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Albums, Journals & Commonplace Books

1. [commonplace book][ quotes][ literature][ moral][ religion][ philosophy][ Rowley][ gender roles] N.

Helen Rowley. Commonplace Book of Quotes Belonging to N. Helen Rowley. Utica, NY. 1877-

1926. A commonplace book belonging to N. Helen Rowley filled with quotes from a variety of

sources. The subjects of the quotes cover a variety of topics: love, friendship, morality, philosophy,

religion, mortality, and gender roles. There are individual quotes from famous authors such as

Shakespeare and Dickinson, or quotes from books she was reading. With the latter, she would record

the book title first, and then below each excerpt she would write the corresponding page number of

the excerpt. There are several pieces of interfoliata with the album. The first is a newspaper clipping

of a poem called "Fat and Lean" by W. D. Morange. Another is a newspaper clipping of Rowley's

obituary from 1925, and lastly there are two pages of a tribute to Rowley written by her friend Mrs.

Flora Cowell in 1926 after Rowley's death in the Cushion Academy Bulletin, a school where Rowley

worked for a while. There are several smaller newspaper clippings scattered throughout the

notebook as well, generally small poems or quotes. 116 (self numbered) pg. Black cover. Measures 7

½” x 4 ¾” Below are some excerpts from the album:

"To women, I think tears are nothing, easy overflowing of sorrow. But from men, they seem wrong, as if every

drop were almost bled in anguish from the depths of the heart. With us, tears area comfort, to men they seem an

agony." -From the Diary of Mrs. Kitty Trevylyan: A Story of the Times of Whitefiled and the Wesleys

by Elizabeth Rundle Charles, pg. 394

"Education makes more difference between man and man, than nature has made between man and brute." -

John Adams

"The poverty of my dreams mortifies me." - Chas. Land


"I'd just as lief be old, as not; I'd as soon be sixty as forty, but I do grudge coming to pieces in spots!" - Sights

and Insight: Patience Strongs' Story of Over the Way, Vol. 1 by A. D. T. Whitney, pg. 53.

(#29005219) $275.

General wear.

Nancy Helen Rowley was born on September 28 1846, to Warren Dunham Rowley (1800-1854) and Harriet Maria

Curry (1818-1889) in New York. She had several siblings: Warren Curry Rowley (1841-1928) and Hiram Curtis

Rowley (1844-1922), Sarah Cornelia Rowley (1850-1952), Harriet Sophia Rowley (1853-?), and a half sister, Nancy

Davis Rowley (1837-1846). She lived in South Trenton, NJ with her family until they moved to Utica, NY In 1866.

She graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1875. She was head of the musical department at the

Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA. It appears as though she never married. She died on November 6, 1925 in

Springfield, MA, and is buried in Utica, NY.

2. [friendship album][ marriage album][ poetry][ ] Jane F. Westcott Perry Christian Album, A

Friendship & Marriage Album Belong to Jane Francis Westcott Perry of Sandwich, MA, 1844-1849.

J. C. Riker. New York, NY. [1844]. The album belongs to Jane Frances Westcott of Sandwich, MA. It

was given to her by her father on October 10, 1844. The entries in the album appear to be from a

variety of friends and family members between 1844-1858, who lived in the surrounding towns, such

as Monument, Seekonk, and Pautucket. The majority of the album entries are from the first few

months of 1849, which was shortly after Jane married Samuel S. Perry (1827-?), a farmer who was also

from Sandwich, MA. There are several groupings of entries that appear to have been made by

different members of the same family around the same time. The entries mostly consist of poems or

short notes. Of note is an acrostic poem which spells out Jane's married named, Jane Frances Perry. It

is written by H. H. Perry, presumably one of her new in-laws in March of 1849. The album features

five black and white engravings and a frontispiece. The latter of which is an illustration of Jesus

Christ, while all other illustrations are portraits of young women in a moment of contemplation or

prayer. Each page is captioned with a line from the "Lord's Prayer", and the entire prayer is spaced

out over the illustrations with a line or two in each caption. Black album covers with gilt stamp decor.


