Reminders of the Great Pestilence in England
A Chambers' Journal summary recounts plague memory in England with parish relics from St Mary Woolnoth and Derby. It notes crosses on doors to warn of contagion, plague stones used for exchange, and quarantine practices, citing Winchester and Lincolnshire sites and the Headless Cross market stone.
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England
London
St. Mary Woolnoth
Derby Arboretum
Vicar Gate
Derby
Hutton
Winchester
Society of Natives
Tothby House
Alford
Lincolnshire
Spilsby
Miles Cross Hill
Chambers
Munkacsy's Customer First Patron Aid Creator
The early patronage of Milchbael Munkacsy, later famed for Christ Before Pilate, came from an American gentleman from Philadelphia who encountered the struggling artist in Dusseldorf. The American bought a painting, sent it to Paris, and it drew notable Salon attention.
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Munkacsy
Milchbael Munkacsy
Christ Before Pilate
Philadelphia
Dusseldorf
Hunegarian
Paris
Ear Piercing Offers and Jokes from 19th Century Papers
A humorous collection notes Miss Skremer-Papa offering diamond earrings for singing lessons and Miss Sharpe remarking on ear piercing. The Philadelphia Ledger cites an incomplete letter as an idealistic payment gag. The Boston Transcript quotes a witty postscript mishap.
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Miss Skremer
Miss Sharpe
Philadelphia Ledger
Sam Houston’s sharp stump speech and a dog remark
General Sam Houston was famed for his stump speeches and biting invective. When interrupted during a large audience address a question on a certain politician prompted him to quip that the man has every characteristic of a dog except fidelity.
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Sam Houston
Sufficient Reason Rector We Have Poor Congregations
A brief exchange from a New York Times column notes summer church attendance and jokes about decay and renewal. The Rector jokes about the lack of a decently trimmed bat before October. The line weaves on Don Quixote as a metaphor for remedy.
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New York Times
Diphtheria scrapes and horse bit tips from Farm Press
A digest from Farm Press and Farm and Fireside includes home remedies for sore head diphtheria cases with todoform mixtures, creolin washes, iodoform use even in the eye, vaseline applications, and occasional internal doses. It also covers horse maintaining methods with a ring bit fix, plus advice to curb wireworms by fall plowing to disrupt their pupal nests.
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription emulates womanly health cure
Vintage advertisement extols Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription as the sole medicine for women claiming to regulate female organs relieve displacements cure backache painful periods and restore health. It promises free professional advice from Buffalo New York and offers The People s Common Sense Medical Advisor with mail order prices and delivery details.
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Rocesses
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Fragmentary Radio Schedule Entry for Denton Area
Readable fragments suggest a local time schedule listing stations and times around midnight and early morning. Mentions Denton, Greenwood, Leweseccees, and a number sequence that might indicate frequencies or program blocks. No clear event or outcome identified.
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Denton Journal
Moward Melvin
Ben
H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson
Publishers
Ore
Tubby
Boston Transcript
New York
Crite
Chicago News
Don Quixote
C. A. Cary
Alabama Experiment Station
THE
Charles T. Matthews Co
Pratt and Hanover Sts
Balthmore, Maryland
Denton National Bank Savings Department
Mhops
Feaf
Denton National Bank
Board of Directors
Harvey J. Cooper
J. Wright
Eycsight Specialist
Maryland
Waor Bourn
Virginia
Lewe
Titendale
Greenwood
Denlous
Hubbsboro
East Uounh
AML
Hattimore
BIS
Centreville
Love Point
Baltimore
Eipaltigr
Talbot Savings Bank
Easton
Oscar Clark & Bro
James Swann
Pennsylvania Fire
HOME
Hanover
ST. Paul
Mian
Scottish Union and National Insurance Company
Grangers Mutual Insurance Co., of
Middletown, Md
Commercial and Farmers’ National Bank of Baltimore
Citizens Central National Bank of New York
Windsor Hotel
Filbert ST
Philaelphia
Broad St
Reading Terminal
Keystone
Henry Disston & Sons
Stevens
H. F. Stevens
L. W. Gunby CO
Burrsville
Smith
Denter, Md
T.W. Smith & Son
Redden & Downes
Doctor of Pharmacy
University of Maryland
Opposite Journal
Denton, Maryland
WM. A. Smith
Baynard
Jacob E. Ellwanger
George H. Williamson
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Williamson
Jacob E. Eltwanger
Charles M. Pritchett
Carplne County
Jacob Eellwanger
John J. Barnes
W. R. Wright
Crossett Shoes
Crossett
W. RR. Wright
Carter Block
Chaat
St. Louis, Sf
Fran
Foychidd
O. L. Chase
St. Louis
CHASE
St. Lows
Clover, Allyke, Timothy
Ashland
Smife & Wares
AW Building
Dberifon
Steel Range
Nuttle Hardware Company
Denton
Spaprrea
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