Hester Prynne and Pearl Amid Forest Hostility
The scene follows Hester Prynne with her child Pearl beside the brook in a Boston marketplace setting. Dimmesdale and Chillingworth observe, tensions rise over Pearl’s bond with her mother, and the scarlet letter reappears as Hester contemplates departure with plans to flee to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana Tl
Hester Prynne
Boston
Arthur Dimmesdale
Roger Chillingworth
Hester
England
Roper Chillingworth
Dimmesdale
Visii—Dimmesdale
Chillingworth
Chilingworth
Old
Pearl
Flame
Mester
Counterfeit Teeth and Deception in Dental Work
A Indianapolis Journal passage quotes a dentist describing how some clients request filling front teeth with gold to enhance a smile. He notes the practice is a double counterfeit, profitable yet unsettling as it seeks a better display of gold and deceives the observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Maine craftsman turned idol maker for heathen ships
A Maine engraver and carver once famed in shipbuilding now living in Kittery finds sculpture for vessels gone. He has a two year job making idols and graven images for a Central Asia mission, placed by a returning missionary who is described as something of a Yankee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Kittery
Central Asia
Kennebec Journal
Johnson the metropol is eulogist and Fleet Street walker
Johnson, a noted eulogist of the metropolis, walked daily along Fleet Street. His routine was a curious performance: he touched every post, stepped exactly in the middle of each paving slab, and used graduated strides to reach the door with one foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Fleet Street
Not Advertising Halts Man With Wide Achievements
Describes a man famed for travels and skills including politics religion law boxing rowing and crocodile dining yet mocked for failing as a businessman due to his refusal to advertise. Quoted from John R Barrett in Printers Ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Nile
John R. Barrett
Mothers and Daughters
An 60 year old woman from Lapeer Michigan reports prolonged struggle with a female ailment. After failing three doctors she used Dauliman's Great German Uterine V en ie and claims regained health as if twenty years younger. Sold by Geo. D. Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauliman
8. E. Carpenter
Lapeer
Michigan
Ingenious gun metal watch with automatic date moon phase
A New York Journal description outlines a gun metal keyless watch that displays day date month and moon phase through small apertures. Winding is standard and at midnight the day and date advance with a small click in an automatic transformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Left side sleep linked to heart disease say experts
Thousands of cases studied by Dr Franklin Miles, famed Indiana heart and nervous disease specialist, suggest left side sleeplessness stems from heart trouble. His New Heart Cure is sold by Bradshaw & Thomas with many testimonials including Mrs Chas Benoy of Loveland Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Miles
Indiana
Bradshaw & Thoma’s
Chas
Benoy
Loveland
Colo
Castoria and local notices feature in historical ads
Page of old advertisements notes Castoria baby remedies and child products, plus references to Captain Nicholas Murphy a famed life saver from Boston. Also touts Hlor Springs Skin Soap, Bradshaw Thomas, Joseph Medill in California, Altadena residence, and Dullam's Worm Lozenges for 25 cents per box by Geo. D. Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Medill
The
Chicago Tribune
California
Altadena
Pasadena
Sierra
Dullam
Geo. D. Clarke
Dr John Bulls Safe Sure And Taste Good
Patent medicine advertisement touts Dr John Bulls pills as a universal cure for worms in children and adults. It claims they restore health, boost appetite, aid digestion, and strengthen the system, with a 25 cent price and druggist availability via John D. Park & Sons Co. in Cincinnati and local agents Bradshaw & Thoma for Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Park & Sons Co
Sycamore St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bradshaw & Thoma
Fairfield
Ohio Chemical Co
O. Bradshaw & Thoena
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Nathaniel Hawthorn
Debhay
Mistress Hibbins
Yankee Thrift
Parsons College
Iowa
Parsons Colleges
Fairfield, Iowa
Ambrose C, Smith
Tama Ton
Lou
Harper’s Bazar
D.G. Higley
Enoch Fithian
Bridgeton
N. J
United States
Medical Department
University of Pennsylvania
Wollford
D. G. Higley
Babcock
Chicago
May French
French Sheldon
Castoria
Nicholas Murphy
America
Amond
State of
Jefferson County
Lowa
Jefferson
M. Z. Bain
James W. McCoy
Taree
George Nelson
Mary King
George F. Nelson
John W. Nelson
A. D
Theron
J. Wilson
Ep. Deeds
G. A. Merich
Rocer
Pluc
Huntzinger & Voorhies
H. Marich
Lockridge
John Bull
Round Prairie Township
Glasgow
Price
Hiram Smith
Fifth North
Third West
Fred Stead
Coodban & Fulton
South Side
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