An Essay on Wood from a 19th Century Column
A humorous glossary of lumber terms and witty nicknames by an old wood chopper. It defines wood forms and tools, then furnishes quirky, dated definitions like Branches as an office desk setup and Pine describing an aging widow. The piece mocks trades and social mores with playful, oblique slang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faro
Keno
Joliet
Sing Sing
Canada
Adam
Clements
Godlall
Swn
Secret service critique of new bank note paper
An old secret-service officer argues against the new GEPrinting paper for bank notes. He says old fiber paper is being used up first and warns water marks will fail to deter counterfeiting. He notes England destroys worn notes and cites Tom Ballard as a famed past counterfeiter who forged fiber paper. He cautions water marks fade with soiling, risking widespread counterfeit risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Manning
Bank of England
England
Tom Ballard
Ballard
Albany
Towle
Boston
Indian agent vows to not take government money
An elderly man tells his son William he must never take government funds, a promise the son repeats. Two years later he returns home, buys farms, builds a $30,000 house, and confesses he gained wealth by cheating the Indians, according to Wall Street News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Wall Street News
The Hotel Clerk Story and Athlophores Cure Claim
A Chicago hotel clerk extols the busy clerk as a helpful guide to trains theaters and town. A landlady cured of rheumatism attributes rapid relief to Athlophores and endorses its use for rheumatic pain neuralgia and headaches. The ad urges readers to order Athlophores by mail if unavailable locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Clerk Hammond
Athlophoros Co
Wall Street
New York
Cook Your Pork and Trickery in Headlines
A compact roundup notes that thorough cooking prevents trichinosis in pork and counters sensational scare stories. It cites German victims in reports and stresses heat kills trichinella. The item includes a brief joke about a breach of promise trial and an Irish bully anecdote from the era.
Satisfied with the Assertion and Social Notes
A Boston Beacon excerpt pairs a domestic quip about empty larder and purse with a light social commentary on fashion in Paris and sugar consumption. It contrasts thrift worries with style trends and closes with a proverb about fools and wisdom.
Grand Union Motel Hotel Ad in New York
When visiting or leaving New York City save baggage expressage and a $3 carriage hire and stop at the Grand Union Motel opposite Grand Central Depot. The 613 rooms are fitted up at a cost of one million dollars and offered on a European plan with levator and a restaurant. Horse cars stages and elevated rail road connect to all depots. Families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first class hotel in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Grand Union Motel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union Hotel
Poems and Prose on Frugality and Health Beliefs
A fragment from Yon kers Gazette includes aphorisms on contentment and economy, urging caution with excess and vanity. It features Seth Slocum’s quips about popularity and the appetite, followed by a health note claiming Hostetter's Stomach Bitters cures rheumatism and related ailments, endorsing its reliability and range of uses.
How It Works on the Other Side and Notable Remedies
A mix of transcribed courtroom humor on poaching and ignorance of law, quips about bridal veils, and advertisements for Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Aver’s Cherry Pectoral and Hall’s Hair Renewer. The piece promotes Dr Peter W Schmidt’s Golden Seal Bitters and Long Food for Consumption with promises of cures and free pamphlets from Holland City Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter W. Schmidt
Pete
Golden Seal Bitters Company
Holland City
Mich
Free medicine offers for ministers and doctors
Free bottles offered to ministers lawyers doctors and teachers who order Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup from a wholesale druggist. Map of the Holy Land free with medicine. Address Dr C D Warser Chicago IL. Also mentions Taylor's Cherokee Remedy and Ely Dream Balm for catarrh with mailing prices and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Holy Land
C. D. Warser
Chicago
Saving the Lawyers and the Pellets Cure Fraud Propaganda
An old advertorial ridicules the phrase save the lawyers while promoting Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion and related ailments. It claims sedentary habits cause disorders and promises prompt relief and comfort. The piece concludes with a quip about bad oysters and the spoils falling to the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Consumption Conquered by Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
New ad copy style notes claim consumption and scrofula cures through Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery and other tonics. Mentions testimonials and multiple products including Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters and Dr Bizelow’s Positive Cure. Includes various names and places such as Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, Caswell Hazard & Co., and Ely's Cream Balm.
Warner's Safe Cure Promoted as Kidney and Liver Remedy
An advertisement extols Warner's Safe Cure claiming it purifies blood by acting on kidneys and liver to cure inflammation of kidneys bladder and urinary organs and numerous liver related ailments. It asserts protection against heart disease rheumatism apoplexy paralysis insanity and death and urges immediate use with guarantees of benefits and prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Warner
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Chicago Herald
Tim Mel
California
Boston Beacon
America
Far West
E. M
IE. M
Boston Courier
Isabella
Dr. Sage
Aver
Tur Barber
Man In the Moon
Taylor
Ely
Atdrogzists
Ely Bros
Owego
Philadelphia
Sexton
Boston Times
Been
Berren
Dee
New York Graphic
Robert Newton
Cinninmati
Ohio
WM. Tials Balsam
Laso
Jas, W. Davidson
Monimouth
Warren County
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietors
Dolph Hotchkiss
Hancock Street
Peoria
E.yonm
Vance
Warn Co- Boston
Broadway
Wells St
Spencer's Alligator Press
Aed Ee J. A
Dwight
RH. McDonald Drug Co
Washington St
N.Y
ALT & Taylor
Atlanta
Heyand
Dneut
BR. Merrill & Co
Lit
A& Creative
Addrca Dr. WU. G, Root
Pearl St
New Yorks
Robert Turner
Flat Rock
Hops & Malt Bitters CO
Dermon, Mice
R.S
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D
Ecraeas
John H. Woodbury
N. Vearl St
jGardeners
Spe
Cialty
RK. H. Shumway
Rockford
Middlesex
Hayes
Meddles&x CO
York
Philat Iphia
Loomis & Nyvman
Tiefin
OIG
New Orleans
Royal Society of England
Galbraith. Aeros
Janesville
Wis
Storrs
France
James A. Perry
Riverview Stock Farm
Wilmington
Ad. Tower
Rawton
Massee
Isaac Thompson
John I. Thompson
Mall
HEL Green & Sons
Mds
Jones Avenue
MTN
Moody
Dolman
Cincinnati
Splendid Illustrated
Catae W. Buck Ber
Dr. Ward & CO
Louisiana, Mo
Piso
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