Gilt-edged interior pages Measures 7 ¾” by 6". Below are some excerpts from the album:

"J ane, dear cousin, the scenes of life,

A re changed with thee since thou' art a wife,

N ever may you wish they were not so,

E ven while with love, your life may glow?"

- Excerpt from acrostic poem, by H. H.

Perry, Monument, MA, March 20, 1849

"Ye friends that soothe my hours of pain,

My soul shall bless you ever;

and friendship bound in sorrow's chain,

No earthly power can sever."

- Excerpt from entry by Silas Perry... poem is

entitled "The Offering of the Heart" by

Francis C. Woodworth

"How beautiful is genius when combined with holiness! Oh how divine sweet the tones of earthly harps when

touched by the soft hand of piety and hung upon religious shrine, there vibrating with solemn music in the ear

of God." - Elizabeth A. Phinney, Monument, March 2, 1849.

(#29020311) $325.

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General wear. Front cover is partially detached. Water stains throughout. Foxing. Rubbing.

Jane Francis Westcott was born in 1830 to Vallovist/Valorias Westcott and an unknown woman in Sandwich, MA.

She married Samuel S. Perry (1827-?) of Sandwich, MA, on January 10, 1849. No information on her or Samuel's life

after their marriage was found.

3. [friendship album][ poetry][ drawings] Ida E. Williams Hoff. Album, A Friendship Album

Belonging to Ida Williams. Candor, NY. 1876-1880. A friendship album belonging to Ida E. Williams

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of Candor, NY. The album entries comprise of her friends and family members from Candor, NY,

and surrounding towns between 1876-1880. The entries are, generally speaking, short quotes, either

from poetry or plays. Of note in the album is a wonderful, multifaceted black and white ink drawing

done by Rudolph C. Oakley, attorney at law, in Candor, NY in the Spring of 1880. There is a large

silhouette of a young child smoking a pipe and four smaller drawings surrounding it in circles: the

first is of two couples walking in the woods, the second is of two cats meeting on a wall at night, the

third is a couple bent over in a garden coughing, and lastly, a little bird singing on a tree branch. The

album itself has seven (7) pages with colored decorative borders, often in a floral or nature theme.

Additionally, the album has four (4) double sided pages of blank sheet music. The covers are brown

leather with gilt stamped decorative borders as well as a gilt "Album" at the center. Interior pages are

gilt edge. Approximately one third filled. Measures 8 ½”x 7". Below are some of the album's entries.

"With wealth thou art blest and beauty is thine

And with your mind to you Providence has been kind

Wealth may take wings, beauty must fade, and soon disappear,

But in Eternity the wealth and beauty of your mind a crown shall wear."

- (Maternal) Uncle Epenetus Howe, Candor, NY, July 24, 1876

"Back on the golden hinges

The gates of memory swings

And my heart goes into this garden

And walks with the older things

The old times joys and pleasure,

the loves that it used to know

it meets there in the garden,

and they wander to and fro."

- Waca June 19, 1876, Ella H.. J., Excerpt from poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox entitled "Memory's

Garden"

"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together; our virtue would be proud, if our faults whipped

them not; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by out virtue."

- Gertrude S. Ward, Candor, NY, May 4th, 1877, Excerpt from Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends

Well"

(#29001193) $275.

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Some interior pages are loose.

Ida was born on July 1853 in Newark, NJ to Enoch Slosson Williams Jr. (1832-1912) and Martha L. Legg (1835-

1890). She one brother, Frank J. Williams (1855=1856) and one half sister Ellie K. Williams, (1898-?). She married

Lewis R. Hoff Jr. (1855-?) on August 7, 1878. She died on September 17, 1880.

