeter
Mr. Weldon
Uncertain Entanglements and Local Anecdotes Across Town
A compact sketch of society and mischief includes Mr Summers handing money to Thomas, Avis and Mary scenes with a bonnet purchase, a war time charity tale, a famed water well miracle near Fayette County, and a theatre encounter where a husband reveals himself. Also notes on storms, a Sunday School joke, and quick public notices for remedies and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
McK. Pine
Pine
Fayette County
Herald
Tecumseh and the 1812 era superstition in the Creek uprising
The piece recounts Tecumseh the Shawnee leader as the so called Indian False Prophet tied to the 1811 12 earthquake period and Creek War myth, noting his alliance with the British in 1812 and his death at Thames October 5 1813. It also cites Gothic gossip about Princess Beatrice observing Highlanders without blushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tecumseh
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
England
Detroit
Gulf
Loock
Society
Beatrice
Queen Victoria
Parkhurst
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertises Cure for Catarrh
An advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cures catarrh after established disease. It claims relief from nose flow throat dryness headaches loss of appetite and ear noises. The copy says the medicine purifies the blood soothes the membrane and refreshes the system while promising prompt, permanent relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
G. B. Gran
Eighth Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
M. E. Reap
A. Read & Son
Wauseon
Ohio
N.B
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Mustang Lin iment known by Fewdo
A cryptic note references Mustang Lin iment and Fewdo, suggesting scarce public knowledge about the item or its origin, with the fragmentary text implying a claim of awareness as essential to understanding its existence.
Umbrella Theft Provokes Vicious Satire in Georgia Paper
A Georgia newspaper recalls a recent umbrella theft from its editorial rooms and reprints a scathing anonymous vow that the thief is worse than a thief, a killer, and a brute. The vitriolic message threatens rain droplets turning to vitriolic pain and sun rays covered with needles as punishment for the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
First Keen Twinge and Earthquake Fear in Town
A citizen, frightened by Wiggins earthquake predictions, sent his two half grown boys to the country. A few days later the friend urged sending them back and requesting the quake to stop. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted for rheumatism relief amid seasonal pain exposure. The ad notes no cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Wiggins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bullet
Bonney
Mr. Summers
Clara
Tyndall
David
Dr. Bull
Baltimore
Tepeches
NEW Advertismeents
F.W. Wise Iss
J. Warren Keifer
Lower House of Congress
Springfield
ENTS
Athens, Ohio
Coaliy
Meres
Athens
Athens Gas Light Company
LN A
Atlas, Paint Co
P.O
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Ill
Nodl-Wi
Central Hotel
Cornell House
Merrill Woodruff
Gample
AL. Woodre
Goole Guree
Pittsburg
Durr & Sons
Cladstone-Parnell
T. P. O'Conner
Liverpool
M. McWade
C. S. Parnell
T. Y. Roy
M. D
Prom British India
Ae An Kim
Athena
South America
Josma T. Inman
New York City
the Bank OF Athens
United States
John Brown
J.D. Brown
Cashier
Presiden
Knowles
Mawter
Welch
Wae
Charles Townsend
Wis & Welch
Unders Os
Supreme
Iudge Welch
J.M. Welch
W. W. Watkins
Noto John Ring
W.towsley
Atkinson
Warren House
J.S. Basom
D. D
J. E. Edmundson
Phoenix Block
A. Dille
Athens,ohio
OrrFick
Perkins
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Newspaper Advertising Bureau
Spruce St
New York
U.S
Washington
Patent Office
Co. A. Know & CO
Washington, D.C
Athens Gas Works
Athens Gas CO
James River
Virginia
J. F. Mancha
Claremot
Mxrs- Enger
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