Bound Hind Foot Chains Of Gigmace A Manchester Tale
A fragmented 19th century news snippet recounts Geon iliams of Manchester Michigan bound by chains of Gigmace and details a woman’s recovery after using Electric Bitters. It references local crime, a missing editor’s funds, and a cholera episode tied to Rev W B Costley with Chamberlain’s Cholera Remedy cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koward A. Wilson
Brooklyn
New York
Geon Iliams
Manchester
O. 8
Hill & Co
W. B. Costley
Stockbridge
Ellenwood
State
Chamberlain
Coffin
Syrup Pepsin praised for healing and baby cough relief
A reader reports rapid weight gain from Syrup Pepsin and endorses its use for adults and children. The Knightstown Banner notes its mild laxative action and lack of griping. Madame Emile Knowlton is retained as public school teacher for the upcoming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Knowlton
Knightstown School Board
Mra Knowlton
Knightstown
Mra K
Knighttown Banner
Local residents and visitors mingle in town events
Dr Green moves to snlow room on Main Street as neighbors host relatives from Shelbyville and Columbus. Indy native Geo Mull visits his mother here while Brookville’s Tow Bracken visits cousins Lan and T. K. Mull. Deshler’s Edgar Kaughman summers with grandmother Mrs Inlow. Hungerfords travel from Parkersburg to Nashville for permanent residence. Rushville doctor Parsang calls on residents. Post mistress Nora Thomas returns from Frankton. Miss Mary Trees visits Danville Ky friends and entertains Fordyce Logan and Miss Mary. Frank Mull and wife head to Indian River Michigan for summer. Local doctors Sexton D and F Green operate on Dale Brooks. patient improving. Community hosts include Mrs Haden Fort Branch and Mrs Bert Stafford. Rose Trees entertains young guests. Kiplinger Rushville honored guest. Town audience enjoys singing and talent. invitation to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Main Street
Bert Stafford
Shelbyville
Geo. F. Mull
Indianapolis
Tow Bracken
Brookville
Lan
T. K. Mull
Edgar Kaughman
Deshler, C
Ann Inlow
Rodge Hungerford
Mr Hungerford
Parkersburg
W. Va
Nashville
Tenn
Dr. Parsang
Rushville
Marshall Heaton
Lawrence Zerr
Columbus
Nora Thomas
Frankton
Ind
Mary Trees
Danville
Frank Mull
Indian River
Mich
Tom Kerrick
Bloomington
Ill
J.C. Mull
Fordyce Logan
Mary
Iva Green
Martinsville
Sexton
John D
Frank Green
Dale Brooks
Haden
Fort Branch
Rose Trees
Kiplinger
Expenditures and Tax Levies for 1900 in Ripley Township
The Ripley Township Trustee Cyrus B. Cox outlines the 1900 budget estimates with total expenditures listed at 38 993 57 and total tax at 75 cents per hundred dollars. Items include township, local tuition, special school, and road expenditures with various per‑cent and per‑poll levies and totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley Township
Rush County
Cyrus B. Cox
For Sale House on Main Street with Garden and Barn
Nice nine room frame house with modern conveniences on Main Street. Garden with fruit trees and good barn. For particulars call Dr. J. H. Jones Carthage Indiana. Subscribe for the Record. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised as a valuable family medicine by H. P. Ritter. For sale by O. B. Coffin and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Jones
Carthage
Ind
Chamberlain
H. P. Ritter
Fairfax Ave
St. Louis
O. 8, Coffin and Co
Fragments on character and effort from a Penny printer’s page
The excerpt muses on personality and success with aphorisms about theorists, courage, fear, and refinement through struggle. It cites Lincoln errors and praises forged minds, noting small leads or pistols from fools can kill wise men, as part of a medley of maxims from a Penny newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Rhodes
Penny Iangeetanb
Witty remarks on marriage and social roles from a bygone era
A collection of genteel quips on courtship marriage and male female relations. The speaker lampoons gender dynamics class status and drink culture while noting Kentucky whisky and social expectations. The tone recalls a midcentury newspaper column aimed at light entertainment with pointed observations.
Quirky Reflections on Language and Society
A string of satirical lines explores gender labels, ship terms, beauty types, medical pains, and aging with wry humor. It comments on Eve, train locomotives, market fraud, attire care, political ostentation, and veterans’ pensions in a brisk, observational tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve
Dearie
Random World Facts From Curious History Archive
A collection notes global trivia: world herring catch and per year consumption, Prussia medicine price regulation, US egg consumption, 1595 mahogany import myth, eyelid motions yearly, New Granada ink plant, Swedish bride bread gifts, Newcastle coal usage from 1230, London trade 50 years later, London acre value at £1,000,000, Unter den Linden illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
United States
England
Waltr Raleigh
New Granada
Newcastle-on- Tyne
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carthage, Ind
J. H.jones
O. M. Backous & Sons
Cathage
John Mathias
Pulaski
Coffin and Co
Ery
Miles’ Nervine
Otto H. Shemmer
State St
Milwaukee, Wis
Dr. Miles Medical Company
Elkhart
E. C. DeWitt & Co
C . C. Cottin
James M. Thomas
M. D
American Os Health Journal
N. Y
Coffe
Stinger & Stone
the Man of the Hour
Admiral Dewey
America
Indiana
Lucrat
Woreld
Montgomery Ward & CO
Masicon Street
STORY
Harry Stambaugh
Knightstown Banner
Pabl
Fromttorney
Kline
Hancock Craz
Ader
Greenfield
Knightatown
Coffin's Drug Store
Manilla
Indianapolis Journal
Middle West
Indianapolis, Ind
Kentucky
Marria
Unter den Linden
Berlin
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