A Bachelor Marries a Widow and Draws Six Children
Job Pendleton wed Mrs. Gray, a widow, after a brief courtship in Conway. The marriage brings six children to their modest Boston home, straining finances despite a salary raise as Pendleton learns married life includes a bustling, argumentative brood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job Pendleton
Pendleton
Mrs. Gray
Conway
White Hills
Mr. Gray
Boston
Saturda
City
Messrs
Jones & Pendergrast
Mr. Pendleton
Mrs. Pendleton
Job
Widow and poor husband torn by religious marriage woes
A Louisville case details a year old marriage between Mrs. David Paul Brown Jr of Philadelphia and Mr. Saterfield. He is accused of misdemeanor as their spiritual bond frays amid alleged bread poisoning and Sabbath desecration leading to a peace bond and eventual custody back to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Ledger
Saterfield
Louisville
Chicago
David Paul Brown, Jr
Philadelphia
Parkes
New York
Orld
King of Confidence Foiled in New Orleans Railroad Swindle
Prominent railroad men in New Orleans exposed Henry A Livingston from St Louis as a fraud posing as Colonel Thomas Scott’s kin and letter of credit holder. He forged dispatches and printed passes, tried to secure 38 000 dollars for a house then fled after a telegraph error. Colonel Scott denied any link and warned bankers. A woman connected to Livingston was described as writing a convincing hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Henry A. Livingston
St. Louis
Thomas Scott
Pennsylvania Company
Colonel Scott
Ife
Brother Tom
Tom
Scott
Tom Scott
Livingston
New Orleans Picayune
Propagating Geraniums and Weeping Willow Histories
A Rural Home correspondent explains geranium cuttings in a deep box with garden soil coarse gravel and sand, spaced two to four inches apart, watered sparingly in shade, and allowed to root. The piece then pivots to a brief note on the weeping willow’s romantic lineage and a local legal quip about in laws.
The Development of the Churches in Twenty Years
A summary of the ninth census showing church property quadrupling in two decades while membership grew fifty percent. It lists totals for 1850, 1862, and 1870 across denominations, with figures for regular Baptists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and others, followed by observations on church growth and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regular Baptists
Evangelical Association
Curious Climate of Peru Described by Correspondent
A correspondent details Peru's odd climate with rainless conditions except certain seasons when dense clouds produce a heavy dew. The rapid cloud movements create sudden shifts from sunshine to dark, misty drizzle, then clear skies again, leaving observers startled by the swift changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Enene
Euthe Street
How a Married Man Sews on 2 Buttons
A humorous look at a husband attempting to sew on a button. The married man struggles with threading and needlework, contrasting his effort with a bachelor’s more practiced approach, while noting his wife’s accidental scalds and the morning routine.
Button Sewing Ordeal Shocks Danbury Reader
A man struggles to sew a button losing needle and thread. He injures his thumb as the needle breaks through, then recovers with odd bravado. He calms, trades his pants with a stick, and resumes his day a changed man. The account appears in the Danbury News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Danbury News
A Little Virginia Romance At Petersburg in the Yellow Fever Year
A Petersburg tale recalls a widow’s charity and a nurse’s faith in a famine year of yellow fever. An uncle abandons his niece, later seeks forgiveness, and a Chinese merchant prince sends a fortune to redeem past wrongs and crown the girl an heiress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Norfolk
Pest
Petersburg Tider
Management of Children and Public Reproach
A historical essay argues it is bad policy to be rude to children in public. Mortification harms a child and ranks as unhealthy. Parents should privately address faults to spare public shame and preserve the child’s goodwill and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Davis
Schenck
J. J. Scurxox & Son
WN. E. Corner Sixth and
Arch Sts
Phila
Old Age Warnings and Curious Notices From a Distant Page
