Peculiar Infatuation and a Woman Husband in New Jersey
The piece recounts a New Jersey marriage where the wife wed a laborer who was secretly a woman. She knew the truth before the wedding but stayed with her spouse after urging from friends. It notes male affection as common but unusual same-sex bonds among men. It ends with a testimonial praising Warner's Safe Cure for kidney and liver trouble.
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New Jersey
Meriden
Conn
John H. Preston
Ming
R. T. Cook
Curtis & Cook
Warner
Amu
Wellman
Ned
The Quiet Way Drums Up a Lesson in Trading
A boy aged Tors years old and his parents on Third avenue sold a drum for a dollar after a neighbor asked if the father paid. The buyer bought four drums with the dollar. That night four drums sounded at the neighbor’s house as the boy explained they were cousins and he kept the dollar to buy more drums. The neighbor resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tors
Third Avenue
Sonny
Vda
Detrait Iree Press
Patrick O’farrell
Tanaes
Jones
Binghamton
N.Y
Piang Co
East Distate Ou Tie de
Listening to Marvelous Cures by Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
A reader asks why a man stares as he listens to praise for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. The piece presents a case illustrating claimed cures and invites attention to the remedy’s effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Punishments in Persia and Health Remedies Across Town
A fragment discusses Persian punishment methods with stables, lashes, bag enclosures, and towers filled with lime, then shifts to eye refractive changes with age and when glasses are needed. It cites serotola affecting health, promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla, and notes Tennessee witchcraft rumors with a Greenfield girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Aluwaukee Sentinel
China the coming world power and its far-reaching impact
Lord Wolseley predicts a rising Chinese military power that will sweep through Asia and threaten Anglo American interests, urging concerted effort to maintain China relations. The piece warns of a vast global conflict if China advances. A separate note touts Hostet ter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive remedy for malaria and other ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Lord Wolseley
India
Asia
Well-Preserved Blankets of a 19th Century Treasurer
Hon. Moses Tenney of Georgetown served as State Treasurer and Receiver General from 1856 to 1861. He sleeps beneath blankets woven by his wife’s mother a century ago. The blankets have been in use most of the time since their making and remain in remarkable condition as Mr. Penney nears four score years and stays active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Weakley County
Frank Hays
Greenfield
Moses Tenney
Georgetown
Penney
Zjfererhilt
Local Advertisements and Fashion Notes Amid Courtly Mentions
An assortment of 19th century advertisements includes Hall's Catarrh Cure offered at 75 cents a bottle with testimonials from Toledo druggists. Fashion notes reference the Queen's compliment to the young Imperor, predicting winter styles and the rise of masculine-influenced gowns with Louis M. models favored. A Dobbins Electric Soap promotion promises easy weekly washing, claiming 24 years on the market. A folk maxim warns against overreaching efforts and using a sledge hammer to crack a peanut.
Cal. Fig Syrup Company Commentary Claims
The note states that all claims not consistent with the high character of Syrup of Figs are avoided by the Cal. Fig Syrup Company. It emphasizes gentleness on kidneys liver and bowels while cleansing the system effectively but warns it is not a cure-all and not every bottle guarantees substance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Cal. Fig Syrup Company
Beecham
Phos. Beecheay’s
St. Helens
Lancashire
England
B. F. Allen GO
Canal St. New York
United States
ALL Pub CO
New York
A. L Goon
Smith & Wesson Arms
Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson, Cay
Springfield
Mass
Candle Lighting Clock Aims to Save Nighttime Rise
A German inventor creates a candle lighting clock using an arm and fuse to ignite the candle wick at a preset hour. The mechanism lights the wick when the arm presses the match, providing light for those who rise at night.
Kemp's Balsam Advertisement Claims Curing Colds
A vintage advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as the cure for coughs and colds. It invites readers to hold a bottle to the light to admire its clear liquor and asserts the product uses pure ingredients. Large bottles cost 50 cents and one dollar, with free sample bottles at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wight
Widow of Moses Bailey Writes Memoirs at Winthrop Center
Mrs. Ho Bailey, editor of the Pacific Monthly at Winthrop Center Missouri, is described as a noble woman with strong mind and moral beauty. She is the widow of wealthy Quaker Moses Bailey whose memoirs she has recently written.
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Worup
Buffalo
J. N. Berry
John Hackett & Son
Roanoke
Ind
FPF. A. Lehmann
Washington, D. C
Kar
Beeman & Money
DB. Money
Congress
C. A. Freeman
U.S. Att
HE. O. W
Tutt
Scott's
Scott
Boott
Nerald
Tur
Phebe Hanford
Nsconset
Thomas E. Warner
Isuanp
New England
Katherine Lee Bates
Rose and Thorn
Dr. Bull
Whiteside Herald
Brecham
Hall
Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
I. d. Cheney
Lin
Want & Truax
C. Wealding
Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Imperor
Trussars
Lmperor
William
Hussars
Louis M
A. R. Keery
Parkersburg
W. Va
MONTI
Bard
P.W. Ziegles
L& CO
St. Louis
Sione & Welling Son
Madison, Wis
Cary
Townsend
New Chambers St. N.Y
Washington, D.C
Adkiress WR. Snyder
Chicago
Adway
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore, Md
S Leeann Balen
Cue
Netanieus Ely Brothers
Warren St
Shith & Wesson
Civil Service Gazette
Epps & CO
Longcon
G.h.ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
D. R. Dyche & CO
Ixrans Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Tra
Elvicinen
Molly Elliot Seawell
Nepigon
C. A. Stephens
Kent Hampden
Rebecca Harding Davis
Suleika
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
O. O. Howard
John Gibbon
John R. Brooke
James S. Brisbin
Naval Life and Adventure
David D. Porter
B. Luce
Samoa
L. A. Kimberly
J. H. Gillis
J. Not
Prof
E. S. Holden
Ocean
Camille Flammarion
Man Lockyer
F. R
The
Earth
N. S. Shaler
Sun
C. A. Young
Warward
Princeton
C Sports
Fate
R. W. Herrick
E. A. Poe
A. A. Stage
Efow
Seth Low
Goldwin Smith
Andrew D. White
Merrill E. Gates
Lord Coleridge
Morell Mackenzie
Jules Verne
Marquis of Lorne
Princess Louise
Albani
Emma Judh
Marie van Zandt
Emma Nevadan
Amelia E. Barr
Mary A. Livermore
Jenny June
Marion Harland
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