SONS OF PREACHERS AND THEIR WAYWARD SONS TRADE
An urchin of ambitious clergymen drives the wandering of ministers sons. The article argues clerical pride, elite status, and scant funds nurture aristocratic self image in youth. It notes the preacher’s library as a lure and calls for restored simple values in American folks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolsey
England
Richelieu
France
Pope Alexander
America
Spain
Europe
Tyro
Wesley
Petrified Forest Gems Plethora Along Little Colorado Road
Visitors near Carrizo on the Little Colorado encounter a vast petrified forest where white sand hides and reveals limbs trunks and whole trees. Immense trunks up to five feet in diameter scatter over 300 acres as waters erode surrounding hills. Crystallized colorful quartz fills the fragments, with amethyst tones dazzling in sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrizo
Colorado
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Albuquerque Journal
The Dress of Nova Scotia Women
Describes Nova Scotia women's attire across ages and seasons. Youths imitate current fashion with hats and costumes. older women favor black bombazine or alpaca with a folded square shawl and a distinctive silk headkerchief knotted under the chin. Winter wear features enormous cloaks with a large square yoke and multiple plaits, enveloping the wearer from head to foot.
Eclipses and Folklore Across Cultures
The article surveys mythic interpretations of eclipses among Greenlanders, Chiquitos, Guarani, Tupis, Tun guguses, Nagas, Pottawatomies, Alfuras, and other groups. It notes fears of omens, spirits, animals devouring the sun or moon, and world-ending prophecies, then ties these beliefs to late medieval to early modern European views on celestial signs. It concludes that such superstitions persist alongside civilized thinking, illustrating universal human responses to unusual sky events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlevoix
Asia
Sumatra
Malacca
Assam
Alfnras
Ceram
Popular Science Monthly
The Wabit of Sunday Stuffing
A Sunday habit described by N. Sizer in the Phrenological Journal as common in large cities where men, away from work, overeat at Sunday meals. The pattern yields Monday headaches and midweek malaise, with overindulgence blamed for urban dyspepsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Sizer
Phrenological Journal
The Knife Grinder and His Dangerous Trade
The article describes knife grinders facing extreme dangers from explosive stones and inhaled dust. It notes saffron staining from wet swark, risk of sudden blasts, and frequent accidents with victims rushed to hospital or carried away. It laments lack of vigilance and the deadly water rot and grain flaws behind these periodical catastrophes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illustrated Magazine
Secret Society Initiation Light Revealed by Lamp Trick
In a Philadelphia Call reader exchange, Mrs Minks and Mrs Finks joke about a lodge member’s initiation. A can of alcohol addressed to the past grand brings a lamp with a salted wick creating a ghastly glow, prompting suspicions of secret rites as the husband returns home smelling of alcohol.
Sponge Fishing on the Florida Coast in the 19th Century
The article describes sponge diving off Florida using small boats and dinkies. Two-man crews with a diver and boatman use a water glass to inspect the sea floor, attach sponges with a hook, and haul them to surface. Sponges are cleaned in pens, dried, tied in bundles, and sold for about $1.50 per pound, with Key West processing most of Florida’s harvest for roughly 300 boats involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Florida
Oiling Wagon Wheels and Malaria Prevention Ad
A guide on wagon wheel lubrication warns against using lard and suggests tallow for wooden axles and castor oil for iron hubs. It advises minimal grease on spindles and describes cleaning with spirits of turpentine. The piece then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and remedy for malaria and associated digestive and organ ailments.
