A Boy Keeps a Diary in 1880 with Schoollife and Sketches
The piece recounts Bob Cummings Jr’s diary found in an old coat for a needy family. It traces daily entries from January 1 to January 22 1880 with school, play with a goat named Billy and Uncle Joe’s guidance. It notes friends, a few doodles, and the diary's final note that nothing else remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cummings, Jr
Uncle Joe
Billy
Jimmy Green
Janey Green
Johnnie Barlow
Tate
Matthew
Bob
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy Promoted Amid Guarantees and Fame
An advertisement style letter extols Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy with a $500 offer for incurable cases, notes a London branch, and cites a user testimonial from Port Landville praising relief from nasal blockage and throat pain. It mentions a pistol incident in Hillsboro and advertises Crumpton's Strawberry Balsam for summer ailments.
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Dr. Sage
United States
London
England
A Timely Warning and Local Notices
A fragment filled with old advertisements and notices, including Dr Crumpton’s Strawberry Balsam and Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry claims, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve sales, a street fight ending in death, and a cheap hack fare pitch. Mentions Milwaukee poorhouse resident Joseph Daws and a grape wine note from Speer’s Vineyards.
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Wistar
Speer
The Secret of Happiness Remedies a Dry Throat
A vintage advertisement extols Dr Kina's New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments. It claims thousands cured, noting asthma bronchitis hoarseness and breathing difficulties as treatable. It invites readers to visit Allen's Drug Store at 321f for proof.
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G. A. Mariner
Chicago
Lawrence & Martin
Madison Street
Portlandville
Iowa
R. V. Prence
Dr. Pierce
Watson Smith
du. Kina
Allen's
Weary heart longs for rest in a cold world
The poem voices deep weariness and longing for a simple bed as night winds sigh. The speaker laments toil and restless thoughts, questioning what they are to fear in a harsh world. Abbie M'Keever appears as a source attribution in Modern Argo.
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Abbie M’keever
Argo
Progress in American Journalism and Renewals
The United States shows rapid growth in newspapers and periodicals with 1.5 billion copies in a year and a vast expansion from 40 titles to hundreds of daily and weekly papers. Peck of Milwaukee Sun promotes advance subscriptions with self visible renewal notices on mailing slips for easy continuing delivery.
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United States
United Press
Peck
The
Milwaukee Sun
Ice House Gorge and Tragic Texas Murder
A New Jersey farmer explores a natural ice cave near Swartswood Pond with ice several feet thick and a nearby spring at 34 degrees. Separate note recalls C L Williams, a Wisconsin institute official, fate after a prior trial and a Texas murder of him by the defendant’s brother. The column ends with a wife’s quip about her husband in a saloon.
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Blue Mountains
Samuel Thompson
Swartswood Pond
Sussex County
New Jersey
Thompson
C. L. Williams
Wisconsin State Institute For Deaf and Dumb
Williams
Texas
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Bitters
Lancaster
Draoggista
Messender OF Health
Mishler Herb Bitters CO
Parker
Rt Vina
Warner
Dr. Craig
Brights
Bright
Iwarner
Warner's
Dragatets & In Medicine Everywhere
H. Kd. Warner & Co
Rochester
N. Y
Anata
Wwe
Ephraim
Lowell
Mass
Aya
Mall
Baxroun
Stan Langs
Audies Co. A. Cock & CO
U.S
Canadas
van Sets Kk, Stevenson & Co
Leibig
Germany
France
Leibig Medicine, Co
Dearborn St
Lils
Baltimore Merald
Warren
Jones
Hillsboro
N.C
Crumpton
Whitewater
Wis
Milwaukee
Joseph Daws
Bucklen
Jerome Allen
Paris
Hall
Phillip Albaugh
Hathaway Block
Pyillip Albaugh
Statuay
Colliver & Darnall
Bainbridge, Ind
Putnam
And
Hendricks Counties
Green House
Vine and
Walnut Streets
John Wilson
Philander Wiley
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Office
Marion
Monroe
Clinton
Madison
Plainfield
Cap
Parke County
Clay Someryr
Greencastle
Traders
Phoenix
Hartford
Tews & News Lonr
Landes’ Drug Store
East Washington Street
G. W. Bence
W.s.mulholn
Donnahue & Lewis
H. H. Mathias
Ind
East Side Square
Hays
D.r. Miller
T. T. Moore
Miter& Moore
Attorneys At Law Real & Estate Agents
Greencastle Ind
Bayne's
Janes J.swinry
Wallis G. Neve
Smiley & Neff
Albin’s Black
South Side Public Square
CUE Fuinds
Mater
Cincinnati
S. Wells
Breas
Wir
Progress of the Press
Boston Herald
Passaic, Nd
Beer
J. C
Alfred’ Speer
Parsuic
N. J
Allen
Henry
al, Goodgar & Non
Queensware
Jast Side Public Square
Greencastle, Ind
Churen
Fonsekeenera
Church & Co
de Cnro
J.N. Tabler
St. Louis
Jay Bronson
Detrei
Unitetates
Roth & Bro
New
Sard
Tondow
Hop Bitters
Wolf
Praths
Mig. Coh
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