Names of Rivers and Place Names Explained
A collage of etymologies for river and place names, translating Native terms like Roanoke as sea shell and Potomac as Place of Burning Pine, plus notes on Greene River, Kentucky, and the Atchafalaya in Louisiana. Also blanketed are cures for deafness, ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure, and assorted quotes and notices from 1890s publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Merrimack
Muskegon
Nebraska
Suwanee
San Jos
Todlan
Chautauqué Lake
Greene River
Kentucky
Nathaniel Greene
Kentucky River
Louisa
Buchess
Cumberland
Potomac
Atchafalaya River
Louisiana
Colorado River
Yazoo
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Th. Hall
Figs Brand Pure Liquid Laxative Promises Health Ease
A vintage ad extols Figs as a pure liquid laxative offering comfort and health benefits. It claims quick adaptation to the user, cleansing the system, relieving headaches and fevers, and curing constipation. The text touts medical approval and broad sale by druggists, with a note printed on every bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dragcona cc U
Long Lost Manuscripts and Ancient Vaults of Russia
Long discussion on a quest to find Ivan IV manuscripts in subterranean caverns beneath the Kremlin. The piece cites Russian reverence for the Kremlin, historic devastations, and hopes of uncovering ancient documents from Mongol and Rus princes, with concerns about dampness and worm damage. Includes unrelated notes on swimming Cavalry on the Cabul river and a anecdote about W. H. Smith and a dockyard boy. Also mentions Father Hennepin’s early coal discovery in Illinois per McFarland and St. Louis Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan IV
the Terrible
Louis XI
Russia
Kremlin
Napoleon
Peter the Great
Boris Godounof
Dimitri
Cicero
Cesar
Tacitus
Alexander III
America
McFarland
Illinois
Hennepin
St. Louis Republic
Nearby dance hall rumor sparks Sunday music talk
A reader reports a local dance hall near the corner with lively Sunday night music. They caution the space may not be a carefully labeled concert venue and urge neighbors to verify details.
Curious Mix of Parasitic Notes and Theater Photographs
The item lists varied tidbits from science notes on zinc extraction and milk quality to episodes of military disruption in Athens and Copenhagen. It blends light humor with short anecdotes, including a Broadway theater audience photograph advancement and quick quips about daily life and science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Athens
Copenhagen
Prince George
Broadway Theater
Rockwood
Mr. Rockwood
Discharged for No Cause Sparks Strange Exchange
A terse exchange ends with a light note as Mrs Yearned pleads for a doctor while an employee protests a discharge. The clerk and employer navigate a quirky moment with wit and ambiguity, leaving the reader amused by the misfit dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gladstone
Queen Victoria
Rudyard Kipling
Mark Twain
J.T. Trowbridge
Yorru
Comwrnstow
Boston
Mass
Hunery Higgins
Weary Watkins
Cabul
Peshawar
D. C. O. Bengal Lancers
W. H. Smith
Admiralty
London
Argonaut
Tommie
Hegeman
Clark Co
New Haven
Duke de Cay
Miss Catchum
Piso
Hanson
Cruggist
Dix
United States
Iwder GO
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main St
Buffalo
Scott
Scott & Bowne
H. Y
Douglas
Mee
Brockton
Colche
Colchester
Iter Rubber CO
Naete
Normandy
Danish Dairy System
ELGIN
R. Lespin
W. Lane
Ulinok Dairy Association Chican
Iene
Chicago
RES of Gold
Hurbank
Stark
Ned
NSIO
Washington
B.C
WRU. le
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