Washington society in Adams era shapes a refined 1820s view
The article sketches Washington as a refined social center in 1820, recalling Josiah Quincy’s recollections. It highlights balls with figures like Daniel Webster and Henry, the life at White House dinners, Webster’s household, Calhoun in private life, and the era’s modest public spaces and early political ambiance. It notes the fading of the Federal party and the Senate as a decorative arena with leaders like Webster and McDuffie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Josith Quincy
Washington Society
Daniel Webster
William Wirt
Henry
Patrick Henry
Catherine van Rensselaer
Albany
Cora Livingston
Barton
Florida White
Peter
America
Columbia
Britannia
Jefferson
Quincy
Baron Staeckelburg
White House
Calhoun
House of Representatives
Great
Federal Party
Llisha Potter
Rhode Island
Judas
Houses
Congress
Senate
McDuffie
South Carolina
Storrs
New York
House
Archer
Virginia
WY. Higginson
Harper's Magazine
Wandering Jew: Impassioned Tales Of A Perpetual Traveler
A seasoned commercial traveler describes a life of constant motion. He claims fifteen years of travel covering 250000 miles, ten trips around the world, and a mechanical routine of moving, eating, and sleeping. He notes detours to think and a yearning to stop in unlikely places.
What the Monkeys Teach
A boy muses on a children's book title about three red cloth monkeys in Japan. The first covers the mouth, the second covers the ears, and the third covers the eyes, symbolizing things that should not be spoken heard or seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Nord
Moral anecdotes of kindness and wit yield riches
A collection of vignettes from Chambers Journal showing that humble acts of courtesy and clever restraint can bring rewards. A man aided an infirm churchgoer and received a large bequest. a curate avoided a benefice by refusing an offer. a singer’s restraint earned a living. a dull wit earns wealth through a boastful relative’s misjudgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Chambers’ Journal
Tenacity and Talent in the Persistence of Power
The article argues tenacity surpasses talent in achievement, noting staying power, purpose, and energy as essential. It cites Herbert Spencer and a modern Ulysses to illustrate persistence as a supreme force driving realization of conception. An author named Loston Traveller is credited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Spencer
Ulysses
Successful High Art and Civic News in Detroit and Battle Creek
A tale of a painting described by Mr. Saunders as rainstorm imagery causes mischief in a household while Detroit Free Press announces M W Waaxer’s reelection as Mayor of Battle Creek and notes his stewardship of Black Cloud and Voltaic Belt Co. The piece ends with a moral on avoiding despair and embracing cheerful social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Waaxer
Battle Creek
Mich
Wagner
Black Cloud
Voltaic Belt Co
Nature
Akaalth
Vicok
MaxkHoop Quanantker
Bend Ag
Address Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Hidden Struggles of a Tireless Homemaker
A weary wife and mother endures harrowing daily burdens on a hot day. Rev William Watson recalls his wife’s decline from overwork and how Warner’s Safe Cure restored her health, urging other overworked women to seek relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Watson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Watertown
N.Y
Warner
Thad
Fool’s Errand Era Lawyer Toursgee in Chicago Debate
Ourgee, famed for A Fool's Errand, visited Chicago on business with his wife. He met an editorial friend, argued for over three hours on a constitutional question about the Electoral Commission, then rushed to reconcile at noon after the heated exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ourgee
Chicago
Electoral Commission
Tourgee
Marriage Plans Prompted by Practical Choice
Brown taunts Snigger as he reveals he will marry a woman he finds intelligent though not beautiful. He jokes about choosing a homely wife over beauty, riffing on the old adage that beauty fades. The remark hints at social attitudes toward marriage and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Benedict
Texas Siftings
Customer seeks Key West cigars at shop
Customer asks where Mr Blank is then orders five boxes of Key West cigars. The boy confirms authenticity saying they make them themselves and recalls the brand from a prior visit. Philadelphia Call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Blank
Key West
P’hiladelphia
St Jacobs Oil Reported to Relieve Toothache and Rheumatism
Mr. Fdaward Waters of the Patent and Trade Marks office in Melbourne reports that St Jacobs Oil gave immediate and complete relief for both toothache and rheumatism after rubbing on the cheek and plugging in the tooth, with no recurrence of pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fdaward Waters
Patent and Trade Marks Office
Bourke Street
Melbourne
Australia
St. Jacobs
New Use for Sawdust as Plaster Substitute
A patent introduces sawdust as a substitute for sand in house plastering. Claimed benefits include lower cost lighter weight greater porosity and improved heat retention due to non conduction compared with traditional sand plaster. The Mechanical News notes the innovation could transform interior wall insulation.
