Thistles Do Not Grow from Acorns in San Francisco
The poem argues against parents imagining a child’s rise to fame, asserting that thistles do not come from acorns and oaks do not arise from thistle seed. It mocks a neighbor Ginty who predicts his son’s greatness and notes that neither genius nor virtue is born from folly or rough origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Leanor M. Tippell
Powelton Agrenves Philadelphia
Ginty
Eddy Ginty
A. J. Waterhouse
San Francisco
Exain
Synthetic indigo threat to East Indian dye industry rises
A long analysis tracks artificial indigo developments in Germany and the potential decline of East Indian production. It notes Badische Anilin and Soda Fabrik's near competitive price, the blue and red dyes from indigo plants, and growing methods that may further cheapen the natural article. The piece closes with a moral about language learning via a father and son dictionary inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
East India
Madden
Badische Anitin and Soda Fabrik
Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine
New York Tribune
Word Chatelaine in a Child’s Dictionary Tale
Tudor Jenks explains how a boy asks what chatelaine means and why readers seek precise definitions from reference books. He describes a father answering that a chatelaine is the lady presiding over a castle, provoking the boy’s amused doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle
Castel
Chastel
Chateau
Whitehouse
Tudor Jenks
St. Nicholas
Jenks
Innocence and secrecy in a child's question about pies
A London Tit-Bits snippet recalls a Sunday school boy asking his mother why mince pies are locked away. The note contrasts a smiling anger with danger, and a glum happiness with humor, via a Chicago News quip about humorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
London
Head on King in Edinburgh statue tale plus meat price claim
A reader recalls a tradition that an equestrian statue of King Charles II in Parliament Square Edinburgh was decapitated and given Charles II's head. The letter links the myth to foreign hands and notes the lead statue’s origin. The piece also asserts that cutting American meat imports would raise prices and risk famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles II
Parliament Square
Edinburgh
John Knox
Scotland
Charles I
Innstead
London News
London
Wanted address for Ina Appleberry in Chickasaw County
Information sought for Miss Ina Appleberry age 25 daughter of Lucious and Blanche Appleberry. Request for Mrs M M Aprleberry at 6w4 Fredericksburgh Chickasaw Co TowA for address details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburgh, Chickasaw Co., Towa
Travel letter from Rev Bolton visits Virginia sites
Rev Bolton writes from Rockingham Virginia detailing summer travels by bicycle and rail to Natural Bridge Lexington Harrisonburg and Cedar State landmarks. He describes views from plates taken of the bridge and Washington College notes local history Andrew Johnson Morgan and Mor gans Run hotel and mentions Alabama sights and family relatives with plans to visit Dayton Ohio and return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bolton
Scotch Grove
Donald Sinclair
Rockingham
Hack
Carl
Allie
Elliott's Hill
Lexington
Harrisonburg
Dayton
Ohio
Tennessee
Greenville
Andrew Johnson
United States
Lincoln
John Morgan
Episcopal Church
Washington College
Tuscylan
McCormicks
Chicago
Virginia
Bristol
Old Dominion
Four Footed Exit From Madison Avenue House
A family leaves a Madison avenue house abruptly after an argument over a bull pup. The landlady bans four footed beasts, prompting a sharp retort from the son and heir. The departure occurs that same evening. Also notes mention the pipe organ in Solomon's temple and the Alexandrian library's vast collection in ancient times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Avenue
Trumph
New York Sun
Solomon’ S Temple
Dewey as a Name Sparks Wide-Munned Quips in Leader Verse
A Cleveland Leader poem by S. E. Kiser playful contrasts a mother, girl, boy, and milkmaid each naming a child or pet Dewey. The verses use repeated punchlines with the refrain Dewey, sir, of course, amid rural and domestic scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Sid
Thelassie
S. E. Kiser
Cleveland
Unclaimed Letters and Travel Offer Notices
