A Mixed Thain and a Colorful Town Tale
An extended mixed train journey from Wilmington to Philadelphia is recounted with vivid impressions of scenery and railroad life. The narrator details stops, freight, and ticket trouble, including a harsh rebuke from a conductor to a boy selling tickets and the rough, comic clash with a stubborn horse on a frontier tale. The piece blends travelogue with a frontier humor frame and hints at local color in Tom Green county and a Texas river tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilalngton
Wilmington Ap Smame
T’hiladelphin
Rome
Alan
Turing
Grigg
Tomscoonty
Tex
Tom Ureen
Great Porto
Tim
Algit
John
Grigga
Iran
Youthful Lovers and a Mother’s Worry on Premature Love
A correspondent asks for guidance to keep youth from hasty weddings, urging employment and noble aims for both son and daughter. The piece argues idleness breeds romance, recommends purposeful activity, and cautions mothers about daughters’ susceptibility to unsuitable matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workes Hennedy
Alaire
Myro
Achoul
Slse
Satan
Unhappy Marriages of Talented People Questioned
The Chicago Graphic argues against the belief that brains and marriage clash. It cites Jane Welsh Carlyle Alfred Tennyson and Gladstone as examples showing gifted spouses can share intellectual life, proving women of culture can keep pace and achieve in both domestic and public spheres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Alfred Tennyson
Gladstone
Chicago Graphic
Noises in the Ear and Simple Relief Techniques
The article notes ear noises as a distressing symptom sometimes linked to insanity. It suggests a simple inflation method by closing the mouth and nose and forcing air through the nose, not to be done more than two or three times weekly, citing Good Health as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elise
Hindoo bread on a ground fire baked in a bowl
A New York Journal note describes Hindoo bread made by a simple ground fire oven. Dough is pressed into a thin cake and baked atop a shallow metal bowl with stones around the fire. A Boston Courier quip recalls Miss Smilax with a wonderful memory at a supper, recalling engagement details.
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N. Y
Religious and Educational Notes on 19th Century Britain and Japan
A survey of religious and educational topics across regions. It notes Lutherans fleeing persecution in Malta provinces, calls for women in church choirs, dancing education as a paid option, and the large sums raised for George Muller’s Orphanage. It also cites Greek women petitioning for public art and industry schools, Cambridge tea experiments, and Cambridge-Oxford wine-to-tea shifts. Reformed Episcopal growth and Sabbath-school data are given, alongside Japan’s rapid university output outpacing employment and a discouraging jobs outlook for graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Maltlo
Kitssia
Strensons
George Muller
Cristol
Mngland
Greece
Cambridge
Eng
Oxford
Newman
Iroude
Oriel
Reformed Episcopal Oliwred
Theological Seminary
Wit and Wisdom Fragments Highlight Daily Wit Across Papers
A collage of quips and brief snippets from various periodicals catalogs humor and aphorisms. Notable items include Aldrich on endorsements, a Galveston remark on grieving, and a Vermont Watchman line about punctuality. The collection mixes anecdotes, parlor wit, and brief exchanges from several sources.
Hoard Reported in Ithaca Michigan February
A local report from Ithaca Michigan notes a hoard of 3 food servers in a February incident. Details remain unclear in the fragment.
A Little Girl's Experience in a Lighthouse
Four year old daughter of Hoy Light House keepers at Sand Beach Mich fell ill last April with measles, then fever and dreadful illness. Doctors failed, but after two and a half bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery she recovered completely. Also praise for Electric Bitters as a nerve tonic.
