Abdallahs Lesson And A Laughing North Country Note
The piece opens with Abdallah and his wife debating piety and labor, illustrating that faith without works is dead as he learns to combine prayer with daily toil. A separate anecdote recounts a Northern New York trip where a special correspondent misidentifies a cheese factory as a creamery and humorously critiques buttermilk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allah
Arthur J. Burdick
Godeya Magazine
New York State
Smith
Thrilling stagecoach hold up by highwayman in Kentucky
A. M. McCoy of Horsecave Ky recalls two decades of stagecoach lines to Mammoth Cave and Glasgow through Civil War turmoil. A notable incident features Jassa James and three accomplices stopping a Horsecave to Mammoth Cave journey, robbing passengers including Roundtree who had a gold watch gifted by ex-Governor Knott. The watch remained with James. Also recounted is a Brooklyn Episcopal Sunday school hymn board joke from a New York Times report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. McCoy
Horsecave
Blue Grays
Mammoth Cave
Glasgow
Jassa James
Roundtree
James
Knott
Jesse
Louisville Dispatch
Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
New York Times
Hair growth legend sparks odd advice from watchmaker
A customer discusses baldness with a watchmaker who jokes that rubbing the head with steel might spur hair growth. The customer doubts the idea while the watchmaker asserts steel could make hair spring, echoing a quirky Boston chronicle tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watchmaker
Steol
Bostow Qourney
The Beauty. Hail Now She Speaks in Roses and Song
Poetic prose describes a woman called beauty as roses opening, breezes silencing, and a nightingale mute, with her smile likened to daybreak over Persian valleys. The lines compare laughter to bells on golden towers and the masterful music evoked by her mirth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mogcow
Ernest Jarrold
Old Mesa Life: Pueblo Women as Core of Household Power
Fernand Lungren notes Pueblo society centers women as house owners and decision makers. Men are honored guests. women labor in weaving, pottery, grinding corn, and household tasks. Pottery craft showcases intricate designs and enduring tradition, linking past and present through repeated forms like tinajas and water jars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Fewkes
Smithsonian Institution
Fernand Lungren
The Escorial: Spain’s vast monumental complex towered over history
The article describes the Escorial as a massive granite complex in Spain, serving as palace, museum, library, gallery, monastery, church, and burial site. Begun in 1568 by Philip II, it cost over 12 million dollars, spans 744 by 580 feet, with 14 000 doors and 11 000 windows, and features towers 300 feet high.
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Spain
Escorial
England
America
Philip II of
Philip
St. Quentin
St. Lawrence
Hood's Sarsaparilla Praised in Family Testimony
A Maine homemaker calls Hood's Sarsaparilla a health booster during a critical period and recovery from fatigue. She says it kept her from failing at chores and sewing, helped sleep, and aided her son’s recovery from erysipelas, touting the product as the best blood purifier with Hood's Pills offered at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Lyman
Maine
Diplomatic flirtation and aging allusions in London society
A humorous exchange over a belated birthday gift reveals a coy dynamics between a young wife and husband. The piece shifts to commentary on English divorce rates and the aging of marriage traditions, noting England’s past and present marriage patterns. An anecdote about New Yorker stairway habits at Park Row highlights urban impatience and a fix to rubber mat wear by adding steel-reinforced steps.
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Uptown
Park Place
Church Street
Elevated
Fransiol
New York Sun
Publicity for Doan's Kidney Pills Cited by Bath Resident
Mrs. Freeman M. Farnham of 18 Shaw Street recounts near Bright's disease nine years ago and kidney pain. She bought Doan's Kidney Pills at Webber's Drug Store, cured backache dizziness and swelling, and now urges friends to try them. Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all dealers 60 cents per box or 6 for $2.50. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Dean
Freeman M. Farnham
Shaw Street
Bright
Webber
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Mrs Hunt and Albert Enter a Kind Lady's Room
A humorous dialogue shows Mrs Hunt asking Albert what to say as he pretends a tour of a lady's drawing room. Albert coaches a theatrical line about heaven and beauty, in a playful exchange from Punch.
Homes Made Happy by Williams Pink Pills
Parasitic and nerve linked illnesses such as paralysis dropsy and heart disease are claimed cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Testimonials from Mrs Whitely Meadville Pa Mrs Beatty Shenseleyville Pa and others say paralysis dropsy and debility improved with use. Pills sold at druggists 50 cents a box or six for $2.50.
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Williams
Mirs
Whitely
Jonathan Whitely
Meadville
Dr. Williams
G. W. Myer
Beatty
Shenseleyville
Mercer Co. Pa
Prentice Fry
Dr. Willams
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Abdallah
Mecca
Sani
Jesse James
Old Mesa
Anyscolor
Maypole Soap Depot
Duane Street
New York
Henry
Jove
London
Tommy
Tommy Goggle
Kinkins
Eto
Poser
Ally Sloper
Specbo Tss
Samuel Pitcrer
Fac Simile Signature of
Bears
Castoria the Centaura Company
New York City
Hallid Drugco
Cleveland
J. F. True & CO
Uburn, Mo
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