Notable Obituaries and Anecdotes From Late 19th Century Papers
A collage of brief notices and anecdotes. Dick Tweed in Paris asylum. Morse widow in Poughkeepsie suburb. Miss Goffe’s suicide in Chambersburg Me. Mrs. Thompson’s divorce claim of deafening abuse. Amos Eno’s mother dies aged 99 in New Britain Conn. Walter Betts’ suicide after years of caregiving. regular Sunday flowers at Greenwood Cemetery by a Brooklyn man. John Quincy Adams salary and later years. Henry Farnam wills Chicago property to Yale. Mrs. Folson weaving and spinning in Vienna Maine. Clara Louise Kellogg’s child stage debut in Birmingham with editor Newson’s quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Dick Tweed
Paris
N. Y. Sun. Co
Samuel F. B. Morse
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Chambersburg
Goffe
Boston Post
Kate Thompson
Chicago
Herusband
Melvin A.thompson
Chicago News
Salmon Eno
Amos R. Eno
New York
New Britain
Conn
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn Hagle
John Quincy Adams
United States
Congress
Capitol
Chicago Herald
Henry Farnam
New Haven
Arnam
Yale College
Parthenia R. Folson
Vienna
Doston Transcript
Clara Louise Kelloge
Birmingham
Thomas M. Newson
Daily Journal
N. Y. Graphic
Nonsense and Wit Embedded in 19th Century Snippets
A collage of humorous quotes and dialogues from era newspapers and magazines. It parodies fashion hygroscopicity, classroom banter on Thermopyx, experiences in fashion, and societal etiquette. Includes jokes from Chicago Tribune, Boston Post, London Punch, and Louisville Courier-Journal with a Detroit Post quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown Herald
Chicago Tribune
Boston Post
Hendleman
Robertson
London Punch
William
Katrina
Louisville Courier-Journal
Colergy
Mr. Brown
Farmers Learn From Mistakes And Guard Against Them
Massachusetts Plowman argues farmers should report both failures and successes to avoid repeated mistakes. The piece highlights errors in farm selection, crop placement, breed choices, locality suitability, and market packaging, urging open discussion, careful self review, and the avoidance of overconfidence. It notes many costly missteps, including weed management, seed depth, and marketing practices, with emphasis on truthful reporting to sustain trust and improve methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Res
Mariner
New England
Massachusetts
Plowman
Obscure Medical Claims and Miscellany From Puff Pieces
A compilation of anecdotes and quips ranges from a St Louis claim favoring St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism to a Detroit Post spoof about gossip phrases. It also notes youth indulgence linked to nervous debility, a jail escape via stove pipe, a Dr Pierce remedy claim, and a cartoonish giraffe joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chronicle
Alfred J. Papin
St. Jacobs
Advertisements for Patent Medicines and Jewelry Catalogs
A dense string of outcry medical and consumer ads tout patent tonics Brown's Iron Bitters and Swift's Specific S.B. for various ailments, plus testimonials and a lengthy jewelry catalog invitation from Mermod & Jaccard in St. Louis. The clipped prose lists doctors, towns, and promotional claims, ending with a prompt to visit in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry CO
Fourth and Locust Sts
St. Louis
Jewelry Inc
Solip
Consumption and Hall’s Balsam Advertisements
A health column extols consuming and curing lung disease with Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs, claiming centuries of use and dramatic cures. Personal testimonial cites Ely's Cream Balm relief for catarrh. An aside promotes Wells’ Health Renewer for dyspepsia and vigor in thin men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Journal of Health
Wm. Hall
Ely
W. C. Mathews
Justice of the Peace
Shenandoah
Iowa
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Jessamine County
Kentucky
General Markets
Kansas City
Say
Missouri
York
Ginus
Detroit Post
Buffalo
N. Y
Williamsport
N. C. Picayune
Dr. Pierce
Swift
J. H. Bahrr
Denver
Col
Oil City
Sherorcan
Wis
B. Myers
Boston Transcript
Wap.Ley
A. L. Battle, Jr
W. J. Roplinson
N. Ga
Twovuen
East River
Redding
Russia
Abottle
Charles A. Vogeler
John Bull
Smith
Bull
Main St
Louisville
Ely Brothera
Ruggists
Owego
Lyona
Fair Goddess
Arcadia
ARCA
Tanene
Freda
Toomer
Perry, Houston Co
TOE Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
W. Jennings Demerest
East 14Th &T
Asreaa
Illustrated Cable
SON Sewing Machine Co
Jones
Binghamton
T. B. Perrine
Agenta Warted
Kansas City, Mo
M. Woolley
M.D
W. Richards
E. E. Mendes & CO
West Fifth Street
Lancas City
Tomers Wieers
Bcrossia
Piso
Drag Peo
Twombly Kuliteing “Machine Co
Tremont Street
Boston
Maas
A.d.packaxp
Weaton
Admore Gates
Fess City Nuspember Co
Cincinnati,o
Gmith & CO
Abe
Reed
Florida
Ardman
Palatka
Fle
P. W. Ziegler & CO
Dr. Chase
Nysician Ton&co
C. O. Met
E. Burnham
State Street
Teara
Tateaxarny
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Britain
Arsenal
Sheridan
Johnson. & CO
Masa
America
TSA
Crryr
S. Folsom
Street
Kansas
Anakesis
Ives
Aevork
Wits
Mansfield
Media
Inca
Andaee
Come Co
Pearl
Jay Bronson
Dersorr
Mien
Racil
Aedy
Moody & UO
Cinctzasti
J. McCurdy
A.N.E
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