Notable Wealth and Power in 19th Century America
The piece surveys prominent figures and households, noting Henry Villard’s combined railroad salary exceeds 80 000 per year, General Getty’s retirement, John Logan Jr. name change, Dr Phillip L Jones’s million-dollar Brooklyn death, Lebanon Iowa matriarch with forty grandchildren, Catharine Wolfe’s day’s income, a Nashville beauty suit against the Daily American, Hanlan’s frugal training regime, and the growing wealth of Congress members including Lyman Washburn Bowen Sabin Dolph Colquitt Gibson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Villard
Northern Pacific Railroad
G. W. Getty
Fortress Monroe
John A. Logan
Manning
West Point
John A. Logan, Jr
Chicago
Phillip L. Jones
Brooklyn
Lebanon
Philadelphia
Newport
Catharine L. Wolfe
Providence
Journal
United States Circuit Court
Nashville
Tenn
Alice Marguerite King
Daily American
Hanlan
N.Y
Congress
Col. Lyman
Massachusetts
Washburn
Minnesota
Don Cameron
Bowen
Colorado
Sabin
Connecticut
Dolph
Oreron
Colquitt
Gearaia
Gibson
Louisiana
Senate
Blair
Frye
Kenna
Jones
Florida
Riddleberger
Chicago Tribune
Humorous Snippets and Gossip From Page Readings
A collage of light vignettes and quips from papers including Mrs Smith on world population, a pug dog dialogue, schoolroom jokes about adieu, a tongue in cheek note on making a wife insane, a station meet mischief, and a tale of vanity after a baseball star’s autograph chase. A debtor’s cash talk ends with a punchline about trusting for clothespins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. VY
Johnnie
Boston Post
The
Christian At Work
Zowell
John
Chicago
Burlington
Banning Trains by Signal Reveals Old Dispatch Rules
An interview with an elderly train dispatcher explains the three division system on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy line, how trains obtain orders by telegraph, and how “wild” or extra trains are run. It notes risks from careless operators and the ease of misreading signals, with examples of holding schedules to accommodate exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago
Mendota
Galesburg
Quincy
Burlington
Aurora
Smith
John Smith
Extra
Brown
Hinsdale
Jones
Naperville
Riverside
Daily News
Chicago News
House slides down hillside after undermining in Marshfield
In Marshfield Oregon Samuel Wright and George H Williams built a frame hillside home for their ten children and families. The undermining failed one evening causing the house to slide during their first supper. Mrs Wright was badly burned when the cooking stove fell on her. Mrs Williams’s daughter also burned. Others escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Oregon
Samuel Wright
George H. Williams
Various Patent Remedies and Medical Claims in Ad Form
A collage of old advertisements touts St Jacobs Oil as a great pain cure for horses and humans, asserts self cure for rheumatism, and promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets. It includes endorsements, notes on catarrh relief via Ely's Cream Balm, organ news, soaps, dyes, and a mix of quips about headlines and currency. Mentions Swift's Specific, Brown's Iron Bitters, and other tonics with mixed testimonials and contact prompts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Hollis
Boston
Mass
St. Jacobs
Dr. Pierce
Western stock markets and cures for ailments ad
Readers are urged to trust the Kans as City Live Stock Indicator as the top authority on livestock grain and produce markets with a subscription offer through January 1885 at $1.50 and a free ranch map. Also included are snippets promoting Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Brown’s Iron Bitters and Rough on Corns with sale details and testimonials from Arkansas and Rock Hill spot mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chapter I Illness and Bilious Fever Fragment
The readable text notes a chapter heading about illness, mentioning bilious fever and a year of sickness. It preserves a fragmentary OCR reading without new facts or dates.
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Lucky Spooney
Hudson
Boston Bloods
Georgia
Philadelphia Record
Ely
J. O. TicHenon
Elizabeth, N. J
Riga
Granfather
Detroit Tree Press
Glenn
Hill
Durane
R. K. Helphenstine
Washington, D. C
Duston Post
Swift
D. P. Hunt
It Law
Atlanta, Ga
N. C. Araphic
New Bern, N. C
G. W. Offley
N. O. Picayune
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry CO
Fourth and Locust Sts
St. Louis
St. Goris
General Markets
Kansasas City
Kansaas
Ererorer
Missouri
New York
Charles A. Vogeler CO
A. Vocelen 4 Co
Baltimore
U.S.A
Uisuing
Addres
CEIAS
W. Scott
MI. D
Kansas City, Mo
Hostetter
Stomtech Bitters
Jonge
Rista
Hosterter
W. Richards
E. E. Mendes & CO
Weat Fifth Street
Kansans City
Creaner
Uri
Priceé Druggists
Ely Brothers
Owego
West
Wiuy
London
England
Utile Dulce Publishing
P. O
Ted
Reed’s
Steble OF Music
State Street
Western Agents’ Supply Co
Dr. Chase
W.hamilton & CO
Ann R, Mich
B.M. WooLcey
M.D
Atlanta
J. C. McCardy & Co
St. Louis, Mo
Cuas Expers
Sheriff St
Arkansas
Arkansaw Traveller
Rock Hm
8. C
J. S. White
Repdping
Price Ec
Russia
Turkey
Gov't
G. & C. Merriam & CO
Springfield
Fred A. Toomee M
Perry, Houston Co
Swift Specific Co
Wilgon
Demorest
W. Jennings Demorest
Mth
St. N. Y
W. J. Horne
Wabash Av
P.O
T. Ae Sloclim
Pearl St
F.A. M
Slau
A.M. Redding &Co
Masone Publishers and Manufacturers
Broadway
New Yorke
Kent Poral
Anakesib
Wobbly Knitting Machine Co
Tremont Street
Cmuapfin & CO
Richmond
Virginia
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Agenta
Chas. Thompson
Macon, Ma
Eienstitute
Incorporaed
DH. F. L. Pond
Kane Co
H. G. Root
America
AL. Mason
J. GC
Rippatu
Apecimen
RE. Jones Bios, & CO
W.T. Fitzgerald
F Street
Washington,dc
LAW Threshers
MILLS
Honst Ponsns
Aultman & Tylor Co
Manafield
Ullo
DYER
Isary
Eerely Rhith & Cos
Burnham
Dxample
Jay Bronson
Detxurr
Lanton & CO
Dayton, O
Moody's New Tailor System of
Moody & Co, Cinelnuatl
Dublin
R. Fitzparrice
Malden, Mass
Dakota
Nebraska
Kangas
PJ. Sord&co
Chew
U.S
Konda
Renecenea Tobacco
Middletown
Ohio
Sheridan
Sohnson & CO
Boson Electric
Fdsons
Electric Fabric CO
Beekman Street
Piso S
Lacey
Washington, D.C
W. Ziegler & CO
True & Co
Augusta, Me
Gio Fk
Oeepee Ee
A.N.K
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