Lights and Shades Tossed With Odd Tales From New York to Parkersburg
An assortment of quirky clippings describes a Parkersburg dealer with shirts, a Newport RI milking cow at a gala, and a Kentucky farmer’s daughter who eloped after chloroforming her family. Other notes recount a tailor’s son’s wealth and marriage, a comical hotel butter remark, and a Boston Home Journal joke about a mistaken name at a table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Newport
Helen Witten
Paintsville
Tool Unus‘wal
New Yorke
Perren
Hob
Busiess
Iden
Wit
Fife
Charles
John
Boston Home Journal
Eye Sam
Oswego
Elmira
New York State
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Health Laxative
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a superior laxative for cleansing the system and relieving headaches and fevers. It claims medical approval, targets the Kis Beye Liver and Bowels, and notes bottles sell for 6c and 1.00 by the California Fig Syrup Co, with no substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beteseman
California
Poultry and farming tips from old home papers
A long readable excerpt discusses value differences between pure Plymouth Rocks and mongrel fowl, seller attitudes, and a farmer learning to upgrade stock. It shifts to home canning trends, milk preservation in France, a summer drink from skim milk, baldness from tight hats, and several tested recipes. It ends with notes on cellar construction and gypsum use in agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs Johnson
Mra Johnson
Germantown
Maple Valley
N.Y
Robin Wai
Be Tomato Craze Spreads Across Maryland Peninsula
The Hartford County Intelligencer notes a tomato price spike could spark a packing boom this year with new canneries planned in Kent and Talbot counties. Farmers locked contracts at 6 to 7 dollars per ton, over 1,500 tons already pledged by Easton buyers, signaling a potential market oversupply and low prices for unestablished brands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford County
Kent County
Talbot County
Easton
Anne
Fragments From A Damaged OCR News Clip
A Chester baker sells bread for a cent a loaf. References to wealth figures in Brooklyn, gold alloy content, and a French statistician’s population ratios appear. The text cites New York City directory data and mentions population figures for Chicago and New York, noting central park as a reference point.
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Chester
Michael Flei
Brooklyn
Switzerland
Conditi Cording
Nee
New York City
Chicago
New York
Central Park
Fragmented Advertisements and Notices Across Regions
A garbled 19th century collage of quotes and notices mentions an Irish schoolmaster teaching navigation, a girl aiming for an operation, a city directory probe, and a Louisville rail fare, interspersed with Notre Dame University appeals. It all hints at education, travel, and consumer ads in a bustling paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ew Yorker Tribune
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Nashville
Louisvill Toad
Atmore
Louisville
Joseph
Satis
Reithe Formaton
Aden Father Superior
Academy of the Sacre Heart
St. Sosoyn, Mo
Notre Dame University
University of Notre Dame
Tatiana
Notre Dame
Peacock Behavior Sparks Alarm In Quiet Yard
A disrupted yard scene describes a peacock boasting its plumage and attacking pets and children when agitated. The bird’s loud display ends when its tail feathers are plucked, after which it hides and remains quiet until the plumage regrows.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wacap
Lord
Caicaro
Scuauit
Eason
Eno
Home Department
Creele
Prees Muir
the Herald
France
Lyons
London
M. Wilson
N. Y. Herald
U.S
Agricultural Department
Abe
Mercy
Dashaway
Sloanag
Roth
Ier
Pierce Spidan
Menante
Douc
Cordovan
W.N. U
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