Puzzling Proverbs and Patent Medicine Pitch
A fragment of satirical aphorisms about optimism and behavior, followed by an advertisement for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets claiming gentle relief for chronic constipation in children. The text includes a Toledo Ohio sworn statement by Frank J. Cheney regarding Hall's Catarrh Cure and related product pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
State OF OxIo
City OF
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J
A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cueney & Co
Cosmopolitan Magazine Available Through Local Rep in Springfield
The standard popular magazine is offered in Washington county by SAM J. ALLEN, Local Representative, Sun office Springfield. Subscription rate is $1.00 per year with liberal inducements for Texas Mackville Willisburg and Valley Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
United States
Washington County
Sam J. Allen
Sun Office
Springfeld
Texas
Mackville
Willisburg
Valley Hill
Lion Attacks Child In Pittsburg Cage Incident
A lion in a Pittsburg cage savagely struck a child who reached into the enclosure. The report warns that danger to children can arise from common illnesses and promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for croup and colds. Testimonial notes a baby’s recovery and claims a trial bottle offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Hayaon & Robertson
She Danced With Lafayette and Named Pennsylvania
The Grand Rapids piece recounts Mrs. Clarisea Truesdell, once famed in Lafayette era society, aging in Kent County poorhouse at 105. It notes her youth hostessing to royalty, a fortune lost in the Civil War, and support from niece Mrs. Edwards White as she endured old age. It also covers William Penn’s naming of Pennsylvania and Blathwayt’s role, plus auction records and family ties to Winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward VI
Kent County
Clarisea Truesdell
Lafayette Ste
Grand Rapids
General Lafayette
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Jenny Lind
Louis Kossuth
Mis. Edwards White
Buffalo
Truesdell
Chicago
Grand Rapids Dispatch
New York Herald
William Penn
Charles II
William Blathwayt
Blathwayt
Penn
Charles SI
Pennsylvania
Miss Winter
Blathwayts
Winter
Sir Francis Drake
Direke
How Burnt Cork Is Made For Theatrical Cosmetics
The article explains burnt cork for minstrel and actor makeup as a pigment from a theatrical paint factory. Corks are charred in tin vessels, soot is washed from them in water through muslin sacks, and the resulting charcoal paste is packaged for performers to apply to face and hands before lighting or brick up.
Prosy Prof. Matthews Defends Drama Insight at Columbia
In a Columbia address on drama, Prof Francier Matthews ridicules a dull dramatist who claimed Shakespeare meant sermons in stones. He cites a youth’s exam answer about tombstone inscriptions teaching life lessons and milestones guiding travelers as a flat misreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francier Matthews
Columbia
Tom Sure
Shakespeare
Emersons Scale of Culture in The Sun and Courier-Journal
The passage sketches a graded view of culture from sensory delights to abstract thought. It traces ascent from pleasurable objects like gems and landscapes to reflections on intellect, citing Newton and Plato as stages in understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Plato
Emerson
Curious Catnip Scene At Cincinnati Zoo
An investigator and sprigs of catnip amused zoo guests as tigers and a puma ignored the herd while the Moness and the big leopard showed clear delight. The lion sniffed, pawed, and tossed catnip. the leopard hoarded it with ecstasy and even performed acrobatic sniffs on the head. The investigator concluded catnip appeal spans wild and domestic cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Approaching a Walled City in Tuscany Roads
Excerpt from Howlett's The Road in Tuscany describes entering Cascina and Pontedera as a traveler moves from drab outskirts into fortified towns. The wall looms as a veiled bride, with gates to pass and a clear, abrupt heart of the city revealed upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisa
Maremma
Cascina
Vico Pisano
Pontedera
Phuop
Howlett’s
Tuscany
Contemplation as a Part of Life
The excerpt laments haste to act and create, urging stillness to be. It questions whether true happiness comes from contemplation, sympathy, and inner wisdom rather than endless striving. The voice muses on balancing action with reflective peace and loving awareness of others.
Primitive Life Saving Expedients Expose Poor Living Quarters
A curious exchange between a washerwoman and a new customer reveals makeshift safety ideas for saving lives amid crowded housing. The customer questions drying clothes near the wall while the elder explains the rope is intended to cushion a child who might fall from a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lfe
Mias
Cribers Free Column Poultry Listings On Sale
Mrs John S McElroy City offers pure bred Minorca cockerels at 1.00 each and bronze turkeys with toma at 350 and hens at 3.00. Miss John Parrott Rt 3 lists Bourbon Red Turkeys hens 200 toms 3.00. H A Grinstead City seeks 3 tons timothy hay. Mrs J R Barber Rt 2 sells Bronze Goblins Wyandotte cockerels. Mrs H J Cocanougher Texas Ky lists S C White Leghorn cockerels 1.00. Mrs C L Mudd Rt 2 sells thoroughbred Bronze Turkeys. Alvah Perkins Rt 3 offers 20 bushels seed rye 0.50 per bushel. Mrs R H Langfield Rt 4 has 8. C B Leghorn roosters and some of Mrs C L Brady stock at 0.50. Mrs Sam Tucker Rt 1 sells Rhode Island Red cockerels and pullets 1.00 each through Jan 1. Mrs Irvine Lynch Lebanon Rt 3 lists Pure Bred Brown Leghorn cockerels. Mrs C L Brady Rt 3 offers Plymouth Rock Cockerels 1.00 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S McElroy
City
John Parrott
Rt 3
Grinstead
J. R. Barber
Rt 2
Sne Exch
H. J Cocanougher
Texas
C. L. Mudd
Alvah Perkins Rt. 3
R. H. Langfield
Rt. 4
C. B. Leghorn
C. L. Brady
Sam Tucker
Rt 1
Rhode Island
Irvine Lynch
Lebanon
C L Brady
Rt3
Plymouth Rock
Savings rise across states as deposits peak in October
Boston savings banks report October deposits for the month ending Oct. 31 the largest ever known in a year. Massachusetts savings show strong returns and similar increases are expected in New York and Indiana. High cost of saving persists, but prosperity seems to keep pace. Danville Messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
New York
Indiana
Danville Messenger
Electric Bitters for women health urged in ad
An advertisement promises Electric Bitters as a cure for nervous, run-down women and various ailments. It claims many women suffer from headaches sleeplessness constipation and faint spells and endorses the remedy with a currency of 50 cents and a dealer guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haydon
Fragments of a Child Health Advice Column
A garbled passage discusses a mother seeking remedies for a child’s stomach and bowel troubles and mentions concerns about giving pills to a child. The text notes mothers breaking tablets for easier swallowing and sending a name for more guidance in an old advice column style.
Cough Remedy Sold by Druggists in All Towns
The old story repeats about health cures and asserts Chamberlains Cough Remedy cures coughs quickly. Sold by all druggists in towns, a common advertisement promoting the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dragwiats
Also Mentioned on This Page
Springfield
Tandy Quisenberry & CO
Tandy Quisenberry
Perryville
Surrey
W. W. Hatchet
Gethsemane Turnpike
New Hope
Kentucky
Nelson County
R. Masterson
Hell
DR. Hoag
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Lion
Lafayette
Michigan
Wiliam Blathwayt
the Sun and Courier-Journal
Cribers
Mscalls
Foudewey
Keepity
Chain of
Pattern
McCall Pation
TME McCall Company
Wes
Gore
Aoe Lott
Leo Haydon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!