Thanksgiving Eve Hope for Two Seemingly Lost
Bertha Ludlow and Alice Gray, two New York sewing workers, endure hunger and abuse as they struggle to live. Bertha fights a predatory foreman, earns little, and faces illness with no relief. Lawyer John Durand returns, secures six dollars owed, and proposes marriage guiding a hopeful future while Thanksgiving Eve ends with a shared feast and renewed faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Ludlow
Bertha
New York
Alice Gray
Alice
Jelson
Miss Miller
John Durand
Durand
John
Rascal
Petersons Magazine December riches and reviews
Petersons Magazine December showcases over 100 pages of fiction poetry and instruction including two steel plates wood cuts fashion patterns and color plates. It features serials Bread-Winners Dr Sevier and An Average Man plus Henry James and Grace Denio Litchfield short stories and a lengthy Atlantic with Luther and his work. North American Review notes telegraph government control and a Carlyle critique while Railroads and time are examined. Published 30 Lafayette Place New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cable
Dr. Sevier
New Orleans
Thirteen Colonies
Edward Eggleston
Henry James
P. Langley
H. H. Boyesen
Gunnar
Robert Grant
New York
Christian League of Connecticut
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Hawthorne
George Eliot
Cabie
Ulysses
Mediterranean
Garfield
England
Europe
Silverado
Robt
Louis Stevenson
John Burroughs
Dante
Alphonse Daudet
Charles Dudley
Peterson
Peter Cooper
Thomas Johnson
Susan N. Carter
Woman’s Art School
Cooper Institute
Grace Denio Litchfield
Luther
Frederic H. Hedge
America
Richard Grant White
Mr. Crawford
H. L. Nelson
Washington
H. H
California
Poverty Gulch
John G. Whittier
St. Nicholas
Robin
Julian Hawthorne
Almion
Auria
Mona
Louisa M. Alcott
Sophie
Capt. Mayne Reid
Charles Dudley Warner
E. S. Brooks
North American Review
Telegraph
Gardiner G. Hubbard
Gail Hamilton
Thomas Carlyle
Leonard Waldo
Yale College Observatory
United States
Lafayette Place
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets Endorsed by Johnson & Siegfried
An old advertisement touts Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for chronic dyspepsia described as stomach ills. Johnson and Siegfried are named as the sellers in the promotion.
Unfortunate Woman Recovers with Fenner Remedy
A woman recounts eight years of scrofula suffering in November 1869 and describes dramatic recovery after using Dr. M. M. Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nervetonic. She asserts lasting health thirteen years later with only scars, promotes a circular on Fenner's remedies, and notes sales via dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
N.Y
Anna Adams
Festive Scene of Praise and Pleasure Inspires Vivid Metaphor
The passage evokes a land alive with psalm and prayer and a festival oblation. It notes joyous sounds, savory streams and eye catching scenes for lovers of virtue and pumpkin pies. It mixes grave and gay tones as people pay tribute to gu cae and Shillaber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gu Cae
Official Rulings on Revenue Penalties for Paper Callers 1863
In 1863 a published government ruling addresses revenue penalties for paper callers. It requires using stamps on each collar when mounted, and re stamping if turned with the clean side out. Emptied boxes must be destroyed in the room with a certificate. improper disposal risks export duty. Bootblacks must use product as found and pay manufacturer license if mixing. Each booted item with 5 cent wearer payment must bear a 4 3-4 cent stamp at boot black’s expense.
Acker's English Remedy Claim In Early Ad Notice
An advertisement promotes Acker's English Remedy to stop night coughing and consumption symptoms. It lists prices of 10 cents, 50 cents, and 1.00 and names Johnson & Siegfried as sellers. The second line reiterates consumption treatment and a 1.00 price at Johnson & Siegfried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker
Johnson & Siegfried
Johnson & Seigfried
Miracle Cure Recounts Peruna’s Palliative Claim
A Chicago reader details a wife near death from consumption once pronounced incurable by three Allegheny City physicians. After a neighbor brought in Dr Hartman and a teaspoonful of Peruna hourly, the patient improved from the first dose and was well within six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny City
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
T. S. Epertin
South
Chicago
Acker's English Remedy Promises Immediate Relief
An advertisement touts Acker's English Remedy as instantly easing group, whooping cough and even asthma with a guarantee of satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker
Johnson & Siegfried
Sheridan's War Horse and the Vanishing Tail Mystery
A reminiscence about General Sheridan's war horse in Winchester and later Chicago. The horse grew nervous with female visitors, as a tailor of tail hairs was noticed, leading to the horse being kept away from curious sightseers. An old nurse endorses Acker's English Remedy for coughs and bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Chicago
Curiosity Hunters
Music of Life Echoes in Street Wisdom
A reflective line of old proverb style thoughts warns that endurance and simple acts like fishing can steady a weary soul. It cautions against envy and rash anger, noting how distress can drive a man to grave deeds and urging resilience over sudden slips through life.
Free trial bottle of Dr Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup offered
L G Noyes, a local druggist, provides free trial bottles of Dr Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup for all suffering from coughs colds asthma consumption or any lung ailment. Acker's Blood Elixir is advertised to remove taint from the blood and cure scrofula ulcers boils and pimples. Sold by Johnson and Siegfried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Noyes
Dr. Bosanko
Johnson & Siegfried
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He Warren
HE. Cowan & CO
FE. Cowan
Willis Cowan
Warren
Warren County
Richard B. Stewart
Second
Liberty Sts
Illiams & Cornelius
Postoffice
G. B. Williams
Leroy Cornelius
Griffin
Reno
M. D
Roscoe Hall Block
Waterstreet
John M.arters
Hendricks& McLaughlin
Oil City
D. R. Kerr
Bradford
W. Parshall
de Oil Exchange
Geo. H. Leonhart
Water Street
Warren, Pa
Y G. Trunkey
Osmer, Dale & Freeman
Scofield
Warren de
T. J. Muse
Johnson’s Exchange
Enry Cobham
Popean
W. A. Greaves
Pall & Thompson
Attorneys At Law
Ofice
Beaty Block
I. Ball
C. C. Thompson
W M. Swanson
Johnson's Exchange
Ilbur & Schnur
Front Street
W. W. Wilbur
Wm, Schnur
Rown & Stone
First National Bank
H. KE. Brown
R. Brown, CO
W. Stone
H. E. Brown
AE Oteie
Lindsey
Insmoor & Cable
C. Dinsmoor
Jas
CABLE
Reverdy B. Stewart
High Street
Hickory
Anner
Court House
Abble Evans
R.J. M. Davies
Homecepathic
Liberty Street
Baptist Church
Yarver
THE
Century CO
Michigan
Grand Rapids & Indiana
R.R.C
W. O. Hughart
Grand Rapids, Mich
Oy Septer Roberts
H. Hauzert & Co
Portland
M. Shear & Brother
Parmlee & Henry
M. Shear & Bro
Lorings
Dame Kelly's
Heaven
Harper’s Bazar
Alice Dear
Syly
Tlillie Devereux Blake
Dio Lewis
Literary
T. S. Messner 4
Hickory Street
Sparlor
Rochester School of
Pennsylvania
P. Greenland
Mammoth Furniture
Episcopal Church
Hazel
Laurel
Fenner
Warren P. O
Turkey
Sheridan's
Johnson & Siegfreid
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