Meet Me in Heaven and the Electro Chemical Bath
A long feature excerpt mixes a devotional poem about meeting loved ones in heaven with reports from the Fredonia Advertiser on electro chemical baths. It details patient cases in which electrical baths reportedly improved rheumatic and glandular diseases, noting symptom relief, increased mobility, and claimed curative potential versus prior mercury and drug treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Mats
Schoharie County
Tray
Charles Parker
Jamestown Water
Cork
The
Advertiser
Dean Lin
D&c
New York
Daguerrean
Twenty Reasons For Leaving The Democratic Party
A historical list criticizes the Democratic Party for four years of policies on war, slavery, and union integrity. It argues against Missouri and Kansas conflicts, press freedoms, executive patronage, and expansion of slavery, urging rejection of Buchanan and Davis era policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Union
Missouri
Kansas
Cincinnati
Jefferson
Jackson
Wright
Washington
Ostend
Congress
United States
Free States
Mr. Buchanan
Jefferson Davis
Caleb Cushing
Franklin Pierce
Jonathan and His Bride In a Boston Honeymoon Comedy
A fashionable Boston hotel hosts a honeymoon couple, Jonathan and Patience. The Verdant pair mispronounce English hospitality, request a wash bowl and towel, and react to a fish ball dish by misidentifying it as codfish and taters in a humorous breakfast scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan
Boston
Patience
New England
Potomac
Jonanthan
Painting stockings for a ball tale of wits and fashion
Dr Growling recalls a provincial tale where a woman painted pink stockings on her legs to attend a ball. The savior of the ruse was the painter who offered a rose pink dye and claimed the effect would be tight and convincing. The ruse worked and drew praise from other ladies. Jenny though teased the painter for a joke about stockings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Growling
Growling
Duffy
Tom
Rascal
Nottingham
Jenny
Dyer
How the Lion Woos His Bride Marriage Tales from the Animal World
A writer recounts lion courtship and combat scenes illustrating conjugal fidelity. The tale begins with the male seeking a mate in late January as rival suitors clash. A stronger lion defeats rivals and the mate rewards him. later, two adult lions fight over a lioness while she remains unmoved, symbolizing loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald
Westminster Rev
Niagara Falls Travel Journal and Bridge Note
Sacket writes from Niagara Falls June 21 praising the morning scene and the Suspension Bridge. He details the bridge’s $500000 cost, four wire cables, 800 foot span, and a 250 foot water depth, while noting lake turbulence below and a move to cooler districts. The piece includes political circulars urging postmasters to fund Democratic speeches for the 1848 canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacket
Westfield Republican
Vale Berrao
Falls
Suspension Bridge
Niagira
Lake Erie
Toledo
Parthenon
Girard College
Niagara
Fillmore
Chautauque
Kingston man offers reward for instant hair removal receipt
A barber offered fifty dollars for the best receipt to remove superfluous hair instantly. A Kingston gentleman sent in a response that reads I undertake to kiss a woman against her will. The item reflects a satirical note on a humorous contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Widow Naomi's Age at Marriage Teaches Enduring Patience
The ancient figure Naomi is described as five hundred eighty years old at her marriage, a detail framed as a historical note that some readers might interpret as encouragement for older brides. The remark reflects a historical or religious context rather than contemporary practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far Naomi
Enoch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wuen Jong
Fredonia Advertiser
Kepler Phillips
Germany
Warren Mail
EH. Cowan
Merchant Tailors
Water Street
Warren
Jamestown
Bennett & Fingers
Stranahan & Randall’s
Warren Pa
J. D. James
Janes
Carver House
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co
Wm. Hackney
L. T. Parmlee
Warren Co
Wetmore & Spencer
Second St
Johnson & Brown’s
L. D. Wetmore
T. C. Spancer
Johnson & Brown
Ludlow
P. Johnson
Rasselas Brown
Scofield & Brown
Libertyst
Glenni W. Scofield
William D. Brown
Phillip Mead
Justice of the Peace
Scott’s Exchange
Youngsville
Gilman Merrill
Notary Public
Water St
Warren, Pa
Lewis Arnett
Exchange
Pennsylvania
D. M. Williams
Temperance House
J. B. Brown
Sugar Grove
A.e.hall & Co
Carver
Water St. Warre
C.w.ratabun
Breeze Point
Wm.h.combs
Enn
George Sailor
Wilbur
Benjamin Nesmith
P.ee
Court House
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
L. E. Guignon
G. H. Ames, & Co
Seddle
Bho
Benson
Chauncey Hulburt Hoskins, Hieskell, & CO
Great
Market Street
Philadelphia
Burton, Gordon & ‘Fellows
Beaver Street
Broadway
Broad Streets
Bowling Green
Jonathan and
His Bride
Niagara Fall
Cassiusok
Fremont
Dean Sim
Post Office Department
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