Notable Lifespans and Wealth in 19th Century Echoes
A collage of brief items notes long careers and famous names. John T. Raymond marks thirty years on stage while Brooklyn’s Martin is pegged as a potential $30 million wealth holder. Charley Backus bids his wife farewell, and Walter Evans dies at ninety on a Reading farm never leaving home. Lotta seeks a European husband with ample funds. Lyman Beecher’s long life and Henry Ward Beecher’s fatherly legacy are recalled. F. M. Twombly’s Mexican Central box car home impresses, while Daniel Pearce Sr. nears fifty-two years as Justice of the Peace and a vast clan of descendants unfolds. Benjamin Cheney’s Boston wealth from express business is tied to a romantic marriage, and Henry Lahouchere mocks royal pomp. Amherst’s Dickinson family history and local governance echo through 1779 precedents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Raymond
Colonel Sellers
Brooklyn
Mr. Martin
N. Y
Eagle
Charley Backus
N. ¥. Times
Walter Evans
Reading
Philadelphia Times
Lotta
Europe
Henry Ward
Beecher
F. M. Twombly
Mexican Central Railroad
Chihuahua
Daniel Pearce
Central Falls
R. I
Daniel Pearce, Jr
New England
Boston Journal
Benjamin P. Cheney
Express
Boston Post
Henry Lahouchere
M. P
Moscow
Humorous Fragments From Puck and Independent
A collage of jokes and fragments from 19th century periodicals. Misheard lines, puns, and household quips include an Irish baseball mishap, a rural bridegroom’s broom joke, a fire drill quip, and a clock versus watch gag. Also references a Turkish pun about a Koran nation and a letter office mixup ending with a misnamed traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia News
NFL News
Reuben
Arkansaw Traveler
Niagara Falls
Chicago Herald
Detroit Post
Sydney Smith
Mary
Puck
Turkey
Sackville West
St. George’s’ Society
Punch
Mike Finnigan
Mike
Pat O’denvell
Namie
Spalpeen
Schmart
N. Y
Woman foils highwayman on Twenty second near Olive
A well dressed middle aged man tried to seize a woman’s portmanteau on Twenty second near Olive and Locust. The woman held fast, used her parasol to scare him, and the crowd chased the robber who dropped the watch he grabbed. He pleaded and claimed accident while the bystanders urged harsher action. He was released after the pursuers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-second
Olive and Locust Streets
St. Louis
Island of eggs found near San Miguel Island
Captain A Larco, a California fisherman, reports a voyage provisioning four seal stations near Santa Cruz and Miguel Islands. He describes a rock near San Miguel Island covered with guano and eggs from sea gulls shaggs and salt water ducks, yielding bushels of eggs but no market locally. He notes abundant seals and sea lions and a colony of Chinamen drying fish for shipment to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Larco
California
Santa Cruz and Miguel Islands
San Miguel
Santa Cruz
Larec
Boston Journal
Perilous Adventure of a Baby at Market Street Window
The one and a half year old son of Mr Pierce of this city nearly fell to the street yesterday morning. While lying on a sofa in night clothes beside a window facing the police station his night gown snagged on a nail in the sill and his body hung suspended in the air. Mrs Pierce turned just in time to see the danger, screamed, and fainted after the boy was rescued by neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pierce
Pierce
Market Street
Watermelons and the plantation climate tale
An Arkansas planter recounts failed water melon ventures with blunt racial stereotypes. He describes losing money after relying on Black workers, then attempting solo labor, and finally seeing stolen crops as displaced families move into river cabins. The tale, quoted from Detroit Free Press via AM. Quad, reflects harsh attitudes of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Crittenden County
Cairo
Quad
Detroit Free Press
Lesson in debt folly from 1872 balance sheet tale
In panicky 1872 Baltimore a dealer sought a friend’s counsel on settling with creditors. The adviser shows a math error in assets versus liabilities, urging honesty and dollar-for-dollar payment. The tale ends with the man settling for twelve cents on the dollar after years. Also noted Sir Robert Carden, ex Lord Mayor of London, was run over by a cab yet uninjured at eighty seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Wall Street News
Robert Carden
London
General Markets and miscellaneous notices
An assorted newspaper fragment includes an advertisement for Inventors’ Handbook Free by N W Fitzgerald Solicitor Washington DC, a satirical quote, hay fever remedies Ely’s Cream Balm and Ely’s Dream Balm with testimonials, a line about a courting Swain, a Boston Courier joke collection, and a claim that Buchu-Paiba cures kidney and bladder complaints.
