Junketing czars and official trips amid dog days
A New York Sun correspondent recounts how Russian officers rush to study public questions during vacations, while czars tours in Finland and Kazan feature celebrated but costly displays. Bishops meet to discuss faith and education, and St. Petersburg fawns over fairy plays as a season of merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
St. Petersburg
New York Sun
van Petrovitch
Caucasus
Volga
Peter
Vanovitch
Finlan
Biuresque
Ilmanstrand
Abo
Wilmanstrand
Finland
Senate of
Kazan
Novve Vremya
Mme
Joory
Zakki
Anager
Arcadia
Victors
Atl
Russia the center of lively competitions and curious contests
The czars and nobles preside over varied spectacles from military cook contests and distribution of silver prizes to a 67 mile cavalry versus train race won by cavalry. Grand Dukes observe targets for cannons as peasants harvest gratitude. Yachting races, boat events on the Neva, and disputes among monks over holy images reflect a nation in competitive mood amid hot dog days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Grand Duke N Choles
Michael
Krasnoe Selo
Neva
Ladies’ Yacht and Skating Club
Cronstadt
Ministry of Marine
Kieff
Sweet graduation to wedding gown bond in plain living
A Christian Recorder writer praises a wealthy graduate who plans a simple wedding and home life. The letter describes a modest house, a shared garden, and the marrying pair choosing to reuse the graduation dress as a wedding gown. The piece stresses sensible values, moral feeling, and hopeful future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Recorder
Sam
Science and the Cat in a New Jersey Backyard Display
A male tortoise shell cat prowls a New Jersey fence while nibbling on something. A sudden loud Comanche yell triggers a blue fireball that rises above the fence then falls into the flower beds. The watcher curses the wait for the battery and two neighbor kittens to grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
New York
Official Advice Transcript Prompts Legal Battle
A dialogue between a lawyer and client discusses continuing a lawsuit. The lawyer warns against abandoning the suit to avoid damage to the client's reputation while admitting prior nonofficial advice differed. The client notes the previous informal guidance.
Poor Economy Fad Promotes Iron Bitters
In hard times some spend poorly on food or too little good food. Brown's Iron Bitters is advertised to enrich the blood, supply iron, and improve the whole system. It claims to cure dyspepsia indigestion weakness malaria and more.
Sharon Named Garden Spot and Potato Rows
A Pittsburg Telegraph item remarks Sharon resembles a manufacturing place in charm calling it a garden spot and noting potatoes grow in tidy rows. A Somerville Journal quote questions if giddy refers to young men whose heads swim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Pittsburg
Somerville Journal
Heaven ratios clash with popular beliefs in editorials
Mary Ellen Chase argues three women to one man in heaven clashing with the common view of heaven as rest and peace. The St. Paul Herald notes the idea. The Hatchet mocks a French chud dah scarf with brocaded stripes in India colors, calling it chuddah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Chase
St. Paul
India
Grand Union Hotel Promises Luxury Near Central Depot
When visiting New York City via Central depot, travelers are urged to use Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire and stay at the Grand Union Hotel opposite the depot. Six hundred elegant rooms cost a million dollars to fit, with rates from $1 daily. Elevator restaurant and horse car access to all depots. Families are told they can live better for less money at the Grand Union than at any other first class hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Central Depot
Baggage
Grand Union Otel
Grand Union Hotel
Birthday Greeting in Kentucky State Journal Snippet
A brief reader message from the Kentucky State Journal with a grandfatherly birthday wish. Children request a dollar each as they depart, with a light note that they should not lose the money on the way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky State Journal
Ely's Cream Ball Eases Longstanding Catarrh for 20 Years
C. H. Mackey of Sigourney Iowa reports using Ely's Cream Ball for three months with no trouble from catarrh after twenty years of suffering. The testimonial appears in a military unit bulletin from Cell HL Waeley, 82nd Town Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HL. Waeley
82Nd Town Infantry
Ely
C. H. Mackey
Sigourney, Iowa
Nothing tries the soul of a man more than shoe peg
A brief line on perseverance and challenge as a shoe related obstacle tests a man’s resolve. The phrase highlights endurance and grit in facing a tough task.
Cae Pike's Toothacne Drops Cures in a Minute
An ad claims Cae Pike's Toothacne Drops cure toothache in a minute. It also markets German Corn Remover as a remedy for corns and bunions with bold assertions of quick relief.
Wells Health Renewer Promoted for Vital Ailments
An advertisement touts Wells Health Renewer as a cure for heart pains palpitations dropsical swelling dizziness indigestion headache and sleeplessness. It asserts the product can reveal a speaker's true eloquence beyond the size of his mouth.
