Local Business Directory Listings Highlight City Firms
A dense list of Merchants and trades appearing in a city directory shows businesses from lumber and coal to clothing, furniture, groceries, and serving services. Entries include Jona Pennell at 316 Tavernue, Edgmont Avenue vendors, and firms on Market Street, Broad Street, and West Third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lave
Broad
Begmont
Jona. Pennell
Tavenue
U BS
Regmont
Vowell al Ag
St Market Street
John L.katw
Howard Brothers
Seth and Welsh
L. Armour
Penn Street
W .H. Graham
Avenue Market
Edgment Avenue
Valliacme Vigtion
West
Patth Street
A. Welsh
East Seventh Street
Bonner
Notable Deaths and Disasters Stir Headlines Across States
Poet Henry Longfellow dies at 75 in Dambridge Massachusetts. Col Thompson, longtime Savannah Morning News editor, passes away in Savannah at 70. Bank treasurer Lane confesses embezzlement of about 25 000 to 45 000. Rear Admiral Gustavus H Scott dies in Washington at 70, noted for 1873 mission restoring Virginius victims. Floods ease in Louisiana with 55 000 people affected and 150 000 in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ienry W. Longfellow
Dambridge
Massachusetts
Kansas
Illinois
Secretary of War
Whittaker
Military Academy
William Tappan Thompson
Savannah Morning News
Savannah
Major Jones
Messenger Boys
Rapid Telegraph Company
Boston
Sergeant Mason
Toledo
Ohio
Mason
Arthur
Guiteau
Mississippi
Black
Tennas
Bayou Macon
Louisiana
Black River
Columbia
South Carolina
Richmond
Kershaw
George K. Lane
Exeter
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Lane
Union Five Cent Savings Bank of
Gustavus H. Scott
Washington
Virginia
League Island
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Virginius
Santiago
Foreign notes on refugees and political shifts
Reports from various cities describe Prussian actions in Naples and Garibaldi's Palermo movement. The Assyrian Monarch resettles 600 emigrants including 70 Russian Jews. News of Jumbo the elephant aboard the Assyrian Monarch and Sarah Bernhardt's illness appear alongside tobacco tax debates and international debt talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garibaldi
Naples
Palermo
Newmarch
Royal Home
Vienna
Gratz
Ana
Sarah Bernhardt
Bismarck
England
France
Faye
Spring Blossom praised by Buffalo resident
A testimonial from Eh M Williamson of Elk Street Buffalo claims Spring Blossom cured his dyspepsia and his wife’s facial blotches and headaches. He notes trial bottles cost 10 cents and invites referrals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Williamson
Elk Street
Buffalo
Untitled fragment on medicine and a sale notice
A fragmented diary style note describes a child with croup improving after using Thomas' Eclectric oil per a doctor's advice. The text mentions a dealer, Robert Lowarth, offering a sale, with poor legibility throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Robert Lowarth
Eclipse Myths and a Jesuit Death in Atlantic Legends
The piece recalls early Canadian lore linking solar and lunar phenomena to earthquakes and a six month tremor in Lower Canada in 1668. It narrates the death of Jesuit Father Jean Baptiste Labrosse at Tadousac in 1782, his voyage to Tadouac, and tales of bells tolling across mission posts signaling his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hierosme Lalemant
Mount Royal
Lower Canada
Saguenay
Jean Baptiste Labrosse
Tadousae
Dr. Taché
Forestiers Et Voyageurs
Abbé Casgrain
lle-au-Coudres
Father Labrosse
Poitou
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Acadia
Tadousac
Pr. M
Gulf
x-Condres
Compain
Liewux Coudres
Father Compain
Father Labrowse
St. Louis
Father Labrose
Chicoutimi
Lle Verte
Trois-Pistoles
Rimouski
Haile-des- Chaleurs
Giod
Atlantic
How to Make Peppermint Drops
Directions for making peppermint drops from sugar and water with peppermint essence. The method covers boiling, cooling, dropping onto paper, drying, optional coloring, and flavor variations including lemon and fruit juice substitutions. A note adds Brown's Iron Bitters as a remedy for kidney issues and fever.
One Brainy Day
A speaker recalls waking to two shoe pairs left in a hall and imagines their brave owners. He imagines the shoes guiding them across alpine peaks from Zermatt to Jungfrau and beyond, symbolizing courage that stirs his own aim to travel and climb. The verse links worn heels to daring journeys and heroic footprints.
Snakes and harp worship cited in varied 19th century notes
A miscellany excerpt reports Mrs Agassiz finding a small snake in a slipper and asks about the other five. Archdeacon Dunbar urges harp in religious services, notes wine exports, Jumbo elephant crowds, garden communications, a domestic scene of farewell, and a claim about snake bite cures with permanganate injections amid scientific panel involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Great Britain
France
Rm and I
Lone
Zoological Gardens
Ile
Cody
Vpravaz
M. Pasteur
M. Quatrefages
Why Ready Made Clothing Is Cheap in New York
A destitute woman in New York applied for help after sickness. She earned meager income sewing nightgowns for Macy's and others, painstaking work for about eight to twelve cents per garment. A single mistake could cut her pay and a drop of oil could invalidate the entire order. Wealthy customers bought the garments without considering the creator’s hardship.
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New York
Macy's
Burdock Blood Bitters Advertised By Robert Howarth
By the unthinking Burdock is deemed a nuisance for its growth and odor but savants long acknowledge the root as a diuretic aperient and blood purifier. Burdock Blood Bitters embodies its virtues. Price one dollar with a ten cent trial size. Published by Robert Howarth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowle
Robert Howarth
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J. Factong
Market Street
Joseph Messick
Edgmont Ave
Pear Seventh
WS. Lamb
West Third Street
Davis
Concord Avenue
Wran
Hran
Gueneral
Insurance Agents, Brokers and Collection Agency
Market Square
Chester, Ia
Commercial Union Assurance Co
North British & Mercantile Ins
Queen Insurance Co
Insurance of North America
Na Fire Insurance Co
Joep Dvasin German American Insurance Co
Siagara Fire Insurance Co
Manfred Fire and Marine Inc
Costar Fire Insurance Co
Union Fire and Marine Ins
United Fireman's Insurance Co. Insurance Co
State of Penna Travelers Accident Insurance Co
Cunard Line
Liverpool
T National Line
London
Chester
Europe
Jule
W. NM. GR
Edgmont Avenue
Chester, PA
J . S. McCoy
Fish and Oysters
Esa
James & Son
Fdgmont Avenue
Banerala
Aurely
Mattings
D. G. Hendricks
W. 3. Street
Brussels
Jacob Crouse
North Second Street
Arch
Philadelphia
Eber James
Yanl
Howard Bros
Joseph Pritchard
Market ST
Geo. W. Compton
Ote Maha T
F&c
Exchange
LLY Tree Hall
Astral Oil
Kek
Sass
Fourth and Market Sts
Mavlé-Daw
Lvr
Edward Faret
Brown
Champani
Coe
Andali
Glen
Kriemeberg
Zermatt
Gornergrat
Bernina
Giessbach
Munster
Jungfrau
Col Collon
Belle Tota
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