Global oddities and politics mix in obscure 19th century notes
A collage of items covers czarist amnesty, Mick Dooley's visit, lynching statistics by state, American hog trade, smoking health, imperial marriage hints, gold output in 1894, dynamite risks, Gould family power, Italian duels, Lucky Baldwin's derby, San Bernardino jail quirks, Vermont red clover as state flower, and Maine pine cone debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Maine
Vernor
New England
Michigan's Benefactor Charles Hackley and His Health Cure
Wealthy Michigan lumberman Charles H. Hackley credits Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People with reversing years of neuralgia and rheumatism. He recalls cold water compress relief and three Hot Springs trips, then rapid recovery over six months. Pills sold by druggists or mail from Schenectady NY at 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Maplin
Mich
Hackley
Chas. H. Hackley
Charles H. Hackley
Muskegon
News
Dr. Williams
WN Y
Rat Causes Electric Fire in Baltimore City
A rat bridged copper terminals on a switchboard causing a short circuit and a sheet of flame. Two thousand seven hundred volts passed through the animal, burning its hair and freezing its body as wires burned and nearby woodwork caught fire. The incident forced replacement of all switchboard wires before service could resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Stevenson on a Train and a Canal Talk
A journalist recalls Stevenson aboard a Long Branch railway car with a medical device mistaken for smoking. The conductor insists on rule obedience. The piece notes debates over the Nicaragua Canal and praises St Jacobs Oil for labor pains and rheumatic aches. It also mentions John Milton’s organ playing and his wife’s singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Jekyle ‘N’ Hyde
Harper's Weekly
Nicaragua Canal
U.S. Senate
Panama
St Jacobs
America
Humorous scraps and stage laughs from a Sunday page
A collage of jokes, verses, and quips from a 19th or early 20th century humor page. It features light verse about prudence and marriage, jokes about a barrel of apples, love and wit, and quick one liners about daily life, trains, carriages, and city scenes. Names and places are implied through the era's tone.
Teething Aid for Babies Promoted by Governor Hogg
An old remedy named WixsLow's Soothing Syrup for teething is promoted in a belabored notice. The text mentions Governor Hogg as a large state figure and garrulous boasting about height and weight in a humorous mock context.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blessenger
John R. Stout
Russia
Mick Dooley
Australia
United States
Georgia
Kentucky
Ala
Japan
Souurn
Africa
Unnovus
Wake McAlllister
Goulds
Italy
Italia
Lucky” Baldwin
California
Florida
San Bernardino
Civilization
Michigan
Western Michigan
R. D. Wirt
Independence
P. H. Grinter
Seattle
Madison County
Indiana
Indianapolis
Jonesboro
Europe
Paris
John Milton
Toledo
Mr. Nicefella
Dr. Knowitz
Jacid
Jimson
New York Weekly
Miss Lillwhite
Cholly
Chappy
Wayback
Hostese
Hogg
Hood
Parilla
Ures
Hanny F. Prrrarp
Winterville
Teeigil
John Carle & Sons
New York
Colchi
Colchester
Ster Rubber CO
Ely
J. C.olmsted
Arcola, Il
Rely Brothers
Warren St
Manitoba & Northwestern Railway
Ltd
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