Allerton Endorses Hot Springs Water and Health Value
Chicago capitalist Samuel W. Allerton praises Hot Springs South Dakota as superior for rheumatic and skin ailments. He recounts his wife’s relief after treatment and notes the town’s wholesome climate and scenery. He predicts Hot Springs could become a premier U S health resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Allerton
Chicago
Burlington Route 2
Star
Buld
United
Spencer
Here
Hot Springs
Arkansas Hot Springs
United States
Fis
Traditions and Customs of Christmas and Easter
The article traces Christmas and Easter customs from early Christian times to modern observations. It notes Yule logs, cattle kneeling at Bethlehem, the Christmas tree from Germany, and historical figures like the Lord of Misrule. It also connects festive songs and carols to old waifs and village gift customs and ends with humorous character hat superstitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Germany
England
Scott
France
Scrogge
The Unnecessary Thing and Cruel Necessity
A wrangle about needless speech opens with a judge and orator claiming redundancy only to persist in lengthy argument. The editor, preacher, and poet join the refrain, pondering why one should repeat what is not needed. The piece questions the purpose of unnecessary discourse.
Flowing artesian well near Pierre yields hot mineral water
A 400 gallon per minute flow was struck at the Government artesian well of the Indian School near Pierre at 1125 feet. The water matches Hot Springs Higex Hills water at 92 degrees and high magnesium content. Gas accompanying the flow makes it useless for fire protection as it will ignite if light is applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Higex Hills
Minocapolis Journal
How They Worked Home and Famous Writers Musicians
The article contrasts habits of writers and composers. Scott wrote before breakfast, Paganini tuned to alter pitch, Thackeray sought mental protest, Beethoven wrote in public spaces, Heine faced later infirmity, Rossini composed anywhere even in bed during poverty, illustrating diverse working methods and dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Paganini
Thackeray
Beethoven
Heine
Rossini
Quotations Mix Across Papers Highlight Oddities
A collage of witty lines from various papers notes undertaker wages, condolence resolutions, opportunities lost against runaway teams, bolts and politics, gendered stenography, and manners of polite people. The snippets reflect period-typical humor and editorial voice without a single cohesive event.
Violet fragrance drives man to drunken delight
A gentleman recalls a party anecdote where a man becomes intoxicated not by liquor but by inhaling violets. He buys many violets, brings them to his room, and through their fragrance feels exhilarated as if about to have the jim-jams.
Opal Jewel From Australia Captures Public Awe
A New York jeweler showcases a rare opal from Southern Australia carved in relief as a flying female figure. The stone shines with cloudlike color and seems to fly through a blaze of sunset, as large as a woman's palm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Australia
Great Spanish Oak Yields 60-Foot Timber to Georgetown
A Spanish oak eight feet in diameter near Georgetown Delaware was felled and squared into a sixty foot long two by two timber. Cutting and hauling cost seventy one dollars with fourteen mules and a yoke of oxen used to move it to the railroad. Indiana Mineral Springs in Warren County promotes a health resort with a $150000 hotel bathhouse offering magnetic mud baths and cures for rheumatism and other ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Sussex County
Del
Indiana Mineral Springs
Warren County
Indiana
Chicago & Eastern
Chicago
H. L. Kramer
P. O. Box A
Ind
Carlisle Replies Cheerfully to Polled Crowd at Office
A humorous note recalls Secretary Carlisle asking about crowded offices and replying that they did not object to crowds at the polls. The item also mentions employment advice from BRF Johnson & Co and a vaccine voting note from Norway. It ends with an advertisement for Small Bile Beans and a naval seamen statistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
BRF Johnson & Co
Richmond
Ancient Tel el Amarna tablets deciphered at Amnenophis IV ruins
The Tel el Amarna tablets number 320 and date to about 1480 B C from Palestine under Egyptian garrisons. They describe attacks by Armenia Nil Shinar Hittites Merush and Kadesh and note Hebrews from the desert and Mount Seir. Names align with Joshua including Jabin and Sisera. The letters show rulers pleading for Egyptian troops to hold Phoenician and Palestinian cities, but aid failed and land fell to invaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel-el-Amarna
Nile
Cairo
Amd
Amnenophis IV
Palestine
Egypt
Armenia
Nil
Shinar
Merush
Kadesh
Abirl
Desert
Mount Seir
Jabin
Ses-Ra
Sisera
Phenicia
Books and ads offer discounted Hecht literature travel set
The notice advertises sending Hecht literature for summer outings along the Wisconsin Central Lines with 12 cents per book and prepaid discounts for the full list. It lists ten titles, notes color covers, and instructs sending with address to Jas. C. Penn in Chicago. It includes a coffee consumption stat and ads Hall's Catarrh Cure offering a $100 reward and a note on a new substance valzin from Berlin claimed to be 200 times sweeter than sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lne
Wisconsin Central
Mal “Freron
Ciael Halifaz
Miss Muock
Pompeii
Bulwer Lytton
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tom Brown
Thomas Hughes
Jas. C. Penn
Gen’l Pass
Tkt
Wis. Cent. Lines
Chicago
F. J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Berlin
Jules Verne Said Native of Warsaw in French Tale
The text claims Jules Verne is a Warsaw native and notes the French name meaning beech as the patronymic element. It adds his real name is said to be Olchewitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Verne
Warsaw
Dano
Olchewitz
August Flower advertised by Post Master in Pavilion Centre
A post master in Pavilion Centre New York promotes August Flower as a superior medicine. He claims it improves appetite and digestion by healing the stomach and notes the stomach is the body’s reservoir affecting organs like the liver kidneys lungs heart head and nerves. He urges readers to use August Flower and mentions the paper was aware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. A. Bond
P. M
Pavilion Centre
N.Y
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China
Camberwell
London
Smith
Hiram C.wheeter
Odebolt Sac Co
Bells
California
Salt Lake City
Rickapon Indian Medicine Co
Heaty & Bigelow
New Haven
Swift
Lee
S.S.S
Emedy
Ina F. Stiles
Palmer
Kansas City
Swift Spcific Company
Atlanta, Ga
IBAS
Yonkers Statesman
Minerva
Elmira Gazette
Cleveland Plaindealer
Picayune
Detroit Tribune
Philadelphia Kovord
Norway
New Yorks
Mr. Moody
R.D. Wheeler
Winooski Falls
Vtsaya
Hood
I. D. Wheeler
D.whrecen
Win
California Fig Syrup Co
Une
CHI
Touri Tie
ALO Wyo
Best
Interm
Stern Bts
Agtey
Weland
Ric
Mediate
K. Wilber
West Pas Agty
Gatarre
KLY
Warren Bt. N
Carter
Alonne
Blackmar’s
Ux City
Iowa
Sioux City
Pearl Street
Wat Snyder
Minneapolis
Saint Paul
Minnesota
Wood
Lotter
Walter A. Wood Harvester Company
Minneapolis Harvester Works
Walter A. Wood
Hoosick Falls
Walter A. Woop
Omaha
Sixty-third Street
Princeton Avenue
Englewood
Jonza
Pennmusual Life
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Juder
Br Jumnson & CO
Mehmond
Potter’s
Sayre Health
Ivo
FIM
Annie
Blackman
Liowa
Wahrig Rok Panthunans
Soux City Newspaper Union
Towa
N.U
Ate
Penna Sal Mb' Co. Gen. Agts
Phila
3Ge
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