Voyage Around the Great Lakes Aboard the Saratoga
A passenger journal recounts a Lake Michigan steamship voyage on the Northern Transit Company’s Saratoga. The trip from Chicago to Milwaukee Mackinaw and beyond covers port calls, a diverse mix of fellow travelers, vivid sunsets, and historic stops at Mackinaw Fort and Marquette’s mission site, ending in Cleveland. The author praises the voyage, the crew including Captain Brown and Mr Knowl, and urges readers to try lake travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Concord
Northern Transit Company
Brown
Schafer
Knowlwe
Guehly
G. P. Thompson
Port Huron
Mich
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Ph. Best
Great Northwest
Union
Broad Harbor
Glen Haven
Farwell
Toledo
Ohio
W. J. Sawtell
Smith
Godfrey
Martin
Thompson
Mackinaw
Michigan
Canada
Jacques Marquette
Marquette
Louis Joliet
Mississippi Valley
Straits
Cheboygan
Petosky
Crooked River
Mullet Lake
Pelosky
Saginaw Bay
Fort Huron
Sarnia
St. Clair River
St. Clair Flats
Lake St. Clair
Detroit
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lakes
Saratoga
Mr Laird Uses Dr Thomas Electric Oil in Scotland
Hillsdale merchants Parker and Laird report that their associate Mr Laird, visiting Scotland, carried Dr Thomas Electric Oil and achieved cures once deemed incurable by eminent practitioners. The enclosed letter supports these claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Parker
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil praised in Orkney letter
A local letter from Gilbert Laird in St Margarets Hour Orkney asks Parker and Lairp to send another parcel of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil. He notes prior batches relieved rheumatism when medicines failed and urges wider knowledge so many sufferers may benefit from the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret’s Hour
Orkney
Scotland
Messrs
Parker & Lairp
Thomas
Gilbert Laird
Whole History of the Democratic Party in Power
A writer argues that Democrats held the presidency for decades from 1820 to 1861 and again after Lincoln, tallying thirty-six years in power versus sixteen for Republicans. The piece notes party switches, presidents who betrayed their party, and the impact of party control on government stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Democratic Party In Power
Buchanan
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
Tyler
Taylor
Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson
Jacksons
Hayes
Traveling judgments on European women’s beauty
The author argues foreign beauty is overrated. Italy offers stately form and color in peasants, Spain’s beauty is dumpy with little intelligence, Vienna and other great cities display common beauty among women, while Paris presents a dainty refined but fragile exotic type.
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Atvellonna
Italy
Spain
Vienna
Europe
St. Louis
Baltimore
Paris
A New Kind of a Watch Case
Mansfield Pennsylvania May 28th 1878 a jeweler testifies to Boss Patent Case durability after fifteen years of use praising two solid gold plates and a written warranty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield, PA
Boss
OLNEY
Jas
Dreams and the Tiny Triggers of Sleep Fantasies
The article explains how minor stimuli during sleep such as bed clothes touch heat on the feet or a bright light can provoke dreams ranging from winter journeys to volcanic imagery. It notes the mind’s readiness to imagine and the variability of dreams with differing nervous temperaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Pole
D. B. Schulte
Stephenson Street
Moorish Jack Shepherds and the Morocco Theft Ring
A fragment depicts a crime ring described as Moorish and Aessia inspired, operating like London burglars. The text claims they lie in wait in towns to attack unarmed Jews, travel by horse to strike distant doors, and disguise themselves as beggars or saints. They allegedly steal freely, even a sleeping man’s bag, thriving on ill gained gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
London
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil praised by Cedar Rapids family
A Cedar Rapids reader extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as the best diphtheria remedy for his family and a local druggist agrees no medicine has given such customer satisfaction. The piece also notes Uncle Hiek’s Wisdom and reports the Duke of Westminster’s Derby win wealth and excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lubcock
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thomas
Hiek
Duke of Westminster
London
Oldest and Best The Journal Promises Strong Republican Voice
The Journal pledges reliability and fearless advocacy for right, reflecting partisan aims yet ready to expose evils and corrupt measures. It notes decades serving Stephenson County and, with new facilities, aims to play a full part in the coming political contest inviting Republican cooperation.
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Stephenson County
Stalwart Republicans urged to recruit new subscribers
Republicans seeking to spread sound doctrine urge readers to promote the cause by sending in the names of friends and neighbors as new subscribers to the publication.
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First National Bank
United States
Co. B. Bidwell
Gro. F. Deforest
the Second National Bank
Freeport
Thompson Wilcoxon
Jacob Krohn
F. W. Hance
David Neidigh
John H. Adams
Michael Sawyer
Alfred H. Wise
John Kenegy
A. Riefsnider
John H. Addams
L. W. GuirnEy
Cashier
W. H. Taggart
Munn
Court House
Free
Port, Il
Kingsley & Mills
Dentists
Illinois
Elson’s
Popposite
Second National Bank
W. S. Caldwell
Wilcoxon Opera House
James I. Neff
J. H
Hiram Shons
Orangeville
I. F. i Kleckner
A. T. Green
R. Pelck
Western Star
C.C.F
Odd Fellow’s
W. Krape
Geo
Lowie
Beribe
Seady
True & C
Augusta
Gusauss &Co
Marshall
Mick
Samplesworth
Portland
Maine
J. R. Perkins
Bridge St
van Buren
Journal
the Journal
van Buren St
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