Beards Through Ages From Egypt to Russia and China
Ancient views on beards vary from dignity in Eastern peoples to shaving trends under rulers like Hadrian and Peter the Great. The article notes beard taxes in Russia, the facial hair customs of Greeks, Romans, Germans, Britons, and llamas of Chinese barbering, with anecdotes about stiletto beards and famed figures like Saint Elizabeth-era clerics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Alexander the Great
Justinian
Scipio Africanus
Hadrian
England
William I
Leo III
Constantinople
Gregory IV
Henry I
Honorius
France
Louis XIII
Louis XIV
Napoleon
Sebastopol
Russia
Peter the Great
Peter
Peter I
Anne
Peter III
Catherine
America
China
John More
Norwich
Beheading at Kilmainham and Richmond Silk Rope Tragedies
A Dublin eyewitness recalls the Kilmainham execution of James Moore who faced death by silk rope. The decapitation caused chaos among reporters as blood spurted and a man nearby later died in a lunatic asylum. The piece compares Moore’s death to Cluverius’s Richmond, Virginia, spectacle and notes a hush-hush pledge of secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
New York Herald
Kingsbridge
Kilmainham
Bull Lane
Dublin City
Trinity College
Moore
Anen
Earth
James Moore
Cluverius
Richmond
Prof. X
Village oil ordeal case in Ceylon judged
In Kalutara district three people including a village headman faced charges for grievous hurt after forcing four victims to plunge hands into boiling oil. A theft inquiry led to a festival of fear as locals risked torture. the judge acknowledged custom but fined each prisoner one hundred rupees. A Milwaukee mother of nine was unnamed until age twelve when each child chose a name and was baptized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalutara
Ceylon
Milwaukee
Siam King Gift To American Presbyterian Mission
The Department of State reports a generous gift from the King of Siam for the American Presbyterian mission. It includes one royal acre, extensive grounds, and buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of State
King of Siam
American Presbyterian Mission
Delightful Excursions to White Sulphur Springs and More
The Chesapeake and Ohio Route offers personally conducted limited trips to White Sulphur Springs Natural Bridge and Old Point Comfort on August 27 and September 24 1889. The 21 50 round trip ticket covers all expenses for the going trip with a vestibule car leaving Cincinnati at 8 15 a.m. It includes two sight seeing stops and Richmond en route. Call at the C O ticket office or address H W Fuller Cincinnati Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio
White Sulphur Springs
Natural Bridge
Old Point Comfort
America
Cincinnati
White Sulphur
Old Point
Richmond
S. W. Cor
Fifth
Walnut Streets
H. W. Fuller
Ohio
Favorite Prescription and Pills Featured in 19th Century Ads
A crowd of vintage medical and consumer ads promote Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women and Pierce's Pills for liver, stomach, and bowels. The copy touts restoration of vitality, guaranteed satisfaction, and a refund policy. Other items urge railway land tours, Little Liver Pills, and various regional notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Burlington route through sleepers to Texas points
Beginning August 11 1889 the Burlington and Missouri Kansas Texas line will run a Chicago to Texas sleeper via Hannibal without change, linking Chicago Sedalia Ft Scott Parsons Denison Fort Worth Waco Austin Houston Galveston and more. Through tickets via Burlington agents. P S Eustis Chicago. Also notes colleges face financial embarrassment after sizeable gifts. Yale needs 2 000 000 Harvard and Columbia 4 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry
Hannibal
Chicago
Galveston
Tex
Sedalia
Ft. Scott
Parsons
Denison
Ft. Worth
Waco
Austin
Houston
Missouri
Kansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Burlington
Eli
Peoria
P.S. Eustis
Gen’l Pass
Tkt. Agt
Improvements in Passenger Cars Lighting and Gas Power
The Wagner Palace Car Company upgrades cars with superior equipment and gas lighting. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad outfits about one hundred coaches with gas, compressed in cylinders under each car, lasting a round trip New York to Chicago. Gas provides 60 candlepower light versus 16 with old lighting, making the car interior as bright as a parlor for reading at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner Palace Car Company
Revo- Nene
New York Central & Hudson Iver Railroad Company
New York City
New York
Chicago
Rome
N. Y
Sentinel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Egypt
Bt. Petersburg
Guillaume Duprat
Trent
College of the Jesuits
Paris
Joan de Castro
Portugal
Diu
India
Goa
Louis IV
Turenne
Colbert
Conde
Confucius
Persia
Ellmainham
Boston
Omaha
Lewiston
Lewiston (Me
Courts of Justice
San Francisco
Alta
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wyoming
North
South Dakota
Colorado
Far West
Northwest
E. P. Wilson
Illinois
Iceland
Europe
Calli Forniaa
Georgia
North Carolina
Japan
The
Jijito
State
Western
Western Steam Wu
Wisconsin
Pork—Mess
Linmore
Indianapolis
Louisville
Norhorians
Yale College
Harvard
Columbia College
Monroz County
Harrison
Queen Victoria
Carter
Cauhorsta
Glenn
Hill
South Carolina
Georata
Anil Graal
Aconsul Sislacol Caren
Bradfield
Ely
Pharriver
ELY Bros
Warren &I
Fost
Stronn
Secret Service
Grannan Detective Bureau Co
Arcade
Lary
Andl Balary
Itoston
Mass
Por Investors
W. T. Fitzgerald
Washington, D.C
Hood
Branderson
Newhall St
Lowell
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Radway
L’art de la Mode
York
W. J. Morse
East 19Th St
Tutt
AGRES
Adobama
Missies “Topi
Loumant Col
Fenky
FA Mobile
Orl
Mobile
Ala
Coe
Eustis
Peniain
Aleat & Revppert
WA Sea
Vrineipal Kraminers
Ras Sion Orie
Chadwick
Meret
Theodore Holland
P.O
Philo
Johnson Sco
Math St. Michmend
Via
Tomore Curet
Drs. Gratieny & Bash
Kim Street
Alio
Mutalo
N.Y
U Alon Coblageo
AL Booth
Mall
Ant's College
Huffalo
Valentine Bros
Pet Wate
Bartlett’s College
Pourthat
Cinelnnat
Bartlett
Bryant & Stratton
Piso
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!