The Great Trial of Life in a Narrow World
A long artifact filled with moralizing notes contrasts opium’s grip on women with a farmer’s resilience. It sketches panic era anxieties, medical whispers, and the arc of progress over a hundred years, then pivots to a sensational tale of arsenic abuse and delirium, ending with reflections on farming as a steadfast, self-minting economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Tate
Somrs
Parficipt Criminiset
Atill
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinol
United States
Africa
Boone
North Carolina
Canaua
France
Washington
America
Bydeof Hobia
Mapple
Peru
Cooke
Bayard Taylor
Mr. Snow
Terantonia
Memory marvels and moral sermons from Brucestown
A long compendium of curiosities and moral talk. It recounts a Kentucky girl with extraordinary memory, a tale of a revival host and a minister’s jest, and a satirical piece on marriages and social foibles. It also surveys salt in medicine, antiquities, and a political warning on bribery corrupting the nation.
Prohibited Liquor Law Causes Odd Hotel Encounter
An exhausted narrator visits a hotel village where the landlord refuses to sell liquor under the prohibitory law. A tense exchange follows about finding liquor, the landlord reveals his private medical bottle, and the narrator ends by paying for a bushel of oats as he drinks with the parish committee chairman.
Wart and freckle remedies from old manuscript
The fragment lists home remedies using benzine, common clay, castor oil, lemon juice, glycerine, ammonia, nitro powder, and soap for skin care. It warns of caustic applications, wart removal, and odor control, concluding with a note about finishing washing routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atamenia
The West and New York Eyes and Arsenic Tales
A Cincinnati writer recalls a New York tale of bright eyes aided by belladonna and notes how women in the West share similar secrets. The piece recounts blunt examples of vanity leading to tragedy, including a brilliant wife who dies from delirium tremens induced by substances, highlighting dangerous practices among society women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenna
Jane
New York
D.U. Coulalan
Amit Tik
Cleviland
J.C. Prentiss
Rena
Cincinnati
Vance
West
Thad
Ani
Esid
Sula
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Whites of Advertisime
Ramos L, Clark
Jane Pbueet
Stein & Eeda, S Fiwartudocorn
Garton
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Eddy, Gaylord & Beman
Attorneys At Law
Othu
Morthwuss Corner
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Insurance Agency
J. Vv
J. H. Nichols
Ee Renis Ison
Sree Jereteced
Ntt
M. Stuart
Sea
Maxson
St Law
Ofics
Nexar
Ranney & Hatfield
Ser
Rockwell & Norris
Near
Motary Public
Bevel
J. Waggoner
M. D. Ean Ty
Strong
M. D
Cleveland
Peach
Colin
W. K. Field & CO
Merwin Street
Ludington
Baltimore
Conter
Alcorn
Master Builler
A. B. Sharp
Ao AB Aw
J. Sgoucher
J. Goucher
M.D
Deming’s
Empire Building
Main Street
Portage Co
Esac
Headquarters
EL Baasen
le Tieveland
Citisems
Wale Ravenms
C.D. Hudson
S. Phenix
Portege
Brant
Eti
C. D. Hudson
Murting
Woauen Ravenna
J. A. Vance
Sycamore Street
Anie
Telavouna
Henry L. Day
Este
Bacane
Meghan
Henry i
Kavesus
Abargain
Qilceteeenes
Emma Ees WD
Jan ‘Havenna
D.C. Coolmaips
Fom
D.C. Coolman
Ravesue
Iafer
Orth
Ieaveman
Lilchen
Badhroam
Seeraion
Amd
Amd Posses
Bea Tata
A . Sete
R. Freeman
Yemna
Eaun
Avenna
Lyman
Ward
Rtwa Hou AK
Havesna
May
Sascescimree
Bittnewomee
Seemee
Ithe
Galileo
Jean
Cern
Sernaces
Cope
Iain Man
Baitimore
Marriagh
Brucestown
Kentuckey
Grote
Mary Sommerville
Toinburg
Jacky
Young
SAN YeAns
Dr. Scudder
Samary
Joseph
Ma. Beecure
Tee Pal
Republic
Bothara
Allon
Chomlata
Babylon
Rome
Worts
Ike
Vanity’s Pharmacy
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