First Impressions of England from Carriage and Car
A traveler shares initial observations of England noting groomed landscapes versus New England, hedges replacing rail fences, modest trees, and unexpectedly rosy faced children. The piece contrasts early impressions with later experiences, recalling Dickens and Liverpool impressions while warning that first views are rarely repeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Birket Foster
New England
Rowleur de Rose
Rome
Gregory the Great
Dickens
Boston
Liverpool
London
D. Jf. Holmes
Propriety and the handkerchief in French history
The piece traces the evolving status of the handkerchief in French society from taboo on stage in earlier eras to a symbol of courtly ladies. It highlights Mlle Duchenois, De Vigne adaptations, Empress Josephine, and Malmaison embroidery as pivotal moments in transforming a functional item into a refined feminine accessory.
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Mlle. Duchenois
de Vigne
Josephine
Malmaison
Russia
Daghes tan Mountaineers Described by G Radde
G Radde presents an ethnographic sketch of the Daghes tan mountaineers around Kouroush. He notes mixed ancestry, brown hair, rare light gray eyes, shaved heads with two beard strips, and absence of the plain Jewish type. Women dress elaborately, pride in embroidered shoes with gold, social labor patterns shift with status, and Leaghian women are noted as work active from dawn to dusk.
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G. Radde
Daghestan
Kouroush
Samar Heights
Samar
Kadde
Jabor
India’s Poetic Religion in Tamil Brahmin Lore
A reader explains how Tamil Brahmins view the animal kingdom as a mirror of human life, assigning each insect a social role from priest to doctor. The piece notes bees as selfish, wasps as priests, grasshoppers as soldiers, and the mosquito as a household servant, ending with a suggestion to hasten a Brahmin’s departure.
Music's Power Over Idiots and Its Effects
A historical note surveys music’s influence on mental incapacity. It cites examples where rhythm provoked pleasure and movement in idiots, recounts a Staffordshire anecdote of an idiot counting hours to a clock, and notes Pythagoras and Nenocrates using melodious sounds to treat maniacs. Modern experiments are mentioned with varying success.
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Mr. Platt
Staffordshire
Pythagoras
Nenocrates
Genilmans Magazine
How Rothschild Made His Money
A brief portrait traces Mayer Amschel Rothschild from a £20,000 start in 1812 Paris to a vast private fortune and firm wealth. It notes his talent for reading political tides and a dramatic episode during a cerebral illness when news of the Duke of Berry’s assassination prompted him to urge selling, sacrificing not his life but profits.
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Rothschild
Paris
Hood
Dupuytren
Duke of Berry
Duke of
Berry
la Chronique du Temps
Garlic Scent Sparks Friendly Madrid Banter
In a Madrid salon a Spanish gentleman praises English women yet notes their skin lacks perfume while admiring the “delicious national odor” of garlic on a Spanish lady’s hand. The Madrid letter cites a fond memory of French guests loving garlicky meals and the lingering scent on clothes and skin.
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Madrid
The Cap Fitted Her and Other Curious Bits
A collection of brief, curious items from medical wonders to travel charges. Notes recount Dr John Radcliff’s famous career and his drunken mishap, a patient’s discreet bribe, deaf mutes and seasickness, a Cambridge physician’s seasickness remedy, St Jacobs Oil anecdotes, and a California railway fare system classing coaches by dress and race.
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John Radcliff
England
California
Seasick Passenger and a Bitters Cure
A seasick traveler on shipboard gains renewed concern for safety after drinking Hostetter s Stomach Bitters. The tonic claims to neutralize brackish water impacts and counteract stomach, liver, and bowel disorders. It is pitched as protection against malaria, a remedy for overwork and nervous debility, and a quick vigor booster.
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Hostetter
Letter for Lucinda Johnson prompts daily inquiries
A Detroit Free Press reader recounts a repeated request at a winter delivery window. A colored girl about ten explains neighbors confuse Lucinda Johnsons, causing delays as letters circulate among many similarly named residents. The woman insists the mail is expected today and vows to try again this evening.
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Lucinda Johnson
Chicago
Cinda Johnson
Dar
Mysterious Fodder Plant Sparks Wide Debate
The piece notes a controversial fodder plant praised by women for its effects while critics attack its discoverer. It mentions large consumption causing no disturbance and rumors it hides ingredients that could rival wintergreen or bitter-root. An eminent physician offers 25000 dollars for proof of any more harmful component.
