Regulations for Water Works and Electric Lights
Long ordinance details water and electric rate rules including meter use, shutoffs for non payment, quarterly and monthly payments, tapping fees, and meter options. It covers reporting duties, pollution and waste prohibitions, hydrant access, and penalties, plus notes on lighting charges and public notices from January 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Light and Water Board
Electric Light and Water Board of
City
Sap
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Sold By S B Burr
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It promises cure of piles or money refunded and notes price at 25 cents per box with sale by S B Burr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile Nervine
Dr. Miles
S. B. Burr
Short and Sweet Proverbial Tidbits of Daily Wit
A collection of short pithy maxims and quips about honesty, manners, and daily life. It blends aphorisms on fortune, speaking well of oneself, and the humor of common misfortune with light social observation and a Vermont town jury anecdote about five eggs.
The Theatre Moral Debate Recalled by Critics
The piece recalls Clement Scott’s stark view on theater as a peril to modesty and the dangers faced by women in dramatic life. It also cites North American Review discussions and three theatre experts John Gilbert William Winter and A M Palmer noting moral and artistic regrets about sensational productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Scott
London
North American Review
John Gilbert
William Winter
A. M. Palmer
Gilbert
DeWitts Withh Hazel Salve Endorsed by Dr Wright
Benefit claim for DeWitts Withh Hazel Salve to cure sores ulcers and piles. Advertisement style note says apply per directions and promises rapid relief. Endorser listed as Dr. W A Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wright
Family Prayers and the Ideal Morning Bible Lesson
A reflection on hurried family prayers that fail to engage children. The author urges brief, focused moments with stories of Jesus rather than long genealogies or dramatic prophecies, suggesting warm, simple depictions of Christ and miracles to comfort and connect the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Christ
Castornaia Simi Sian Lp Uta Inventions Debate
A brief note reflects on the claim that Germany gave printing, England the steam engine, and America the telegraph, while lamenting the Latin races for lacking an equally important modern invention. The excerpt discusses motive powers shaping world progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
England
America
Richmond Civil War Era Menu Shows Confederate Prices
An 1864 January bill from a Richmond restaurant lists wartime Confederate prices: soup 1.50, chicken 3.50, roast beef 3.00, ham and eggs 3.00, raw oysters 2.00, coffee 2.00, bread and butter 1.50, champagne 50.00, rye 2.00, ale 12.00, cigar 1.00. This snapshot reflects the era’s economic conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
New York Sun
One Minute Cough Syrup Promoted by Dr Wright
An advertising notice urges reducing lung dangers by using One Minute Cough Syrup. It attributes health benefits to prompt treatment and cites Dr. W. A. Wright as promoting the remedy.
Nobility and Priests Rally to Aid Starving Countrymen
The Czar through to the poorest boyar joins nobles and clergy in offering money ideas and labor without limit to relieve widespread hunger and suffering among the country’s needy population.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hau
Eugene Searles
Simonton &J
Elkhart, Ind
Beathol Ae
Daily Companion
Aman
Cushman
Cusieman
Coruman
J. Lennox Browne
Central London
Cubhman
MAN Drug CO
Vincennes
Ind
USA
Manny Ok
Santoso
la Madrid
Cincinnati
Ohio
Madrid CO
Ncinnati
Frank Stubenhauer
Elm St
Dubuque
Iowa
Colored Union School
Council
Alex Kendall
Jno. Banks
Cha
T. W. Cochran
Clerk & Treas
Bucklen
Harry
Vermont
the Theatre
Castornaia
Simisian
Uta
Castoria
Samuel
New York
Gastoria
DALAM
Godon Institute
Barnesville
Georgia
Candler
Gordon Institute
E. G Branson
Turner & Prout
Henry J. Lamar & Sons
Macon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!