Women feet trends and marriage for money tale
A satirical look at women's foot size fashion in Paris and Boston, health minded footwear, and a humorous anecdote about a wealthy husband teaching financial prudence. The piece shifts to reflections on love, marriage, and the fairness of marrying for money, hinting at a tabulation of when it could be justified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munkacsy
Paris
Boston
America
Cleveland
Washington
London
Do not marry for money unless a fair balance exists
The Philadelphia Record discusses marriages influenced by wealth, urging that a rich man marry for balance rather than mere purse, while acknowledging situations where money can fund a stable match. It weighs prudence, love, and social expectations in choosing a spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Sammy
Munny
Philadelphia Record
Feathers through time and tale of noble plume legends
A meditation on plumes and their meanings across cultures from knights to birds like peacocks kingfishers and ostrich. The piece links feather symbolism to virtue luck and status while touching on religious moral exhortation about deeds over words and the Christian life.
Rose of Sharon and Bees in Faithful Rest Sermon
A meditation from Youth's Companion on Christ as the Rose of Sharon and Believers as bees. It contrasts restless work with resting in Jesus, urging devotion over worldly gain, and faith that God supports His followers through trials toward eternal glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Rose
Sharon
Valley
Jesus
Krummacher
Worthy of love and a tender hearted tyrant tale
A 55 year old woman reflects on a life of struggle for love and survival, noting she found nourishment in effort and good deeds rather than fame. The piece shifts to a comic anecdote about De Budge the actor who sobs at Tell’s apple scene, then to salon musings on wives guiding men and a scientist Crum Brown’s attempt to build a century scale voice machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Elisler
Academy of Music
Cleveland
de Budge
Red Sea
William Tell
Gesler
Switzerland
Tell
Bill
Vexas Siftings
Wellesley College
Heroes and Heroines and a Remedy Tale
A satirical take on odd heroes in everyday life contrasts a jaundiced look with ailments blamed on a faulty liver. The piece praises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for bilious symptoms, digestive issues, and malarial complaints, touting its purifying and tonic effects.
Language Rules and Early Lamp Tips Across 19th Century Texts
A compilation of word usage guidance lists from a Wellesley professor, followed by scattered notes on early consumer remedies and lamp maintenance. It cites avoidances for clear writing and includes excerpts about St Jacob oil remedies and Whitman cottage fundraising, plus kerosene lamp care tips from the New York Analyst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catarrh Remedy Promised By Sage’s Dispensary Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy claiming cure in thousands of cases. It urges readers to send a stamp to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo for a pamphlet on the disease and warns that delay risks greater danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cysician
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
Vraner
Jones
Binghamton
Isaac Thompson
John le Thomipeon
Widow seeks postmaster job in village
A Senator questions a widow seeking influence for appoint ment as postmistress. She affirms experience with mails and cites family history of managing many sons as part of her background.
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Marrying For
Saturn
Charles Buxton
John the Baptist
Zaccheus
Jericho
God
Ruskin
Johnson
Oliver Goldsmith
Toar
Crum Brown
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Heroes
Patrick Murray
Sexton
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Baltimore
St. Jacobs Oil
Walt Whitman
Frank Hill
Commonwealth
Osgoods
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Ohio State Journal of Dental Science
Dr. Foote
Health Monthly
Chicago Ledger
Crasus
Lydia
Persia
Orcsus
Cyrus
Ben. Penury
Hatte Bitters
Prickly
St.Louis
Kansas
Ciry
Williema
Ding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Agrs
Toledo
Ohio
Fort Wayne
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Y ¥ CO
Robey Street
Chicago
J. Stephens
Lebanon
France
Bend
Hy Jonheur
M. W. Dunham
Wayne, DuPage Co
Illinolge
Vom
Bsdsert
CCSE
Chisess
Crheniaee
Grannan Detective Bureau
Arcade
Cincinnati
Mits la
Kveattle
Metropolitan
Tokarth
SEAL
SKY
Nationmal Purpitanine Co
Lakeside Blig
Randolph St
TMA
Lord & Ho' S
Wanreng
Aig
Everry Featherbone
ILADY
Queen City
Sample Outfit
Cincinnati Suspender Co
Ile
Ninth St
Ee Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holy, Midh
Pensions
LN. Us
Cincinnati Telegram
Chaprep
Hazard, Hazard & Co
Hood
D. RB
Saunders
Pearl Street
Rock Island & Pacific R
Chi
Wes Sparncipe
Southwest
Rock Island
Joliet
Ottawa
Balic
Peoria
Geneseo
Moline
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Fairfield
Great Rock Island
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Atchison
Kansas City
Albert Lea
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Iowa
Minneso
Interior
Dakota
Watertown
Seneca
Kankakee
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Council Blust
Leavenworth
Internate Po
Rock Island Trains
United States
R. R. Cable
E. A. Holbrook
M’g’r
Pass
E. ST. John
Procter & Gamble
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