Felt the Shock Ida Daft Describes Martinique Eruption
McKeesport teacher Ida Daft in Porto Rico writes to her father that she distinctly felt the Martinique eruption’s shock though she was 300 miles away. She notes island natives feared the upheaval could overwhelm them while she served in government schools after the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies
Ida Daft
McKeesport
Thomas Daft
Martinique
Porto Rico
Miss Daft
Story of Creation Told in 600 Words
A Southern town novice journalist rushed to the telegraph office with a claimed big story. The telegraph editor replied to send 600 words, then insisted it could not be told in fewer than 1,200. The eager writer persisted, finally receiving a terse challenge to try again in 600 words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Telegraph
Matrimonial Casualties of the War
The South African war spurred many hurried marriages as officers wed before deployment and officers wed nurses abroad. Many returned home invalided were promptly joined to patriotic women, while others formed rapid unions with suitors among grateful social circles.
Fragmented 1900s ad clutter about cures and commissions
A compiled fragment shows diverse ads and notes from 1900 including Allen's Foot-Ease for foot ailments with price and address, Hall's Catarrh Cure from Dr. Thompson, meat cattle value in 1900, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer offer, Piso's Cure for consumption, and a quip about a horse carrying weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kline
BR. H. Kurz
Aroh St
Phila
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N.J
Mall Box Monopoly Abolished
A postal commission reports to the Postmaster General recommending ending the private box monopoly on rural free delivery. After July 1 the public may use any mailbox meeting basic size and material standards. Government boxes from 14 approved manufacturers would no longer be the sole option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission of Postal Experts
Postmaster General
United States
Vesuvius Death List Warns Tourists Of Risk
The note warns that ascending Vesuvius endangers life, claiming 11 000 tourists killed as the volcano grows more dangerous. It notes a collapsed central cone and deep chasms, with likely volcanic disturbances on the horizon. Yet the region remains fertile with wine production an important industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesuvius
Mrs McKay Endorses Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Annie McKay of Toronto writes of severe female troubles and inflammation from childbirth. After months of weakness she finds relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, praising its value and urging others to seek advice. A $5000 forfeit warns readers against inauthentic letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McKay
Sons of Temperance
Spadina Ave
Toronto
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Anna McKay
Chaplain Sons of Temperance
Preservation of Early Census Schedules Would Aid Historians
The article argues against destroying early U S census schedules held by the Interior Department. It notes 1790 records with names of householders, ages, and slave counts, using Concord and Massachusetts as examples. It urges retaining the oldest censuses for historical value, despite calls to discard through budget bills and modern tabulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Washington
Congress
United States
George Washington
House of Representatives
Merriam
Senate
House
Secretary of the Interior
Massachusetts
Concord
George Allen
Job
Asa Brooks
Humphrey Barrett
Samuel Buttrick
Timothy Hoar
Aaron Brown
Commonwealth
Edenton
N. C
Pranklin
Fredericktown
Dutchess County
New York
Department
Census schedules grow with nation’s growth in 19th century
The 1820 census first produced seventy four volumes of population schedules, while the 1890 census created about 13 million schedules on separate sheets for each family. No binding was attempted, leaving bundles stored in warehouse rooms across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
The Eye and the Ear Versus Modern Lab Instruments
A summary of Marper's Magazine contrasting human senses with laboratory tools. It notes a photographic plate and telescope reveal stars unseen by retina, the microscope expands the small world, and a Langley bolometer detects temperature changes as small as a millionth of a degree. It likens the spectrum to nine octaves beyond ordinary perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marper
Langley
Ram's Horn and Adages on Virtue and Fear
A collection of maxims touching on leadership courage honesty and folly. Sayings warn that power corrupts but friendship sustains, truth carries risk, and vanity misleads while common sense remains wary of boastful claims.
He Was Not Guillotined Doctor Guillotin’s death clarified
The piece explains a myth about the inventor of the guillotine Dr Joseph Ignatius Guillotin dying by his invention. It notes he died in Paris in 1814 at age seventy six, while a 1794 Lyons physician J B V Guillouse was erroneously recorded as executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ignatius Guillotin
Tiers-Etat
Halifax
Paris
J. B. V. Guillouse
M. D
Lyons
London Daily News
Boy Reformer Kahoots With Marble Mischief in Harsh Lesson
A ten year old, disfigured and battered, tells his mother he aimed to reform peers by exposing cheating at marbles. He recounts beating after a trial for a stolen ball, a punch delivering the second black eye, and concludes reform brings more harm than good in this street scene from the New York Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Blank
Johnny Green
Marbles
Billy Black
Toose Fu
Sam
New York Sun
Peruna Ad Warns Against Substitutes and Promotes King Peruna
An old medical advertisement urges caution against substitutes for Peruna and asks readers to demand King Peruna for catarrh. It offers to provide free advice from Dr. Hartman, president of the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio, to anyone unhappy with Peruna’s results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Thartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Mrs Judge McAllister Credits Peruna Cure After Years of Pain
Mrs Judge McAllister of Minneapolis writes that years of back and side pain interfered with duties but vanished after seven weeks on Peruna. She praises the remedy and warns against cheap imitations sold by druggists. The letter underscores Peruna’s claimed efficacy for catarrh and its unique pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge McAllister
West
Minneapolis
Minn
Peruna
E. McAllister
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