Helen Mansfields Fight on the Border
Helen Mansfield defends her cabin against an Huallapais raid with rifle fire and fire-avoidance tactics, aided by Steenie Burton. After a night of siege and a daring escape, Steenie and Helen marry, the attack ending in a white victory and a tale praised as a border heroine feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steenie Burton
Steenie
Helen Mansfield
Helen
Tom
Los Angeles
Alfred Balch
N. Y. Ledger
Chess duel with Thugs ends in surrender of ringleaders
A Vatican style tale recalls a famous Thug challenge in India where a chess match on Barrackpore plains used living pieces from parish children. The Governor played patiently as the Thug Queen endangered the force, then adjourned for lunch. After the return, the Governor secured victory and spared the conspirators.
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England
Adrien Robert
India
East India Company
Barrackpore
John Company
Pall Mall Gazette
Dentists Lose Teeth Drops After Pulls Warned
A cheeky bulletin notes that only the drops of teeth on the dentist’s floor after a pull relieve toothache, implying a grim joke about dental practice and patient pain.
How He Tamed Them Lion tamer Henri Martin and his humane method
Henri Martin, dead at ninety, ran a menagerie using calm command rather than whips. He tamed horses, a tiger, and a hyena by personal influence, standing fearless in cages and relying on discipline and the bond with his animals rather than fear. He warned his wife of trouble with Cobourg, and a staged attack nearly ended him, yet he resumed performances after weeks.
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Henri Martin
Gaa
Lucas
Martin
Cobourg
Charles Nodier
Chance
Baltimore News
Tale of Twins in a Church Pulpit Vote
The Congregationalist recalls a summer candiate episode where a minister from another denomination claimed to be one of twin brothers jointly seeking a single salary. A committee member quipped that all brains in those two heads should wear one hat, underscoring the committee’s insistence on unity.
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Congregationalist
Ex Mayor J A Gentry credited with rheumatism cure by St Jacobs Oil
In a Richmond Virginia newspaper a former mayor J A Gentry of Manchester is claimed to be cured of rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil. A quip about old proverbs is rendered in garbled Latin phrases while a Peoria columnist asserts St Jacobs Oil will cure rheumatism.
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Richmond
J. A. Gentry
Manchester
St. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
Peoria
Bortle
N. Y
Bryne Hamnton Oil Refining Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Mar Orterack
Biram Holt &C
East Wilton
P. O
T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
New York
M. Y
Kport
Toledo (Ohio
John Hodge
Tramp Seeks Coin for Coal Haul to Buffalo
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a haggling tramp who asked for funds to hire help haul a ton of coal four stories high from a curb to reach Buffalo. He weighs options, then says he will walk and consult his feelings about wintering in Detroit.
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Griswold Street
Detroit Free Press
Dr Guysotts Celery and Calisaya Advertisement
An 19th century advert promotes Dr Guysotts Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a tonic for weakness nervous debility blood impurities dyspepsia and weak kidneys. It lists ingredients Yellow Dock Sarsaparilla Juniper Iron Buchu Celery Calisaya and urges adherence to bottle directions for strong healthy feelings.
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Guysott
Dr. Guysott
Sympathy Compared Across Families
A three and a half year old girl staying with a motherless household expresses sympathy for a corrected younger girl. She says in dialect, I s’pose sorry for you. My mamma is in Heaven. Don’t you wish yours was. The remark appears in a Chicago Tribune item reflecting on maternal loss and child attitudes.
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Chicago Tribune
Honest and Liberal price note on Hop Bit ters
The letter criticizes Hop Bit ters bottles sold at 1.25 per bottle while content costs exceed the sale price. It calls out dishonest practices and fake Key West labeled cigars resembling dried tobacco, urging readers not to buy counterfeit imitations.
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Key West
Chicago
Golden Medical Discovery and other remedies advertised in 19th century ad sheet
An OCR snippet touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery curing consumption and bronchitis, plus Singer and Lydia Pinkham products. It mixes testimonials from Elyria Ohio to Cuthbert Georgia, notes druggists sell the remedies, and includes other medical ads like Kidney-Wort, Burdock Blood Bitters, and Celery and Chamomile Pills, alongside miscellaneous quips and product pitches.
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Pierce
John Willis
Elyria
Ohio
Z. T. Phelps
Cuthbert, Ga
Various Patent Remedies and Advertisements Trade Cards
An assortment of old advertisements touts Henry's CarBOLIC SALVE for skin eruptions, Covens Brown's magazines, Brown's Bronchial Traches for coughing, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for throat, Pike's toothache drops, Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water, and Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners. Also mentions Axle Grease and shoe improvements.
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Yfale
Pike
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Defiance County Express
Culley
Suilin
God
Burlington
Hawk-Eye
Russia
Leslie
Germany
Beaumur
Franece
Celsius
America
Fahrenheit
Tom Tuums
J. Marsu
Bank of Toronto, Ont
Building Jet
N. C. Picayune
N. Y. Neus
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Boston Courier
Mrs. Brown
Worip
Buffalo, N. Y
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Reepding
Tur Vontaic Bell Co
Marshall, Mich
Henry
Ds Lothrop & Co
Boston
Brown
Isaac Thompson
Lyon
Arley
Liberty
Yorker
Academy of
St. Clara’s
Sinsinawa Mound
Grant County
Wis
ERMAN
St. Jacob Orn
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
DE Thomas Eclectric
Hostetter
S. R. H. Shumway
Rockford
Ill
ADIES
Hite
Joule
Washington
White House
Bradley & CO
Eiti’kn
Deland & CO
Famporrt
N.Y
J. E. Shepard & CO
Oconcinnate
THE
Versovrs
Melbourne
Philadelphia
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co
Tremont St
14Th St
Wabash Ave
United States
P.h.fitzgerald
U.S
Indianapolis
Ind
Paesie Sree
F. L. Pond
Aurora, Kane Co
Milwauki
Singer
Ask G. Payne & Co
Wisconsin Central R. R
H. E. Gelston &Co
Washington, DC
A. W. Hamilton &Co
Ann Arbor , Mich
Dr. Chase
Watson
Lockport
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington, Vt
Demmorest
Illustrated
W. Ennings Demorest
East 14Th Street
Kendall & CO
Emporium
Ontario Street
Cleveland
Disch
Harvey Spalding
Corcoral Bld
Washington, D.C
Hubbard Bros
Wit
Qpool
Oswego Thermometer Works
Oswego
Oswego Co
First
Secon National Banks
Pool
Chas. B. Rogers
San Francisco
Gro
B. Parsons
Detroit
Mich
Aultman & Taylor CO
Manfield, QO
Burnham
State Street
P. W.ziegler & Co
National Pusitisnine Co
H.haslett &Co
Portland,Me
Aents
Nat'l Book Co
Beckman St
A. N.K
Frazer
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Hei LI
Best Commercial College
C. BayLits
Dubuque, Ia
J. A. Bronson
Kruse
Arsenal St
St. Louis
True & Co
Augusta
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