Wholesale Jewelry Offer From a Chicago Dealer in 1878
A catalog lays out wholesale jewelry at heavily discounted prices with credit terms and free samples. It boasts vast stock including chains, rings, bracelets, Cameos, and Australian diamonds, promising regular low prices and shipping at buyer expense or pre paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jm Bo Sustani
Chicago
China
Tum
Dori
Fife
Duly
Abich
Gouldasgirigg
Fraudulent Jewelry Offer Targets Readers With False Discounts
An unreliable newspaper blurb markets fake jewelry with a $15 order and lists several high priced watches. The ad promises extra items and vague “agents” incentives, clearly resembling a scam to lure customers into purchasing non existent products.
Inventors Agency Ad Broadcast in Chicago Notices
The Chicago press lauds The Inventors Agency offering office rooms at 116 Washington Street Chicago and promotes its reliability. Advertisers claim the agency provides prompt service and trustworthy products. Names Blompren Bros Clark Street Wagner Umbdensock listed in Chicago IL directory.
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Chicago Presse
Sentinel of
Chicago Express
Agen
Washington Street
Chicago
Pareoes
Prees
American Stockman
Baye
Blompren Bros
Clark Iet
Goullen Wagner & Umbdensock
o.Clark Street
IIL
The Inventors Agency Offers Catalogs and Goods
A garbled notice offers payment by post office money orders drafts or registered letters from New York or Chicago. Orders under ten dollars must be prepaid. ten dollars or more require five dollars to accompany the balance. Goods mailed up to six hundred miles. refunds issued if not satisfied. stamps accepted as cash to one hundred dollars. AGENTS WANTED. address Chicago for catalogs and agency contact.
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New York
Chicago
Chinatown and city welfare notes amid varied reports
Reports from March 25 to 26 detail a fire loss of Libbys yarn and a smaller building, medical and sanitary actions in Chinatown San Francisco, a dramatic Hartford birth case with a 17 year old mother and a burned illegitimate child, a New York Polytechnic gathering on canal routes, and a St Louis anti third term call urging a May convention to oppose a presidential tenure amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disuerses
Laws
Aoung
Mary Henderson
Sabine House
Lawt “Eck
Hartford
Warren County
Bern
Startford
Jennie
Wm. Ray
Nebraska
New York
Polytechnic Association of the American Institute
Irvenors
Wheeler
D. Jenken
Cail
Ddresa
Washington
Jefferson
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Congress
Grant
Republius
St. Louis
Emigration and Labor Shift Spur Western Railwork
French Canadians depart by the score with many heading to Michigan and Colorado while carpenters are recruited for six months work on new railways. Fifteen cars of New York passengers leave for western states as exodus grows. In London Lord Mertington warns the opposition about policy shifts affecting England and Turkey. In Paris a ministerial interpellation looms if Jesuit questions are not addressed and the Ferry education bill vote echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mant Montean
Mar
Michigan
Colorado
California
New York
Loxpon
Lord Tlartington
Enid
England
Russia
Turkey
Europe
Paris
Chonfeur Bayf
Senate
Geographical Surveys and War Department Bill in Congress
The vice president presented a War Department communication and a chief engineer letter urging a 75000 appropriation for Mississippi river surveys. The sixty surgeons bill was discussed, with debates on revision of laws and a near party-line vote to refer the bill to Ways and Means. Des Moines river lands titles also notable as routine business.
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Wasaixerox
Secretary of War
Engneers
Mississippi River
Withers
Townshend Rand
Kelly
Bill Withers
Luweehend
Elate Galkey
McMillan
Young
McLane
House
Committee On
Republicana
Ways and
Converse
Committee On Public Lands
Des Moines
Iowa
Robertson
Grant's Galveston Speech Delivers Unity and Prosperity Message
Gen Grant, at a Galveston banquet, thanks supporters, praises Lexena domain, and urges harmony between North and South. He envisions joint national growth without sectional strife and hopes Americans travel abroad to see liberty and opportunity. He stresses restraint from foreign entanglements and patient, prosperous governance at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Grant
Women of Genius and the limits of education
The essay argues that women of genius are rare and will forge their own place despite limited formal training. Men of original force are scarcer, making broad, costly education for boys sensible but not for girls. Genius may flourish with minimal discipline, while excess external enrichment can blunt its best work. The piece cites Daniel Deronda as an example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beave
Uch
Fleuven Stell
Daniel Deronda
Fragmented World News Sparks Across Continents and Oceans
A sprawling OCR digest reports Grant’s expected move to Little Rock on April 12 as well as De Lesseps’ arrival at Council Bluffs. It notes cattle price gains in Halifax, rail fare cuts by the Chicago and Alton, Afghan support for Abdul Rahman Khan, and various European tensions. Also covered are UK rumors about Gladstone, Russian refugees, New Brunswick snow, New York bond offers, and local crime, weather, and political shifts.
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Gran Nich
Geneva
Switzerland
New Brunswick
Holland
Saceinie
Prince -Range
Duke of Edinburg
Ireland
New York
Coleridge’s Struggles and Missed Prospects in Early Life
The article analyzes Samuel Coleridge’s failures despite wealth of opportunity and support. It weighs his temperament, negligence, and economic pressures, suggesting genius and misfortune shaped his path toward poverty and unfulfilled potential. It questions whether earlier patronage or different choices could have altered his legacy.
