General Items From A Fragmented Page Of Old Notes
A scatter of quirky items and opinions: agricultural quips about vines, bugs, and maize in Illinois. betrothal notices from a New York paper. a curious tale of a potato bug provoking a farmer to laughter. a Iowa story of a woman’s dentist scam involving Gen Grant. Also noted are tin discoveries near Ogden Utah, a Grand Rapids brush factory fire affecting 250 workers, and assorted anecdotes on fashion, law, dogs, and a Maine husband’s joke hunting trip.
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Illinoie
New York
Tux
Iowa
Gen. Grant
Red River
Kansas
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ogden
Utah
Louisville Courier-Journal
Spain
Casar
Cromwell
Napoleon
Augusta
Georgia
Maine
Navy Yard
Jane Porter
Chapin
Danbury News
Awkward street salutations and the shy observer
The piece discusses how shy people react to meeting acquaintances on crowded streets, noting the awkward tension between recognition and politeness. It contrasts city life with country demeanor, explores various evasive tactics, and concludes that civility and overcivilization can fuel the unease in passing familiar faces. It cites Hearth and Home as the source.
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Leer Zou
Broadway
Children as a moral anchor in parental conduct
The future of children shapes parental restraint in finances and behavior. It argues that fear of children’s shame can curb folly, and suggests society would decay without marriage, home, and civilized order, warning against careless living. The piece reflects early Victorian views on family virtue and social stability.
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Eatin
Oxen on the Farm A Treatise on Use and Management
A country Gentleman advocates oxen for farm work as efficient as horses in plowing and general tasks. He notes oxen thrive with careful feeding, can supplement beef production, and recommends a mix of three horses with two oxen for optimal plowing. Selection of well built oxen and early beef conversion are emphasized.
The Art of Letter Writing for Lovers and Friends
A reflective piece on how letters reveal the writer’s true self unlike formal speech. It argues that warm, spontaneous letters convey personality, voice, and intimacy, while awkward prose hides the author behind the page. It extols naturalness, directness, and absence of self-consciousness in correspondence.
To Make Cozoarz Water
A fair cologne may be made using eight degrees alcohol ten quarts with nerol petit grain half an ounce rosemary essence twenty four drams Inv ender essence thirteen drams clove essence half a dram peppermint essence half a dram bergamot essence drams lemon drama Portugal casence seven drams tincture benzoin one and a half drams.
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Portugal
Court Piaster
Hedgehog and Hare Race Ends in Tragic Irony in Fable
A hedgehog teams with his wife to trick a boastful hare in a field race. The hare wins repeatedly until the fourth or fiftieth turn, then collapses dead in the middle of the field. The tale from Schroeder’s Fables warns against scorning the humble and advises marrying within one’s station.
Origin of Postal Cards and a Liver Cure Recipe
A Chicago Inter-Ocean note credits Rowland Hill with the penny post idea sparked by a door sign system a poor couple used to communicate. The piece ties humble beginnings to a global postal reform and cites a liver cure recipe: dandelion, tartar, baking soda, rhubarb tincture, and water with a three times daily teaspoonful dose.
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Rowland Hill
Mill
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Inexplicable Home Remedies and Soothing Potions
A lengthy, dated compendium of DIY cures and cosmetic recipes covers ink and paint removal, silvering powder, perfumes, lozenges, cough and throat aids, toothache relief, varnish formulas, cancer care potions, and food flavoring. Also includes guidance on Merino cleaning, cough remedies, and heart palpitations with general medical cautions. The text blends ad hoc chemistry, household tips, and medical advice with various named ingredients and preparations.
Dress and beauty as social currency in society
In a New York Evening Mail essay, the author argues dress governs appeal, claiming beauty depends on adornment. He traces historic icons from Aspasia to Pompadour, noting women dress to please men and that attire shapes social life and self worth.
Seasonable Hints for Gardners on Pruning and Weeding
A short guide advises pinching early summer shoots to thickly grow Evergreen and Pine varieties. Thinning fruit prevents tree stress and insect loss. Weeds should be removed early with a steel rake to save labor later. Cherry trees planted in autumn should have clean, mellow soil and several inches of mulch to shield them from hot midsummer sun.
Vinegar Bitters Tale of Dr Joseph Walker
A physician in California, Dr Joseph Walker, devised Vinegar Bitters after healing himself while poor and wandering among California tribes. He claimed the remedy eased dyspepsia and other ailments, leading to wide adoption and rapid sales. The preparation reportedly became self supporting within months and now generates sizable annual revenue.
