The Doctor's Visit From Old Holland Christmas
A vivid 19th century scene shows Dr Hasbrouck visiting a Dutch farm for a tooth extraction after a heavy Christmas feast. The doctor’s procession, the rustic Vander donk family, and the festive couching in a curiously rough social setting reveal era customs, humor, and resilience amid mud, schnapps, and extended family dining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Jones
Teddy
Suydam Hill
Anchour
Jock Vandardonk
Woosa Buxom
Handsoma Vreau
Sil
Dozsn Vanderdonks
Eizes
Jock
Vraun
Dominis
Huydacopar
World travels and society notes in 19th century prose
A collection of brief items notes Sarah Bernhardt planning a world tour as Joan of Arc with stops in Australia China Japan and the U S. It mentions Boston a wife poisoning her husband the Cosmopolitan series by Miss Bisland New York society yacht women Detroit marrying nobility Orange New Jersey club presidents and Martha's Vineyard eccentric Nancy Luce famed for chicken tricks with a memoir and marble tombstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bernhardt
Joan of Arc
Australia
China
Japan
United States
Boston
The
Cosmopolitan
Miss Bisland
Globe-Trotter
W. K. Vanderbilt
Gaerza Gould
Lieut. Hens
William Actor
New York
Detroit
Charlotte Emarson Brown
Orange
N.J
Confederation of Women’s Clubs
Jennie Tuna
May Wright Sawall
Pittsburg
Nancy Luce
Martha’s Vineyard
Nancy
Han
Local Notes and Oddities From The Era Of Steam
A compilation of curiosities and brief items including a note on a gander near Snyder New York, price shifts in ice cream, woolen garments care for winter, a proposed 1500 foot deep well in London to study geology, a costly lip salve payment traced to Catherine the Great, French talk of a Sahara railway, a horse with a keen sense of smell, Chinese filial piety, and a new provincial insult bounder linked to tennis out of bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
N. Y
Ics
Ec Irons
London
Catharine
Gezert
Sahara
France
Africa
Horsee
China
Birds and Beasts and Foretold Etiquette Parade
A collage of odd animal tales from Florida Georgia Maine and Pennsylvania recounts a 13 year old boy shooting a seven foot eleven inch alligator in Clear Lake Florida. It notes deer and turkey totals in Lafayette county and details a tame deer chased by a mule in Abbeville Georgia. It also describes a talking dog in Chester Pennsylvania a Newfoundland that rides streetcars and a peculiar etiquette guide about dinner invitations and punctuality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Anthony
Clear Lake
Fla
Lafayette County
Florida
Suwadnee County
R. E. Wishart
Abbeville
Maine
Yarmouth Forest
Paris Preen
J. C. Ellie
Homarville
Chester
Newfoundland
Barbys Prophylactic Fluid Promises Quick Relief and Sanitation
Barbys Prophylatic Fluid offers prompt relief for burns and wounds and claims to prevent contagion in sick rooms. It touts usefulness against fevers and cholera while promoting household and medical use, with endorsements from Jon, Alex, and A. Stephens of Georgia and featuring New Designa wallpaper from Carl Moller in Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon
Alex
A. Stephens
Ga.tarby
Weds of Encouragement for Chinese Remedies Readers
Letters from afflicted readers cured by Gun Wa Chinese herbal remedies praise health gains and express willingness to publicize names. Notables include Estelle M. Bishon Chas Lartalan Henry B. Cavein Alex Davige and John R. Tull with Eliza A. Pole among others, dated April 25 1800 Tarre Harte Indiana and Polk Street records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gun Wa
Chas
Llartalan
Lictel Familten Barber Shop
Lena
Cprd
Henry B
Cawein
Alex
Davige
Polk Street
Libery
John R. Tull
Eliza A. Pol
Trains Schedule Announced for Union Station
On and after Sunday April 27 1890 trains will run as follows Central Standard Time leave from and arrive at Union Station South Tlinois Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
South Tlinols Street
Central Standard
Pittsburg
Balti
More
Washington
Philadeld
Ohio
New York
the Haat
Columbus
Richmond
Chicago
Louisville
Louisvie
Vincennes
Cairo
Vincennea
Waucdailia
ST. Louis
Thes West
Aerostar
St Tows
Greencastle
Terre Haute
Bt. Goule
Terre Naute
H. , Dering
Our City
Liingis Street
Kentucky Avenue
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Harrison Warner
McConnellsville
Baltimore
John A. Frazer
Frazer
Norristown Herald
Lewis A. Grant
Albcul Women
Odds and
Rogers’ Royal
Rogers
Boston and Hyde Park, Mass
Barby's & Prophylatic Fluid
Kew Colerings
New Designa
Carl Moller
Washington St
English’s Opera House
Edwin Bogth
Helena Modjeska
iSsi
W. U. Powers
Carroll Johnson
Endianapolis
Tomlinson All
Grand Chorus
Festival Orchestra
Carl Esrus
Mile
Clementina de Vere
Mme
Therese Herbert-Foerster
Zelda Seguin Wallace
Jules Perotti
Emil Fischer
Charles Knorr
Chas. Holman-Black
East Washington St
Big Four Ticket Office
East Market-st
Harry Fowler
West
Bates Hous
Bludbilder
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Ofaex
Ely
Pach Norte
Warren St
N.Y
Tarre Harte
Ind
Tian
Aremein
Estelle M. Bishon
Fpitrsburg
Sbelbyyhs
Fid
Chicargo, IL
Aytis
Noblesville, Ind
Ageil
Knightsville, Ind
Sam
Robert Jenkins
GMN
Indianapolis, Ind
Traveler's Register
Indianapolis Union Station
Carly
Sanday
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago & ST. Logi
Chicago & Cincinnati
T. Louis Cairo
Bath
J. H. Martin
Pullman's Vestidate
Dayton
Ubam
Toledo
North
H. J. Rhein
Docuts Mfg
Pennsylvania
E. G. West
F. Will Pantzer
Bates House Pharmacy
West Wash
Indianapolis
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo
Browning & Son
Crowamig Tm
Sun
Washington St. Houras
Pirsel
Hdodsker
North del
W. Wash-81
Bease
LE Hldridge & Co
BTC
C.il
Lilly & Stalnaker
East Washington Street
Bryce's Sweet Home
Neme
Are
Gonobracger
GLEET
M. Abbett
M. D
Virginia Ave
Erence P. S.C
Ps S
TRE Sun
P. Wells
Ereka
James Stewart
Siefer & Cth
Indianapalia
F.C. Fowler
Moodus
Tae Sun
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