Humble Printer and the Walking Stick Yankee
A humorous scene unfolds as a Dutch shopkeeper quizzes a traveling Yankee about his trade. The Yankee, aiming to reveal himself, is identified as a humble printer who prints books and newspapers, not a pedlar or dentist. The two exchange banter over roles and pretensions in a small frontier setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eitang
Don
Taman
Faust
Seed catalog sale to farmers at catalogue prices
Farmers are offered a large stock of new garden grass and flower seeds of every variety. Orders by mail receive prompt attention. Geog. H. Trine lists the items at catalogue prices from 41st Street, with address details unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Trine
New Stock Arrives at Hicdin Butlerman Co
Readable notice announces fresh arrivals at 4th Street and Weber, including ladies and gents wear, boots and shoes of the latest styles, dry goods notions caps groceries hardware farm implements and feed all offered at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicdin
Butman & Co
4Th Street
Weber
Michel Angelo Buonarotti: Master of Art and Statecraft
The article extols Michel Angelo Buonarotti as Renaissance’s leading genius in painting sculpture and architecture. It chronicles his training under famed masters, notable works like the Moses tomb and the Sistine Chapel ceiling, his Rome commissions under Julius II and Leo X, and his loyalty to Florence, defense of the city, and lifelong muse Vittoria Colonna.
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Michel Angelo
Raphael
Michel Angelo Buonarotti
St. Peter's
Ternal
Italy
Angelo Aan
Tuscany
Athen
Arnos
Lorenzo Medici
Ile
Leonardo da Vinci
Arno
Leonard
Julius II
Papa
Alexander Borgis
Rome
Moses
Ranka
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
Leo X
House of Mewes
Lorenzo Cathedral
Florence
St. Peter
Clement XI
Paul III
Croiser
Theatter
St. Pater's
del’ Angelo
Jimny
Vittoria Colonna
Jsuter
Shilohs Consumptive Cure Endorsed By Local Minister
Rev Geo H Thayer, a long time resident and M E Church minister, states he and his family rely on Shilohs Consumptive Cure. The note claims strong sales and success for lung diseases and is signed by Drs Matchett and France with local distributors J W McNutt Co and 0 C Ormsby. Dated Bourbon Indiana May 15 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Thayer
Avery
M. E. Church
Shiloh
Drs
Matchett & France
Bourbon
Ind
J. W. McNutt & Co
Ormsby
Logan
Farm for sale near Willard with 45 acres
A farm of 45 acres with house and outbuildings including a rood well and an orchard is offered four miles south of Willard. Price listed at $825. Inquiries may be directed to J. S. Miller, Plain City, Weber County. February 4 details.
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Aituate
Willard
Milter
Plain City
Weber Co
For sale wholesale and retail by J C Coreen
A listing from Salt Lake City notes wholesale and retail sale of home made Linsey Sheeting, Flannel and cotton goods including blankets yarns and brooms. The notice references the Constitution building and lists various textile items for sale by J C Coreen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeat Nicetven
Greg Linsey
J.C. Coreen
Constitution Building
Salt Lake City
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Ogden Junction
Pongtion Printing Asian
Propretora and Publishers
LN Nnw
York
Jewerlay
Asd
Erne
Tate Wy
Chatim
Yancy Bione
Larga
West Coan
Very
RTF
Sadie Og Overs
Leary
Leavy Ja
Geld Bracelew
Patrero Studa
Jevalry
Cese Gener
Sithor & Gent
le Fea
Abyssinian Gold Long Opernor Gperedigard Chala
Cece
Kinmams
Wathingite St
Wednesdale
Saturdatx
The
Beat
Utah
General News
Gy W. U
Wixristo
Libby
Cariaco
Charles Vivian
Leadville
Chinatown
San Francisco
Airty
Board of Health
Liawa
Odin
Chitateci
Thia
Woric
Board of
Eupervicia
Ward of Polices Commissioners
TY. UT
Jyecroz
Renate
W. DU
Joxerion
Women of
Genius
Dwarring W. Preston
Esid Sainte- Beuve
Epra
Madame Holand
Chief Douglass
Pus
Angel
Michigan University
Columbus
Lake Ainsley
Cape Breton
Qundamak
Cabul
New England
Flaghes
Albany
Hadley
Constantinople
Reaumelia
Gladstone
Pittsburg
Alleghany City
Yevreer
Conkling
Hiinnia Central Railroad
Bismarck
Prince Ovlett
Noth Lancashire
Lois Dyffern
Cowl
General Cashzy
Briggs
New Hampshire
Rudullag
Rhode Islind Senate
John C. New
Indianapolis
New Orleans
Galena
Davis
Chicayo
St. John
N. Ls
Ramsey Ssue
Bull
Wm. Barton
J. Clattertuck
Barton
Bertha
Gen
Bartlett
Council Bauffs
Texas
Musselmann
Reichaing
Tos
Coleridge
Lathrop
Jim
Woodworth
Southey
Colelige
Welgwandts
Woolsworth
Ratsley
Rev View
London
Wedgwoods
Oleridee
Jerusalem
Bretch
Castoria
Centaur
Ana Dady
Toa Nord
Boese Womdestal Linimonts
Loriios
Catarre
Dhacaree
Ita
Willy Calvin
Weil de Meyer
G.C. Dieeseyy
Wert
Fat Hotel
Lorg Franch
Bestoice
Taylenck
Beaabres
Vucar
Davey
Pordham
Tt & Meilixner
Perea
Ail
DOD. Prasy & Co
N.Y
Slau
Pret de Meyer
F.8. Richards
Perespaiing Attarasz
Avretor Ceanty
Hichards Dav
Peery Bloc
Ogden
R.aweit
WILL
J. X. Allen
Third and
Main Streets
A. N. Condon, M. D
Fcoachenoiica
UPATL
Wm, VanDyke
W. D, VanDyke
Wal Vandyke
Commission Merchants
Tee Wee Grain & Produce
Hi One Deerecuth
Ogdef
Ds. Suyromn
Sanford
Tole En Parke
Eytelfer
Cleveland
Chee
Jessons
Ara Roy
Drogetet
Luke Caty
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