Ascension Day Observed by Knights Templar at Grace Church
A detailed report of Ascension Day ceremonies held at Grace Church Chicago with Knights Templar in procession, banners, and religious rites. Rev. R. C. Locke gave the address, recounting the order’s history and urging steadfast faith and defense of Christian principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascension
Grace Church
War Avenue
Chicago
Ollo Comte
Emmandery
Mer
R. C. Locke
Jerusalem
Time Your Words and Actions for Peaceful Living
A reflection from The Christian urges choosing the right time for every remark and action. It warns that speaking in anger or reproach harms relationships, while pausing to consider timing can prevent domestic unhappiness and heartache. The piece emphasizes gentleness with a weary spouse and avoiding smugly saying I told you so.
Two Minutes Sermon Urges Young Ladies to Exercise and Liberty
A San Francisco News Letter piece argues young women should shed fashionable restraints and adopt open air activity. It calls for leg exercise, field roaming, and cooking skills over parlor life, urging honesty, vitality, and natural beauty for fuller womanhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco News Letter
Punctuation Points Through Printing History
A historical note on how punctuation evolved from early writing. It traces the absence of spaces in Greek writing to the introduction of periods and commas, credits Aldus Manutius with the semi colon and comma form in 1590, and outlines later additions like interrogation and exclamation marks and inverted commas. It notes uncertainty about the origins of the apostrophe and dash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publius
Serpo Africanus
Aldus Mantius
Mons. Gillemet
London
A Quaker Wedding Report From Philadelphia Meeting
A Philadelphia correspondent describes a Thursday morning wedding at the regular weekly meeting. Five young women in white and their escorts, followed by the parents and finally the bride and groom, entered the meeting house. The bride wore a white silk dress with bonnet and veil, as the congregation settled for a quiet period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Marriage Ceremony Sealed in Quiet Quaker Meeting
An elderly lady offered a moving supplication before a young couple exchanged vows and signed a marriage certificate at a Quaker meeting. The service followed earlier checks by two committees confirming both were free of other engagements and had declared their intention to wed.
Midhat Pasha Wisdoms From Eastern Question Maxims
A collection of proverbs and sayings reflecting caution, deception, perception, and social behavior. Entries touch on risk, courage, wit, and irony, with references to animals and human flaws as moral lessons. The tone suggests satirical or practical political commentary from a dated European press.
Courtroom Quip Over Mare Age Authority
In a humorous exchange, the plaintiff's counsel presses for the authority swearing to a mare's age, the ostler insists the mare herself spoke on the matter, delivering the punchline with grave calm and wit.
A Dogmatic Telegrahic Tale on Wires and Echoes
A darkey explains a telegraph joke comparing news wires to a dog spanning Hoboken and New York. The tale uses a racial dialect to illustrate how information travels and where messages seem to originate or bark, highlighting early communication metaphors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Cesar
Jess
New York
Hoboken
Telegraf
Golley
Receipt for Making Tattlers in the Street
A satirical recipe lists ingredients such as Run about Nimble-tongue and Backbite along with Misconstruction and Malevolence. It describes simmering over Discontent and Jealousy, then corking and aging on Street-yarn to enable a person to constantly speak evil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Teatable
Nancy Gadabout
Burglary Ends in Double Homicide in Williamsburg New York
An unknown burglar attacked Mr Junier during a burglary last night in Williamsburg New York. The intruder shot him with an air gun then fatally beat Mrs Junier before taking valuables and fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Junier
Williamsburg
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver and Lane’s Liver Pills
Long description of liver disease symptoms including right side pain under ribs and shoulder blade, loss of appetite, constipation alternating with laxative, memory loss, fatigue, and anxiety. Promotes Dr C M Lane’s Liver Pills as effective for ague, fever, and bilious derangements, with imitations warned and mail-order offer from Fleming Bros of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Lane
C. M@LanzE
Dr. M@Lane
M¢ Lang
C. M. Lang
Fleming Bros
Dr.c. McLane
United States
Pittsburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacol Abbott
Jts
Midhat Pasha
DR. C. Milane
Bergman & Dorman’s
Andy Leskicher
Bergman & Dorman
Achenbach, Ditzler & Co
J. S. Lehman
Freeport
Piptt
Ae Ward
Ingrain
Brussels
Stair
Stephenson Street
Pennsylvania House
J.S. Lehman
Clawson
Gale
Smgii
Washington
Freeport Post Office
Reeport Post Office
Eloniansfollowa
Chead
Wiliam
U. R
Dubuque
W.U. R Ra
W.U. R
Monfos
Wia
Cedar Ville
Orangeville
Oneco
Shuey’s Mills
Wik
Uendaya
Smith D. Atkins
Parker's
Stich
A. Cately &Co
Broadway
Eighth St
Horse Thief Detective Association of
Harlem and
Florence
Stephenson County, Ill
Harlem
Ira Crippen
A V Sheetz
J C Aspinwall
H O Best
J C Cain
H O van Brocklin
W J Fye
Eli Miller
Aspinwal
Mack
Bechtel
Hance
Cripppen
Walkey
Dean
Best
Washburn
Canfield
Beaner
Schofield
Atchinson
Garrison
Brantt
Winters
Vanbrocklin
Fox
Sheetz
Stout
Fritzell
Mcuratu
Hartand Millerberg
A. V.sheetz
Stine’s
Star Clothing House
Freeport Journal
Freeport Journal Bookbindery
Blank Hank
J. Blachoff
A.V. Richards & CO
Illinois
Saul
Seltzer
H. Hallett & CO
Itland
Maine
Augusta Maine
Hagerstown
True& CO
Augusta
Aine
Black Hills
Ay H. N. Maguire
Keble
Donnelley
Leyd & Co
L. Jones & Co
Assay N. Y
J. K. Harder
Malden Bridge
N. Y
Stingon & Coc
Ortland
P. Rowell & CO
Park Row
Congress
HH. D. Ber
Loth St
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!