Famous Tales of Stevenson Dickens and Lyne Origins
A survey traces how Stevenson drew inspiration for Jekyll and Hyde from Samuel Creggan and a warning from Mrs Stevenson. It links Dickens work to Cruikshank drawings behind Oliver Twist and Nickleby ideas to an ad in the Times. The piece also notes Lyne’s Captain Wytte and Fergus Lane’s rapid writing feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jekyll
Mr. Ayde
Lotla Globe-Democrat
Stevenson
Samuel Creggan
Samuel
Samuels
Creggan
Creggam
Jekyll and
Yde
Fils
Mr. Osbourne
Jreqsure Taland
Robert Touls Stevenson
Charles Vickens
Pieleowick
Dickens
George Cruikshank
London
Fagin
Nicholas “Nickleby
Mr. Simpson
Academy
Wooden Croft
Yorkshire
Times
Captain Wettle
Cateliffe Lyne
Wiyne
Hettle
Fergualinme
Josy
Melbourne
Ike
Wuparinn
Llamo
Fergus Lane
Impossible Truths Behind Mercy Philbrick’s Choice
A discussion of mistaken authorship claims around the No Name series novel Mercy Philbrick's Choice. Critics doubted Helen Hunt Jackson due to floral naming errors, yet it was later revealed she did write the work, disproving earlier theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock Molmes
Thud Whit la Gett
Victor Flugo
Hugo
Holmes
Mercy Philbrick
Helen Hunt Jackson
The Cooling Moth and Apple Spraying Techniques
R W Paudit of Michigan explains spraying as an effective remedy against codling moth in apples. Applying poison inside the calyx early, then under spraying around early August reduces the second brood by targeting eggs on the leaves. mehreren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foota
Worley
R. W. Pauit
Michigan
Cultivating Corn With Early Weeder Use And Soil Care
Ohio Farmer outlines weed control in corn culture, stressing early weeder use as soon as sprouts appear, followed by regular passes every few days. It warns against delaying until weeds are visible, notes benefits of drying and warming soil, and explains shallow, ridged cultivation to improve yield and moisture retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choe
Ohio
Observations Link Moon Phases to Summer Weather
Greenwich records over several summers show weather tends to be more settled at full moon. barometric variations align with moon phases. A Wisconsin study finds exclusive corn diet stunts pig growth and harms vitality, while arsenite of tin offers a remedy for slugs on currants roses and fruit trees, yielding lasting protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
John B. Smith
New Jersey
Why She Wouldd Not Marry in Port Royal Harbor
In 1850 John Chapman seeks cotton profits on Port Royal Island Llton Head, while his son falls for Carey Eldridge. The Civil War nears as Carey resists an arranged match to ease her father’s debts, and the Union bombardment of Port Royal shifts a plan toward personal union. Carey and Chapman wed amid war, reunified when the navy arrives and the colonel’s schemes collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chapman
Pennsylvania
Sea Islands
Port Royal Harbor
Sea Island
Chapman
Llton Head
Jim
Charleston
Iso
Union
South
Confederacy
Carey
Eldridge
Cotopa Devolotiel
Ranners
Port Royal
Ralph Mellington
Mellington
McKington
Melington
Atlantic
Cagey
Union Bayy Lort Royal Harbor
Howard Chapman
What Makes Her Popular The American Girl Feature
The American girl is praised at home and abroad as the happiest and healthiest. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is promoted as a cure for womanly disorders with a $500 prize for any uncured case, urging outdoor exercise and rational treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langtry
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce
Perfect Understanding and Vast Ancient Battles
A dialogue about timing and paying debts leads to a reflection that true understanding avoids embarrassment. The piece then notes great medieval battles, praising Genghis Khan and his campaigns across Asia, Persia, Russia, and Korea, highlighting strict discipline and the penalty for cowardice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Sultan Mohammed
Genghis Khan
Otrar
Tartar
Genghis
Mohammedans
Ottar
China
Industan
Persia
Russia
Koreas
Ungracious Speech and Morbid Matrimony in Old Verse
The piece parodies a Scots dialogue about marriage, contrasting a sentimental second wife with a blunt husband, and ends with a crude quip. It then shifts to a New York Crime note about German student life in smoking races. It describes pipes designed for tobacco with uniform capacity for a communal event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird & Coler
Jean
Iddie
New York
Cribmne
Germany
Expensive Flowers and the Tullo Crare Tale of Tulip Fever
A fragmentary 17th century tale describes an extravagant tulip named Tullo Crare spawning a fever on the stock exchange. Investors flood the market, shares split, and a bewer trades his trade for a war. A deputation offers florins, then language of debt, ending with a tragic trampling of the tulip and a tale of forged guilds and inflated sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hittin Bey
