Fragmented 1899 Atlanta ads and quips from various vendors
A collage of short notices and jokes with medical cures and patent remedies. Includes testimonials for Tetterine from Henry W. Johnson in Atlanta, a Savannah mail order address, quips about kissing and prizefighters, several ads for digestion and cold remedies, foot powder, nerve restoratives, and cough syrups. Sentences present as quick product blurbs and humorous phrases from late 19th century advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Tetterine
Henry W. Johnson
Marietta Street
J. J. Shuptrine
Savannah
To Women Who Doubt Read This Letter on Pinkham’s Compound
An anonymous testimonial from Mrs Annut Trounson of South Hot Springs Arkansas praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for end to weakness and “female trouble.” She claims relief from prolonged illness and weight gain, crediting the medicine and Sanative Wash for restoring health and appetite and urges others to use the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tai
Trounson
South Hot Springs
Arkusevork
Poti
Dr Talmage Sermon The Great Divine Eloquence Message
A historical sermon by Dr Talmage exhorts mourners to bring burdens to Jesus and trust divine mercy. It urges comfort for the bereaved, recalls biblical scenes, and compares earthly trials to storms. The message emphasizes persecution, prayer, and faith, ending with reflections on mortality and eternal hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Talmage
Great Divine
D. C
Talmage
Christ
Thio
Palace
Meortte
Ardens
Rome
Crean
Gols
Godfrey
Jerusalem
Jesus Christ
Heaven
Jesus
Ham
Este
Herod
John
Household Hints on Hair Brushes and Oven Care
Practical household tips on washing hair brushes with hot water and soda or ammonia, air drying away from heat, and using the paper test to judge oven heat. Guidance on reducing oven temperature, baking times, and avoiding door slams. Then advice on dust destruction via cloths and carpet sweepers, simple furnishings, and reducing gadgets. Includes disinfectant basics stressing air and sun and safe use of potash copperas solution for pipes and waste areas.
Rousehold Recipes Sausage and Macaroni Pie and More
Sausage and macaroni pie layered with stock and parsley, cream of peas soup with milk and butter, French rarebits with layered cheese and bread, and oatmeal pudding using milk, porridge, and currants. Each dish includes baking steps and serving notes.
Woman in politics recalls pond memory and life years
A garbled melodrama recalls a political woman, a duck pond, and a hen, with fragmented references to a Maple Street address in Norwest/Norwich area and three years of life tied to a BINS code, suggesting a local reminiscence or anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinca St
Boston
Mass
Poe
Maple St
Norw
Calico Theft Fiasco and Little Girl's Calico Reward
In a Tennessee town during the civil war a Confederate cavalry detachment took calico meant for a young girl’s dress. A Union officer intervened after a local girl cried aloud, returning the fabric to the child. The officer later bowed to the girl as the grateful child hugged the calico and the scene helped elevate the young officer to fame as General Joe Wheeler. The passage also references a quip about the New Woman and work for earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Tennessee
Jef Wavis
Lincoln
Joe” Wheeler
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Fanit
Indianapolie Press
Knox
Joax
Ell Drugeiet
Pame
Allen
Boowdert
Atlanta College of Pharmacy
Thera Fe
Wwerunsan
George F. Payne
Tom Whitehall Street
Gra. Anwell
Luxarive Browohouse
W. Groves
Ureline
Areb St. Phita
Ven Mills
Mike
Winslow
Walthall & Co
Ithedia Ff
Pinkhan
Augusta
Coltarsei Oe
LOOK
Leokard St
Robert
Robert Hall
van Molin Wesley
England
John Wesley
Ason
Thisem
J Field of
Shimeta
Seputcher
Yen
Jess Christ
Geo
Father
Nerxes
Ne “Rousehold
Ayer
Cora
Lra
Yarrow, J. T
J.C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Medical College OF
Cram
United States
World
Eve Princh
Dalesmen
Elling
Mars
Teria
Enti So
Tever
Philadelphi Presa
Lombard Foundry
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
J.B. Shearer
Geee
Buna
Boz B
Atiai
Rock Hill
Inchester
Winchester Repeating Arms
Haren
Conn
Serosa
EO. E. Nissen & CO
Winston
Leonard At
BM. Y
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