Entangled Hearts on the Sea Cliff
A man and a woman drift along a British coast, a tense romance unfolds aboard a sailing boat. He loves Ruth, but she teases with flirtations and a hinted past with another Irish girl. A quiet crisis erupts as Ruth admits real feelings, revealing a planned engagement and a resolved future away from friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Won
Mark
Belind
Mina Armstrong
Armstrong
Mina
Shemin
Huth
Armstrong’s
Ruth
Sam
Min
Londn
Tam
Markl
Heather
Mme
Tie
Chicago
Snuff-Dipping: The New Vice of Factories and Shops
An 19th century article reports snuff dipping spreading from southern workers to factory and shop girls in New York and eastern towns. It notes widespread consumption among young women, daily ounces costs, and distribution from New Jersey and Baltimore to towns along the Atlantic seaboard, with strong markets in Troy and River, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
America
Troy
Ecollar
Cuff
Vi River
Mass
Tyna
Atlantic Seaboard
South
New Jersey
Baltimore
A Sporting Tale of a 1000 Yard Shot Bluff
A renowned poor shooter invited friends to dinner and boasted of hitting a bullseye at 1000 yards. To prove it he used two witnesses who confirmed the feat. During dessert he revealed the trick: he fired at the door, painted a target around the bullet, then claimed the shot.
Jubilant Pennsylvania farmers hailed for feats and seeds
A collage of notes touts M. M. Luther of East Troy Virginia claiming 200 bushels of Sal yer's Silver Mine Outs and urges farmers to try for gold prizes, plus mentions of record crops, cheap freight, seed catalogs, and a mix of ads for catarrh cures and travel books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
M. M. Luther
Troy
Salyer
Luther
John A. Salger Seed Co
Crosae
Wis
Cripple Creek Gold Fields Travel Ad Fragment
An OCR fragment advertising Cripple Creek Colorado as the world’s greatest gold fields. Requests travel route and low rates via St Paul Minnesota offices. Also includes mixed ad copy on influenza, Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike’s toothache drops, boxing, and Beecnaw’s constipation remedy with a book offer and 6,000,000 annual sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripele Creek
Cripple Reel
Colorado
T. W. Teasdale
St P. M
C. Rig
St. Paul, Minn
Public Epeakers
Hale
Pike
Also Mentioned on This Page
Williston
Copetann
NW. Dak
Toyen
St Alt
Trish
Fairgirl
England
Detroit Tribune
Maude
Nell
Philadelphia Record
Herr Becker
Marie
Trau Becker
Yonkers Statesman
Australia
Brownley
Coun
Mies Webb
Trent
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Carney & Co
Maxx
South Missouri
Kansas City
Fort Scott & Memphis
RB. R, Co
Missouri
J. E. Locxiwoon
Rochester Post Express
Beecnaw
Ely
RLY Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Hood
Remom- Hood
Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Boston
Delong
Mother Goose
Jucasmeon & Delon Beos
Philada
Opiuf
AN. K
Sou
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Bates & Co.Ltd
Dorchester
Maza
Calahan
Ben Agt
Adams St
Chicago, Ill
Cee
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