Mysterious Disappearances in England Then and Now
A survey of historic English vanishings details the Beaufort/Beaufort mystery linked to the Man in the Iron Mask and the Elizabeth Canning case of 1753. It notes royal interest, rumored fates, legal twists, and public intrigue across the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Iron Mask
Mattheole
Parma
Duc de Beaufort
Henry IV
France
Gabrielle
Duchess of Beaufort
Louis XIV
Paris
Beaufort
Canada
Isle Ste. Marguerite
Bastile
Elizabeth Canning
Aldermanbury
Enfield
Throve
George II
London
Umpire Billy Holbert Recounts 1872 Arkansas Baseball Tale
The tale centers on Tip McGinnegan in a 1872 Arkansas game between the Muds and Snappers at Hickoryville. McGinnegan fractures a leg after a dramatic foul ball splits, McGinty throws back the other half, and Holbert declares a half-run as the Snappers win 22 to 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Holbert
Metropolitans
Muds
Snappers
Hickoryville
Hog River
Arkansaw
Spring County
Tip McGinnegan
Mike McGinty
Tip
Scott
McGinty
McGinnegan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ladies end church fair with frantic notes
The ladies ran a church fair and festival for foreign missions, making frost cakes and plain cakes, biscuits and ice cream, buying strawberries, printing notices, and juggling tasks from serving to weighing change, finally tiring themselves into sickness as the reporter asked for totals the next day.
When Wage Earners and Married Women Face Housekeeping
A New York Epoch excerpt argues that men should fully support wives who do not earn, cites dangers of dual incomes, and critiques married women factory workers lacking housekeeping knowledge. It notes wage earners in tenements, only five bread makers, two who cut garments, and poor cooking habits with beer as diet in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Epoch
What the Gun Was Good For
A Bohemian Club joke session features liars praising a remarkable gun. One man recalls a gun so precise it could not miss a bird, trading it for a fifty-acre lot, while another claims a rival used it to shoot holes in porous plasters. The scene ends with a resignation being penned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogardus
Jimpson
Too Much Enthusiasm
An earnest school mistress Clara extols teaching as a holy calling, praising its joy and growth of young minds. A hesitant suitor Mr. Smith interrupts, confessing his hopes to propose, but she gently invites him to continue, acknowledging her own excess enthusiasm.
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Clara
What Men Call Business
A fragmented dialogue from the Omaha World about a broker and his wife. A telegram sparks panic as fears of war and crop failure loom, then a humorous note that Jay Gould has eaten a cucumber despite a doctor’s orders, suggesting looming hardship yet satirical tone.
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Johnny
Jay Gould
Omaha
Belgian chemists trigger copper deposition under high pressure
In experiments by two Belgian chemists a compound of copper and lime pressed at 6000 atmospheres and 104 degrees liquefied. When pressure was released the instrument surface in contact with the salt showed a copper coating, evidencing a new chemical decomposition effect.
Calomel Sale Sparks Clerk's Remark in Private Exchange
A Detroit Free Press quotation shows a druggist scolding a clerk after learning he sold one drachm of calomel for a quarter, joking that the price would force an assignment as the drug costs forty cents a pound. The fragment hints at rel—gious sentiment woven with memory and family voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Circus Wild West cattle sale and mock circus tale
A Dakota farmer trades a gentle yearling to a traveling circus agent for use in the Wild West show, with remarks about past acts and a humorous note on paint and a display elephant. An antacid, nostrums note touts painless regulation via Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a safer alternative to purgatives for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollerwell & Showpool
Buffalo Bills
Texas Jack
Central Africa
Dakota Bell
A Young Evangelist in North Minneapolis
A dainty four year old girl in North Minneapolis loves Sunday school. The minister told a story of a brave boy whose motto was Stand up for Jesus and the girl later tried to make the family cat stand on its hind feet. She explained she was teaching pussy to stand up for Jesus. The note from the Minneapolis Journal adds quips about barbaric tastes in young ladies and a mention of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Jesus
Kitty
Misnapolis
Gem City College Fall Courses Begin in September
Gem City Business College announces fall term starts September 5 with a grand Opera House reunion on Friday evening. The course offerings include a full business curriculum a Normal Retep course shorthand and typewriting taught by capable instructors. Free catalogue and details available from Principal D L Musselman A M Quincy Illinois. Also notes Harvest Excursions on the Rock Island Route with dates August 30 September 20 and October 11 to principal western points with 30 day travel limits. For tickets contact E A Horsroox Chicago NL RW Tansill & Co Chicago. A puff for Tanaill's Punch cigars from Wu F H Stephenson Buffalo New York.
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Gem City Business College
Opera House
D. L Musselman
A. M
Quincy
The Poor Little Ones and Blood Purity Remedy
A 19th century advertisement argues children suffer red eruptions and scaly skin from impure blood. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier to prevent rickets fever sores and hip-joint disease, urging parents to treat developing children with the remedy. It notes a tie to a Buston Gazette quote about tight-laced women and staying power.
What a Lovely Complexion and Health Claims
A discussion on skin beauty ties complexion to blood quality and humors. Claims for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery promise clearing humors to smooth skin. An Owensville Ohio physician cites Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as aiding hereditary lung disease patients, with weight gains and reduced medicine need. A Washington Post note observes liquor behaves as a drug in prohibition states.
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Ersonas
Dr. Pierce
Owensville
Ohio
Scott
Washington Post
Train Excursions Offer One Fare Round Trips
The Burlington Route C B and Q announces Harvest Excursion tickets at one fare for round trips to principal points in Nebraska Kansas Minnesota and Dakota with a thirty day limit. Aug 30 Sept 20 and Octil dates given. Call nearest C B and Q ticket agent for details.
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Harvest
Great Rock Island
R.L
P. Ry
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakota
E. A. Horsroox
Chicago
Burlington
Willsell
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Dakato Bell
the Circus Wild West
RW. Tansill & Co
Hood
Ark
WM. F. Kidder & CO
Sige
Bois
William Ramich
Minden
Kearney County
Pierce
Chemical Laboratory of World's Dispensary Medical Association
Lo, N
Brown
Wsare
Buston Gazette
GRANNAN DETEC+TIVE BUREAU
Arcade
Cincinnati
Mark Twain
Richard Proctor
W. W. Aator
Judah P. Benjamin
Dr. Minor
Columbia Law
Yale
University of Penn
Wellesley College
Prospectua Post Free
Losette
Fifth Ave
New York
Lyon
Ely
Radway
Rapway & CoGentlemen
Henry Kenworth
Chebanne
Iroquois County
A. C. Middlebrook
Doraville
Rapwax
William Noonan
Blanchard
Mich
All Druggista
Reap Jones
Binghamton
Frazer's
Astor
Kidder
Chatestown
Chicages
Payne Engines
B. W. Payne Co Sons
Elmira
N. Y
South Canal Street
Ill
Dey Street
Sage
W. Havsger
Peist
Hace, BF
Natian
St. Louie
P. O
Columbia Co
Mae
Procter & Gamble
Fitzge Ib & Pow
Indianapolis
A. P. Lacex
Ftorneys
Washington, D
Brewster Slafety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Michaenay
Opil. U
Wwtson TH
Dr. Wildems
Our Pil CO
Cleveland
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