Ingersoll as Lawyer Soldier Chief and Free Thinker
A portrait of Robert G. Ingersoll tracing his upbringing in New York Ohio and Illinois his rise as a famed jurist in Peoria and his reputation as a powerful orator. It covers his antireligious stance his Civil War service including a cavalry regiment at Shiloh his capture and parole and his relentless wit and oratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Redpath
San Francisco Chronicle
Robert G. Ingersoll
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Robert
West
Peoria
Ilinois
Ingersoll
Colonel Ingersoll
Western Department
Shiloh
Indiana
America
Forrest
Ineversoll
Boston
Burns
Shakspeare
Rabelais
Voltaire
Sun and Moon Seen by Baby in Short Verse Note
A brief verse fragment reflects on a baby’s gaze at the sun and moon and the world’s lessons. Mrs S M Wats notes in Christian Union that life is a yearly lesson learned as children crawl and fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenky
Il Drugeists
Scack
A.M. T. Co
TOR
Wild Cherry and Sarsaparilla Ads and Local Court News
A collage of notices reports a North Carolina farmer Robert Smith hanged for killing an intruder then released by neighbors, plus claims of Wistar’s Balcomb Wild Cherry medicine and Dr Guysett’s Yellow block and Sarsaparilla as cures. Also mentions a Philadelphia beer ruling and a Colorado boy hero Freeman Z Wray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Smith
Corolina
Smith
Health and happiness remedies on old advertisement page
An old advertisement touts Scovil blood and liver syrup as a cure for scrofula syphilitic disorders and nervous debility, claims renewed vigor and youthful feeling, and promotes Baker's Pain Panacea for pain. Also features Dr Rogers Vegetable Worm Syrup for worms, DUKNO Catarrhilt Snuff, and Dr Mott's Liver Pills as laxative regulators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Draggiste
Messenger OF Health
Mishler Herb Bitters CO
Pa T
Parker
Scovill
Baker
Dr. Rogers
Dukno
Slander and sly tongues across a tangled page
A collage of excerpts recalls slander's deadly impact in verse and prose old and new. It contrasts a moral warning against the poison of rumor with humorous anecdotes and curious notes on measurement, fashion, crime, and household pest control.
Grace Greenwood on living fully and honoring worthy pursuits
A reflective piece by Grace Greenwood urges embracing life with passion and virtue. It champions heartfelt love, poetry, and excellence, praising a nation’s worthy figures while celebrating shared joy and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Greenwood
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Jey
QOS Wala
Charteroak
Excelsior Man To CO
ST. Louis
Rsnie
Penson
al Bullul
Lydia E. Pinkham
Flynn, MA
Western Avenue
Lynn Masa
John D. Park
I Mia A
Bey
Bih St. St. Lowis
Louis, Mo
Bob Ingersoll
Farly
Baby
Conrad Cook
West Side Public Square
Wistar
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Freeman Z. Wray
Colorado
Denver
Benews
Dr. Giveenm
Phillip Albaugh
Hathaway Block
Driguiste
Appication
Arris Remedy Co
Manf¢ Chemists
Sth & Market Sta
St. Louia
J. A. Goldsberry
Anp
Williamson's Block
Indiana and
Poylay Streets
G. W. Bence
Green Castle
Ind
W S. Mulholn
Donnahue & Lewis
Landes Drug Store
Washington St
Greencastle
Anes & Newaent
Landes
East Washington Street
J. R. Miller
Rt. T. Hoorr
Miller & Moore
Attorneys At Law
Ti Real Estat Agents
Greencastle and
Jayne 'S
James
Smi
Nerr
Wiat
Smilfy & Neff
Albin
Black
South Side Public Square
Lod
al el
The
American Shoe Tip Co
T.co
William J Coughlin
Somerville
Mass
City Hopital
PR. WM. Hall
Wm. Hall
Pew
Plantand & Freed Cate
Nanz & Neuser
Louisvilla
Thompson
J. L. Thompson, Sons & CO
Troy
Bridgeport
Enos B. Reed
Indianapolis
Earth
Hell
Heaven
Simeon
Mr. Skibbons
Germany
France
Cincinnati
Switzerland
Brutus
Montana Territory
Pshaw
Kats
Scientific American
Ayra
Acre
Ayer
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Passaic
Speer
Speer J. J. Sherry
P. J
Speer’s A. J
Alfred Speer
Pasanic
N. J
Allen's
Tdaw, Jet
A. J. Agnew
West Pearl Street
Ff. Bahl & Co
Detroit
Culverwil
Culverwelds Medicat CO
Ann St
Postoffice
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