An aged life is likened to a frail wagon. light use preserves it, but heavy strain breaks it. The piece warns that most reach only uncertain ages free of pains and infirmities, urging thankfulness and caution. It also notes tobacco smoke contains ammonia and other chemicals, plus odd curiosities on pills and household tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Woolly
Roselusco Co. Ind
Anya
Allen
Isaac A. Doran
Logan Co
Sayas
Nathaniel Harris
Middlebury
Dr. Lloyd
Ohio
Consim Ton
J. Fletcher
Lexington
Drs. Wilson & Ward
Centreville
Tenn
Aden
J. N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
OLIO
All Medicine Dealera
Field and Family Recipes and Agricultural Notes
A compilation of kitchen and farm guidance detailing cake frosting and veal tongue dishes, meat and fruit preservation, lamb care, and fruit and vegetable cultivation tips. It cites Ohio Journal Rovupans Pm and Ohio Farmer commentary on lambs, fruit top-dressing, and garden soil management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Journal
Wood’s Magazine
Farry Tamas
Ohio
Gardner's Monthly
Searching for metals in surface and ore deposits
A historical note outlines methods to locate metals copper lead silver gold and iron. It details surface indicators soil composition rock types and mineral associations. It warns that gold is elusive and often a lottery while iron mining requires cost awareness and simple prospecting tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Rocky
Allegheny Mountains
James Orton
Insurance and patent medicine ads flood the page
Copy of an old newspaper page features insurance pitches from New York Life and various patent medicines. The ad copy promotes life policies for families, Pain Killer, Pierce’s Purgatives, Parker’s Compounds, and Elmwood Dollars. Also mentions dyspepsia, digestion aids, and a Vitamin-tinged medicine line with consumer warnings and price hints.
Prop the Falling. A forthright tonic to bolster constitution
The piece extols Mostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for constitutional decay and chronic ailments. It argues that strong constitutions resist disease and that the tonic should be taken three times daily to restore natural powers and drive out the morbid principle feeding the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mostetter
Hostatier
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Jobs Comforter
Caroline F. Preston
Bethee
King of
Smyrna
Alexander Pope
Clinton
Pope
America
John Parke Curtis
Virginia
Jupee Day
Gurimore
Lay
Carrpren
Hart
New England
Field and Family
Atlantic and
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Cairo
D. B. Gould & Co
Maguire
Touts Globe
New York Life Insurance Company
Broadway
United States
Parker
Germany
William
Junyne
Arill
Jour
ALDEN
Milwaukee
WiSs
Siloam
Milwaukze
Wis
Avanos Ann Ulnn
California
Santa Anita
Associaton
Los Angeles Co
Feneral
Oraate
WAL. Af
Tilke Fon
Ansonia
George C. Catlin
Wat
Cornell
Coulter & Co
Northern Pacific Railroad
JAY Cooke & CO
Washington
Ransom, Son & CO
Propr’s
Battle
Merchant's
Burne
Senlidas
Obi Khalia
Spratne
Beuliss
Largo
Lockport
Merghanes
John Hodce
Pittsburgh
Jones Com’ and Telegraph College
Fifth and Olive Streets
BT. Louis
Jonathan Jones
John W. Jonnson
M.spencer
Hanover St
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
Young &Co
Cortlandt St
Great Atlantica Pacific Tea Co
Fulton St.and &Achirchiat
N.Y.P
Motiers
Mars
Low
Goedren
Winslow
Curtis & Perkins
Darteus
Addresa
Sweelk
Weusten & CO
Broadway, SY
Geds Wood
Andison
Ind
Monroe
Llouding
Wade
DASIT
Advertising Rules
Cross Rules
LCI
Plarrz Vailer
Nebraska
Rem
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Pastris Alley
Alu
F. Davis
U.P. B. Ray Omaia
J.W. Chapman & CO
Madison
Gar
Richard Vailes
Kearney Junction
Buitylo Co
Bowlian & Matthews, Publishere
Third Street
St. Louis, Mo
Welch & Griffiths
Iacenie Welch & Griffiths
Mags
Betroit
Mich
UG. S
Reisinger Sash Lock Co
Woor's Household Magazine
Didependet Co
Credit Mobilier
National
National Publishing Co
St Louis
Eve
A. H. Blair & CG
Drugaista
Horace Greeley
Opi
Union Bey
COL
Cincago
Tle
Dr. Sage
Pierce
Ward Cora Case
Colt
Heath Sen
Catarsk
Tor
DON Bettas Sewing Machine CO
N.Y
Ank
DR. Whittier
T.quartel Streeg
Calboy
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