Childrens Tales From The Browns Farm And More
A compilation of short items: Bulger and Sissy Brown wander into a woods near their country home and are found by their mother after fear and sleep. Nelson and the Coxswain recount a Trafalgar era moment about a missing letter. SMART GIRLS highlight feats of young women across states. A Little Girl's Feat tells of Evelyn Albee escaping an open well. A New Game describes Harlem kids playing coin and rubber ball. The Composition of a Rocket outlines rocket construction basics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns
Papa Brown
Mamma Brown
Ulger Brown
Sissy Brown
Bulger
Franklyn Jarho
Siesy
Stella May
Papa
Em Hulger
Sissy
Issy
Dana
Brooklet
Berger
Bulwer
Slasy
Babes Cafe
Washington Star
Evelyn Albee
Alna Centre
Evelyn
Kenazbe
Whirling Winds Carve Deep Pits in Arabian Deserts
In Arabia's candy deserts winds form pits up to 200 feet deep reaching hard bedrock. The piece notes the British salmon being valued at 650 dollars per ton, reflecting unusual commodity pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
New Coat Variations and Fashion Notes from New York
A fashion roundup describes a four button coat with cutaway or straight fronts, optional lower edge points, and a velvet trimmed hat. It also covers a tucked guimpe, outing hats for men, a sleeveless coat, cretonne belts, theatre hoods, and the impact of autos on roads with Page’s road congress plans.
Hicks Capuchine Cures Headache Then Vague Ad Claims
A garbled column discusses supposed cures for headaches stomach troubles and dropsy by unnamed specialists. It shifts to reports from Japan about hotel and exhibition plans, noting uncertainty about large capital projects and the 1913 exhibition’s impact on hotel demand. A brief joke about coffee in a cheap lunch joint closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoon! Shimbun
Maple Club
Tokio
Mukojima
Capitalisma
Japan Weekly Mail
Coffee at Bottom of Trouble Solved by Postum
A letter from an Illinois man aged 66 recounts long coffee use causing nervous fits indigestion and heart issues. After switching to Postum two years ago he reports better sleep, no palpitations, weight gain, and overall health improvement claiming it saved his life. The ad ends with promotional lines for Postum and a reminder to read The Road to Wellville.
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Nelson
Trafalgar
Lord Nelson
Pasco
Holst
Washington Star
Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
France
Page
White House
United States
Pagé
Charles 8. Bromwell
Clifford Richardson
Paris
England
Germany
Washington, D. C
Congress
America
Federal Office of ‘Public Roads
Atockman
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creel
Mich
Wellville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bobby
Ana
Jana
Avon
Tenduick Langs
Isalppl
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Connecticut
New Haven
Harlem
New York
Sun
New York City
New House
Liberty
Belta
Farmers’ Bulletin
Farmersa’ Bulletin
Secretary of Agriculture
Indiana Farmer
Maine
Mrs. Gross
Green Lake
Louisville Courtese Journal
Ire Co. Pei
Yee and
Slicker
H. Gazer
Japan
Times
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!