Vast arrays of figures show 19th century industry and life
A sprawling collection cites silk factory employment in New Jersey, railroad and street growth in London, school construction, library volumes in Boston, and diverse commodities from oysters to frogs. It notes Iowa schoolhouses, Michigan furnaces, Bangor lumber, and alphabet counts across nations.
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Smithvile
Conn
New Jersey
Boston Public Library
School of Design
Mechanics’ Institute
Cincinnati
Jasper County
New York City
London
Bangor
Michigan
Merchant Bar
New York
Canada
Cabinet Organs Offered on Rent to Buy Basis
The Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. advertises Cabinet Organs with rent and purchase options. Rent the instrument and may buy within a year, with rent credits deducted from the price. Lerch notes this helps assess value without long-term commitment. A Hartford machine company has a government contract to supply rifle-making machinery valued at 1,009,000 for Prussia.
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Mason & Hamlin Organ Co
Lerch
Paris
Vienna
America
Mason & Stamlin Organ Co
Boston
New York
Chicago
Perkins
Doz
Ellent
W.O. Praxins
Chotta
Connecticut Baby Show Stirs Crowded Congregational Church
A Hartford Times writer recounts a Connecticut baby show at a Killingly Congregational Church. More than fifty babies entered across three age classes. four died before the event. Judges selected handsomest in each class amid lively, affectionate, chaotic scenes as photographers and mothers chased perfect poses.
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Conn
Hartford Times
Brooklyn
N. Y
Providence
Rerrangin
Ehch
Mosquito Arrival in England Prompts Public Nuisance Concerns
A 1870 report claims mosquitoes were imported from the United States into England and have since multiplied as a general nuisance. A Times correspondent notes they may be repelled at night with pale green pyrethrum, likely pyrethrum parthenum, feverfew, a common garden plant. The piece reflects on memories and the sense of loss tied to changing familiar places.
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England
United States
Zimes
Reed's Temple of Music Ad and Tragic Family Plight
An ad lists a Prince 3 Cows organ with five octaves and two full reed sets priced at $125 and $180, from Reed's Temple of Music in Chicago. A Sheffield Vermont man, quarreling with his sons, died by hanging but his older son cut the rope, saving his father in a late attempt to end troubles.
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Prince
Reed
Temple of Music
Nicago
Sheffield
Din
Fous
Burincas
If. B. Bryant
America
Jr. Uryant
Ofeolle CB
Chicago
Curnice
Judy
Wileh Wit Arene
The World's Dispensary and Dr Pierce’s Medicines
The article extols Dr KR V Pierce as a national figure with a vast establishment The World’s Dispensary at Buffalo employs nearly a hundred and doctors advise on obstinate cases It notes translations of his pamphlets into German and Spanish and cites a March 1874 postage figure as evidence of wide business It lists Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and other products praising their qualities and availability through agents in New Orleans and beyond
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Ricago Times
KR. V. Pierce
Tim
Pierce
Buthile
Aexon Wei Qakrontis Preticaet
Peters
Wee Dr “Pierce
Dr. Sage
Magnolia Balm and Liniment Advertisements Highlighted
An advertising page touts Haegan's Magnolia Balm for beauty including hair and complexion claims. It also promotes Mexican Mustang Liniment as a cure-all for horses and people with high price promises and testimonials, noting a G. W. Westbrook label and Wm. E. Everson as agent.
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Haegan
Lyon
Kathalion
G. W. Westbrook
Chemiet
Wm. E. Everson
The Fatal Promise Of Mineral Poisons And Vinecan Brewers
A historical item denounces deadly mineral alkaloids such as Mercury Strychnine and Prussic Acid used as cures. It critiques Dr Walker of California and his Vinecan Brewers claiming marvelous cures for biliousness malaria dyspepsia rheumatism scrofula and blood impurities. The piece notes public gullibility and warns against such remedies.
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Walker
California
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