Tricks of a strongman in photographs and stage illusion
An article describes a photographer who uses posed images to exaggerate muscular power, with methods like neck vein lines and pigment shading to create a Hercules persona. It notes the contrast between public display and private reality, then shifts to a social scene of a father, daughter, and a suitor, ending with a bishop’s concern about a neglected diocese and clergy outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canning
Anid
Hercules
Privat
Cincinnati Enquirer
George
Confidentia
London
Martello towers fade from coast defences and faith in them
The piece notes martello towers once praised as coastal fortifications across Essex Suffolk Kent and Sussex now serve coastguard needs. It recalls their origin from Italian watch towers and a historic 1794 defense by Le Tellier at Martella with 88 men against sea and land attack led by Lord Hood and Major General Dundas, while parroting a London Chronicle view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Suffolk
Kent
Sussex
le Tellier
Tower of Martella
Lord Hood
Dundas
London Chronicle
Record Cold Grips Multiple Cities Across U S
Chicago endures its coldest spell since 1872 with 22 below at the weather bureau and subzero readings across Indiana Kansas Illinois and Texas Frostbite cases rise as water mains suffer. In Indianapolis and Des Moines temperatures plummet while Kentucky faces a coal famine and violent winter weather persists in Colorado and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Weather Bureau
LaGrange
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Decree on Glassmaking Rationale by Venetian Council
Venice council issued a decree limiting glassmaking export. If a workman carries his art beyond country borders to the republic's detriment, he shall be urged to return. If he disobeys, his relatives may be imprisoned, and if he remains abroad, an emissary shall be sent to kill him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Madame and Chambermaid Clock Confusion
A Parisian caption plays with a hurried bedroom scene where Madame learns her clock is fast, prompting a correction as a chambermaid circles a doorbell and a rush of mistaken time unsettles the moment. The vignette captures a light theater of social routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame
Justine
Measure of Japanese restraint on drink praised in column
The passage extols Japanese sobriety noting natives rarely appear intoxicated. It describes saki as the native drink poured with tea like familiarity and claims it is only mildly intoxicating in comparison to other perceptions of alcohol.
Purge Potash and Mercury Warns Spring Health Ad
A spring health notice urges cleansing the blood and boosting energy with a safe blood remedy. It warns against dangerous ingredients and stresses careful selection to avoid harmful medicines during the season of weakness and strain on the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Velvet bean findings from Texas orchard trials
College Station notes share mixed results from growing velvet bean seed on three plots. One plot with ash-fertilized ground saw rank vines but no beans. another with prior cow peas produced poor growth and no seed. the third plot, on heavy clay, failed entirely. Velvets are large and hard to thresh, cold snaps hurt young vines, and whippo will cow pea remains preferred for cotton states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Florida
Rust on sorghum linked to soil nitrogen and phosphorus
Experiments at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in College Station Brazos County show rust on sorghum worsens with higher nitrogen in the soil and improves with phosphorus adjustments. Prior year observations align with last season work, suggesting nutrient balance affects rust probability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Brazos County
Tex
Pittuck
Agriculturalist
Texas Experiment Station
Divorce Citation for Billey Foley in Brazos County
Texas writ commands Brazos County sheriffs to publish weekly notices for four weeks to summon Billey Foley in a divorce suit filed February 3, 1889 by Bedford Foley. Case No 3199 seeks divorce, custody, costs, and relief after alleged marriage January 7, 1885 and separation July 1, 1891. Proceedings set for first Monday in March 1899 at Bryan court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
Brazos County
Billey Foley
2Th Judicial District
20Th Judicial District
District Court
Ryan
Mareh A.D
Bedfurd Foley
Eaid Court
J.C. Williams
Bryan
Tex
B. F. Leman
Cephalotus touted as universal cure for headaches
An advertisement asserts Cephalotus is an unrivaled remedy for nervous and sick headaches with relief in fifteen minutes. It promises rapid action and encourages trial, offering powder packages priced at 5 cents for three boxes and 10 cents for nine powders, from Marsh Mig. Co. of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Mig. Co
Lake St
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georee
Ancver
Henicomes
England
Topeka
Kansas
Cleveland
Local Weather Bureau
Evanaville
Ind
Cincinnati
United States
Huron
N. C
Hartshorne
I. T
Peter Hoktatable
Dallas
Jacksonville
Georgia
Atlanta
Lexington
Kentucky
T. B. Cassidy
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Lines
Pond Gap
Bristol
Tenn
Virginia
Ed Hall
Martin Sowards
Sowards
Hall
Soward
Jefferson City
Burleigh
St. Louis
Caldwell
Kansas City
New Mexico
Silver City
A. J. Fowler
Tom Darnell
Central
Here
Darnell
Tampa
Fowler
Hamor
Echo de Paris
Oeanil
Fay
Fitzhugh Lee
Gordon
Tosser
Butler
Otis
Goocay
Courier-Journal Job Printing Company
Louisville
Pride of the Kitchen
Chase and Sanborns
Landreths
Ferrys
Bowens
New York
Tennessee
R. M. Wilson
Brazos
Macison, Grimes, Robertson
Burleson Counties
I Os
Amy
Frank W. McConnico
Suitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
A. D. Riccooonwniico
Cephalotus
Jerry and
Dan
Tomers
Dunsan
K. of
H.lays i
Atxit
Dry Bakery
Jok
Joan M. Lawrence & Co
E. Griesser
the. American
Exchange Hotel
E. D. Beach
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!