Wright, Schneider & Sturtz Opens New Spring Line
Alma mercantile house announces new department openings with spring styles for men youths and boys silk tier fabrics neckwear hosiery gloves boots shoes dry goods and corsets plus an extensive grocery and hardware section featuring textiles, china, lamps, prints and housewares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Fabries
Amerie
Dongola &E
Aly
Bison & Hartinslien
College Leu
Oxford
Brulfort
Sat- Heromsworth
Croan & Blackwell
Wall Paper and Decor Stock Arrives in Alma
New stock of wall paper border and decoration arrived in Alma. The shop promotes the finest selection for papering or decorating homes and invites customers to call, examine and obtain prices. Whitening or tinting walls is also offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Bucklen
Webb
Window Shades and Fixtures Catalog Highlight
Local shop markets a large line of window shades and fixtures. Oil shades Holl and shade varieties in felt and paper, including plain and figured patterns. Also offers French tissue paper and shell paper for decorating windows.
School Books and Supplies At Bargain Prices
Harper's Barnes' books and all school supplies in stock. We buy direct from publishers for extra discount. Slates, tablets, paper, brushes, paints, cigars, scents, medicines and prescriptions accurately compounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's
Barnes
Baxter's Lucky Star
Fragmented 19th century vignettes mix in mixed New York items
A patchwork column surveys diverse curiosities and anecdotes from late 1800s press. It references a New York Graphic note on a singer’s memory, odd medical bath sensationalism, English travelers and Bulgarian trade, a violinist tale, and gossip about royalty and frontier figures, all framed in a bustling city-paper voice.
Window Plea Sparks Cold Exchange in New York Car
A delicate American widow and a British woman ride a horse car in New York. The British woman asks for a window to be closed but the man refuses, saying Americans cannot grant anything and mocks her. Passengers react with astonishment as the scene ends amid unsettled tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Flessy
New York Mail
Any
Buffalo Bus
Roya
Prince of Wales
Wid
Sala Cody
Cody
Cincinnati Exquirer
New York
Tahiul the Brite
Woman Solved Vexations Problem in Domestic Life
Mrs Benedict starts a Fatcatcher business aiding women by extermi nation rats at home. She says she invented a method to lure rats to die on the kitchen floor using plaster and wheat flour paste, born from accident while experimenting with domestic plaster mixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallock
Sheander
Hamelin
Mra. Benedict
Mra Benedict
Benedict
Ahw
Tomiz
Paris
Saga
Ube
Acker's English Remedy Promises Quick Cure
A fragment from a 19th century ad touts Acker's English Remedy for children. It claims to ease coughs croup and whooping cough, promises relief for anxious watching, and notes the product is sold locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker
Gawry Sree
Also Mentioned on This Page
Worthington Cooley & Co
Agency For Moniter OF Stoves, Gnarteed Agraviat Explo
Eleetere Razors
Yand Steves and Ranges
Ope
Grane Aoe Thaware
Builders
Martwiare
Itverything
B.S. Ve Bes
Gratiot
Findley
Morden’s
School Books
B.S. Webb
Wright
Alma, Mich
Regent Street
Hame
Vieuxtemps
London
Ani
Chambers
Equitable
New York City
India
Chicago Herald
Oni
Baron
Mrs Benedic
Earth
Handa
Lieak
Cluries Fadwio Markham
Btng Ss. Wes
Heath
Ewict
Shiloh Sextarrh Remety
Parmetee
Findley & Morden
Kelso Bros
Celebr R Mall
J. M. Montigel &Co
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!