Anecdotes and courtship tales from Arkansaw Traveler pages
A long humorous reminiscence about Judge Muffins and a jail scene turns into a tale of jim jams and a marriage plan interrupted by a judge. It shares a Mrs Gaines litigation tale and John Wesley love scrapes with Grace Murray, ending with Wesley’s later marriage to a wealthy widow. Brooklyn Eagle source.
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Arkansaw
John Wesley
Georgia
Williamson
England
Divine
Grace Murray
Grace
John
Wesley
John Bennett
Charles Wesley
Bennett
Vizelle
Southey
Xantippe
Jobas
Wivers
Brooklyn Eagle
Portraits and echoes of Mrs. Andrew Jackson and others
A curio of reminiscences on Mrs. Andrew Jackson with a caricature of her appearance and manners. The piece also notes Oregonian opinions on fate and spirits, plus ads for Prickly Ash Bitters and Mansman’s Beef Tonic and a hotel pitch at the Grand Union in New York.
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Mensman
Caswell, Hazzard & Co
New York
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
The Horse in Scripture and Ancient Breeding
The article discusses the horse’s limited biblical presence as a war animal and contrasts this with historical evidence of early horse use. It notes the first true horse was small, references Genesis, and highlights Assyrian sculptures showing advanced chargers dating 3,000 years ago, with domestication likely beginning in Central Asia long before 1800 BCE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden of Eden
Central Asia
Gentleman’s Magazine
Nature in Education and Ruskin’s Critique
The article argues that education neglects nature in favor of words and abstract sciences. It quotes Ruskin critiquing how love for nature is suppressed, relegated to play hours, and how this harms earnest natural history study by children.
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Ruskin
Life in the Paris Sewers and Dr Pierce’s Discovery
The text laments life in the body as a sewer for those with liver inactivity and faulty detox, noting the harmful path of waste to lungs and other organs. It claims Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery restores normal purity to the system and renews the whole being.
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Paris
Pierce
Hops & Malt Bitters CO
Detroit
Mich
Portrait of a fair woman and warnings about drink
The passage praises a woman’s ideal complexion while endorsing Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a health solution. It then notes a parallel between a vain young woman and a drinking person, claiming both cannot get enough of alcohol.
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Pierce
Allen's Lung Balm Ad Blends Old Remedy Claim
An early ad touts Allen's Lung Balm as a long trusted remedy for throat and lung diseases. It emphasizes non opium ingredients and urges readers to keep a bottle on hand for immediate relief, presenting new evidence to support its efficacy.
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Allen
The Cucumber Menace and Pain Killer Relief
A humorous note on cucumbers causing digestive issues and cramps and the advertised Perry Davis Pain Killer offering quick relief. It portrays cucumbers as a mild vegetable with a comic health risk and cites a remedy as a straightforward cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Poultry Keeper praised. wide circulation and endorsements
The Poultry Keeper of Chicago is hailed as the best poultry journal in the country with leading breeders endorsing it and a monthly circulation of 100,000. An editor from Columbus, Mass. extols Allen's Long Balsam and Brown's Bronchial Traches for coughs and chest ailments. Perry Davis Pain Killer is urged for stomach and bowel issues. Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water is recommended for sore eyes. warnings about diet and consumption deaths are noted alongside medical endorsements.
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Poultry Keeper” of
Chicago
the Times
W. H. Worthington
Columbus
Mass
Allen
Perry Davis
America
United
PO Airx Sunsexiss
Poultry ER
Waterbury
Randolph St
Variety of testimonials cheer Vegetable Compound relief
Letters to Mrs. Lydia B. Pinkham praise the Vegetable Compound for female ailments. Testifiers from Toronto to Santa Fe report benefits after multiple bottles and say it improves back pain and overall well being.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Toronto
Stephen B
Sheffington
Quebec
Sarah C
Eugene City
Oregon
Lexington
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Clerk
Julia
Dan
Enery
Arkansaw Traveler
Lord St. Leonard
Philadelphia
Andrew Jackson
Andrew
White House
Old Hickory
Paul
Virginia
Oregonian
Vna
Normal Institute
Pendleton
Whitehall Tims
Worll
Lspensory Medial Association
Mainstreet
Buffalo
N. Y
Barah
Sarah
Tippecanoe
Hacem
Anos
H.H. Warner & CO
Rochester, N.Y
H. H. Warner & CO
Rochester, N. Y
W. 8. Brathwaite
Red Bank
Warner
Rochester, N. J
How
Brown
Rochester, N
A.J. Hileman
Addison
A. J. Colbom
the Somerset Herr
H.C Mooney
la Fayetz
Urrulh
Davis
Sinnati
Ohio
All Medicine Dealers
J. N. Harris
Are Props
L. Pond
M.D
Aurora,Kane CO
Janesville
Wis
Isaac Thompson
Ipk
Yash
Tre
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
Louis
Kansas City
Crow Cours
Lyon & Healy
R. A. Aware
Lorillard
Dunn More
Newark
N. J
Ada
Frice
Lyman & Jeffrey
Dederick
Estern
K. Dederick & CO
Albanys N. Ya
Kore Ddess Jones
bin G . Binghamton
BOS
Desi
Bulding
Beekman
Tay
Beth
Ove
Kalamazoo
Bear Lake
Red Wing
Wation
E.st.louis Bend
McNally
Ghidacgo
Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Reak Mn
East End Est
Atlantic
Pacific
Rock Island
Joliet
Itawa
Ed.a Salle
Peoria
Geneseo
Moline
Ilinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
West Libert
Iowa City
Des Moines
Indianola
Winterset
Knoxville
Auduton
Harlan
Guthrie Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Albert Lea
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Dakota
Ose
Missouri River
St. Taut
Union
Pat Fields
Interior
Seneca
Kankakee
Richmond
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Luffs
United States
Canada
R. Cable
E. ST. John
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Jefferson
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