A Night on the Chickahominy and a Soldier’s Farewell
From June 28, 1862, a narrator recalls a brutal day in battle and the quiet moments afterward. Teddy McKelvie, a young soldier, is shown caring for his mother and facing death with courage, while Captain Acton’s later mercy offers a human counterpoint to the chaos. The piece closes with a reflective note on war’s cost and a brief humorous aside about a political anecdote and a molasses-taster's vanity.
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Cay
Teddy McKelvie
Teddy
Ted
Captain Acton
McKelvie
Acton
Tec
MecKelvie
Cor
Chickahominy
Margie
Lea
Jack- 600
Manva L. Crocker
Diverse facts mix of demographics and notices
A collage of figures and vignettes: California ex soldiers and graves nationwide, Washington Monument visitors since October, Ventura county lima bean output valued at 400000, widows to widowers ratios in England and France, Guthrie population and commerce, Julia Merlow with Col Ingersoll in Connecticut, Emperor William's diet and tastes, Chicago to deploy five female sanitary police, and a medical ad urging Hood's Sarsaparilla for skin eruptions.
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California
Washington Monument
Ventura County
England
France
Guthrie
Julia Merlow
Mary Anderson
Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Connecticut
William
Germany
Chicago
Odds and Ends Humorous Snippets From Old Newspapers
A collage of odd anecdotes and street humor from turn of the century papers. A deadpan undertaker quip, a child’s gripe about medicine bottles sold to druggists, two Irish visitors at a dime museum misreading a sign, and a tale of a disruptive child on a train amid onlookers debating a spanking. A cautious Uncle Mose meets a ward meeting joke.
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Tim
Terry
Boston
Mose
Darkey
Austin Avenue
Household Cleaning Tips From Antique Advice Column
To enhance stove luster add sugar or alum to the lead. Remove cup stains by scouring with fine coal ashes. Mix lime free from grit with alcohol and apply with leather for polished steel. Chamois wash in warm water without soap, rinse, then pull and stretch to dry. Molasses on grass stains lifts them in wash. silverware stays bright with clear water, not soapsuds. Tarnish prevention uses a dry polish of collodion in alcohol, applied with a soft brush, and finishing with a fineret or chalk on chamois.
Suit sale offers heavily discounted all wool menswear
For a week we sell our ten twelve and fifteen dollar light weight suits at seven seventy six, closing out stock despite a loss of three to five dollars per suit. Suits guaranteed all wool in plain cheviots casimeres and new patterns. Boys and children’s suits reduced to these prices. Original Eagle five and seven West Washington Street.
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Eagle
Washington St
Advice to Mothers: Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad
A nostalgic 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and diarrhea. It claims to soothe the child and ease wind colic while softening gums and curing discomfort, priced at 25 cents per bottle.
The Sun Ads Offer Free or Low-Cost Inserts
The Sun notes a shift in advertising, urging readers that it is extravagant to pay high prices for want ads when the paper offers free or nominally priced insertions, appealing to cost-conscious individuals.
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Sun
Cure by Dr. Jordan Restores Blacksmith After Severe Lung Pain
A Johnson county blacksmith recounts a near death experience from a congested lung after eight weeks of severe cramps. He credits Dr. J.S. Jordan of 254 W Seventh St and 11/2 West Washington St with a rapid recovery and years of good health. Jordan is highlighted for worldwide fame and many patients seeking his treatment.
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George W. Clark
SUN
Johnson County
2. S. Jordan
West
Washington St
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