Confederate Money Praises and Pennyworths of Hard Times
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts Confederate currency from 1861 to 1865, noting pink notes with Jefferson Davis likenesses, extreme depreciation, and prices inflated for goods. It describes laws shielding guardians using Confederate money, and social quirks as households repurposed notes for wallpaper and decoration, then shifts to a New York street vendor selling leather shoestrings at five cents a pair and the seller’s steady, high profit margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Jefferson& Davis
Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Alexander H. Stephens
Nashville, Tenn. State House
Richmont
Via
State House
Confederate States of America
United States
Calico
Enquirer
South
Georgia
Treasury
Park Row
A Song of Waiting to Walk to the Ice Rink
A humorous lyric describing a courting scene set around roller skating and a rink visit. The speaker notes copper-bottomed pants and a gaudy chorus while a chaperone father looms, promising a lively, if chaotic, pursuit of his bride to be.
Bells at the Exposition Chart the Slave Bell Legend
The Louisiana exhibit in the government building features the so called Slave bell from Fontainebleau sugar plantation. Cast in 1825 it once called enslaved workers and bore the inscription J apparticus a Monsieur Bernard de Marigny. Legend says Lincoln emancipation caused a fissure and the bell fell silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Louis Philippe
France
Marigny
Monsieur Bernard de Marigny
Lincoln
Burdette in Kansas A Lone Ox and a Vast Prairie
R J Burdette writes from Kansas describing vast plains, a single ox drawn sleigh, and a sturdy settler. He mocks Kansas forests as unimpressive and notes endless horizons, with humorous digs at local phrases and stereotypes. The piece lampoons early rail lines and frontier life with vivid travel impressions.
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Missourah
Kansas
Big Country
R. J. Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf
Kansas City, Saint Joseph & Council Bluffs
Sword Swallowers
Jericho
Jezebel
State Line
Arcadia
Missoulah
Prairies
Kanas
Plains
Kansas Forest
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Blood Purifier Ad
A highly concentrated extract of sarsaparilla and roots with iodide of potassium and iron, claimed as the safest, most economical blood purifier. It purports to expel poisons, enrich blood, and treat scrofula and numerous skin and blood disorders. Prepared by Dr J C Ayer & Co, Lowell MA. Sold by druggists at $1, six bottles for $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Brown Chemical CO
Baltingri
Mitchell
J.c.ayer &Co
Lowell
Mass
J. S
Broad Street
Atlanta
THREE GREAT COFFERS First Great Ofer Louisville Mar 12
Waterbury Watch offer advertised with ordering terms from Waterbury Watch and Garden Plow Home and Farm products. The notice lists prices for the watch $3.50, plows 73 cents, and Home and Farm at 50 cents with prepaid receipt options and a one year trial package for $5.40.
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Louisville
Waterbury
Avery
Courter- Journal
Henry Watterson
Nome and Farm
Care B
Avery & Sons
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Dr. Biggers
Huckleberry
Walter A. Taylor
Apraty
BBB
R. R. Sauber
Athens
Josie
Maud
Mia Quma
Anthony Comstock
Hannah Jane
Zeke
Jesse
B.I. BK
I. T. A. Slocum
New York
New York Mail and Express
H. G. Wheeler
Boston Globe
Charles
Tig
Father
Tige
Burdette
AY Kii
Ayra
W. L. Moons
Durham
Ofer
A.c.ladd
Ladd
Materals
South Forsyth St
Louisville Cement
Mars
Accatea
OB. Ward & CO
Nook Epa
M. Woolley
M. D
Atlanta, Ga
A. J. Delbridge
James Bank
Alr. Wellborn
Walton St
Perkins’ Manufacturing Co
Calhoun Street
Augusta
Lnufacturnd Co
WM. S. Whittaker
Barnesville
Flint
Supreme Court of the State
A. A. Murphey
Barnesville, Ga
S. J. Hale
Milner
O. H. B. Bloodworth
Forsyth
H. Perdue
J. W. Hightower
Thomaston St
B.S. Willingham
Supreme Court
Berner &Turner
Geo
Joseph J. Rogers
Old Reliable Barber Shop
Rob Miller
P. E. Dennis, Jr
Secon Street
Macon
Amutil
America
H. Hatlerr . Co
Portland
Maine
P.O
Drs
Scott
G. A. Cunningham
Hill St
Griffin Ga
Ji. Se. Ges
Zebulon
Robert Daniel
Griffin
S. H. Gray
Lyon
Elm Street
W. J. Iverson
J.pthurman
Gemding Store
Old Parsonage
Arlton C. “Holmes
Wick
Hotel Weinmeister
C. J, Weinmeister
Union Publishing House
Pike Country
James C. Freeman
James Neal
Merriwether County
Daniel Poe
Eso
Foshee & McMakin
Cincinnati
Broadway St
N .Y
Public Square
W. C. Marshburn
Egrsyth Street
L. A. West
J. A. Hunt
Biransville
Galery
Stinson & Co
Cortlands
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