Daniel Boone Gun Relic Passed Through Boone Family
A Civil War era gun said to be Daniel Boone’s shows a five foot barrel and sixteen ounce ball. Matthies Me Bl terber received the weapon in 1774 at Point Pleasant and kept it through the War of 1812. The horn and bullet molds were kept by Capt. C R Van Bibber and then by Nathan Boone Van Bibber, now the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Boone
Gus
Nathan Boone
Fengies Coens
Matthies Tee
Tate
Point Pleasant
Matthais Me
C. R. van Bibber
Nathan Boone van Bibber
D. M. Cobb
Asion Avenue
Kansas City
Pinkham Passes On Lifework To Daughter
Lydia E. Pinkham entrusts her life’s records to daughter Mrs. Charles H. Pinkham, hoping the vast collection will educate women and sustain Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy long after her passing.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Charles H. Pinkham
Sis
Quaint Botanic Depots Sell Vegetable Remedies
In old city quarters quaint herb shops, or botanic depots, trade remains steady. Readily stocked items include burdock, catnip, sassafras, chamomile, wintergreen, horehound, and many more. Patrons cite catnip for cats and humans alike, while wormwood serves as arnica-like treatment when moistened with hot water. Some remedies are noted as powerful yet hazardous. lobelia and yellow jasmine show both curative and poisonous potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quassia Ag
Thompson
Savage Coats of Arms Across Civilizations
A discussion of heraldry contrasts British and Maori traditions. A Maori with a lineage of bravery questions the English officer’s signet, highlighting how armorial bearings are linked to deeds and inherited prestige in both cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
New Zealand
Dane Bride Marries Perth Amboy Drunkard
A Danish woman, heiress to 25000, travels from Denmark to Perth Amboy and marries a shiftless town drunkard named Tom Iverson within hours. She declares love and intent to reform him as they share a furnished home.
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Ingemline Jensen
Denmark
Perth Amboy
Dane
Nea
Tom Iverson
Force of Habit in a Lancashire Railway Porter
A Lancashire railway porter often rises in his sleep and acts as if at work. One night he hurried from bed to the oven door and cried out a change for Bolton Bury and Manche, illustrating how habit keeps his daily job in his mind.
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Lancashire
Bolton
Bury
Manche
Notable 19th Century Figures Face Off In Anecdotes
The tale recounts Robert Louis Stevenson and Thomas Carlyle meeting as a bookseller defends a spurious old book claim. A quip about physiology follows, with Stevenson asking an amusing question to a doctor. References to 1870s warfare losses appear amid scattered notes.
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Carlyle
Robert Louis Seconton
Stevenson
Mr. Carlyle
Pleasant laxative seen in Syrup of Figs advertisement era
Historical ad fragment notes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative and soothing remedy for bilious parents. It mentions needing a bottle at home and touts benefits for digestion and cramps. Also references Nickel Plate road and seasonal travel hints amid a collage of miscellaneous 19th century items.
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Kennedy
Douald Kennedy, GF
Roxbury, Mass
Stevenso
New York World
California
Chicago
Paris
Maccachusetts
Bta
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Grean’s
Piso
Opty
Giar
Lous
ST. Jacobs Oil
Muscatine Oar. Beat Co
Mexico
Apodal Tata
Fort Wayne
Ates
T.A . Waind
R. G. Burnes
D. Ove J. M. McConnell
T. A. Lafayette
Ind
Fery Ie
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