Vast 19th Century Letter Versus Apples and Stamps
A garbled 1582 style column discusses postal stamp shortages and scrip proposals, plus economic complaints about money orders and silver basis. It rails against aging fractional currency and notes merchants want stamps repurposed. The English horticultural press attacks American apples for arsenic use, claiming health risks and beauty concerns, while praising Tasmanian and American growers.
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New York
Lee
Lac & Shepard
Otuer
Aydin
America
the Times
How a Russian Peasant Dies and Other Notes
Count Leo Tolstoi described to Octave Houdaille at Jasnaja-Pojana how a Russian peasant dies. He recalls the dead man's serene, untroubled end and notes death as release from misery. Also mentions Dom Pedro de Valdivia founding Santiago in 1541 and a new German tent that splits into two overcoats for rain.
Ladies Photographers and Fashion Notes Across Europe
Ladies in Copenhagen and Stockholm rise as notable photographers with royal patrons, while Paris, New York and Chicago fashion scenes highlight black fabrics, camel hair, and spring dress silhouettes. The piece covers photographers, dress textiles, and evolving jewelry trends in a period style.
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Copenhagen
Venmark
Stockholm
Sweden
New York Press
Fough
Paris
Chicago Post
England
Elegantes
L Brooke
Chicago Herald
The Flower Business of Scilly. A Spring Bloom Odyssey
The flower season runs January through June on Scilly, with St. Mary’s at the center of the bloom rush. Workers pluck, dry, and pack tens of thousands of blooms in hot rooms, then load the packs for a dawn departure to Penland and a special train to deliver perfume and beauty to wealthy tables and invalids in busy cities.
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Scilly
St. Mary's
Perhips
Penzance
Slice
Chamber
Household Cookery and Pastry Care From Old Receipts
A collection of practical tips on keeping pastry moist with a damp cloth, with mutton dinner advice and closet height notes. Includes multiple recipes for Cocoanut Cake Corn Meal Gems Baked Indian Pudding Potato Cakes Appice Cream Beef Tea Sago or Tapioca Soup and guidance on boiling meat and preparing broths.
Forty in history and daily life a curious record
A miscellany notes forty as a significant number in religion law alchemy and daily customs. It cites Noah Moses Jesus and Jonah with forty day periods as well as a Berlin habit regulator and old remedies for coughs and nerves. The piece blends trivia with ads for patent medicines and tonics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Moses
Canaan
Elijah
Jezebel
Jonah
Nineveh
Jesus
Tolstoi on peasant death at Jasnaja-Pojana
Octave Houdaille recalls Leo Tolstoi describing a Russian peasant death as a serene release from pain. He notes the wax taper, the calm face, and the peasant’s enduring inner peace despite weeks of illness, viewing death as relief from trouble.
Picture of health from Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weak ness and chronic menstrual and related disorders. It claims guaranteed satisfaction with money back if not effective, and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for headaches liver issues and digestive ailments.
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Kright
Trea
Finer & Co
Bixcuanton
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
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