A list of unclaimed letters in Monticello Iowa advertised August 8 1898 includes Mary L Smith Myra Starks BE W Schneider Rosa R Sherman Sarah J D Penn P M. The Sovereign Grand Lodge meeting in Boston September 19 24 offers one fare round trip on Nickel Plate Road with tickets on sale Sept 16 18 returning by Sept 30. Also a Graphophone advertising its music and catalog No 30 from Columbia Phonograph Chicago. An excursion to Boston from Chicago Sept 16 17 18 round trip $19 return by Sept 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Mary L. Smith
Myra, Starks
BE. W. Schneider
Rosa R. Sherman
Sarah J. D. E. Penn
P. M
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Boston
Mass
Nickel Plate Road
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Chicago
Columbia Phonograph Company
State Street
Ill
Nicklel Plate Road
Excurson
Adams Street
Marvelous claims sweep Klondike tale into local lore
Becomes a sensational item recounting A C Thomas of Marysville Texas who credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with curing his tuberculosis and hemorrhages claiming even a hundred dollar bottle would be worthwhile. The piece also promotes DeWitt s Little Early Risers and Witch Hazel Salve with testimonials and sales pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. Thomas
Marysville
Texas
Klondike
Dr. King
Delares
Free Pills and Cure Claims in 19th Century Ads
An OCR compiled page lists various patent medicine pitches and light anecdotes. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills and Dr Sawyer’s remedies, touting cures for constipation headache malaria and kidney issues, alongside unrelated notes about Dewey Swedish descent and elderly nuns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. &. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
J. H. Bacher & Co
Promising Skin Cure Sold by Local Merchant
An advertised salve claims to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheam fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box, offered by J. H. Bacher & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Bacher & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.S.S/ tre
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Monticello State Bank
National Bank
Farwell
F. M. Hicks
H. M. Carpenter
Richardson
S. 8. Farwell
Frank M. Wicks
E. Sarles
John Schweitzer
Wm. H. Proctor
G. Henry George
William Stuhler
O. H. Soetje
The
Lovell State Bank
George L. Lovell
R. C. Stirton
R. U. Ricklets
J. 8. Hall
J. W. Doxsee
Herman Sandhouse
Nicholas Holst
D. E. Pond
North America
Hartford
North British and Mercantile
Pennsylvania
New York
Hawkeye Merchant Tailoring
Os Second St
R.zacher
William Ewart Gladstone
Ireland
Chester
Eng
A. H. Sayce
Queen's College
Oxford
King
Samuel Ives Curtiss
Chienzo Theolorica Kominary
Illter
Frederic W. Farrar
D.D
F.rs
Canterbury
Elmer II, Capen
Tufts College
Somerville
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Armour Institute
Otticngo
George K. Pentecost
Marylebone Presbyterian Church
MacArthur
J.D
Calvary Baptist Church
New York City
N.Y
Martyn Summerbell
Main Treat Free Baptist Church
Lewiston
Prank J. Bristol
Virkt Methodist Episcopal Church
Swanaton
Hey
W. I. Moore
Leivale University
Leipain
Wm. Cleaver Wilkinson
University of Chicago
Chismoro
Ssanuel Wart
Trinity College
Bainford
Conn
Monro Gibson
John's Wout Prosbyterian Church
George Charmer
Pho Temple
Muse
Levant
Revia
Silenc
Birther
Henry C. Shepard
Pablieher
Sa Munroe Street
Illinois
India
Chicago News
DeWitt
Paris
Court of Honor
Verdutshev
Kiev
Russia
Ulysses
Grant
General Shafter
Washington, Blucher
Napoleon Boneparte
Nazel
WM. Ayres & Sons
Philadelphia
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
C. A. Gustafson
Admiral Dewey
Ella
J. H. Bacher ,& Co
Ellen Joseph
Baltimore
JTL. Bacher & Co
DeWitt's
J. J. Bacher& Co
Sawyers Arnica
A. Kempt
Bucklen’s ‘Arnica Salve
Cypewriter Essentials
Sur New Art
Smith Premier Typewriter
Syracuse
N. Y
Monroe Street
Pable Coyden
Arlington
Tarrant County
Flaplaion
Franklin Hart
West 32d St
Bell
Columbia Phonograph CO
Dept
State St
Arla
St. Louis
Washington
Buffalo
ST. P
Montigello
Omaha
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Teewens
St. Paul
Minneapo
Davenport
Farley
Dos Do
Anamosa
Marion Frem
Kansas City
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