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4. [Genealogy][ death][ funeral][ journal][ social welfare][ Lancaster county][ Dauphin county][

Pennsylvania] Burial Ledger. Lancaster and Dauphin Counties of Pennsylvania. 1894-1899. A burial

ledger, kept by an unknown individual, of the deaths of residents of the Lancaster and Dauphin

Counties in Pennsylvania between 1894 and 1899. The ledger lists approximately 600 individuals'

name, place they lived, burial date, burial location, and age at time of death. At times there is

additional information, like who the person was related to. Below are a few entries from the ledger:

"David Bernes [Barnes] of Manheim got burried [sic] at Hernleys Meeting House, May 8 [1896], age 90 yrs."

"Harry Witman got burried [sic] at Church Oct. 11 [1896], age 35."

"Child of Beny Weaver got burried [sic] Feb. 24 [1898] in the Reformed Churchyard, Campbellstown."

"Henry Harmany got burried [sic] at Mt. Timmel Cemetery, died at County Hospital, age 69 years.

The ledger itself is a Globe Composition Book, which on the front cover has an illustration of a globe.

24 leaves; completed on both sides. Measures 8 ¼” x 7 ¾”. (#20200572) $125.

General wear. Some interior pages have minor faded penciling.


5. [friendship album][ poetry][ song][ drawing][ white star social club] Martha Durand Tibbetts.

Autographs, A Friendship Album belonging to Martha "Mousie" Durand Tibbetts. Jersey City, NJ.

1873-1877. A friendship album belonging to Martha Durand Tibbetts (1859-1929), which is completely

full of entries by her friends. The bulk of the entries date from 1873-1877, with a few outliers until

1910, and most of the authors of the entries are from Jersey City, NY, or New York. As Martha's

nickname was "Mousie", some of the entries are addressed as such. One entry in particular is

addressed by a small drawing of a brown mouse. Additionally several entries reference the White

Star Social Club (W. S. S. C), as it appears that Martha was a member. The entries consist of short

verses of poetry or song, some of which appear to be original works. Three of the album pages

feature drawn in piles of visiting cards, of which people have filled in their names and date. Six pages

feature drawings, done in pen. These illustrations tend to be small, and several have multiple tiny

illustrations on one page. Of note is one such entry with five tiny illustrations, all of a fantastical

nature. For example of of the drawings depicts a fish, with a mouse in its mouth and a small man

smoking a pipe on the fish's tail. Brown gilt stamp decorative covers. Completely filled. Measures 7" x

4 ¼”. Below are some excerpts from the entries.

"There was little anchorite

He live right in a cave

and he so subdued his appetite

It brought him to his grave."

- "Original" S. B. S., New York, August 1,

1875

"What's the use of always fretting

at the trial once we find

Ever strewn along our pathway?

Travel on and never mind.

Travel onward, working, hoping,

Cast no lingering look behind

At the trials once encountered

Look ahead and never mind"

- M. S. Tennant, February 12, 1874, Jersey

City, a verse from the song called "Never

Mind" by Mary E. McCleary

"Once, how, I cannot well divine

Unless by chance we kissed

I found her lips were close to mine,

So I could not resist

As neither whispered, yea nor nay

They met by chance, the usual way!"

- Anchoule, New York, August 1, 1875, an

excerpt from "Kucken's Beautiful Ballad,

"We Meet by Chance"

"Thy silvery voice, strange echoes makes to start,

Through, all, the haunted chamber of my heart,

As an action harp, through gusty doors,

Of some old win, its wild music pours!"

- No. 101


(#29017800) $225.

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Martha S. A. Durand was born on December 16, 1859 to Henry F. Durand (1836-?) and possibly Ann Elizabeth in

Jersey City, NJ. She married Richard Burr Tibbetts (1853-1917) on August 31, 1878. Together they had five children:

Richard Edgar Tibbetts (1885-1969), Bessie E. Tibbetts (1887-1964), Harry Leonard Tibbetts (1888-1971), Durand F.

