The Graves of the Presidents
A survey of presidential burial sites lists Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe and others with final resting places across Virginia Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia highlighted as the “Mother of Presidents” for multiple burials. It notes transitions of remains to churches cemeteries and state sites and mentions several notable historians and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Mount Vernon
John Adams
Quincy
Mass
Unitarian Church
Thomas Jefferson
Chroniclers
Monticello
Charlotteville
James Madison
Montpelier
James Monroe
New York
Tenn
Martin van Buren
Kinderhook
N. Y
William Henry Harrison
Washington, D. C
North Bend
Cincinnati
John Tyler
Richmond
Hollywood Cemetery
Monroe
James
Polk
Nashville
Zachary Taylor
Washington
Taylor
Louisville
Cave Hill
Prankfort
Millard Fillmore
Buffalo
Forest Lawn
Franklin Pierce
Concord
N. H
Maine Street
James Buchanan
Wheat
James A. Garfield
Lake View
Cleveland
Ohio
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Remarkable Cathedral of St Savior at Moscow
The Cathedral of St Savior at Moscow, built to commemorate the French army's retreat, evolved from costly delays under Alexander I and later Nicholas. The Greek cross design features copper cupolas, bronze doors, marble faced walls, and frescoes, with a final cost near two and a quarter million pounds. It reportedly seats 10,000 worshipers and showcases vast artistic works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Alexander I
Nicholas
Torono Globe
Frostbitten Nose Trials in Arctic Narrative
The Youti's Companion narrator, author of Schwatka's Scard, recalls the brutal northern cold and summer heat. He details a blistered nose from sun and frost, the grim humor of a frost-bite, constant peeling, and the odd ritual of others thawing his frozen nose with warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwatka
Youti
Brain size varies widely across animals, yet intelligence not tied to brain weight
The article cites Leuret’s figures showing brain to body ratios from monkeys to oxes, with mammals averaging 1 to 186. It notes no fixed link between brain size and intelligence, though a general rise in brain volume accompanies vertebrate classes from fishes to mammals. An Austin Sunday school scene adds a quip about fairness and wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leuret
Hammond
Popular Science
Johnny
Austin
Tezxas Siftinga
Cigarette Popularity Grows Amid Travel Habits
A New York Tribune interview with a large cigar store keeper notes cigarette sales have surged while cigar sales remain strong. He cites travel on elevated trains and cars, theater intervals, and casual consumption as drivers, with women and children also affecting demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Why We Was Surprised at Dettingen War Scene
A Dettingen battlefield anecdote reports Lord Townshend witnessing a drummer boy's fatal injuries. An old officer notes such horrors are common in war, prompting Townshend’s remark that a boy with so many brains should be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Townshend
Dettingen
Jeremiah Wren
Marion County
W.va
Wa. C. Dicers
Bowling Green
Dir
Meredyu
Cincinnati
War A. Gnauam & Co
Zaneaville
Ohio
Mathias Freeman
How Does It Happen Orthodox Jew Uses Christian Nurse
Fragment from a 19th century paper noting a conversation about a Jew employing a Christian wet nurse to give his child an early start in a living. It references medical claims and patent medicines, including the World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Lynsia Pinkham’s remedies, and Scovill’s preparations, with advertisements for health products and nerve and vitality tonics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose
Kosciusko Murphy
Mose Schaumburg
Murphy
Veras Siftings
Havanite prescription praised by women in silly debate
A satirical column notes that three men on a jury dissent to show independent thinking while women unanimously hail Perce’s havanite remedy as superior for female ailments. It extols Its transformative health effects and mocks male complaints about crinoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Fr Perce
Grand Union Hotel Adopts Low Rates Amid City Growth
An advert cites the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot advertising 600 rooms, one million dollars in fittings, reduced rates from one dollar per day, and European plan. It promotes elevator service, an in-house restaurant, and transport links to all depots, claiming families can live better for less money than at other first class hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Galt House
Chicarner Clinton
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Mierators
H.W. Hoyer
Ae Ge
Express
Hue
Firlo and Stockman
Bryant Bisek
Ee Dearborn
Gault House Ad and Patent Medicine Ads
An eclectic page notes the Gault House at Clinton and Madison in Chicago offering rooms at $2 to $2.50 per day, with first‑class amenities. It also contains multiple medical and consumer product ads for Brows Brocka Trovhes, Fly’s Cream Balm, Tar Farm Field and Stockman papers, Man’s Peptonized Beer, Athlophoros, Wells Health Renewer, Carboline, Dr Ians Thompson Eye Water, and Kough on Coughs with prices and brief boasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaye
Fly
Mis. Ghorgia &. Dopsasx
Hartford
Conn
Koehler
X. L
Foote
Health Monthly
Ndard
Mebray Hill Pub. CO
East 28Th St
New York
A Blood Purifier Compound Oxygen Treatment Ad
An advertisement from Drs. Starkey and Jalen of Philadelphia promotes a blood purifier named Compound Oxygen. The inhaled treatment allegedly increases lung oxygen beyond air levels and purifies the blood while energizing the entire system. A free trestise on Compound Oxygen is offered by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
Drs. Starkey & Jalen
HO. Girard St
Phila
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philadelphia
Saratoga
Max Strakosch
Mr. Strakosch
Paris
Miss Grundy
New York Graphic
Pd Justask
Honessy Mulcahey
Pat
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Mason & [Famlin
Mason & Hamlin
Messrs
Boston Praveller
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Horsford
G. A. Fernald
Boston
Maew
Whitehall Times
Lynia KE
Pinkham
Guuveruciy Herald
Scovill
Vortai Buur Co
Marshall
Mich
Fanny
Pierce
Patup
Gault House
Tar Farm, Field and Stockman
Chicago
Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietors
Athlophoros Co
Wall St
N.Y
Ians Thompson
Allen
Valentine Bros
Janasville
Wia
Eenemeel Aire Rele
Kidder's
Prstmles
Ees
Sapa Kan
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Old Mexico
Southwest
P. C. Ballou
Monkton
BR. M. Clark
Sidney Wort
C. M. Summerlin
Sun Hill
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington Vt
Lava
National Publishing CO
Washington, D.C
Caipy
Ream Bas
Owego
LY Brothers
Wonarch
Arch BG CO
State St
Sslydia & Pinkham’s
Lynn
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano CO
Tremont St
N. York
14Th St
Wabash
Smitie & &U
Palatine
Nebraska
Dakota
Tar Sioux
City Newspaper Union
Douglas Street
Sioux City
Towa
Geo. E. Brown & Co
Cleveland Bay
Europe
United States
England
Holland
Montgomery
Ward & Go
Wabash Avenue
C.N.T
United Sates
Mpn
Canada
Een
Farm
Field and Stockman
Farm, Field and Stockman
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