Them Wimmen Save a Child on the Cliff
In a seaside village, two rescued sisters, Adelaide and Jean, face hostile gossips and raging seas. Adelaide defies danger, ties a rope to a tree, and descends the cliff to save Jinnie Blake from deadly breakers, earning lifelong respect from the fisher wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann
Jane
Patience Blake
Nancy Hyar
Jinnie Blake
Joan
Adelaide Elwood
Adelaide
Jean
Pride
Darling
Jack
Tsay
Uls
J. K. Ludlum
Woman's Magazine
Napoleon surrenders after Waterloo on British ship Bellerophon
The excerpt notes Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated after Waterloo and surrendered on July 15, 1815 aboard the British ship Bellerophon. Captain Maitland’s narrative describes Napoleon’s appearance and health during the two months at sea, detailing his strong build, small feet, pale complexion, lethargic habits, and diminished mental energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
France
Bellerophon
Maitland
Scribner’s Magazine
Lavish Hospitality and a California Misread
A Cincinnati visitor recounts how a San Francisco hotel clerk directed a London address to 736 Front Street for a Kaufman family. A cascade of gifts followed for the wrong guests, revealed when the real Kaufman from Cincinnati learned of the kindness shown. The tale ends with gratitude for California hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Cincinnati
San Francisco
England
Kaufman
Australia
A. Kaufman
Mr. Kaufman
London
Front
Oakland
Kaufmann
Yaas
Knights Templar
San Francisco Chronicle
The Power of Love and Duty in Labor and War
Ruskin argues that pay corrupts effort in soldiers, artists, scientists, and workers. He posits love of country, duty, or purpose yields true, better work, while money and plunder degrade effort. He warns against equating commerce with battle and notes that symbols like the cross or skulls fail as signs of real achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durer
Kepler
Swammerdam
England
Home and Farm Recipes and Household Advice
In 1889 there were over 4,225,945 farmers owning or working farms in the United States. The page offers household tips and recipes from multiple papers, including stewed brown beans with molasses, turkey dressing, graham pudding, jellied cranberries, pineapple cake, corn pie, and homemade baking powder. It blends farm life with domestic guidance and agricultural notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago Herald
Cincinnati Times
Boston
Earliest Linen Paper Rooted in A D 1300s Debate
Wehrs identifies the oldest linen paper as extant in a document dated A D 1308 with origins possibly as early as 1300. He argues linen rags mixed with cotton initially produced partly linen cotton paper before becoming linen only, crediting Germany. Schonemann counters with Italy, noting Ancona’s cotton paper production before the 14th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wehrs
Germany
Schonemann
Italy
Ancona
Irland
Abandoned Grasshopper Route Stripped in Ohio
The Cincinnati, Columbus and Hocking Valley line known as the Grasshopper road has had twenty five miles of track removed and sold after years of idleness. The remaining railway is intact but proves railways can be opened and later abandoned, despite claims of perpetual operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cincinnati, Columbus & Hocking Valley
Union
Chicago
Chicago Times
Wille
Washington
Florida
New York
Miesa
Geer Aton
Grass and Stock: Fertility and Cattle Raising United
The article argues that grass yield depends on soil richness and that large stock numbers enrich soil through manure, creating a cycle where fertile land supports more grass and more feeding. It urges feeding stock efficiently, saving manure, and proper seeding to maximize both pasture and hay yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Jd. Shepherd
Forgotten tale interrupted by abrupt departure
A brief dialogue captures Jones resuming an interrupted story as Smith abruptly exits, leaving the old man to recall the forgotten anecdote. The fragment emphasizes the interruption and the casual closing exchange.
Snake editor in training aids partridge brood
The Douglassville Star reports a sequence of sightings showing a snake feeding and caring for hatched partridges. Mr. Aderhold saw a large snake swallow partridge eggs, then Mr. Butler found the same snake with newly hatched chicks, and Mr. McElreath observed the snake plucking oat kernels to feed the young partridges trailing behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglassville
Aderhold
Butler
McElreath
Living Witnesses Praise Dr Pierce Pellets
Advert reads that Pleasant Purgative Pellets purge and purify the system and cure pimples blotches eruptions and constipation. It claims the vegetable remedy restores appetite and renovates the whole system and warns of a balloon analogy about sudden rise and wreck.
Promising tonics and fortunes in a jumble of ads
An assortment of patent medicine pitches and small business notes touts Dr Pierce tonics for blood and health, Piso's cough remedy, eye water, a shoe store plan, and a Canadian Knights mention. It mixes health claims with market chatter and a few admonitions against bad habits.
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Summersett & Arnold
Prop
Grandpapa
Hattie Whitney
Waterloo
Demarest's
Indianapolis Journal
Georgia
Philadelphia
Dr. Pierce
Canadian Knights
Wuerris
R. W. Tansill, & Co
Tansill
Anpdriessen
Beaver
Burgh Chronicle
Glenn
Hill
Isaac Thompson
York
Wits
Philnata
Baltimore
Druxgists
Wizard Oil Company
W. L. Douglas
Congress
W. LL. Douglas
Grimes
Cockle
Fuller & Fuller Co
Frazer Axle
Ballard Gallery
Marlin Wire Arms Co
New Laven
Conn
Perann
Willer & Go
Chicagoy IL
Tigerald & Powell
U.S
Indianapolis
Ind
Iowa
rmaforSale
Srownell & Gould, Pombroy
Mair
W. B. Bair
Jd. Stephens
Lebanon
Herran
Rita B
New Ter Safutt
Holly
Miehs
Sampins
Seal Pine Street
Louis, Bay
Moody
Moody & CO
Civetanath
Nion College of Law
Beegins
Booth
ST. Glara
Dubuque
B. Duabnune
Towa
Galetti Fil
Academy
University of Ei Ea
Agricu
Invalids’ Hotels Surgical Institute
Main Street
Buffalo, N. W
Duffato
Jorcien
Kk. V. Pierce
M.D
OUR
Invalids’ Hotel
Vures
StHall
St. Vitus
Ereusrey
Jnvalids
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
New Oxford Street
Physichias Fa
Quinns
Nispensary Medical Association
Wein
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