A Queen of the Stage Maude Granger Plans Summer Tour
Miss Maude Granger, famed for emotional roles, announces a season starting in Chicago on July 1, then San Francisco and a full run across Eastern and Western states. She credits restored health and a method to sustain it, endorsing Warner's Safe Cure as essential to her stamina on tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Miss Granger
United States
Chicago
San Francisco
Legion
America
Warner
New York
Brooklyn
Union Square Theater
Boston Globe
Booth
John McCullough
Juliet
Camille
Rosalind
Cicely Blaine
Rome
Antonia
Favorite Prescription boosts cure claims in ads
Letters and ad blurbs tout Dr. Pierce products and other patent remedies. Testimonials claim cures for various ailments, with references to Brown's Iron Bitters, Wells' Rough on Corns, and Wise's Axle Grease, plus consumer quips and light jokes.
Gents Refrigerator Clothing and Patent Remedies Premise
A Pitts burgh Telegraph item notes a clothier offering Gents Refrigerator Clothing and a chest protector. It references Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets for cleansing blood and constipation. Various quips about conscience, Brown's Iron Bitters, and Wells Health Renewer appear as brief column chatter with humorous or promotional tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Telegraph
Hunt's Remedy Endorsed for Kidney Disease
Mr C H Draper of Worcester Massachusetts reports using Hunt's Remedy for kidney disease after a druggist named D B Williams Lincoln Square Worcester recommended it. Draper says the remedy works effectively and he recommends it to others with kidney or liver disease, dated April 11 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Draper
No. 23
Main Street
Worcester
Mass
D. B. Williams
Lincoln Square
Hunt
Remarkable cure claim for Hunt's Remedy appears in Worcester letter
Mr Grovet A BriRDEETT of 165 Front Street Worcester Mass reports in a dated testimonial that after trying Hunt's Remedy he, his wife, and son all experienced health improvements. He purchased the medicine at Jannery's drug store and notes continued use for the family. April 17, 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grovet A. Brirdeett
Front Street
Woorcester
Mass
USA
Hunt
Jannery
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Markets
Inventons
N.W. Fitzgerald
Washington, D. C
Nash
Ark
Chicago Tribune
Ely
Marshfield
T. S. Geer
Syracuse
N.Y
Boston Courier
Kansas City
Missouri
Reepen
Ephc
Rube
Chile
Arkax
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N
Pate R. Baxter
Iowa City
Kroxur
Iowa
E. E. Fuller
Lyon
Wise
Glenn
Eta Grove
N. C
G. N. Roberson
Wowan
Doston Times
Tennessee
Boston
Star
Isarno Thompson
Wist
Njones
Ateel
Jones
Binghamton
Rusk Eth
Twombly Knitting “Lachine Co
Tremont Street
Aruggigte
Owego
Sena
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Ohio
Arket
Aemuch Clover
Vic Mane Avi Tor
Victor Illustra
Mal! Newary! Machine Co
Aultman & Taylor Co
Mansfield
Amelia
MM. Young
Greenwich St
Cehesboago Musical College
Central Music Hall
F. Ziegfeld
Fuarsemans Medical College
Great Hommopathic School
E. S. Barney
Michigan Ave
ALL Seminary
Lexington
J. A
Quanles
A. B
Detroit
Mich
Hall
Parsons
S. Johnson & CO
Hagan
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
P. W. Ziegler & CO
Axents
Economy Printing Co
Newbury Port
Hok
Particu
M. WooLsey
M.D
Atlanta, Ga
Carr Co
Peart St
Staxopago
de. J
True & Co
Augusta
Itterese
Rina
Sara Sara Cures
Warseoal
StLouie Mo
H Hallett & Vo
Portland
ALN. KD
Ivhey
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