Billarp's Excuse and the Doctor's Warnings
A man in Atlanta writes to the editor detailing his health scare softening of the brain and the need to avoid mental strain. He chronicles doctors advice, tax debates, stock market chatter, local troubles, and humorous anecdotes as he remains bedridden yet seeks solace in simpler thoughts and memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meako
Ny Weekly
Tam
Avlanta
Iit
Briggs
Smith
Olito
New York
Job
Lwanta Bavi
Captain Lowry
Tootin
Adiin Brovenson
Lavas
Deave
Dina
Bobby
Basar
Holy Ghost
Bown Ann
Atlanta Constitution
Washington Star
Mintingdon
Binghunton
Weary Watking
Higgins
Indianapolis Journal
Washington Post
Maude
Dundea Courier
Buffalo Express
Boston Gazette
Bob
Tom
Chicago Inter-Ocean
N. Peck
Harvard Lampoon
Actresses Fashion and Adaptation in Hair and Dress
A discussion on how actresses shape fashion by adapting styles to their looks. It contrasts their selective use of trends with ordinary women who follow dictates, and praises the clever tailoring of hair, gowns, and poses to enhance personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crerk
W. LE Us
Directoire and Empire
Louis XVI
Jane Hading
Sarah
West Advantage
Grain and Produce Prices and Local Goods Ledger
A sprawling price list cites commodities from grocer and dairy to meats and bakery items. Entries include specific grades and prices for sugars, syrups, molasses, flour, oats, corn, hay, timothy, cotton seed meal, and canned goods, with regional suppliers and markets noted alongside. Also promotes a buggy from the Boe Mfg. Co. highlighting product lines and dealer inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Governor Elias Carr Installed as South Carolina Chief Executive
Governor Elias Carr and other state officers were sworn in by Chief Justice Shepherd amid inclement weather as a large crowd gathered. Carr’s inaugural address urged repeal of the ten percent tax on state bank notes and called for farming-friendly and economical administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Raleigh
Elias Carr
Shepherd
Bearded Lady, Pins and Pains: Notable Oddities Across Papers
A collage of quips and curios from 18th and 19th century papers mentions the bearded lady, a Nottingham human pincushion Kitty Hudson born 1768, and related oddities. It notes Kitty swallowed pins, endured years of medical care, and outlived many relatives, with a later hospital recovery and lengthy life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham
England
Kitty Hudson
Great Britain
St. Mary's Church
Armold
Kitty
Nottingham Hospital
St. Louis Republic
Royal gold books and jeweled bindings tied to crown regalia
Winters in Behinding and Queen Elizabeth were said to carry a gold bound book titled The Golden Manual of Prayer a 390 page charity volume with both the Judgment of Solomon and the Brazen Serpent imagery. The Tower of London jewel house houses a fully gold bound volume with rubies diamonds and a Bangla coat of arms on its covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Tower of London
St. Louis Republic
Japanese Painter Watanbe Seitei Exhibited in London
The eminent Tokyo native Watanbe Seitei has works on display in London and earns high praise from critics. Earlier shows in Paris drew favorable notices, and five years ago he painted the ceiling panels for the imperial palace in Tokio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Watanbe Seitei
Tokio
Paris
Imperial Palace
San Francisco Chronicle
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North Georgia
Dahlonega, Georgia
Billarp
Pairchild
Treasury
Salmont
Jay Gould
Review of Reviews
Lowl
Helen
Hare
Ale
George Wil
Macon
Collo
Bom Jones
Ian
Wee Mo
Atlanta
Tally Bank
Aslania
Adair
Shell
Steve Hyan
Lazarus
Dogg
Vafe Wa
Women OF the Stage
Gracorina
Goffee
Arbuckle
Lion
New Orleans
Jamal
Japan
Hawley
Virginia
Oda Glee
Xxk
Butler
Brand
Dverage
California
Miller Carriage and Harness
St. Paul
West 4Th Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cushman Iron CO
PREE
Structural Iron
Meaty Ree
Roanoke
Preymee
Richmond
Boe Mfg. CO
IND
Bloomington, Ill
A. H., Tenderson
H. Underwood
Cleveland, CA
White
Logan & Son
Cleveland, Georgia
Clark, Bell & CO
Gainesville, GA
THE
Hillsdale Mfg. CO
Hillsdale, Mich
Macuciasitsy Seale Board of Agrivulture
Quetas
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