Avoid Risk in Buying White Lead Paint
A persuasive note on avoiding adulterated white lead paint urges buying only genuine product marked by the National Lead Company Dutch Boy Trade Mark. It offers testing outfits and a free booklet, plus a brief historical note on the phrase government of the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Yowll
National
Woodbridge Bidz
New York City
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Theodore Parker
Lincoln
Persona Au Gratia Philadelphia Press Exchange
A brief literary exchange from the Philadelphia Press notes a friend detailing a rift with Subbub's restaurant due to the cook’s apparent dislike of the speaker. The dialogue hints at social friction and strained friendship within a local urban scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subbub’s
One Kidney Gone but Cured After Doctors Said No Hope
Sylvanus O Verrill of Milford Maine recounts a kidney revival after a severe injury left him nearly paralyzed and with disordered urine. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with strengthening him, enabling walking on crutches in three months, then complete recovery. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvanus O. Verrill
Milford
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Judge’s Request Triggers Ribbing in New York Appeal
An ambitious young attorney in upstate New York faces a Supreme Court general term appeal. He stumbles over words until a judge invites him to speak as he does to his local justice. The lawyer retorts, offending the bench, but the court erupts in laughter and he proceeds to win his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Supreme Court
Smithers
Bohemian Magazine
Girl credits Grape-Nuts with ending prolonged hunger and recovery
A Me girl describes years of indigestion and near starvation from overwork and irregular meals. She credits Grape-Nuts with restoring appetite and strength, saying it satisfied hunger and became a staple in her diet. The ad promotes Postum Co including line “There’s a Reason.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Westville
Constable Captures Stembridge Aboard Madame de Stael
In Martinique, Constable foils Stembridge’s escape plan aboard the yacht Madame de Stael. Crusoe is arrested. Breen grapples with guilt as press reports implicate Constable. Family tension rises as Miss Stansbury confronts a tarnished public image and a dangerous liaison unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breen
New York
Mr. Stansbury
Mrs. Stansbury
Miss Stansbury
Madame de Stael
Peter Constable
Nicholas Stembridge
Constable
de Stae
Fernald Wins Maine Governor Race by Narrow Plurality
Bert M. Fernald, the Republican nominee, is elected Maine governor by about 7,700 votes over Democrat Obadiah Gardner in a presidential year with the smallest Republican plurality in 25 years. Republicans likely win four congressional districts but the margin signals a weakened statewide showing. The race centers on liquor questions and resubmission of prohibition, with Democratic gains in most counties and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bert M. Fernald
Obadiah Gardner
Fernald
Gardner
Cobb
Davis
Nquor
Record-breaking Pennsylvanian train speeds to Warsaw
A special train on the Pennsylvania railroad ran nine miles from Pierceton to Warsaw Ind in under five minutes, exceeding 100 mph and setting a record. Other notes include two-cent fare law effects on the Chicago and Alton and changes in through freight rates by New York New Haven and Hartford. The US circuit court upheld safety appliance law, Union Pacific adds guards against holdups, and Seo Railroad opens Duluth to Onamia service with freight shipments to interim points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Moscow
Perry
Barclay
Lake Erie
United States
Fort Bowyer
Fort Erie
Don Pablo Obregon
Washington
Mexico
New York
New Jersey
Turkey
Russia
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Sandwich Islands
Islands
Public
Boston
Daniel Webster
Antietam Creek
Sharpesburg
South Mountain
Gov. Curtin
Pennsylvania
Juarez
Lincoln
McClellan
Lindell Hotel
St. Louis
Georgia
Sheridan
Butler
Kan
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mackenzie
Canada
Arabi Pasha
Egypt
Tel-el- Kebir
Quebec
Gordon
Philadelphia
Maine
Narcisse Fortunat Belleau
Canadas
Versailles
Ind
Massachusetts
Antietam
Roosevelt
Kastoria
Taft
Bacon
Cuba
Palma
Ban Congress
Consti
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pierceton
Warsaw
Chicago and Alton
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Lehigh Valley
New England
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Santa Fe
Denver
Rio Grande
Union Pacific
Northwest
Seo Railroad
Duluth
Brooten
Onamia
Loading Freight by Cards in Dixie Rail Yards
A St Louis railroad worker recalls Mississippi practice of loading freight cars by card suits. Black laborers tag each car with card names under a white supervisor’s commands, a method tied to gambling culture and referred to as a key Dixie pastime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Mississippi
St. Louis
Dixie
Baltimore American
The Reason and Thirteen Jokes in a Crowded Car
A crowded car moment reveals Mrs. Nabor’s seating snub and a joke about politeness. Isaak Nemes and Bleeker are cited, while a quip about the number thirteen concludes with a line about the speaker’s marriage proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaak Nemes
Bleeker
Meeker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philadelphia Press
Epulchre
Pelee
Will Levington
Stembridge
San Juan
States
Detective Bureau
Crusoe
Sugar Landing
Joey
Ernst
Yarmouth-Leams
London
Reen
Gaptain Negley
Mr. Crusoe
Macready
Fort de France
Plantation House
Victor Hugo
Daily Journal
Mr. Wall
Mr. Breen
Saint Pierre
Lara Stansbury
Brooklyn Ster
Brooklyn
Rue de Rivoli
Pere Rabeaut
M. Breen
Soronia
Little One
Fairy
Stradacona
Jacques Cartier
Salem, Mass
Fort Casimir
Delaware
Gov. Stuyvesant
Duchesneau
New France
Harlem Heights
Burgoyne
Hudson River
Saratoga
Schuylkill
Howe
Prussia
Upper Canada
Newark
South Carolina
James Pollock
Congress
Repub
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!