Life in an Unknown Country in Ajmere Women at Work
A New York Tribune correspondent describes Ajmere life with women bricklaying on a half-finished house and water drawn from a rock dip by steep steps. Bright kirtles, red jars, and a ring of pigeon nests frame daily scenes as a blind beggar pleads for backsheesh at the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ajmere
New Tork Tribune
Pile Tumors Cured Without Knife or Salve
A Buffalo medical ad from the World's Dispensary Medical Association promises painless cure of piles of any size without knife caustic or salve. It invites pamphlets and replies and cites materials on marriage certificate being among papers still valued in price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo, N. Y
Horstord's Acid Phosphate praised by Dr Adam Miller
Dr Adam Miller of Chicago recommends Horstord's Acid Phosphate, noting favorable patient reports and calling it a very valuable preparation after thirty-five years in practice. The ad emphasizes dye matching with Diamond Dyes by Wells Richardson Co and product color options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Miller
Chicago
Horstord
Untangled Health Mystery Warns of Silent Disorder
A sensational plea discusses a widespread mysterious illness causing chest pain fatigue and digestive trouble. It cites medical disbelief and highlights Dr A G Richards of Tremont Street Boston praising Wirner's Tippecanoe The Best as a cure, urging preventative care and early treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lana
A. G. Richards
Tremont Street
Hoston
Wirner
Untimely graves from neglecting health and Kidney-Wort claims
The piece warns that neglecting health leads to liver and kidney disorders and mentions Kidney-Wort as a remedy that purifies blood and cleanses the system. It notes rising concerns over health issues and alludes to fashionable morning dresses in hotels.
Caution to Dairymew and Butter Color Claims
Caution to Dairymew, Wells, Richardson Co s Improved Butter Color. Warns against imitations and other oils that spoil butter. Offers Burlington Vermont contact for availability. Notes extensive tests prove it best. Mentions various health product ads and electrotherapy claims with trial offers and treatment promises.
Gault House in Chicago Offers Low-Cost Flints Lodging
The Gault House at Clinton and Madison streets Chicago advertises flint class accommodations for business people and tourists at $3 and $2.50 per day. Located one block from Union Depot, the fur-famed hotel claims first-class appointments with proprietor H. W. Hoyt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
H. W. Hoyt
Oil of Athiophoros and elixir tonic cures
An advertisement extols Athiophoros as a conquering agent against rheumatism neuralgia and inflammatory diseases with sale price of $1 per bottle. It also promotes Ely’s Cream Balm for hay fever with quoted testimonials and the Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calicaya as a top tonic from Caswell Hazard & Co. in New York, priced 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athiophoros
Athiophoros Co
Wall Street
N.Y
Ely
Duhamel Clark
Farmer
Lee
Mass
Calicaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Haskins
Marshfield
ELY Bros
Owego
Remarkable cures of consumption touted in old ads
A compilation of testimonial claims for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and other remedies. The notes praise efficacy against consumption and throat lung afflictions, with patient stories from Emily Rhoads and references to Dr. Robert Newton. Also mentions agents, rat killer products, eye water, and kidney remedies in a dense ad layout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Alfred Mercier
Emily Rhoads
McBrides, Mich
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the Sons OF Preachers
Tourists’ Gazette
Nova Scotia
Ben Jonson
Hostetter
Tropics
Diamond Dyes, Co
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
TRE Vorrarc Bevar Co
Marshall, Mich
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Philadelphia
Carbo Linee
Earth
Stranger Than Fiction
Prince of Wales
Robert Newton
The
Eclectic College
City of
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wm. Hall
Union Manufacturing Co
Isac Thompson
Piso
John Bull
Sun
Sohn Bull
Smith
Bull
Main St
Louisville, KY
Perry Davis
Found
INE Bros
Dungaville
Wis
Tri Rhote tGung
Frazer
Lydia & Pinkham’s
Lynn
Maas
Massachusetts
John Spencer
Peter Lawler
Dalton
David Kennedy
Rondout
N. Y
Lawler
DaLtor
Kennedy
Chas
Brown
Brea
Dautron
Gratefilnes
ER Lawler
Davros
Jie
Hops & Malt Bitters
Mel Mi
National Punvisnina Co
Newspaper Union
Franklin Street
Nebraska
Dakota
Tux Sioux Cire Newsfater Union
Douglas Street
Sioux City
Iowa
Ridge
Woolrich & CO
Jabal
Montgomery At & Aap Wabash
Nard & Co. Mue
Chisago, LL
Butes
Data le Logue Free
Addre
Loomis & Neman
Tiffin
C.N.U
William
Fou
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