Stock Exchange
Amaterdai
Au Synediente
Two Classes of Oaks Show Distinct Traits and Uses
From St Nicholas an 1890s note explains two oak groups. The white or post oaks include the chestnut oak and five southern oaks, valued for ship timber though now superseded by iron. The red group yields brilliant autumn colors, with red, scarlet and pinkish hues that rival maples in landscape beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colaring
St. Nicholas
Diseases of Animals and Parrot Poxlinked Human Illness
Household pets face a wider range of diseases than commonly believed. Parrots suffer psittacosis, linked to fatal human pneumonia cases in Paris. Some parrots die from tuberculosis, and cats can carry diphtheria and other infections, suggesting broader animal disease risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Kansas City Journal
Sparrows Caught In 1820 Game Book Formulinada
An old 1820 Hugtad game book describes a method to control sparrows by luring them with wine and bread, then gathering them to steep in a wheat solution. It warns against using hemlock due to poisoning risk and unsafe food for birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugtad
Thookeray's Host of Characters
A fragmented OCR note describes a literary survey of a traveler’s edition and its scattered figures. The text names a discoverer and a person called Loli Tost, presenting an unclear sequence of numbers and titles amid garbled phrasing.
Fragmentary dialogue from a drawn room scene in old text
A damaged OCR fragment portrays a drawn room exchange where a speaker asks about a son while another retorts about obedience and difference. The quirky cadence hints at a dated setting with unclear names and actions, offering only partial context of social interaction.
Blix Delivers Cryptic Market Banter in Mixed Dialect
A blurred dialogue features Blix remarking on value and selling prices with quirky phrasing. The exchange centers on eblekens and a boss figure named The boss sea 1, highlighting a marketplace mood and odd humor.
Cholera Remedy touted in local notice
Ruth Agnewville VA battled cholera infantum last summer and recovered after five hours using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The testimony claims rapid improvement and advises purchase from local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Ruth
Agnewville
Excursion Tickets to Camp Meeting at Glen Ellyn
Reduced rate excursion tickets via the North Western Line available July 1 to 24 with return until July 26. Eastbound trains 80 402 403 72 and westbound 409 411 61 will stop at Glen Ellyn Camp Grounds July 12 to 25. Apply to Chicago and North Western agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Eliwyn
North-Western Line
Glen Ellyn Camp Grounds
Chicago & North- Western pBiy
Jersey City pastor opens people's palace gym era
The Ey reports John L. Scudder, pastor of the First Congregational Church, now has the people's palace in working order though unfinished. The adjunct to the church includes a gymnasium, dancing academy, bowling alleys and more. Total cost cited as 300000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Scudder
First Congregational Church
Jersey City
One Dollar Saved Represents Few Dollars Earned
A brief editorial style remark urges frugality and prudent spending. It compares saving to investing in seeds and notes that buying Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy costs only a few cents and can avert a doctor’s bill. The ad ends with a druggist distribution note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Very Low Excursion Rates to West Coast by Northwest Line
Travel deals to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and more start July 6 7 11 12 18 26 with favorable return limits. Two daily Pacific Coast freights The Overland Limited electric lighted under three days The California Express offers drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. For rates and tickets contact Chicago Northwestern in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Overland Limited
California Express
Chicago & North-Western B'y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Steverson
Setisl
Tyan
Oliver Teviat
Onieholna Nickleby
Wisconsi
Tme
Lfe
Dr.jh McLean Medicine Co
St. Louis
St. Lows
Alan
Juse
Mark Beting
Coursinge — Blix
Ayers
J.C. Ager Co
Regrals Eesti
Thomas Casey Oallaghen
Manchuria
F. L. Phalps
Houston
Texas
Ryan
Galena
Mindura
Freeport
Natural Carbon By-Product Co
Hofmana & Buss
The
Pj Watt
Union Loan & Building Association
E. Mayer
Sec
Stephenson County
North Dargie Anl
Mayer & Parsons Otken
Ruthin Asselition
Ginlenn Ave
Bice Bldg
Ukitt
John Schwarz & Son
W. P. Paints
Galena St
Ivan Refar
DR. Davis
Nome
Ruby
Singer
White
Wheelser & Wilson
Eldredge
Davis
Atlongssota
Royal
Priges
Leuiploy
Tanvassers
Fou
My Atom
Jobn Rba
Leg National Bank
Ptdw
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!