Extermination Battle Remains Hidden in History
A first person account recalls a civil war battle described as the bloodiest in history, claiming two thousand Union and two thousand Confederate troops, with 15 on one side and one on the other. The narrator asserts the clash was utterly exterminated and widely forgotten, then retires from war to alter history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
Icarus
F. J. Stimson
Scribner’s Magazine
Mr. Romayne
Zampa
Teddie
American Magazine
Shell Game Swindler Describes Quick Racketeering
The article recounts a street con where a fakir using three walnut shells and a ball fabrics bets, moves shells to mislead, and wins large sums by quick finger work. It notes the method, risks, and occasional female confederates, then shifts to Cunard Line’s early mail contract and ship history in 1840s Atlantic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smarty
Philadelphia Press
The Pompous Man and the Bull
A fragment delves into human vanity and the urge to be known, recalling a California state official who believed everyone should recognize him as he walked through a city, illustrating the universal tension between self-importance and anonymity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen
San Francisco Chronicle
Creation
California
Landlord Versus Saw-Mill Question and Mrs Hayes Joke
A hotel landlord in the South reveals poor management and low standards in travel lodging. A Detroit Free Press recount notes a wince of humor when Mrs. Hayes greets a girl from Ohio. The brief mentions railroads transforming deserts from wastelands into usable tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
President Hayes
White House
Immigration of Farmers Declines and Shifts in Origins
The New York Evening Post notes a sharp drop in immigrant farmers from 1873-83, despite abundant land and homestead laws. UK roots fall. Austro-Hungarian and Italian shares rise, while Germany and Norway shrink. concern over low-skilled arrivals grows. The piece also discusses democracy's opportunities and warns of overreaching ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
United States
United Kingdom
Ireland
Denmark
France
Austro- Hungary
Italy
Russia
Sweden
Germany
Norway
Europe
Sail and Snares of a Parson and Coreys Warning
A Springfield parson Dr Osgood recalls a village era when he owned a farm in Indian Orchard. He found John Corey drunk and abusing his wife and Corey's sharp retort about the weaker vessel becomes a famed local tale. Also notes a Meadville glass blower powering a locomotive with crude oil gas and praise for St Jacobs Oil for burns and scalds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osgood
First Church
Springfield
John Corey
Old Corey
Corey
Meadville
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
The Lions and the Lamb: Moxie Nerve Drink Promises Gain
A historical piece discusses Moxie Nerve Food as a stable friend to both manufacturers and liquor dealers, claiming it boosts profits and reduces harm. It extols the drink for American nerves and intellect, predicting it as a mainstay for overworked workers and the dissipated, per druggist testimonials.
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Moxie
We Grow Through Life Stages from Youth to Middle Age
Recent researches trace growth and weight changes from infancy to old age. Height rises about 6 percent yearly from 6 months to 8 years, with weight to 50 pounds for boys and 47 pounds for girls by age 8. Weight gains continue through early teens, then surge again in youth. max weight occurs around 40, with divergent aging patterns for men and women thereafter. A Lowell, Massachusetts note advertises St Jacobs Oil from druggists and dealers.
A Farcical Horse and A Botanic Tonic Ad
A facetious horse delights by teasing and startling others, especially a pony named Zampa. The narrative recalls his sly tricks and humorous mischief. The ad promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic for age infirmities and various digestive and rheumatic ailments with botanic, mineral-free claims and medical endorsement.
Introduction of Railways and health claims
A brief medical advertisement notes that weak lungs and consumption can be cured without a physician and offers a treatise for 10 cents via the World’s Dispensary Medical Association at 663 Main Street, Buffalo. The Boston Post quote regarding a centenarian woman is included as an aside.
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Main St
N. W. Marlin Repeating
Detectives and remedies cited in odd collage of advice
An odd collage cites detective arrest as preventing harm and cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for tuberculosis as a cure. It notes symptoms like cough and loss of appetite and claims cures, then adds a quip about love and a joke about speed of passion.
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Pierce
Puck
Don't Want Relief, but Cure Catarrh Remedy Adverts
Sufferers urged that catarrh can be cured by Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy, with claims of thousands healed. Warns against delay and directs readers to Buffalo New York based World’s Dispensary Medical Association for a pamphlet on the disease.
Endorsements for Loisette Memory System Across Institutions
Noted figures including Mark Twain and Judah P. Benjamin endorse Prof Loisette Memory System. Prospectus offers full details from 237 Fifth Ave New York. System taught by correspondence and in lectures at colleges and universities such as Yale Meriden Norwich Wellesley Penn.
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Kidder's
Warire Roavvanner
Mark Twain
Richard Proctor
W. WW. Astor
Judah P. Benjamin
Mimor
Columbia Law
Yale
University of Penn
Wellesley College
Prospectus Post Free
Fifth Ave
New York
Loisette
Proctor
W. W. Astor
Buckley
Meriden
Norwich
Transportation Committee Announces Grand Official Route
The Transportation Committee of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, LO of F, declares the September grand official route from Chicago to Denver via Chicago to Kansas City on the Rock Island line, Kansas City to Denver on Union Pacific, returning through Burlington Route to Chicago, with a 2 p.m. departure on Wednesday September 14. The route covers Chicago Kansas City Denver and back, using three railroads. Other items include a hair tonic ad for Mensman’s Peptonized Beef Tonic and Hosiery, a shoe stiffener ad, Mount Morris Academy promo, Frazer Axle Grease, Piso’s Cure, and a poker quip from The Judge about chances in town.
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Transportation Committee of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Chicago
Denver
Chrcaco
Rock Island & Pacific Ry
Kansas City
Union Pacific Ry
Burlington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cunard Line
Cunard Company
America
Acadia
Britannia
Columbia
Caledonia
Napier
Glasgow
Liverpool
Halifax
Boston
Umbria
Hibernia and
Cambria
Scrivner
Immigration OF Farmers
German Baptist Publication Society
Cleveland
H. Schulte
St. Jacobs
J. W. Mevis
Rock Street
Lowell, Mass
St Jacobs Oil
Boston Post
England
Peru
Austria
East Indies
Belgium
Portugal
Brazil
Victoria
Colombia
Switzerland
Spain
Middle Australia
Canada
Natal
Mexico
Turkey
Hood
E. Satchell
Gates Avenue
Brooklyn, N. Y
Dru
Aix Forts
Prepared Only &Co
Apothecaries
Lowell
Masa
Charite
DOT
East Orange
U.S
Ea Fitzgerald & Fow
Andianapolia
Ind
Br.j
Biephens
Lebanon
Holly, Mich
Warinere Apvistmans
B.S
Ab. Lacey
Wellington m, D.O
D. L. Musselman
A. M
Gem City Business College
Quincy
Sevea Tisens
Ay de
Mass
FST
Rock River Seminary
MT. Morris Academy
MT. Morris
Ill
Tevinnera
J. G. Royer
Prin
Wwew
Spo Batista
St. Mary’s Academy
Notre Dame University
School OF Art and Design
Conservatory OF Music
Mother Superior
Notre Dame P. O
St. Joseph Co
Indiana
Sansill
Ropert H. Cowphry
Ph. G
KR. W. Tansill & CO
Ballard Gallery
Marlin Fire Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
Wizard Oil Company Chicage
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons & Co
Troy, N.Y
C.N.Y
Ee Smith
J. F. Smith & CO
ST. Louis
Louis
O. F
Hazard, Hazard & Co
Lyon
Mount Morris Academy
Procter & Gamble
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