Glorious bridal poetry and travel notes from 1875
A long 1875 Chicago dated piece blends a lyric urging a hero's bride to find joy and endurance with a lengthy travelogue by H. P. C. describing weather, nature, and agricultural conditions across Germany, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and St Louis. It spans poetry, folklore, practical domestic tips, and letters on grasshopper devastation and crop yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Grasshopper
Missouri
Cass County
Kansas
Missouri River
Atchison
West Missouri
Topeka
H. P.C
Illinois
St. Louis
Indiana
F. Saura
Diverse 19th Century Items Span Economy to Society
A jumble of notes covers topics from Eve's fall to Franco-Spanish conflicts and California counterfeiters. Flood damages in Lisseaux, France, and rising Rhone waters are noted, with other items on Ontario’s Centennial presence, Pomona House reconstruction, and Boston curriculum plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Canada
Pomona House
Fruitport
Mich
Three little heads at an upper window in mourning street
Albany Sunday Press recalls a funeral scene with a mother lost, a nurse soothing a laughing baby, and a household altered by absence. The hearse, empty rooms, and a sorrowful sunlit home convey a quiet grief as a father tries to comfort his children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Franz
Baby
Mother
Darling
Mammi
Papa
Albany Sunday Press
Family poisoned by copperas contaminated pickles in New York
An entire family on Houston Street in New York was poisoned after consuming canned pickles containing copperas. Prompt antidotal treatment saved their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Street
New York
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Sheridan ’S Bride
Agnes Leonard Hill
Earth
Eve
Satan
Paradise
Chicago
Epitrots
Elkhart
Burlington
Thaois
Mississippi
Creston
Iowa
Towa
United States
Orp Frirnp
Central
Jersey
Green, Macoupin
Madison and
St. Clair Cos
A.P. Powell
Jersey Co
Ilinois
Ohio
Union
West
Businness
Indians
Boston Advertiser
Spain
Lisseaux
France
Rhone
California
Plunder Bay
Lake Superior
Boston
Charlie Ross
Colorado
Titusville
The
Boston Journal
Carl Pretzel
Susan
Bishop Haven
Methodist Episcopal
Daniel O’connell
Baltimore
Bayley
Just
J. J. Wolf & Steiner
Main Street
Europe
Main St
John Wi
Madiurey
Putin
SoUrtey
Elthart
Robert, Scott
Laporte
Wes
Remnaron
Existen
Remeron
Remington
Dontaville
Philadelphia
St-Louis
4Th St
Detroit
Woodward,Ave
Indianapolis
Market St
N. ‘Charles St
E. Remington.& ‘Son
Remington Sewing Mes Co
Titon
Remington Ag’ Co
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