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Mire
Boren
Vekcott
Hoy
Sand Beach
Mich
Detroit
Dr. King
Remedy Adverts for Consumptives in 19th Century Paper
An advertisement offers a free copy of a supposed cure for consumptives and throat and lung maladies. It promises a harmless prescription available by mail from A. Wilson in Brooklyn and Newark, inviting sufferers to request the remedy at no cost. The text imitates early patent medicine language with exaggerated claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reugney
Sears
Ant Reid
Conmmin Delon
Inivala Ie
Kev
Rd A. Wileson
Brooklyn
Newark
Village Tax Sale in Alma Michigan Auction Notice
Public sale advertised to pay unpaid taxes on land parcels in Alma village Gratiot County Michigan. Auction date set for April 4 start at 10:00 am at the village treasurer’s office with sale of mortgage foreclosures and related properties as per statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Gratiot
State of Michigan
Turok
Michigan
Inw
Huytar
Michigat
Kewit Court
Elote &Lotr
Mortenger
Mortuneoe
Charles Fr
Panty M. Douglastis
Hanson J
Beaker
Ithaca
Kewleter
Murtanne
Ray Peart
Vilage
Ramre
Mic
Do. T. Matlews
Rawson J. Faas
Mortganee
Rober L. Stark
Alnu County
Mehigan
Mortungers Page Sr
Si Wick
Moreau
Putnam C. Stone
Cie
Sianaw
Mortiner Ely
Stockton
Hotlee
Thai
Ald Torteaye
County of
State of
Township Drive
Kokata Orver
Gratiotan
Wall County
Omigo
Than
Orig
Potte
Hien
Sail County
Line Powers
Bekl
Hiracw
J. Leo Potts
John Powers
Hobert $. Miller
Bitton Chat
Ville Township
Sald
Alma Ercont
Trains Schedules From Alma and Detroit Lansing Line
Detroit Lansing & Northern shows daily timetable with departures from Alma toward North and South at 11:34 am and 2:30 pm and additional numbers for morning and afternoon services. Route includes Grand Rapids, Chicago, Indianapolis, Harbor, Muskegon, and other points.
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Alma North
A. Nona
Caer
Oun
Ion Masager
Aetchcock
Awent ‘Alia
Grand Rapids
Indianapolia
Renton Harbor
Joseph
Tenvoren City
Muskegon
St Loura
Sitiginaw
Grand Rapide
Detroit
Tg Rapids
Ithaca
Eg North
Goiny Boul Ae P.M
Ltanca
Oate
At. Louis
Chicago
Peculiar Experience and Remedies Highlighted by Rockwell
A fragmented report cites B W Rockwell of Michigan describing peculiar experience with red and cheuntian sea therapies and a chelved regimen. The statement asserts full resolution of rheumatic symptoms and overall benefit, noting distribution by VanbonBeng and a local dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.W. Rockwell
VanbonBeng
What Makes a Beautiful Woman Duliman’s Great German Medicine Co.
An advertisement touts Duliman’s Great German Medicine as a cure for female uterine issues and neuralgia. It claims dramatic, permanent relief after trial and promotes sales through a Michigan dealer with a dated testimonial from April 11, 1801.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliam
Great German Medicine Co
Dughter
Seou Or
Dullats
Duliman
Inion
Mich
B. van Don Bergh
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Bhutan
Lim
Great Britain
Columbus
Philadelphia Record
Japan
Manyari
Imperial University
Iti
Famling
Wit and Wisdom
Vale of Tears
Aldrich
Mittaburgh
Galveston
Vermont
Watchman
Nian
Flaneny
Litterateur
Somerville Journal
Killings
Washington Star
Wool Oblets
van Veld
Princeton Tiger
Lowell
Teould
Scribbler
Steenth Street
Kate Field
Washington
Wade
Grutier Cownty
Marek
Alun
Mareb Oo
St Louis
Fem Uie Oxiton
Trim
Maron
Beyant Bum Gelick
Evanalontiene
Crailis
M.itTaten
Aae
Dom Tyre
Tor
Pic Worth
Ave
Bauer
Orsey Roc
Anc
Bile
Goa
Lanl
Blyton
Mit
Cotoon
Lota
Wile
Lansing & Northern
West Michigan Ry
Toledo
ARBO
Wood
Dently
Inpione
Aule
Pirie Woon Cimon Co
VanDen Bergh Iy
Wenbind
Bullam
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