Wild mixed menagerie of news items from far and near
A wide spread collection notes events and oddities from Charleston to California. Topics include a silver vein strike in West Virginia. British policemen barred from voting. a Georgia man's brutal act against his daughter. pay equality in Omaha public schools. a Hartwell Georgia sale. fashion flaws and social curiosities. Drake and California history. high property prices in New York and St. Louis. New Orleans coinage practices. jail contracts in El Paso. women dentists in Germany. clerical cyclists in America. drift-wood labor in Kansas. anti female apparel placards in Norfolk. New York's busy federal staff. Romnay’s ice production. Smyrna’s growth. ham trimming for price. Indiana's former secretary of state’s death. and Congregational Church history and jubilee plans in Australia.
Various Scene Snippets and War Epoch Notes
A collage of 1860s era items including political jabs on debt and governance, cholera notes from Italy, a joke about a rabbit painting, camel tobacco habits, and cotton export statistics. Items touch on Lincoln Park cemetery mix ups, a Newark justice fining a speaker, liquor shipments to Africa, YMCA building funds, Civil War events by year, and a crippled man’s resilience amid rheumatism.
Broadbrim's New-York Letter From City Hall to Tweed's Era
A Broadbrim column recalls New York City Hall history from the early 1800s to the Tweed era. It highlights portraits of Lafayette, Clinton, Seward, Hamilton, and criticized works and figures, noting Oakey Hall's downfall, Tweed influences, and later civic charity efforts for hot-summer relief. The piece ends with a note on public lands policy and a summary of other articles in the August North American Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corrodon Ave
Park
City Hall
Tribune
Post Office
Awas
Broadway
Tweed
Greece
Rome
Lafayette
Independence Hall
Congress
Washington
Jefferson
Adams
Hamilton
George
DeWitt Clinton
William H.seward
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Marcy
Prince of Wales
Czarowich
Russia
Oakey Hall
Europe
Jan
New York
Riends Tweed
Connolly
Sweeney
Ingersoll
Garvey
Styx
London
Mountebank
New York World
Hull
the Tribune
St. John's Guild
Whch
George W. Julian
North American Review
Felix L. Oswald
M. J. Savage
Daily Press
Charles H. Botsford
W. J. Beecher
New Discovery for Consumption and Postal Changes
Mr E Springer of Mechanicsburg Virginia reports a lung fever and lung abscess cured by Dr Kings New Discovery buying a dollar bottle after a free trial. He regained health with a 48 pound gain after three bottles. Also notes a new postal law effective this month detailing 2 cent rates for first ounce, reduced second class rates, and a ten cent extra stamp guaranteeing immediate delivery in cities over 4000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Springer
Mechanicsburg
J. Compton Drug Store
Hobbies and quarrels in a hygienists council
A crowd of hygienists argue over their private hobbies in a council setting. A speaker praises Brown's Iron Bitters as an effective tonic, while another claims Ely's Cream Balm cured his recurrent hay fever. The piece reflects confidence in personal remedies and cautions against folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tach
Brown
Wnt
Ely
L. M. Georgia
Binghamton
Health and education claims for old remedies in Lancaster area
The piece lists religious order educators in Frederick Mc and others promoting Red Star Cough Care to pupils. It reports George Rezo of West Earl, Lancaster County, aiding widow Nancy Sharp with Mishler's Herb Bitters, claiming quick recovery. It touts Carter's Iron Pills and Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood and nerves, with testimonials and a Burdock Blood River endorsement from Hopkinsville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Academy of the Visitation
Frederick, Mc
George Rezo
West Earl Township
Lancaster County
Nancy Sharp
Mr. Reece
Mishler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charleston
W. Va
Omaha
Hartwell
Chicago
Baltimore
Sir Francis Drake
California
New Albion
Nunez
Cortez
St. Louis
Wall Street
New York City
New Orleans
el Paso
Texas
Germany
Isamburg Strasburg
Cologne
Weisbaden
Frankfort-on-the-Main
United States
Kansan
Leavensworth
Missouri
Shrine of Babel
Norfolk
Romnay
America
Smyrna
Max Horemax
Indiana
Tim Congregational Church
South
Neary
Duar
Italy
Lincoln Park
Newark
Africa
Boston
Congo
Liverpool
Glasgow
Hamburg
Niger
Young Men's Christian Associations
Atlanta
Milwaukee
Wis
Nashville
Fenn
Kansas City
Detroit
Mich
St. Joseph
Selma
Ala
Oshkosh
Northfield
Williamsport
Wilkesbarre
Carthage
Rich Mountain
Bate
Centreville
Bull Run
Virginia
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Port Hudson
Morgan
Ohio
Monocacy
Chambersburg
Arizonia
Jim Snoozle
Romas
Plains
Dian
Paris
Mezzofani
St. Onofrio
Tasso
Joux Roach
George W. Quintard
George L. Weed
Stamford
Conn
Roach
Long Island
Dispatch
Dolphin
Camornts
Pacific Steamship Company
San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
Honolulu
Australia
England
Aylesbury
House
Coinmons
Pamnellites
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Wall Mall Gazette
G. W. Calderwood
Washington Court House
American Prohibitionist
Democratic State Central Committee
Rinhart’s Bank
Columbus
John
Barg
Plotzensee
Prussia
Bare
Agricultural Bureau
Bureau
Dodge
Woodford
J. Anderson & Son
Coshocton
Broadbrim
New-York
Hedden
Health and Education
Wosten
Carter
George Campnett
Hopkinsville
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