Dusting the face with powder and a note on many topics
A miscellany from a 19th century source covers dusting daguerreotype portraits, farm counts in Connecticut and the United States, divorce trends by country, the East Indian shipworm, a Mormon temple raid in Atlanta, and Siamese marriage laws. It also discusses lizards dropping tails, Hera Teleia as guardian of Greek and Roman wives, the Pantheon echo, and the lungs with their vast air cells and need for fresh air in unventilated rooms.
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Connecticut
Atlanta
Siam
Herman
Syrup of Figs Promoted As Pure Laxative Remedy
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure laxative that relieves constipation by cleansing the system and aiding kidneys liver and bowels. It claims widespread medical approval and notes bottles sell for 60 cents and one dollar, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Ocean Port
R. V. Pierce
G.M.D
Neumonia
Wigson's house trip ends in moonlit reunion and jealousy
A moonlit hay ride to Wigson's ends with a near spill and a secretive discovery. Maria Gale and Jim Frye reconcile after Phil Marston and Lon Baxter confess their feelings while Lou Baxter unites Maria and Jim. Joe Carter confronts jealousy as Maria's affection is revealed.
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M'rye
Wigson's
Maria
Wigson House
Joe Carter
Jenks Girl
Lou Baxter
Lou
Phil Marston
Alma Gray
Alma
Phil
Joe Criver
Jerry
Lon
Maria Gale
Wilson’s
Joe
Ma Rye
Jimmy Frye
Jos
James Frye
Jim Frye
M’rye Gale
Jimmy Prye
Philip Marston
Lon Baxter
Jimmy
Len
Jerry Carter
Saids
Words of Wisdom and Hearts in the Saturday Night
The page mixes dialogue between M ry e and James about blame in a marital dispute with a long quotation block of aphorisms. It includes names like Maria Marian Simon Gale and Samantha, alongside a series of maxims from Smiles Shakespeare and others. The tone is a literary collage of moral reflections.
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M'rye
Father
Simon Gale
Samantha
Marian
Sioux Htquette in Frying Pans Customs Described
Eman uel French of Bismarck recounts a Sioux practice of trading kettles and frying pans for skins or curiosities and treating borrowed utensils as commune property paying with portions of meals remaining inside. He notes the red lady’s scorn when a kettle lacked any relics of a prior feast.
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Emanuel French
Bismarck
North Dakota
Lindell
St. Louis Globe | Democrat
Katharine Lauderdale Autograph Inspired Crawford Book
F Marion Crawford, famed Washington storyteller, signs autographs for fans including two Wellesley College students. One letter from Katharine Lauderdale prompts Crawford to rename his new novel Katharine Lauderdale, a change that drew praise from readers and the Detroit Free Press.
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F. Marion Crawford
Washington
Crawford
Wellesley College
Katharine Lauderdale
Miss Lauderdale
Detroit Free Press
Simple Ilea Patented Lights Up Hidden Ground
The New York Dispatch notes a new patent improving lanterns by moving the oil tank behind the lamp and replacing metal with glass at the bottom to enhance light projection. The simplification may boost the patentee’s fortunes as the idea spreads. The piece also mentions city scavengers in streets and sewers as valuable to urban life.
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New York Dispatch
Interrogatives and Ironies in Late 19th Century Nonsense
A collage of brief humorous vignettes and jokes from Philadelphia Life New York Press Truth and other papers. Snippets on questions troubles colors and manners feature wordplay puns and a burglar anecdote set beside social quips about courtrooms and schoolroom mischief.
Alligators and Their Dogs and Other Oddities from Abridged Pages
A chaotic montage of anecdotes and notions. A flirtatious night encounter ends with a dramatic clock gag in a Detroit Free Press tale. A streetcar tale from Harper's Bazar teaches skepticism about printed wisdom. Berthe’s Paris chemist vision imagines earth heat powering a future of abundance and peace. An Ocala man recounts finding alligator nests and robbing them, challenging the fear of maternal defense.
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Lizzie
Detroit Free Press
T. E. Simpson
Ocala
Fla
Indian River
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cage Blindness Among Montana Miners
A Montana mining hazard dubbed cage blindness causes former deep-mine workers to missee a shaft basket at the surface. The illusion is so complete that a lone worker may step into the imagined basket and plummet to death. The note references a Chicago Herald report and a British oyster consumption figure of 3,000,000,000 daily.
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Montana
Chicago Herald
New Summer Drink From Skim Milk Invented In England
An English dairy paper describes a process to treat skim milk by centrifuging to cream, sterilizing, then charging with carbonic acid gas in siphon bottles. The resulting drink stays sweet indefinitely and is touted as easily digested, with doctors recommending it for those who cannot digest whole milk. The writer urges cheap methods for farmers to carbonate milk and suggests a milk cookbook to boost nutrition and economic value.
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Harper's Bazar
Steelyard and the evolution of the word yard in London trade
A quaint note traces the term steelyard to the yard or court in London where steel traders gathered under the Merchants of the Steelyard. A balance used for weighing metal formed the dominant meaning, supplanting the original sense. The excerpt also touches on humorous exchanges and promotional notes about cooking books and engravings, mentioning Southern prospects and catalog offerings.
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London
Original Troy Pound and US weight standard
In 1828 Congress appointed a commission to bring a troy pound adjusted to the British standard. The sealed package was opened by President Adams with notable Americans present. The weight standard, now at the Philadelphia mint, is brass, rough, hollow and not considered highly accurate.
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Adams
United States
Congress
America
Philadelphia
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Hood
Hera Teleia
Brooklyn
Pantheon
Hostetter
Wright
Hall
Karl
C. B
Ss Currie
Isaac Thompsons
Anil
Ella Gilbert Ives
Lippincott
Ernest A. Young
Simon
Samantha Gale
Jenks
Carter
M’rye
Tehould
William Frye
Mrye
M 'Rye
James
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Efort
Chamfort
William Penn
Bacon
Saville
Bryson
Mme. de Stacl
Spurgeon
Rochefou
Boyce
P. Sidney
Goldsmith
Seneca
Jennie
Mary
New York Press
Willie Wishington
Boston Journal
Johnny
Pop
Indianapolis Journal
Helen
George
Florence
Chicago Tribune
Maud
Plutus
Carrie
Edith
Boston Transcript
New York Mercury
Texas Siftings
Steonth
Fraternity
Detroit Tribune
Linwood
Paris
M. Berthelet
New Orleans
Picayune
Great Britain
Steelyard
Puck
Thomas Eatson
B. W. Wrenn
South
Perth
A Engraving Co
S. Broat St
Salteelieeuear Austell
Merlals
Nur
Vv TV Vopot
McElrees
Fwine
Cardus
Clanter
BROWN
New York City
Iron Works
Mac Andanythi Schofiel
Belice
Packer
Mfr
Eden Hay Progress Wig. Co
Box P
Meridian
Hallary Bros. & CO
Macon
Rant Kin Press Ange
Bridgeport
Connafteld & Business College
Taucht
JG Harmison
Ome
Pty-Five
Ourest
Iin
John P
the Arms CO
Ste Boston
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