Notable 19th Century Newspapers and Magazines List
A compact catalog of historical periodicals and publications including The New York Tribune Chicago Inter Ocean Des Moines Register Detroit Free Press Prairie Farmer Des Moines Capital McClure's Magazine The New York World Iowa Homestead Wallace Farmer Spirit of the West Horsemen and other era titles. It lists multiple titles and some subscription pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tau Racomp
New York Tribune
Chicago Inter Oees
Des Moines Register
Detroit Free Press
The
Prairie Parmner
Orange Juda Farmer
Des Moines
Toledo Blade
Omaha Bee
Marshalltown ‘Times
Iowa Homestead
Wallace Farmer and Dairyman
Spirit of the West—Horsemen
Prank Leslie's Weekly
Youth's Companion
Demorest’s Magazine
Osmopolitan
Leslie's Popular Monthly
Harper's Monthly Magazine
Harper's Young People
Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Tristr
Century Magazine
Ue the Forum
Er ‘the North American Review
Catholic News
National Tribune
Farm and Fireside
Munsey's Magazine
Golden Day
Farmers’ Tribune
Word and Works
Ied
Record
Inter Ocean
Iowa
Rail schedule corrections for January 9, 1899
Railroad time tables updated for Des Moines Valley and Monroe Newton branches. Eastbound trains run No 2 Mail and Express and No 22 Local Passenger, with westbound No 201, 203, and 233 services. Montre Valley and Newton connections listed with arrival and departure times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Szzacm
Psms & Express
Monroe
Newton
Des Moines Valley
A.m. Prairie C'y
Fairmount
Hee Monroe
Dime museum remark sparks heated literary line
A dialogue excerpt shows a man and woman debating a novel’s depiction of a heroine and a man who catches her. The exchange probes taste and propriety, with a sharp quip about the man being a dime museum freak. The source frames the clash as a provocative literary aside.
Aged humor and doggerel mix in Atlantic Constitution excerpt
Readable fragments reveal a collage of humorous quips about women, men, marriage, and war sentiment. Characters referenced include a farmer, a Conductor, a coroner, and lines from New York and Chicago papers. The piece weaves satire with wartime mood and domestic jests.
Anxious To Trade Woman's Exchange Scene
A humorous fragment shows Hiram Henpekt misreading a shop sign in the city, visiting a "Woman's Exchange" and proposing to trade for a wife. The miscommunication ends with a crestfallen return home. Various jokes follow about politics, accidents, and social mishaps across newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanner
Hiram Henpekt
Frog Hollow
Gidley
New York World
Horses and Horsemen in Circuit of Driving Races
Horse dealers struggle to fit a 15.8 to 16 hand driving pair for Toledo matinee events every two weeks with only four wheeled vehicles. International interest grows as Derby Princess and Woodchief attract buyers. Nazareth and Olean revive local trotting efforts while Cleveland Driving Club touts $48,680 spent on 14 top horses for matinee racing across several tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Canada
United States
Charles Derby
Gus Wagner
Cleveland
Nazareth
Delphia
William Brown
Philadelphia
Jowettville
Erie County
Fads of Fashion Show Novel Silks and Laces
A New York Tribune style summary notes silk petticoats with plaid and plain shot silks, satin straw bands, and mousseline de soie. It highlights flowers as spring trend, two color gloves and new gauntlets, black silk linings, lace trims like Brussels and Chantilly, veils and toques in tulle, and revived yak lace. Also mentions canered wraps and Beggs Blood Purifier as a health ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chantilly
Brussels
Valenciennes
Flanders
Point
Duchess
Point de Paris
Rand
Thompson
New York Tribune. & Co
Dr Miles Restorative Nervine Promoted For La Grippe
An old alarmist piece claims La Grippe is highly contagious and warns of severe health impacts. It touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a cure and cites a testimonial from D W Hinton of Louisville and a sales guarantee from the Medical Co of Ellghart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Mil Nervine
Address Medical Co
Ellghart
Ind
Items of Interest From Antiquity to Wesleyan Stands
Finds in Greece and Italy trace bronze and iron artifacts to at least the seventh century before Christ. The British army rifle uses 952 machines and some processes without machinery. France shows climate change via vegetation. Italian Poplar fades from early French etchings, lemon vanishes from Languedoc, orange from Roussillon. A pulpit used by John Wesley stands outside a Wesleyan chapel in Wednesbury, England, a horseblock from which he preached 45 sermons, once beside a building in an open space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Italy
Chris
France
Languedoc
Roussillon
John Wesley
Wednesbury
England
Quirky Riddles from the Chicago News Item
A collection of pithy questions on daily life and human nature from the Chicago News. Thoughts range from why telegrams must be prepaid to barber customs and toy safety, reflecting social curiosities of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Tourist and Stranger Mishear Owl Exchange
A humorous exchange where a tourist speaks in a caricatured accent and a stranger misreads a phrase about an owl, showcasing playful dialect banter and confusion. The moment captures regional speech without identifying persons or places.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Newton Infirmary of Osteopathy
Towa. N
Side Square
D. L. Mutchlar & Son
Props
Meh
Locust Street
Kemble Floral CO
Oskaloosa
California
Chicago
Colorado Springs
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Ft. Worth
el Paso
Addres John Sebastian
G.P.A
Rock Island
Express
John Sebastian
Rock Island & Pacific Ry
Chica
McDonald St
Benj. Parker
Owa Central
Goin Kast
Joopem
Lomaville
Rgdp
M. Arcs Oakslaces
Amengo Great Western Ry
Southwounn
Valeria
Baxter
Record Office
Velopes
Dodgers
Busi
Ness
Tle
New York
Tural
Asorase
Chicago Post
O'Houlihan
New York Journal
New York Weekly
Cholly
Hattie
Boston Transcript
Molly
Moly
Amy
William
L. Stanton
Atlante
Hiram
Prog Hollow
North Carolina
Cicero Arkart
Tex
Cicero
Woodville Township
William Hardy
Norfolk
Atlanta Journal
Washington Star
George
Fido
Spain
O'Higgins
O'Flahertys
Atlanta
Cleveland Driving Club
Matines Racing
Kenney
Chants Sponsine
Fame Association
Des Mousis
Recordfice
Central Market
Fred Claussen
Wayr
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