Tibbetts (1889-1967), and Chester Tibbetts (1893-?). She died on February 14, 1929 in Manhattan, NY.

Advertising

6. [advertising][ Alice in wonderland][ parody][ department store] Lewis Carroll. Wotsat in

Wanamaker's: Being Further Adventures of 'Alice in Wonderland, Wotsat (What's That?), the

Spirit of Curiosity (Asking Questions) Which Should Be Aroused in Every Child. John

Wanamaker. Philadelphia, PA. 15-Feb. This short magazine was published by the Wanamaker

Department Store and was an advertising parody of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in

Wonderland. It was meant to promote the Wanamaker's Wotsat Club, a club for children organized

to promote learning. This short magazine was a part of a series that told a new chapter of the story in

each issue. This item is Vol. 1, No. 2, and contains Chapter 4. The story stars Wotsat, Alice (of Alice in

Wonderland fame) and a variety of other characters they met along the way to the 'Carnival Delight'.

After the chapter of the story there are a variety of games and puzzles, testimonials, letters from

children, advice to mothers from Mother Wotsat and information on the winners of a previous

drawing competition and a sale running at Wanamakers in February. Wonderfully illustrated

throughout with three-toned images (tan, white & black). 32 pg. OCLC 0 (1 variant, Feb. 2020).

Measures 7" x 5 ½”. (#20200795) $150.

General wear and toning. Small tears along top cover.

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7. [business history][ Dennison Manufacturing Company][ diary][ advertising][ travel][ luggage tags]

Dennison's Going Away Book. Dennison Manufacturing Co.. Framingham, MA. This short booklet

is a fake diary of a mother during her family's summer vacation which advertises a variety of

different Dennison products. . The company's genius for advertising is on display in this 'diary'. The

diary covers the summer, from June to September. The mother records using a variety of Dennison

products throughout the summer, often commenting on how using them made her life so much

easier. Some examples of the products described are: luggage tags, decorative crepe paper (including

patriotic sets for Independence Day), napkins and lunch sets for picnics, flower garlands, doll outfits,

and sealing wax sets for letters. Accompanying each diary entry is a black and white illustration of

the family using each product and at the base of each page is a list of products and their prices. The

front cover features a color illustrations of the daughter sitting on her trunk in a bright green dress,

surrounded by other luggage. 8 pg. Pictorial wrappers. Staple binding. No OCLC (Feb. 2020)

Measures 7 ¾” x 5". (#20200221) $90.

General wear. Minor tear at binding. Corner chip.

Dennison Manufacturing Company was in business from 1844 to 1900. Located in Framingham, MA, the company

was at the forefront of manufacturing, technological, innovation and marketing ingenuity. They were known for the

production of the first American made boxes, particularly jewelry boxes, as well as tags and labels

8. [carter's little liver pills][ patent medicine][ dominoes][ advertising] Carter's Little Liver Pills Card

Domino Set. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Erie, PA. [1920]. A small set of card dominos by Carter's

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Little Liver Pills, which was a patent medicine that was touted to cure a variety of ailments such as

headaches, constipation, dyspepsia and biliousness. Carter's trademark black crow, which is carrying

a sign with the products name on it, is shown on the exterior of the box, and one side of the domino

cards. On the domino cards, next to the crow it says, "For constipation, biliousness, sick, headache,

complexion". A complete sets featured twenty-eight (28) cards plus one blank card "which can be

marked to represent any domino which may become lost." This item is incomplete however, with

twenty-six (26) cards and plus the one blank card. 2 ¼” x 1 ½”. (#29012333) $85.

Two cards lacking. General wear. Some cards are printed off register. Box is missing one end flap as well as

some surface litho.

