Bones in the human body and a lively mix of tales
The page blends anatomy rhymes about bones in the head chest limbs and mouth with fiction and humorous vignettes. It includes a Nativity style tale of a girl named Kitty, a Ball Ground baseball scene essay, moral reflections on professional baseball, and lighter anecdotes about newspapers and translations.
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Kitty
Okstand
Sadie
New England
America
Greece
Phidias
Praxiteles
Apollos
England
Words on humanity and virtue from a Chicago sage
A rich moral essay urging perseverance and hard work over envy and cleverness. It stresses humility, charity, and self restraint, warns against arrogance in prosperity, and honors steady effort, duty, and humane conduct as paths to a better life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiisky
America
Fire Train Disaster and a Silent Cure Plague
Police cleared the crowd as steamer No 4 rolled toward the street. A wheel came off and the steamer overturned injuring firemen. An investigation blamed the steward for omitting the lin pin while warning that neglect in busy trade leads to huge losses. The notice ends urging readers to try Warner’s Gate Cure for fatigue and indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Journal
Why Young Men Do Not Marry
An 1883 Washington Republic piece argues bachelors pursue luxury and ease over love, while true affection prompts marriage. It contrasts Elopement risks with poets like Ophelias and Hamlets, then cites reports of failed marriages from illicit passion. It ends noting Hostetter's Almanac 1883 and 1886 editions issued by Hostetter & Co. in Pittsburgh with free mail copies.
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Incame
Kensington
Colorado Ranch
Poole
Washington Republican
Sterling Medical Annuw
Hostetter’s Almanac
United States
Mexico
Hemsphere
Hostetter
Messrs. Hostetter & Co
Pittsburgh
Pullman Palace Car Co
Mason & Uunlin Organ & Piano Co
New Orleans Exposition
London
New Orleans
Ecard
Nostage Russia Cement CO
Remarkable Oxford Dwarfs and Ghost Sighting Rumor
Readable portraits of two dwarf sisters from Oxford under four feet tall, educated and capable, with show bids rejected. Includes brief notes on a ghost story linked to Guiteau, a physician’s remedies for consumption, and a legal quip from a San Antonio case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Burns
Portland
Press
Fragmented quips and notices from a Detroit paper
A composite tease of brief exchanges and ads. A woman in a Woodward avenue store jokes about an upcoming marriage. a medical quips ad markets Red Star Cough Cure and St Jacobs Oil. a playful overheard dialogue about cremation. a 10 cent medical advisory note. and True Pennsylvania Coal and Iron Co reports purchasing 19 000 acres of coal and iron lands in Arkansas with ties to Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Woodward Avenue
Detroit Free Press
St. Jacobs
True Pennsylvania Coal and Iron Company
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Reed Pianos Aimed To Lead Chicago Music Market
Reed and Sons pianos gain high regard for tone durability after moving upper floors of Reed's Temple of Music on State Street to a piano factory. Other items include Ely's Cream Balm and Dr Walker’s California Vinegar Birrens remedies, veterinary salve, and Lyon's Heel Stiffeners with various drugstore admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Temple of Music
State Street
Chicago
Tive
Reed & Sons
Hop Bitters touted as cure for many ailments
A 19th century advertisement extols hop bitters as safe for the weak and sick from children to elderly. It claims renewed health for rheumatism kidney trouble malaria biliousness digestion and insomnia and urges timely use to keep a family robust at low cost citing testimonials from clergyman a Hol Oswego Sun and others.
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Oswego
Athlophoros Booster Claims Remarkable Rheumatism Cure
A report from Colfax Springs touts Athlophoros as a near miracle for rheumatism. Charles P. Griffin of Stuart Indiana calls the remedy transformative after a long illness and relapse. Dr L D Rounds of Oskaloosa and E Givins of Stuart endorse its efficacy and urge ordering from the Athlophoros Co New York if a local druggist lacks it.
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Colfax Springs
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Charles P. Griffin
Stuart
L. D. Rounds
Oskaloosa
Albin, In
Athlophoros
Athloophoros Co
Wall Street
New York
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Oper
Joal
City
Ream
Tommy
Fane
Benones
Juniata
Mr. King
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Exciey
Cracle
Pall Mall Gazette
Sammy
Farr
Jumbo
Chicago Ledger
Manny
Maine
Dr. Pierce
Washington
Dr. Nicks
Guiteau
Washington Star
Cincinnati Times-Star
Ile
Smithsonian
Ticks
Pope
Pierce
Legal Intelligence
San Antonio
Noonan
Timothy
William J. Coughlin
Somerville
Mass
William Hall
Boston
Bool
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main St
Buffalo, N.Y
Reed’s Piano Factory
New York State
North Carolina
Ely
Ely Bros
Owego
N. Y
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Walker
California
Tam
Tomas McCue
Bush's Block
Dubuque
Mary
Thompson
Cério Gordo
Pratt Co
Til
Sam
Charles Bicuel
Co. K
17Th Infantry
Fort Custer
Saskatchewan
Fie
W.J. Abernethy
Minneapolis, Minn
Lyon
Isaac Thompson
Ata
Oug
Opiatrie
Charles
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Baltinone, MD
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Berg
Meadacho
Soibachey
Dro
Charles A. Vouelrr
Ramplecan
Gloucester
Masa
L. Pond
M.D
Aurora
Kane Co
IIL
B. H. Douglass & Sons
Llen
J.N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
Coug
Menihand
Fi Salzer
Latrowe
Wis
P.O
St.n.y
Catinen
Balary
Ron
Ayior
South
Walter A, Taylor
Atlanta
Lackey
Washington, D.C
A. Knurhyy
France
Particn
Ood
Cai
James A. Perry
Liverview Stock Farm
Wilmington
Lexington Uv
I Foote
Earth
RH. McDonald Drug Co
Washington St
May
Pino
H. D. Knewton
Holland
Piso
F. E. Brainked
Audubon
Iowa
Miss Ht. A. Stupney
Cornwall Bridge
Conn
God
Gro. W
LL G. Root
Pearl St
Atoothen
Hearst
Halizs Balsam
Wood
Rious Medicines
Sud
Osancs
Fourth Street
Jax City
Toa
Tera Son
Stump
Vine
Ohio
Telegraph
Valentine Bi
Roseanesville
C,n. U
Ager Teri
Northern Crown
John A. Salzer
la Crosse
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