Ely's Dream Balm Promises Quick Nasal Relief
Pain and dread attend most catarrh remedies, but Ely's Dream Balm offers a safe pleasant cure. It cleanses nasal passages heals inflamed membranes and gives relief from the first application. Priced 50 cents at druggists or 60 cents by mail from Ely Brothers in Owego New York. The ad ends with a proverb about a cabin born man someday naming a cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ely Bros
Owego
N. Y
Startling Claims For B B B Cure In Georgia
Athens resident R. R. Saulter asserts B B B cured an ulcer resisting all other treatments for 50 years. Atlanta's J. M. Ellis reports a twelve year stubborn eczema cured by B B B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Saulter
Athens
J. M. Ellis
Atlanta
B B B Cures Editor’s Nasal Catarrh in Toccoa
J. J. Hardy editor of the News in Toccoa Georgia reports nearly complete relief from years of nasal catarrh after using three bottles of B B B. He claims rapid improvement, after trying many remedies none matched B B B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hardy
News
Toccoa, Ga
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Ad for Digestive Relief
An advertisement extols Carter’s Little Liver Pills as a remedy for sick headache dizziness nausea constipation piles and complexion issues. It claims rapid relief and gentle bowel action with one pill per dose priced at 25 cents. It also mocks burglars and touts other quack cures and slogans in a spoofing tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Ely's Cream Balm Heals Longtime Nasal Catarrh
Charles McMillen of Sibley Missouri reports ten years of severe nasal catarrh with sores inside his nose. Two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm cured the condition and he remains a user, noting his nose and head are well and he feels like another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Chas. & McMillen, Sibley, Jackson Co
Prickly Asn Bitters touted as mild laxative tonic
The item claims to be a pleasant remedy not an odorous beverage, providing gentle relief as a tonic. It asserts direct action on the liver kidneys stomach and bowels for overall digestive support.
Phrase Fragments Hint Odd Advice And Insect Remedies
An odd jumble of phrases includes lines about cowardice, a command to knog a rats, and references to rats mice roaches ants bed-bugs and other pests. It also contains a remark about a druggist and a proverb about not judging a gift apple by its core.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knougsa
Ise
Druggiste
Chicago Citizen Finds New Life with Golden Medical Discovery
About two years ago a prominent Chicago citizen faced a doctor’s verdict that he must die. He began taking Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as directed. He improved rapidly, continued for months, and now reports he is a well man. He credits the remedy with saving his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dr. Pierce
English Cousins St Jacobs Oil sales figure shown in court
Sworn evidence in a trade mark suit states over nine million bottles of St Jacobs Oil sold in the past years in London. Leading chemists certify the remedy's high sales and acclaim it as a premier pain cure. The article notes remarkable results in serious rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Odd Schoolroom Banter and City Sewerage Banter
Fragments show a child’s prayer mispronunciation and humor with bathers sampling city sewers for taste, a Succotash dish at Charlie's house pleasing him, and a note on tyrotoxicon cheese poison, all in whimsical or satirical tone.
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the best restorative for female frailty and weakness, sold by druggists with price reduced to one dollar. The quirky verse riffs on gendered frailty and quotes Shakespearean lines to attract buyers.
Taper Demonstrates Motto There Is Always Rum at the Top
A taper demonstrates the motto that there is always rum at the top. The line underscores a recurring theme of excess and satire in the scene. The phrase captures a bartender's quip about prestige and surplus during celebrations.
A Wonderful Run Morley’s To Ague Tonic Sparks Talk
The advertisement extols Morley’s To Ague Tonic as a cured for chill sufferings with rapid permanent effects. It claims noquinine or harmful drugs and says it cleanses the stomach and tones the kidneys liver and bowels with prompt action even in chronic cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley
Veterinary Carbonsalve and Morley’s T-X-8 Aguton
Farmers and stockmen urged to use Veterinary Carbonsalve for galls wounds and hair regrowth. Cole & Co. promote 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes from Black River Falls Wisconsin. Also Morley’s T-X-8 Agutonic tonic offered for malaria like symptoms and general wellness with directions for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Morley
Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of alisaya tonic claim
In Distrisia the Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of alisaya by Caswer Hazerd Co New York is praised as the best tonic for indigestion fever and debility and for patients recovering from illness it is said to have no equal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caswer, Hazerd & Co
New York
Marvelous Mexican Medicine advertised for blood diseases
An 1854 ad promotes MEDICINA MEXICANA MARAVILLOSA as an infallible blood purifier from Mexico and Spain. It invites readers to request a free treatise and quotes a Texas customer ordering hundreds of bottles of T-X-8 Ague Lonke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mexican Mepbicine Company
St. Louis
Funny Things to See in a Busy World
A playful 19th century medley reports odd glimpses of daily life. It notes farmers tending corn, chiropodists cutting it down, a mechanic forging and escaping punishment, a barber scamming an acquaintance, a glazier installing lights while the liver enters unassisted, and a politician trusting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago National Weekly
Wedding Trip Question Sparks a Bridge Plan
In a Chicago National Weekly brief a mother asks her son in law about a wedding trip. He replies he will not travel but vows to erect a bridge over the long trail of his wife’s dress, signaling a humorous domestic dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago National Weekly
Indiana congressman joins church amid family insanity note
A St Paul Herald report claims an Indiana congressman joined a church. the piece asserts insanity runs in his family. The New Orleans Picayune adds a cynical line that drink is blamed on the man, not the drink, reflecting era attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
St. Paul
New Orleans Picayune
Also Mentioned on This Page
TOT Posdays FV Kbs Fa
Zosten
Ranscript
Orna
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
Anne
Ethel
Ramner
Fall River Advance
Charlie
Chicago Sun
Pranlty, Thy
Hamtlet
Erro
America
Jostra
New
Garvin, Wise Co
Texas
Morley Bros
Austin
Jown Bill
Mili’ Tenis Lump
Kent
John Bull
Smith
Bull
Ofice
Mata &T
Louisville
Boston
Meco
Cyoule Business College
Km. Hyenas
Svadento
Elreuler
Atdrem
Soulb
Didon
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
Louis
Kansas City
Maal Om Atl
Baron von Jebig
Arthur Hill Hassall
M.D
Pt.s
England
Erasmus Wilson
F.R.S
Ll.d
Colden
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!