Plunkett on Wimin How fashions changed and were followed
A Richmond reminiscence recalls women during the Seven Pines siege. Plunkett notes women sewed torn garments into makeshift attire and kept families fed and equipped. Brown adds the day’s heat and cannon fire as McClellan faced Johnston. Wimin supplied water, bandages, and bread as Confederate defenses held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Battle of
Seven Pir
Shunkert
Plunkett
Brown
Erbout
Seven Pines
McClelan
Joseph £. Johnston
Confederacy
Manass
Sherman
Long Tom
Charles
Main Street
Cme
Liak
Petersburg
Leiburg
Ehifareu
Pias Thom
Banga Street
Jouph
Johnston
Lee
Atlanta Constitution
Indian moccasins and native footwear traditions
The article describes moccasin construction across North American tribes, highlighting soft deer skin slippers, detachable leggings, beadwork and embroidery, and variations among southern tribes. It notes the Apache cactus crusher, and unique toe shapes used in Navajo dances, with a brief aside on a czarewitch’s quote and a San Francisco Argonaut anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Balaam
Acs
4 Medical Journal
Hyde
Philadelphia Press
Sailor’s Ballad and Millet Portrait Notes Collected
Fragmentary verses recount seafaring exploits with hints of ship life and piracy. The article shifts to a biographical sketch of Gustave Millet, his artistic methods, model sourcing by his wife, and the public critique of his realism. It closes with Wyatt Eaton describing San Marino’s ancient polity, guarded borders, and unique governance via captain regents and a small army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Madame Millet
Millet
Wyatt Eaton
Century
Republic of
San Marino
Rimini
Italy
Napoleon Bonaparte
Republic
London Globe
Compulsory Savings Bank and Other Humorous Items
A New York Sun note describes a registered savings bank shaped like a Saratoga trunk with nickel plated iron, requiring multiple coins to open and registering deposits by dial as coins are inserted. Also included are brief vignettes: a condemned man’s pardon day shifted, a lawyer’s gleeful mercy, a Balaam reference from Sunday school leaflets, a steam torpedo boat ram, and a quip about leaving Bellion’s after a joke about a fortune’s foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Tribune
Warren and Warren County railroad and soap company notice
A condensed public notice from Warren Pennsylvania describes railroad timetable details for P R R and P. & E.R. R. services between Clarendon and Garfield with through tickets and freight deliveries. It also announces a 1889 corporation filing by B. Lynde & Son Company for soap manufacture with factory and office in Warren and lists Johnson Lindsey & Parmlee as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeney
Pennsylvania
Act of Assembly
Lynde & Son Company
Warren
Johnson, Lindsey & Parmlee
Carpets Offer Low Prices and Large Selection in Buffalo
The dealer promotes low prices by acting as both jobber and retailer, claims bulk buying yields savings, and highlights a vast stock of carpets in various grades. They import foreign rugs directly, boast exclusive patterns, and offer a full interior line including drapery, curtains, and furniture coverings. Travel 50 miles or more to shop for carpets, rugs, and draperies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomide
Morck
Rede Morris & Mullen
Tionesta Valley R R Co Schedule April 25 1887
Tionesta Valley Railroad timetable shows trains operating on Philadelphia time with No 2 No 4 No Ei AM and PM services. It lists connections at Sheffield with P d& E and P W at Sheffield Junction and routes via Garfield Franeworth Markham Lions and Tiona with coach movements and arrival times alongside superintendent Jerry Crary based in Garfield.
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Baltimore
Warren
Padelphia
Erie
Washington
Williamsport
Philadelphia
Kane
Warren Express
Sheffield
Shefield
St. Marys
R. Wood
Gen's
Tionesta Valley R. R. Co
Metable
Yat
Thompson
P.d& E
Tionesta Valley
Fransworth
Markham
Franswort
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Ayers
Ayer
R. Britton
Oakland
Ohio
R. T. Schmittou
Dickson
Tenn
Benjamin M. Johnson
Thomas Hill
Fytt Aybate
Mabel C. Hardy
Delavan
Dr. Jr
CG. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
W.O& LT. Smith
Geneva
BK. Y
Grreva Nursery
Fit Cow
Tequila Tontc Export CO
Franklin Suchicargo
Iran
Fromut
Sidden
Arisiuz
Johnson
Eyenska
Core & Rowne
Wimin
Czarewitch
King James
San Francisco
Argonaut
Ben Bosen, the Sailor
Ben Bosen
Ben
Othe
Ng Prruie
Mercy
Yankee Blade
Bellion's
Bullion
Philadelphia Inquirer
Paine
T. L. Berner
Watertown
Dakota
W. L. Greenieat
Burlington
Belue
Wells
Hicnanpsos
Burlington, Vt
Peter Creenland
Episcopal Church
Water Street
Hightreet
Hazel
Laural
Peter Creenlund
W. H. Pickett & Co
H. A. Jamieson & Co
Jewatt
Steve
Syracuse
Golc
Wester Paw Fark
Aighin
Vik
Agi
Philadelpila & Erie
Trig Mail
Pennsylvania Railroad
Warren Stwa
Sheield
Sunsay
J. A. Fellows
Exchange Street
Buffa
N .W
Wares and
Faensworth RB
SOUTH
Peers
AL Mla
Clarendon
Farfield
P. RR. RR
Oil City
Titusville
Garland
Garfield
Ridgway
Vanderarift
Dunham’s Mill
A.D. Wood
Brads
Kinzan
Corydonh
Noville
Wolf Run
Gidi
Quaker Bridge
Red Vons Bt
Lasi Day Sala Manes
Uth Varrolte
South Vandal
Alleghen
Grean, P.M. 1A
Nel Ud
Buffalo
Gether
Adam, Meldrum & Anderson
Burraro, N. Y
E. R. Bumpus
Railroad St
North
Clarendon, Pa
Keystone Stotel
K. of L
Aining
Ays
Aga Family
Seth Arnolds
Fibin
Slontemana
N.Y
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad
Dunn
Fredonia
JOM Adan
ANG Nirville
Rosa Mill
Paleaner
Iculoville
wAckley
Risse
North Warren
Jackson
Irvine
Youngaville
Pittsfield
Newton
Grand Valleausville
Poande
Andi
Dunkirk
Lake Shore and Erie Railways
Jamestown
Bradford
A. Clute
Ags’t
L. T. Bishop
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