Poaching affray ends with fines for threats and deed
A Scottish Aberdeenshire incident shows a poacher fined £1 for threatening to break the keeper's face, then fined 7s 6d for carrying out the threat. The report notes the punishment and the subsequent crime, reflecting on vigilante justice and local responses.
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Aberdeenshire
Loundon Truth
A New Summer Resort at West Baden and French Lick Springs
The Orleans West Baden and French Lick Springs Branch of the Mouen Route opens May 15 1887 linking French Lick and West Baden Springs to Orleans Indiana. The waters are praised for curative qualities benefiting skin digestion rheumatism and liver troubles. Each group hosts a four hundred guest hotel amid a primeval landscape near Lick Creek and Lost River. Through tickets to French Lick and West Baden are available via Monon House agents and the Chicago office. A separate notice references land prospect descriptions by the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway company for settlers along a newly built Monse River line.
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Orleans
West Baden
French Lick Springs
Mouen
French Lick
Tippecanoe
Bright
Ind
Lick Creek
Lost River
West Baden Springs
Monon House
E McCormick
Adams Express Building
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway
Monse River
Dr Pierce and Sage remedies offered with vague claims
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a key tonic for chronic weaknesses in women and general debility, listing prices and a promise of a larger illustrated treatise. It also mentions Dr Sage's Catarrb Remedy and includes a brief non sequitur about Mollified John.
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Womp
Epican Association
Main Street
Buffalo
Invalids
Pierce
de. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main St
N. YW
Ten Million Acres More In Dakota Open To Settlement
A Dakota lands rights article celebrates a reversal allowing surveys of 10,000,000 plus acres near Devil's Lake that had been blocked due to a disputed Chippewa claim. Secretary Teller’s rulings favored opening the region for homestead entry, with fresh surveys to proceed and settlers already staking claims.
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Dakota
Devil's Lake
Turte Mountain
Taylor
Sparks
Fied
H. C. Green
Secretary of the Interior
Land Lawa
Devil's Lake Land District
Teller
Schurz
Eller
Lamar
Tam
Saskatchewan
Turtle Mountains
Mouse River
Cando
Bottineau
Manitoba Railroad Company
Worth Makota
A Summer Jaunt to Northwest Resorts
A Summer Jaunt describes city dwellers planning annual vacations as June heat rises, urging readers to request copies of two books, A Summer Jaunt and Famous Resorts of the Northwest, from James Barker of the Wisconsin Central Line in Milwaukee for trusted resort information.
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James Barker
Wisconsin Central Line
Milwaukee
Wiv
Northwest
Iron Tonic and Beef Tonic Health Pitch for Men and Women
A promotional claim extols Dr Harter s Iron Tonic for building vigor and beauty and promotes Mensman s Peptonized Beef Tonic as a complete beef extract aiding digestion and vitality. It asserts usefulness against indigestion nervous debility exhaustion and pulmonary illness with Hazard Hazard Co New York listed as proprietors.
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Mensman
Hazard, Hazard & Co
New York
Dir Harter
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William Jones
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A. Seasick
Philipsburg
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Charles Reave
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Cisalpine Gaul
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Transalpine Gaul
Spain
British Islands
Trence
Piso
Lyon
John
Mary
Harter
Woorf
H.M. Hint
Desplaines Street
C.1, Hood & CO
Lowell
Baxson
Druggista
Wizard Oil Company
Brewnster
Holly, Mich
Ncmcinno
FI Legerald& Powell
Japolis
And
R.B
A. P. Lacky
Patent Ahomnerr
Washington, dC
L. Tanner
Druigist
Plymouth
N. Bank
Br. J. A. Sherman
Groadway
New Yorks
Randolph St
Lord & Thomas
Warren
JRESS
Wakken Featherbone Company
Three Oaks
Mich
Webka
J. K. Cook& CO
Barclay At
A.W. McCormick & Soe
Washington, D. C
W.H. Fay &Co
Camden
Louis
Minneapolis
Aldino
Newspaper Union
Pranklin St
Tansil
Paneb
Raveling
P.& Ajl
Millard
Ellinburgh
N.Y
R. W. Tansill & CO
E. T. Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
Ower’s
Suicare
A.J. Tower
Simmons
Smith
J. Fw
Shite & CO
Y. Louis
Moq
Abe
Stan Addrean
Ile Hean &J. Louis, Mo
Kidder
Harlestown
Maas
Chichester
Chichester Chemical CO
Madison Square
Hiluds
Avinua
W. Va
N.S. J. Srrmer
Druggcteta
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