Great Female Friend and Remedies Aid Suffering Lady
Mrs L Rees Colesburg Potter County Pa credits Dr Carey Son remedies with a full cure from a severe female illness after years of doctors and bed confinement. She and neighbor Mrs Harris praise Female Friend Prickly Ash and Tag Alder Blood and Liver Purifier and urge others to seek relief, with notes of local druggists selling the medicines in 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Horwellsville
N. Y
Dr. Carey & Son
C. J. Stuless
Mag. F
Rigby
Main St
Mies, Potter Co
Mars
N. D. Monro
Philtapsburg, Centre Co
Cole
Ansonia
Tioga County
Thompson
Phillipsburg
Centre County
Wents
Coopersport
Potter County
Mus
L. Rees
Colesburg
Deannot
Dean
Christmas Superstitions Across Ireland and Rail Lore
In Ireland and Europe, popular beliefs link animals, inanimate objects, and events to Christmas fortune. Tales include the ass and cock signaling the season, the dara dael’s devilish mischief, the lizard’s supposed healing power, and omens at bridges and May days. Irish workers and tinkers face stigma, evictions spur the Fire of Stones ritual, and trains show railway superstition through a notorious engine once called 222.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Europe
St. Peter
Christ
Judas
Chicago News
Coroner recounts how quick poison worked on two doctors
Deputy Coroner Scholer describes a near-fatal exposure to prussic acid in Miss Mary Van Orden's room. He and Dr. J F Terriberry sniffed the almond-flavored toxin, grew pale, fainted, and were treated with magnesia, brandy, ammonia, and hospital care. Terriberry suffered nightmares. Scholer recovered after hours of care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scholer
Miss Mary van Orden
Miss van Orden
J. F. Terriberry
Majendie
Dr. Terriberry
Ninth Avenue
Forty-eighth Street
Forty-seventh Street
Capt. Killilea
Roosevelt Hospital
Terriberry
New York Sun
Mt Jewett Office Monthly Fridays Posting
The notice states a monthly in office meeting at Mt Jewett over Thompson Bros. Co. store on Ist and Sd Fridays, from noon to 6 PM. This occurs each month as listed in the public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Jewett
Thompson Bros. & Co
Ist
30 Building Lots Offer on Kane Street South
Thirty building lots on the south side of Kane Street near the tannery have been laid out. They offer advantageous business sites to lease at moderate rates. Natural gas promises to double local prosperity as railroads, manufactures, and fertile farming country fuel growth. Now is the time to build and grow with the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane Street
French views on national sport and fencing in Paris
A Parisian visitor notes that France lacks a national game beyond horse racing and fencing. He says Americans pursue sport for discipline and government involvement, while French youth must supply their own amusements and self-discipline. He observes a constant preoccupation with the next war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia Times
The Peculiar Chair That Kept Changing
A Nashville furniture dealer recounts a lady who ordered an elegant easy chair. After repeated trials, each change made it a different firmness, and finally the chair suited her exactly without ever being altered. The owner paid and left unaware the chair had not been changed at all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna Shops
Buffalo News
Nashville
Chicago News
Hand charm across cultures linked to luck and protection
A Lon don Notes and Queries corresp describes painted hand motifs as tokens of luck and anti evil eye across regions from Tunis and Syria to Naples and Ireland. It notes Phoenician roots, appearances on Carthage votive steles, Hagia Sophia walls, and ancient Egyptian amulets, with Jews using them during Passover for interior renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis
Algiers
Syria
Naples
Capt. Conder
Carthaze
Hagia Sophia
Constantinople
Ireland
India
Swa
London Notes and Queries
Calendar ads by tobacconists spark penny profiteering
The tobacconists find an easy way to turn pennies by selling calendars produced by wholesalers as ads. Wholesalers supply stores at high cost, printing is scarce but reliable, and retailers cannot refuse extra copies when asked. Public demand grows as calendars fetch chrome prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Memorandum Question Sparks Memory Gap
A brief dialogue from the Whitehall Times features Charlie pressing for a memorandum of a remark made previously, with a responder admitting no record exists. The exchange highlights concerns over documentation and whether a note was made for a prior encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Whitehall Times
Astonishing string experiment described for ear impressions
