Henry Clay's Bold 1814 Wager on New Orleans Defeat
During the 1814 peace talks Henry Clay offered to bet Lord Gambier 100 guineas that the British could not capture New Orleans and that Packenham would be defeated. Gambier accepted, citing Jackson's leadership as key. News of British defeat reached Europe and Gambier quipped about three kinds of beings under divine protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Commission
Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams
James A. Bayard
Albert Gallatin
United States
Lord Gambier
Mr. Goulbourn
Great Britain
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Packenham
Mississippi
Mr. Clay
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Chalmette
Europe
Ghent
Calico Printing and its Early Indian Origins
The article traces calico printing origins in India over 2000 years ago and notes Britain as the leading producer with the U S second. It explains mordants, calendering, and the shift from block printing to cylinder engraving using the pentagraph, color doctors, and multi color presses for long continuous runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Sunday Herald
India
Great Britain
United States
Europe
It Was Not Astonished That America Was Big
J G Holyoke reflects on America’s vastness and the people who shape its future. He contrasts nature with freedom, notes the absence of prejudice, and observes the American mind at work shaping progress. He sees both error and virtue contending, with humanity prevailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sam
A Nine Hundred-Dollar Wave Bathing Tale
A Baltimore party visiting Atlantic City entrusts valuables to a beachside child. A wave sweeps the girl away and the diamond ring valued at 900 disappears, leaving one woman contents unsettled as they return home. Also notes on Mrs. Wisdom and Poe memory at Stoke Newington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City Ledger
Baltimore
Atlantic City
Dr Crumpton Strawberry Hallam Remedy Promotes Digestion
The notice touts Dr Crumpton's Strawberry Hallam as a soothing remedy for irritated stomach and bowels from diarrhea or dysentery. It claims rapid restoration of digestive organs and notes widespread use. It also mentions General Weaver’s reception at Fanecuill Hall during a trip to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Messender OF Health
Mishler Herb Bitters CO
Parker
Dr. Crumpton
Lydl
Weaver
Fanecuill Hall
Boston
Be Wise In Time Cures and Goods Advertisements
A crowded vintage ad excerpt touts Dr Wistar s Balsam of Wild Cherry promising cures for consumption and coughs. It promotes Reed s Gilt Edge Tonic for fever ague and malaria, George Wysong s grocery stock and china ware, Thermaline malaria remedy, and various drugstore offerings including a 25 cent remedy. Also mentions Yale student Chinaman Gin Sing and a sailing note on cheap hacks.
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Warner
Brighteuane
Brights
Kua v
Safe Hemedies Ace Iuggists
Dealoos Inc
H. H. Warner & Co
Rochester, N. Y
G. A. Mariner
Chicago
Lawrence & Martin
Madison Street
Wistar
George Wysong’s
Northwest Corner Public Square
Reed
George Wysong
The Secret of Happiness and a Cures Claim
A persuasive ad extolls Dr. Kixe’s New Discovery for consumption claiming cures for tuberculosis and throat lung ailments. It urges readers to visit Allen's Drug Store for a demonstration and satisfaction.
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Kixne
Allen
Alfred Speer
Passaic
N. J
Dead Languages and Moral Reflections From A Boston Paper
A collage of quotes and snippets cover topics from prosperity and vanity to education and rail travel. Observations on public life, literature, and humor mix with notes on furniture fashion and the British Museum Library.
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Ephraim Brown
Lowell
Mass
Deug
A. Cook & CO
Leibig
Germany
France
England
Lesbig Maccine Co
Gs Dearborn St
Lils
Calico Printing
J. G. Holyoke
Crampton
Stoke Newington
Edgar Allan Poe Onze
Gin Sing
Yale
Allen's
Speer
Bucklem
Jerome Allen
London
Paris
Hall
Statuay
Colliver & Darnall
Bainbridge, Ind
Putnam
And
Hendricks Counties
Waen
Cuolliver & Darnall
Sas
L. Wee
Green House
Vine and
Walnut Streets
John Wilson
Racers xi Provisions
Phillip Albaugh
Hathaway Block
Philander Wiley
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance
Marion
Monroe
Clinton
Madison Tos
Bain
Plainfield
Parke County
Clay County
Greencastle
Phoenix
Hartford
G. W. Bence
W. Mutholu
Evans & Devore
Physicians and Surgeons
Orvice
Taylor’s
Donnahue & Lewis
Landes Drug Store
Washington St
Ind
H. H. Mathias
East Side
Sanare
J. R. Millen
T.T. Moore
Munster & Moore, Attorneys At Law Real & Estate Agents
Ind. Offee
Bnsno
E Took
Shure J. Swring
Willis G. Nerv
Smiley
NEI Fy«ee
Albin’s Black
South Elic Square
Icin
White House
Washington
Pennsylvania
Siam
Keokuk Gate City
Boston Transcript
Quincy
New York Star
Detroit Free Press
Puck
The
Chicago Tribune
Tamerom School
Bristol
Gen. Grant
China
John B. Gough
British Museum
Pantheon
Rome
Norristown Herald
John
Oporto
Speers P. J. Sherry
Tews & Newpent, Real Estate, Loan & Insurance Agents
Landes
East Washington Street
Apple
L’ereens
Siegis
Pimples. T
Ben, Vandels & Co
Ann &T
N.Y
Fim
Hop Bitters Mfc. Co
Rochester
Rota Saleratus
Nestos
J. N. Tabler
St. Louis
Jay
Bronson
Detroit
Bio
New Orford
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