Time Chares AN Liberal Thinkers in Churches
Liberal thinkers in churches enjoy more tolerance now than in Bishop Colenso’s era thirty years ago. After the bishop published his book alleging errors in the Pastateuch he faced universal ostracism and lost social standing. His tailor even refused to wash his clothes due to customers avoiding contact. One dead seed taints many livelihoods in this commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colenso
Mbhop
London
Samantha
Ostelter's Stomach Mitters Promises Relief for Indigestion
The piece warns that improper digestion and non assimilation of God cause chronic nerv ous symptoms including insomnia and risk of mental decline. It touts Ostelter's Stomach Mitters as a cure, claiming it restores digestion, quiets nerves, aids sleep, and alleviates chills fever rheumatism biliousness and other ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostelter
Health and patent remedies advertised in a 19th century page
An OCR fragment advertises Byrup of Figs as a gentle laxative, Mall's Catarah Cure, Shiloh's Consumption Cure with a moneyback guarantee, and Brown's Iron Bitters touted for general tonicity. It extols beauty, health, digestion, and vitality with claims of cures for coughs and malaria and appeals to women and households.
German Syrup Endorsed By Local Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace George Wilkinson of Lowville Murray Co Minnesota testifies to German Syrup aiding a spring 1888 illness. He describes severe coughs night sweats and a full recovery after using one bottle of Boschee’s German Syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilkinson
Lowville
American Art Schools Shine at the World Fair Exhibit
The Chicago World’s Fair features a notable display by American art schools, with Lorado Taft and Frank Miller guiding the School of Art through sections on high art and industrial art. The exhibit emphasizes that art must blend science and craft, elevating industrial design alongside fine arts and highlighting the economic role of art education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Saturday juvenile class at the art institute exhibit
The piece highlights decorative designs from origin studies in oil and charcoal with breadth and originality. Still life oil studies and metal work show brilliance and truthfulness in surface sheen. Modeling trends favor new lines, and the bust of Bessie reflects an independent, unfolding spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Institute
Bessie
Chicago and St Louis art schools shaped by industry
A survey of art school exhibits highlights the Chicago Art Institute as a leading cultural force, praising its honesty and progress. It compares rival schools in St Louis and Philadelphia, noting strong teaching in drawing, anatomy, and design, and emphasizes industrial training as a path to broad artistic education and moral value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Union
Department of
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Art School
St. Louis
School of Drawing and Painting
Museum of Fine Arts
Heston
America
Goodyear
Vanderhoof
Wier
Gifford
Philadephia School of Design
Puntry
Antiq Ue
Prang
Peabodys
Fine Wool and Household Hints for Better Sheep
The piece stresses that wool quality hinges on proper sheep care, not breed alone, with advice on feeding, health, and management to produce even, strong fiber. It also covers egg cooking, sap movement in trees, import duties, bees, and rural household tips from several journals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Barnes
University of Wisconsin
State Horticultural Society
Orchard and garden tips from a historical primer
The text offers practical advice on planting and orchard care, including pruning, drainage, and weed control. It covers fruit quality, sorting produce, sheep in orchards, and methods for pest control, plus household tips on kitchen and sewing care and a travel exchange snippet about Niagara Falls and water power schemes.
A Boy's Plagiarized Composition Causes Flogging
A Boston Herald report describes a twelve year old pupil compelled to write a composition. Lacking ideas he copied a seventeen year old girl's work from a back yard heap. When read aloud the boy's version included a misused term and caused the teacher to flog him in front of the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Esay
Flowers for the Poor and Civic Charity In City Life
A fragment from a column urges readers to deliver blossoms to street waifs, citing Phebe Westcott Humberys and The Ladies' Home Journal. The piece promotes floriculture as a habit that brightens lives, involves family and neighbors, and hints at personal gain from giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Westcott Humbreys
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bunyan
Tour
Man
Royal Baking Powder Praised For Purity And Strength
Advertises Royal Baking Powder as superior to all substitutes. Claims other powders lose strength after can is opened, causing heavy food and wasted ingredients. Credits Royal with reliability, economy, and wholesome results, urging consumers to choose it for consistent leavening.
Origins of the fan in China and Europe
The passage explains that a Chinese royal princess during a lantern festival used a mask to hide her beauty while cooling herself, popularizing the fan. It notes Catherine de Medici bringing Italy’s first fan to France, and that during Louis XIV era jeweled fans were highly valued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Catherine de Medici
Italy
France
Louis XIV
Origin of Black Maria term linked to Boston boarding house
The article traces the term Black Maria for jail transport to colonial Boston legend about Maria Lee a large African American woman who ran a sailor boarding house and once helped arrest three sailors herself prompting authorities to rely on her for arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Maria Lee
Boston
Umbrella Like Device and Odd Advertisements
A scattered newspaper fragment presents odd notes on a small umbrella without a handle worn over the head, various patent medicine pitches, farming seed promotions from Salter Seed Co, and quips about love and jealousy, with stray lines on teething remedies and social MOPE.
Wreath of smiles lowers rates for world fair trips
The piece details rail discounts and extended return options for trips to the World's Fair. It touts lower rates, longer ticket validity, and sleeper accommodations on routes via the Pacific Railway and Texas & Pacific lines. A. Dashiell is referenced as the traveling pass arranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salter
John A. Salter
Sts
Oe ‘Acitic
Loula
Oce Farr
Urto
Texas & Pacific
Texas
St Loui
A. Dashiell
Remarkable Medical Case Of Severe Sores And Scales
A historical item reports on a patient named Mr. Vey whose neck and hands were covered with awful sores and croste. The account emphasizes a dramatic cure and claims the case demonstrates potential safety and relief for the afflicted.
Also Mentioned on This Page
MALL
F. J. Curey & CO
Toledo
Td Liverty
Shiloh
Uckskin Reeghes
Goodwin Clothing CO
Evansville, Ind
de la Christopher
Columbia
Care Ely
U.S
McLean & CO
Clank Sr
Chivacg
National Reform Press Association
Eec
Ntional Reform Press Association
Taubeneck
Western Newspaper Union
S. Morgan
Western Newspaper Union, Exxxar
the Schools OF Art
Liberal Arts
Art Institute Exhibt
Lorado Taft
Frank Miller
Chicago School OF Design
Journal of Agriculture
Florida
United States
Farmers’ Voice
Oklahoma Experiment Station
New York
Niagara Fall
New York Weekly
Hoya
Weil
Weill
Cual
Black Maria
Brecaam
Bom
Geo
Kiine
Arch St
Philadelphia
Man Wixson
J. A. Nanter
Deaf Main Streeet
Dallas
Tex
Hanson
Borton
St. Joseph
Grateek
Vey
Dr. Hathaway & Co
Commerce St
San Antonio
Warren
Veterinary Colleges
Cress Sik Wattson
Be Mer
RIC Og oTanasit
Ates Eet
F. Johnson & CO
W.N.U
Dallas Business Directory
Jackson & Bro
Telian
Ops
Tng
Weber
Dbz
American Ell Works
Nearkale
Eatimatos
Kiem Street
Nnn
EROS
Harry's Pat
Gatv
Mantels & Grates
Lem
Ot & Manning
State Tealere Dalas
Hatte Sewarob & Edwards
Mannef
Samy Western
Southwestern Agents
Wall
Windsor
Commerce Street
Mc AY & CO
Bargers
RY Bros
J. Dickey
Eort
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