An Arkansas Traveler note describes a simple demo using a five to six foot string. A person holds hands over the ears while another passes the string around the head and draws a fingernail over the cord to create intense tympanic impressions. The effect is described as sharp thunder like sounds and a distant prolonged rumble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansaw
Annual beer output by country listed in 19th century survey
The text estimates yearly beer production in several nations. Great Britain leads at 1,050,000,000 gallons, followed by Germany at 900,000,000 and Austria at 270,000,000. Belgium, France, Russia, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway show lower figures ranging from 180,000,000 to 16,500,000 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Belgium
France
Russia
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Switzerland
Norway
German rescues Capri girl from cliff edge tale
An observant German tourist in Capri saves a young woman from leaping to death after urging her to live. The next day he repeats the tragedy when he discovers the same scene, only to be interrupted by an artist painting nearby. The vignette appears in English Illustrated Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quisiana
Capri
English Illustrated Magazine
Eggs Found In Loggerhead Turtle Nest On Beach
The turtle laid 139 eggs in a sand cone near high tide and returned to sea shortly before landing. Eggs measure about 1.5 inches, appear like white rubber balls, and the breeding season runs May to August with possibly 180 eggs in a first lay. Locals harvest eggs yearly, and humans can interrupt the process only by force, though the turtle must finish laying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chclonia Caretta
Popular Science Monthly
Banking by check becomes fashion among frugal men
A New York Mail and Express report notes that men of limited means increasingly use bank accounts and payments by check. Savings banks rarely permit withdrawals by check while many national banks require $500 to open a current account, some large banks $1000 to 5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail
I Express
The Forcing System in Schools Sparks Debate
Mary J. Holmes criticizes harsh school routines in the New York Mail and Express, arguing that six hours of rote study leave little time for outdoor exercise or family dialogue. She contends the system harms health, beauty, and true learning, urging reform for girls’ education and well rounded development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Euclid
Mary J. Holmes
New York Mail and Express
Valeting, Dismissal, and the Dark Side of Service
A London Truth piece critiques the practice of valeting arguing it degrades both parties. The writer recalls a case of a lady’s maid named Vincent dismissed for refusing to lace a mistress’s boots and shares reflections on the ethics and absurdities of servitude. The anecdote about a waiter in Italy underscores the paradoxes of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent
Morgan
Maj. Pendennis
Major
Morgam
Italy
London
Simple experiment shows earth’s rotation using powder in a bowl
A method described in the German Journal explains proving the earth’s spin by placing a bowl of water with lycopodium powder on the floor. A straight line drawn on the powder shifts westward relative to a fixed reference, demonstrating the earth’s eastward rotation.
Maccaroni Versus Alcoholism in Philadelphia Focus
A prominent Philadelphia physician and vegetarian argues against alcoholism, asserting that no man who eats a pound of macaroni daily can be truly depraved or morally compromised. The remark frames diet as a public Health factor in temperance discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mien, Potter and Tioga Counties
Mrs. Harris
THE
KANE
Rito
Nate-Cutting
Begus
Old Reliable Company
Mr. Howells
Holiday Presents
Home, Sweet
Home
Windowshaies, Glass, &c
J.A. Vollmer
Elder Downs
St. Nicholas
Land Office
Cuisha K. Kane
E. D. Kane
Harentsson & al, Trustees
Magowan’s
Mount Jewett
Farrs
Vermorre
Seam Lin
SE Abd ' Ha
Mt. Jewett Gas Co
Sprig Water Co., of
Family Story
America
Yankee Blade
Liam Walter Foss
Husmorons
Americs
Faney
Eva M. Miles
Fta
TNE
United States
Potter & Cpper
Mk Street
Boston
Mass
LUNG
Mary Gallagher
South
Bethlehem, Pa
Maccaroni
Alcoholism
Pioneer Hardware Store
General Hardware
T Tholesale and Retail
T. Struthers, J.C. Wella
A. UH. Mkeenvy, J. RR. Jefferson
Struthers
Ron
Warren, PA
Struthers, Wells & Co., Proprietors
Lew Mill
Well End Tannery
Champion
Ieee Cexman
Greenland
Pennsylvania
Front Street
Episcopal Church
High Street
Hazel
Laurel
Agriculturist
Grouth
American Agriculturist
Munkaesy
Publishers
David W. Judd
Broadway
J.D. Magowan
Kane, Penna
Itas
Kane. Cas Licht and Heating CO
AND
Fraley Street
Methodist Church
Howells
James M’dade
Tlouwur
Sioes
Bate
Kane, PA
Hane Drug Store
Fraley ST
Kame, PA
V. Gillis
Boston Shoe Store
Boots & Shoes
M. Flynn
E. Ulman
Tobnarceos
Kane Bank
Gentral
Smethport, PA
F. N. Taylor
Prop
Fleming
John Fleming
Prop’r
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!