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Mechanical News
Avoid excess in eating and drinking with Stomach Bitters
Caution urged for digestive upsets and dehydration with over heated conditions. The ad promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe safeguard against colic fever and ague related ills, claiming benefits for stomach disturbances, constipation, rheumatism, and kidney and bladder inactivity. Endorsed by eminent practitioners and cited by the New Orleans Picayune.
The Advantage
A light exchange between Mr Blazer and his wife after an exhibition of statuary. She asks to be a statue to stay unchanged through the years, and he replies playfully about the idea of a silent, unmoved spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant Traveler
Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarenparilia Cure Claims
A Boston Daily news item promotes Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarenparilia as remedies for nervous debility and dyspepsia. The ad asserts weak individuals regain health and mental strength, claiming restoration of all body functions and freedom from ailments. It includes sensational claims and dubious statements about potency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysett
Advertisements and remedies from a 19th century page
A jumble of medical claims and consumer ads tout Kidney-Wort for kidney and liver troubles, Wells dye and butter color products, acid phosphate for dyspepsia, and Lupia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The fragment references Ionia Michigan and various physician endorsements written in a period voice.
Narrow escape tale and patent nostrum ads mix in 19th century note
A Hoosier recounts a near-death tale involving consumption and a peculiar warning about a third-time charm at a picnic. The excerpt blends a romantic vignette with multiple promotional notices for Dr. Wills Balsam for the Lungs, Compound Oxygen promotions, and various medicinal cures, praising petroleum hair restorers and cures for catarrh and coughing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kuhn
Lafayette
Ind
Dr. Wi. Huil
Gault House Offers First Class Rooms At Low Rates
The Gault House in Chicago corner Clinton and Madison streets offers first class accommodations for travelers at two to two dollars and fifty cents per day. The hotel sits in the center of the city one block from Union Depot and Elevator with all appointments first class. H. W. Hoyt is proprietor.
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Patup
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
H. W. Hoyt
Athlophoros Ad Featured as Remedy for Rheumatic and Neuralgic Ailments
An advertisement touts Athlophoros as the great remedy of disease promising the greatest good to the greatest number. It claims thousands of sufferers from rheumatic and neuralgic complaints benefitted. Price is $1 per bottle and orders can be sent to Athlophoros Co. 1st Wall St., N.Y.
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Jos, St. Flanders
New York
I. S. Arthur
Newaplyer
Ite
Ra. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Philadelphia
Athlophoros Co
Bull
John Bull
Lynn
Mass
Arna
Bain
Wooltec! '& Co
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John Quincy Adams
Ile
Mr. Saunders
Alec
Moses
Detroit Free Press
Doal
New Orleans Picayune
Death’s Door
M. M. Devereaux
Ionia
Mish
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, WI
Hearsford's
O. G. Ciley
Boston
Stump
Wells, Richardson & Con
Jurlington, Wr
Lupia E. Pinkham
Lovey
Spooney
Fair Dove
Hon. Win
Kelley
M. C
Peck
Grand Rapids
Thas
Ely
FL D. Monse
Elizabeth, N. J
Atta
Bredzlt
Dealara
Contan Bette
Crarles
A. Wyodeler
Vourler
Mallimere
Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Zoajax
Zoajax Company
John Street
Joan Bull
Smit
Smith
Mala St
Louisville, KY
Lydia E. Pinkham
Perry Davis
Found
Thomas P. Simpson
Waeh- Ineton
D.C
Liventors
National Pusitimuina Co
Cicago, Il
Ness Kidderns
Smentiers
Chicago Newspaper Union
Franklin 5
David
Kennedy
Rondout
J.S. Beach
Stone Ride
Ulster Co
Beach
David Kennedy
Hops & Malt Bitters Coo
Detroit
the College
Physicians & Surgeonsension
Armnged College
A. Me Steelf
State Bt
Dou Tay
Ik A. MA. Lang
Dove Dale
Lewis Co
Nellis
Lange
Price
Broadway
N. Y
Minsar
Blaine
Koiler
Maine
National Committee
A. L. Coburn
Cheaest
Coburn PU Slishen CO
Metropolitan Block
Luomis & NO Man
Tiffin
Ohio
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson
Sony & Co
Troy, N
Ipiso
Aur
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