Strange land rites and holy beggars in Hindustan
The article describes sacred mendicants in Hindustan known as Gilves who beg at markets and are excused as holy. It notes their cunning, gradual acceptance by locals, and their well-fed, fat appearance after early scarcity. It also details Suaster beliefs on souls, reincarnation into five classes, and the idea that inhaling an insect could mean swallowing a departed relative. A Philadelphia weekly reported this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Caremon Es
Rene Ot
Kali
Wanda
Hindustan
Mrabw
Philadelphia
Lay Pike
Ohio
Angers
W. L. Douglas
Court sentences two dockyard sailors at Sheerness
In Sheerness last week a signalman from Ajex received six months for quitting Chat tam dockyard with a first class petty officer badge. An able seaman from the mage pleaded guilty to joint dockyard desertion and dress as an officer, getting twelve months and dismissal from service. London Truth criticizes the harsh discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheerness
Ajex
Chattam Dockyard
Smee
London
Health cures and farming tips flood a single page
The page blends medical ad copy for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with farm and household advice. It covers liver symptoms and urges the bitters as a remedy, then shifts to clay road building, butter making, poultry care, dairy tips, gentleness to livestock, and mundane household hacks. It reads as a collage of ads, agricultural notes, and practical instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Hostetter
Government marriage fears and Cupid’s role in Washington
The Washington Post notes a culture of secret marriages among government workers. A confidential agent, Cupid, disrupts career rules, emboldening couples to wed secretly to preserve two salaries for a comfortable home. The piece treats officialdom expanding as marriages blur the line between duty and personal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Thevernment
Air Say
Rascal
Cupid
Meigs
Washington
Household scale of English nobility in Northumberland book
The Northumberland Household Book shows Earl of Wark’s household supporting 156 staff plus 50 to 60 guests, with annual outlay around £1178.17s.8d. Food costs dominated, averaging 21d per person per day, while fresh meat was scarce three months a year. Meat purchases, breakfast routines, and lavish dining illustrate opulent medieval housekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northumberland
Erasmus
All-Hallow
St. Helen's
Lammas
Michael
Brown's Iron Lips? The New Jersey Grape Medicine
For ailments including indigestion malaria neuralgia and biliousness Brown's Iron Litter offers strength and youthfulness. New Jersey grape juice is sent to Europe with Mr Speer noted for grape products. Oporto grape juice is sold in Dresden London and Paris for medicinal virtues and blood making quality. Available at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Europe
Speer
Amilies
Dresden
London
Paris
Plating business prompts year round money claims
A reader, Miss Smith, asks if she can make 25 per week in plating tableware and jewelry. An advertiser from H.K. Deino & Co. promises information and notes a plater costs 16, while other patent remedies and health products are pitched, including Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with guarantees and free trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soney
Miss Smith
H.K. Deino & Co
Columbus
Drowned Miller in German River News Suppressed
In Berlin two men discuss Miller who fell overboard and died while swimming is forbidden by police. The tale highlights strict German regulations and a public fear of law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Miller
Texas
Siftings
Paris Mounts World’s Largest Equatorial Telescope
A newly mounted equatorial telescope in Paris features a bent tube and a right angle image path, with the largest optical powers and notably clear planetary views. A cork process lowers specific gravity by one third, yielding a lighter material half the weight of ordinary cork, enabling pocket life-belts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Man's handiwork shifts oyster supply to planters
The article notes the oyster industry has moved from fishermen to planters with about sixty percent of annual supply coming from planted beds. It also mentions urban trends like skirt dancing, then ends abruptly with a fragment about parallel tubes and length.
Also Mentioned on This Page
All Druggisia
Forna Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
New York
Aman
Sinesville ,Tenn
Toney DB
Oregon
Ific
Imernin St
Pinece
Haseg
Arge Foreign
Hota Varian
Jreron
Abe Pein
Tawood Real Estate CO
Portland Oregon
Comital Stoi
Bulid Real Estate Invest Wen
Wyron Gensek
Geese
Orend m. McFall
B. Meirat Neal
HM. W. Scott
Bator
Hew000 Real Estate CO
Portland
Adonald Kennedy
Roxbury, Mass
Nedy
U. S and
Bugeskin
Jane
J. R. Goodwin
RIA
Rerémontes
India
Securg
Cater Dleu
Piovsenol
Poultry Note
Yor
John Ball
Aeiny
Care
Dr. Bul
DE. Klines
Kline
Areb St
Phila
Prasent
Dr. Pierce
Hanson
Major
Epileptic Remedy Co
Broad St
Iex
Spratts
Spratt
Patent
New York City
W. L. T Vetas Shoes
Gans & Parts
Erie Medical CO
Buffalo
Evans
Tae
Aeb
Vektun
U.S
Canada
P. Marold Zayes
D.D
Alice
Ud Athas
Georgia
Baers
Ewe
Lauder Vod Ca
Newark
N, J
Adame, He Ee
Nolan
Boston
Mass
Pani
St. Louis
Gage
Durham
Obaceo
Lyon Tobacco Works
Coun
OuaNe
Rove
Grove’s
Grove
Piso
Rai
Haze Crose
Warren
Schionester
Oyal
Pipi
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!