Young Journalist Sparks Philosophical Labor On The Paper
A new writer on a Sunday social page crafts plain prose on mind growth, imagination, and study, praised by the editor as a philosopher. The dialogue explores self taught insight, editorial ambition, and the toll of leaving formal schooling for newsroom work, set amid old newspaper tones and later notes on riding and exploration in Outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Journalism
Herbert Spencer
Fitchley
Arkansas Traveler
Woodchuck bounty scheme ends as towns cut funds
A long tale recounts Avon and Canton CT officials paying bounties for woodchucks with ears and tails. A forged exchange scheme duplicated payments, prompting officials to halt bounties. The odd saga recalls local politics and the era’s humor, ending with a note of warning and pride in past quirks.
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Avon
Canton
Republican Party
Kannot
The March of a Generation by England’s Registrar General
A historical summary of life expectancy from birth to extreme ages. It notes that out of a million born, 736,818 survive to age five, 684,054 to twenty-five, 568,903 to thirty-five, two-thirds of women married by then, 502,915 to forty-five, 809,020 to sixty-five, 161,164 to seventy-five, 38,575 to eighty-five, 2,153 to ninety-five, 223 reach the century mark, and a single survivor beyond 108 years.
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England
Origins of American Methodism and its Baltimore centennial
The earliest record of Methodism in America is 1766 with English leadership. Formal organization occurred around Christmas 1784 in Baltimore, Maryland, marking the true centennial of American Methodism proper.
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England
Baltimore
Poison Free Red Star Cough Cure and Fashion Recap
An article asserts Red Star Cough Cure contains no morphia opium or poisons and praises its safety for mothers. It also shifts to commentary on fashionable French English menswear, then endorses Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for digestion, nerves, and travel. It includes miscellaneous anecdotes about spelling tests and historical figures.
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Samuel K. Cox
D. D
Washington, D. C
Hostetter
Fragments of 19th Century Advertisements and Public Notices
A collage of promotional blurbs and notices tout medical remedies, hotels, and travel. It includes claims for Dr Pieres Favorite Prescription and Lydia E. Pinkham remedies, Grand Union Hotel in New York, Gault House in Chicago, and various cure-alls for nervous debility, digestion, and consumption. Also promotes Caswell Hazard Co products and Brown’s Bronchial Troches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pieres
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Menswan
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietora
New York
Health and tonics pitched in Chicago Ledger ads
Frequent exhortations address women about health and appearance. The column promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to enrich blood and aid consumption signs, Sage’s remedies for catarrh, Laugh and Grow Fat via a year’s Chicago Ledger subscription, and Farm Field and Stockman benefits. Also touts Carboline for long hair and relief from dyspepsia with The Chicago Ledger ads.
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Pierce
Chicago LepGer
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Wheeling
the Cowboy On Roller Skates
Sud
St. Paul
Chicago
Basto
Peter Eee
Methodism
America
France
New York Tribune
Packer Institute
Brooklyn
Talleyrand
Murray
A. E
Digge
Horsford Almanac
Rumford Chemical Works
Providence
R. 1
Devil
Lydia KE
Pinkham
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Phila
Gault House
Chicaxo
Clinton and
Madison Streets
H. W. Nott
Luces
Helle
Jersey
Mother Hubbard
Farm, Field and Stockman
West
Prue Caicaco Ledger
Ciiiaco
Redstar
Mark
Drucelats
Cwuarles A. Vogeler Company
Maryland
RAI
Cirenlara
I. Bingham
Washington, D.C
Valentine Eros
Janesville
Wis
Zlbuler . Co
Chicago, U1
J.sreesens
Lebanon
Ohio
Nias Shitom
D.C
Rio
Maik
Rego Des Publisher
Rochester N.Y
Bend Sre Tor Ee
Biddeford
Chip Agente eComine Monty
Bey Rao
Rocers& CO
State St. Chicago
Eells
Nerger
Mars
Hops & Malt Bupthrs CO
Detroit
Mich
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Gradscea
F. Anes
Dunhamened
Alilmal
Allen
Addixon
A.J. Hileman
Addison
A. J. Colbomn
The
Somerset Herald
Lean
H.C. Mooney
Buti. UW. Davis
J. N. Harris & CO. (Limited
Cincinnati
All Medicine
Particnive Station
R. UL
Lorillard
Jan
B. F. Booth
Saulsbury
Tenn
Brayford
Fannie Green
Europe
Dome
R. M
Auburn
Bloomingville
Miss $. S. Booner
Baby Saved
Rochester, N. Y
U. S. Card CO
Centerbrook
F. Brown
Chicago Ledger
Hedger
Huommdrad Dols
Franklin Street
A.reed & Sons
Ketemovle OF Music
State Street
AGEN
WOME
Worth
Ill
SL. Lou
TA. Slocum
Pearl St
Jan Euvdam
Nassau Street
Union Pub. Co
Newark
N. J
John A. Salzer
Cros
Harm, Field and Stockman
Bresst
PJS
Rob Roy
Columbia
Jan Letwscapen
Dea
ELELD
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