Calendars in world timekeeping and reforms through history
A survey of calendars from Anno Mundi to the Gregorian reform. It traces epochs such as Anno Domini and Jewish years, explains the Julian and Gregorian changes, and notes Britain’s 1752 adjustment Omitting eleven days and Russia’s persistence with the old style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahomet
Rome
The
United States
A. D
Christ
Julius Cisar
Gregory
Spain
Portugal
Italy
France
Low Countries
Gentral
Germany
Switzerland
Jeneth
England
House of Lords
Great Britain
Ireland
Europe
Russia
Evolution of Amateur Rowing and Its Growing Clubs
Since 1429 racing boats have evolved from old tub craft to outriggers and sliding seats yet core technique remains. The spread of boating has produced many small clubs and hired-boat practice, causing widespread poor form on Saturdays along the Thames.
Coaching Remark Triggers Club Offense Says Saturday Review
A brief passage notes that a little coaching and strong belief in the individuals and club could spark offense, with the captain among those who might feel insulted at such suggestions. The Saturday Review comments on potential sensitivity within a team and its leadership.
The Blue Grass Region And Dutch Horticulture History
The Blue Grass Region of Kentucky is described as fertile real estate famed as the heart of the United States underlain by blue limestone and renowned for Poe Pre tensis grass that remains verdant year round. The Dutch tulip mania of two centuries ago is recounted, noting bulb gambling fortunes, record bulb prices, and the lasting Dutch devotion to flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Lexington
United States
Haarlem
Toledo Blade
Kind to the Old Man at the Card Table
A Comstock youth plays a bluffing game with his father in Virginia City. The father bets big, is defeated by the son’s hand, and learns a hushed lesson about care and filial duty as the son charitably pays the stakes and calls for drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comstock
Iather
Barkeep
Virginia City Enterprise
Loosen Tight Shoes With Home Remedy Advice
A young widow who washed for the doctor each Monday receives birthday shoes but finds them narrow. A neighbor mother known as the Philadelphia woman advises dampening a folded rag with hot water and pressing it into the tight spots, repeating until the leather relaxes to fit the foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Peterkin Fame
Pipsey Potts
Arthur's Magazine
Byron Quotes and Palm Imagery Featured in World Notes
The London World recalls Byron quips about Poole the tailor who died “of a fit” and recalls a dinner remark. The Singapore gardens boast fan palms shaped like fans, a palm species noted for its giant frond form.
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Byron
Poole
London
Singapore Gardens
Stumpy Wicks Dead and Buried in a Westward Wake
Corrur Alene Hagle recounts the lone, mournful end of Stumpy Wicks in a West mining camp. Forty men carried him to a rough grave beneath red earth, no relatives or women present, a stark send off by wavering faiths and hard pack. The tale frames a brutal, solitary frontier death and the mountain life that framed it.
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Cour d'Alene
Stumpy Wicks
Stumpy
Billy Robbins
Antoine Sanchez
Why OConor Went to Nantucket
The article notes Chas OConor planned retirement in Nantucket after a law case with many elderly residents. It adds Capt EB Morgan, once a London shipmaster, was inspired by gray-headed congregants on Long Island Sound to settle ashore, but he lived only a short time after leaving the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
O’conor
Nantucket
Quaint
EB. Morgan
London Packet Line
Dickens
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
A Fond Parent of Cincinnati Cartoon Snippet
A wealthy pork-packer teases his son Larry about attending a boarding school. The exchange notes education costs and status, with the son boasting of spending two bicycles in three months as proof of his upbringing.
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Larry
Pop
Brooklyn Eagle
St Jacobs Oil Trusted for All Aches and Pains
Blue Grass Breeders and Fairlawn Stock Arm of Lexington Kentucky praise St Jacobs Oil as a universal pain cure used on people and animals including horses and workers, claiming high confidence in its sovereign healing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Withers
Fairlawn Stockarm
Lexington, Ky
St. Jacobs
Locomotive Engineer Saves Train on Stormy Night
Albany engineer John Lonehoe halted a westbound express as a blizzard obscured rails. He spotted unspiked rails at a joint and prevented disaster, crediting an instinct he could not fully explain. He attributed his sudden recovery from long standing dyspepsia to Warner's Tippecanoe, declaring the remedy restored health after decades of misery.
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Express
New York
Albany
John Lonehoe
Lan
Warner
Peter Lawler
Dalton
Mass
David Kennedy
Rondout
Lawler
Derry
Kennedy
Life Office
Cras. O. Brown
Pres
Oysters in Summer Dorian Debunks Summer Superstition
A tribune reporter chats with the Dorians, famed oystermen, about the old belief that oysters must not be eaten in warm months. Ma Dorian and Dorlan mock the superstition, noting summer oysters in May can be superb. The ad also touts Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilia and cites a senator’s quip about Alexander H Stephens.
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Tribue
Mother Shipton
Dorlan
Foote
Dr. Guysett
Health tonics and tonics claim remedy claims
The notice touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal health aid addressing dyspepsia constipation and liver issues. It praises botanical content gentle laxative effects and broad curative claims while contrasting with cheaper bitters and appetizers. Included are endorsements from physicians and a Boston doctor. Also mentions Horsford's Acid Phosphate Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and a remark about the original D Arc horse from Somerville Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Remarkable Compound Oxygen cures and tonics ad
Advertisement urging readers to request a Treatise on Compound Oxygen from Dra. Starkey & Paten and to try Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Callaya by Caswell Hazard Co. It touts dyspepsia relief, low spirits, debility, fever prevention, and fever recovery support alongside Boline hair renewal, claiming vast sales and consumer trust.
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Dra. Starkey & Paten
Girard St
Philadelphia
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
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Holland
Cincinnati
Oue
Carpenter
Alexander H. Stephens
Treasury Department
Aleck Stephens
Horsford
K. Cutter
Boston
Philadelphia Herald
Lypria BK. Pinkham
D'Arc
Joan
Somersville
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Ww. Hoyt
Tre Short
Piso
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Suovesnors
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
C. D
E. Bursuam
State Street
York Silk and Supply CO
Broadway
Ilk, New
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Nastonal Publishine Co
Bunton
Paper Union
Wis
Franklin Street
Chicagzo
Post Ae. &c
Victor Rubber CO
Perry Davis
Found
Cruccists
Massachusetts
John Spencer
Big PA
Taylor Bros. & Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Standard
Jones Bighamton
Tron Lavere
Jones Niepaya
Prics
Jones
Binghawten
Binghamton Ny
Catarre
Hayfever J
Ita
Sears
Mme. L. Lance
ADY Protector
Lier
Ayik "Hennees
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
Hops and Malt Bitters Co
Detroit, Mich
O.N.U
DR. David
de. Kennedy
Mounedy
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