Right Kind of Family Pride From Kentucky Hardins
The piece extols the Hardin family of Kentucky as model of noble lineage and fidelity. It recounts generations from 1786 migration from Virginia to Kentucky, the loyalty of brothers, and a matriarchal pride in integrity, truth, and perseverance. The speaker urges obstinacy for truth and right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Hardin
Virginia
Kentucky Hardins
John Hardin
Martin
Mark Hardin
Mark
Hardins
Bunyan
Springfield
United States
Presbyterian Church
Indian Fables of New Brunswick from Gordon’s Report
The tale collection features North American animal fables where the tortoise is the great lord, though awkward, with Muween the bear as butt of others. A sled hunt tale shows the tortoise outsmarting two moose and later escaping enemies through clever stratagems as Pekquan and Shoks observe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Georgia
Useful Household Recipes
A quip from the San Francisco Chronicle on social arts. It compares methods to make reputations friends enemies and love using exaggerated ingredients and playful misdirection. The piece satirizes how truth and deception mix in personal relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Our Ignorance of the Stars
A short essay extols how opera glasses reveal the heavens and notes widespread ignorance of astronomy. It claims few people know more than six star or planet names and positions, and suggests ancient scholars understood astronomy better than modern readers.
Advice to single men from experienced writer
From Experience quotes an author planning a new series after success with Hints to husbands. The author notes his next topic will be Advice to single men, reflecting a publishing intention reported by Yankee Blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usbands
Yankee Blade
A Rash Promise Exchanges Between Jaysmith and Jones
A terse exchange features Jaysmith vowing no more promises and Jon Jones pressing for the meaning of a regretted pledge. The Yonkee Blade notes the odd legal tone in a brief, stylized dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaysmith
Jon Jones
Yankee
Are We to Have Another War and Medicine’s Role
A historical piece argues about future war and praises Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal family remedy. It claims relief for indigestion biliousness constipation and extends to nervous disorders rheumatism and kidney troubles with thorough effectiveness.
How to Read Browning for New Poets
Andrew Lang advises young readers to approach Browning by first reading Man and Woman and other works for surface romance and human emotion. He suggests ignoring hidden meanings and focusing on plain sense, romance, and the feelings of the characters to become a lifelong admirer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Browning
Andrew Lang
Radical Cure Claim for Epilepsy by H G Root
A letter to the editor offers a so called remedy for epilepsy promising to cure the worst cases. The author H G Root M C claims thousands have been cured and offers a free sample bottle and treatise to anyone sending a P O and express address from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Root
M. C
Pearl Street
New York
Ita
P.O
T. A. Slocum
M.C
Pearl St
Odd Fashion Sets New Trend With Mixed Gloves
A fashion note recalls a lady of high status who, rushing to an appointment, wore a pair of gloves of different colors. Her bold choice started a trend that fashion followers eagerly adopted, according to Table Talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haution
Catarrh Cure Offered Free by New York Professor
A clergyman long troubled by catarrh found a recipe that cured him and saved his life. Any sufferer sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence at 88 Warren Street New York City will receive the recipe free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lawrence
Warren Street
New York City
Wood Pulp Uses and Pulp Mill Distribution
The woods used for pulp are poplar cottonwood spruce and fir. Wood pulp mills operate in twenty four states with capital investing at least twenty million dollars. William Young of Custer Nebraska praises Wizard Oil as invaluable and likens it to keeping a Winchester on the range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Willliam Younxm
Custer, Neb
Winchester
American wagons and wheels facts for markets noted
The notice highlights American wagons dominating South American markets and the American wheelbarrow present in China and Japan. It promotes Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water for sore eyes and states druggists sell it for 25e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
China
Japan
Isaac Thompson
Rheumatism help touted by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Advert reads that rheumatism stems from lactic acid in blood and claims Hood’s Sarsaparilla neutralizes acidity and purifies blood. It quotes L. T. Hun of Springfield Mo praising relief after an ankle sprain and a single bottle’s benefit. Sold by druggists at 1 dollar, six for five, from Hood & Co Lowell, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
L. T. Hun
Springfield
C. J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mags
A Pupil’s Sunday School Lesson Joke
An aunt asks a precocious youth about Sunday school. He replies the lesson was about two Kings and that they beat two queens, a childlike misinterpretation that ends with a light humorous note from the Merchant Traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Kemp's Balsam Advertises Throat Cure for Town Readers
Town report touts Kemp's Balsam as a remedy for coughs sore throat asthma bronchitis and consumption with free trial bottles from druggists. Large bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar. A Boston Courier blurb notes the physician's ice cream remark as a summer philosophy from a pretty girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Courier
Scott's Emulsion Promises Easy Cod Liver Oil Cure
The notice touts Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites as a superior, palatable remedy for consumption and wasting diseases. It claims to overcome difficulty in taking cod liver oil and urges trials, with a stray quote on teaching drawing by allowing a boy to draw his own conclusions from premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Texas
No Safer Remedy for Coughs and Colds Advertised
An old ad proclaims Brown's Bronchial Tradies as the best remedy for coughs and colds with a 25 cent price. It notes box sales and claims safety by cautioning that criminals and old books are bound over, while mummies never.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Browning
Wood Pulp
Brewster Safety Rein-Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Bryant’s Business College
Buffalo
Sterling, Ill
PISO
Ely’s
ELY Bros
Warren St
N. Y
Elief
Swift
Geo. Bovell
Third Avenue
John Williams
Lexington
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Anty
Chichester
RED Cross
Druge Glete
Etter
Returm
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Sq.,Phila
Ohio
ON. U
G. H. Ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
D. R. Dyche & CO
Chicago
Druggista
Snellin
Neponset
C. Gardner
Best Tre
Guamal Anton Tee
H.ARMS &@ CO
wWinsboro
Gt. Jacobs Oil
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Curtis & Walcur
Broadway, N.Y
Kidder
Fonthill Nurseries
Canada
Stone & Wellington
Madison
Wisconsin
E. Ross & CO
Toledo
Coney Advanced
Centennial Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
E.T. Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
Civil Service Gazette
James Endon
Ryant & Stratton
Chicago Business College
H. B. Bryant & Son
True EB & Co
Augusta
Maine
Feransas
Lloyd B. Ferrell
Farmenter
Wichita
Pensions
P. H. Fitzgerald
U.S. Claim Agency
Indianapolis
Indiana
West Lake St
Chicago, DL
A. J. Tower
Simmons St
Boston
Mass
Nes
Salzer
Sendge
Lucerne
John A. Salzer
la Crosse
Wis
Leach
Youngies
Young Ladies Magazine
Kansas City
Hibbard
Eoward Baker
Jackson Street
Jackson, Mich
Grand Rapids, Mich
Rheumatic Sy Syrup Company
Chicago Ledger
Ill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!