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Heanen Simsere
Joseph Walker
California
United States
Life Insurance Promotion and Death Benefit Anecdotes
An advertisement extols life insurance as essential and promotes The National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America, inviting agents and highlighting low rates. It recounts two New York deaths, one with a $5,000 policy, urging readers to insure promptly and directing inquiries to 343 Broadway, New York.
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National Life Insurance Company
United States of America
Philadelphia
New York City
Bach
New York Life Insurance Company
Home Office
Broadway
New York
Couniy
America
Robert Wells
Vesey Street
Temperance Medicines and Health Remedies Ad
A mixed advertisement offers Dr. Pierce family medicines free of alcohol, touts Allen's Lung Balsam against consumption, promotes Olive Street Hotel reopening under Mesara Dorr Thatcher Co., and praises Johnson's Anodyne Liniment Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders and Dr Trask's Magnetic Ointment with a testimonial from J E Keeler of Wheatland Michigan. It highlights claims of cures, anti alcohol products, and hotel amenities while urging readers to see the paper for details.
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Olive Street
St. Louis
Mesara, Dorr, Thatcher & Co
Trask
Deacon Barber
J. E. Keeler
Wheatland, Mich
Anrruur's Illustrated Home Magazine July number features stories and engravings
The July issue presents frontispiece pieces and illustrated tales such as Self Questioning A Story of a Strong minded Woman Our Home Hugh Millers First Day In the Quarry Our Insect Friends The Three Great Monuments of Piga Do Your Work Well The King and the Friar Making a Home in Early Times Crooked Places The Temperance Question The Deacons Household Insubordination or The Shoemaker's Daughters Saved by a Horse plus household departments. Subscription is 2.60 yearly or 1.60 for six months with club reductions and a free engraved plate for subscribers addressed to Annuum Son Philadelphia.
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Anrruur
Hugh Miller
Piga
Virginia F. Townsend
Edward Garrett
Pipsislway Potts
T. S. Arthur
Horae
The Career of Great Remedy Hostetter’s Bitters
The piece touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a premier tonic and restorative. It cites long use over a fifth of a century, claims vast sales, and praises its safety and efficacy for indigestion, debility, and summer ailments, noting royal and public endorsement alike.
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Hostetter
Europe
Totetter
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van Amburgh
Bazar
Wedgehog
Acre
Buxtehude Heath
Schroeder
Aspasias
Livias
du Barrys
Pompadours
Mother Eve
Pericles
Alcibiades
New York Evening
Dr. Sage
Allen
Johnson
Sheridan
Jayne
Suallenderger
Tur Frreno.ociat Journal
Salmon P. Chase
James L. Orr
R. Watts
Heartu
R. Wests
U. S. Antnor & Son
Wuex
Perry Davis
Krerven
J.mtarris & CO
Cincinnati
All Medicine Deutera
Rerrrey
Reese Eebeee Dee Wee
Ane Corr
Elbevevens
Sit. Louis
Pork—Mesa
Springs
All Drugeists
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Fulton St
Church St
N.Y
Draire
Mali
Mospecta. Co
Young & CO
Cortlandtst
Blair & CO
Waters
Orann
Ornce Waters &Ben
UBL
IER Saat
Courchen Suning Senor
Lodges
Cic
Ageris
F. KE
MARSH
Peninsular Dispensary
Quincy
Whittier
St. If
Charles Sty
Manckne
al Phaician
Milwaukee
Wis
I. B. Woucor
Wisconsin
SUN
Radway
Apder
Ranway
Rapwar
Wright
Rabway
Tmf
Bright
DR. Radway
Radway & CO
Warren St
Transatlantic Magazine
Transatlantic
A. Scott & Co
Publishers
Sinsoni Street
Pilladelphia
R. Wilson Carr
Baltimore
7.C. Pugh
Dabney Ball
Ballimore I. E
Conference South
Murfreesboro
Clements &Co
York
Zusiness Legitimate
Particus
Lars Free
BE Lo
Dr. Warner
R. N. McDonald & CO
San Francisco
Cor
Washington
Chariton Sts
Excelsior
Man Street
Frank Eugene
Providence
It. I
Willson
Willegon
Kature
Beat
J. H.willson
John
Porta
Shurlbut & Eds
Pichandson & Coe
A. Coulter
Chamne Allen
Holand
J. H. Shufeldt & CO
Chicago
Credit Mobilier
Stella Quick
Address
National Publishing Co
Louis, Mo
Agenta
Eithersey
Ald
Addrars G. Stinson & Co
Portland
Matta
Awk
Wx-Anu
DR. Whittter
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