9. [agriculture][ farming][ advertising][ business history][ Amana society][ German] A Grouping of

Agricultural Advertising Materials Sent to the Amana Society - Seed Catalogue, Incubators, Soap -

German and English. Multiple. Milwaukee Wis. [1870-1888]. A collection of four circulars

advertising various agricultural and farming supplies send by W. Wernich, a Seed Merchant in

Milwaukee, WI. Two of the items are for supplies sold by Wernich himself, the other two are from

different business in Milwaukee.

The first of Wernich's materials is a Seed Directory, in German, for a variety of different grasses and

grain seeds he sold. It is a large single page, double-sided, advertisement, the front of which lists the

seeds and their price. The backside has sixteen black and white illustrations of the plants that the

seeds grow into. Measures 14" x 10 ½”. The second advertisement for Wernich is single fold page that

is more extensive seed directory for "Unser Deutscher Amerikaner", which roughly translates to "Our

German American". This directory includes information on where they source the seeds from and

instructions on how to order from the company. The seed list has been divided into categories, and

while the majority of the advertisement is in German several of the seed names are not, such as

Mammoth Pearl (a white rose) and Norway Spruce. Measures 11" x 8 ½”(folded), 17" x 11"

(unfolded).



The next item is a single page, double-sided, advertisement in English by Milwaukee Incubator

Company which sold an incubator to hatch chicks in. The circular includes a description of the item

as well as three black and white illustrations of it, directions for use, and several testimonials from

satisfied customers. Measures 10 ¾” x 8 ½’. The last item, is a single fold circular by Dr. Wolf's

Vermin Soap, which was a veterinary soap used to rid a variety of livestock animals of parasitic

diseases. It apparently also worked on bed bugs, (by scrubbing the infested furniture) and on plants

with insect infestations. The circular includes a price list for the different quantities available as well

as directions for use on the different types of domestic animals and plants. The entire circular is then

repeated in German. Measures 9 ½”x 4 ¼” (folded), 9" x 8 ¼” (unfolded).

Items dated by the stamp on the envelope, which is a 1 cent Benjamin Franklin that was issued

between 1870-1888. (#29022211) $115.

General wear. Letter folds. Small tears on some items.

The circulars themselves were sent to John Heinemann, of the Amana Society, in Middle Amana, IA. The Amana

Society, also know as the Amana Colonies, was a farming society located in a grouping of seven villages located in Iowa

near Iowa City. Originally German immigrants fleeing religious persecution, they settled first in New York, and then

in Amana in 1855. The seven villages comprise of 26,000 acres, and at the time of settlement, the society practiced a

form of communism, though in 1932, there the society incorporated and is now considered to be more of cooperative

capitalism. The Amana Society still exists today as the Amana Society, INC., and the villages themselves are listed as

National Historical Landmarks. In addition to the specialized crafting and farming occupations that they are known

for, they have also now become a tourist destination area known for its restaurants and craft shops

Catalogues & Price Lists

10. [price list][ bookseller][ stationary][ business history] Condensed Price List and Order Blank from C.

E. Butler, Bookseller and Stationer. C. E. Butler, Bookseller and Stationer. Wilkes-Barre, PA. [1900].

A price list for a variety of books and stationary sold by C. E. Butler. Some of the items sold were

Good Luck Packets, Sermon and Thesis Paper, Legal Paper Packets, John Hancock Series of

notebooks, and the Autocrat Series of stationary. The front of the price list has a loverly black and

white illustration of three notebooks and another illustration of several birds flying, one of which is

carrying a sign in his mouth. The front of the price list was designed as a tear off blank order form.



While there is no date on the price list, the order form has a date entry of 188_", and since C. E. Butler

sold his business to H. C. Knott & Co, in 1887, the list is from sometime before then. Measures 12" x

9". (#20202104) $65.

General wear. Letter folds.

11. [trade catalogue][ Printing and Publishing][ Education][ Temperance] Tonic Sol-Fa Catalogues,

Teachers' Edition. Tonic Sol-Fa Agency. Great Britain. October 1882. A trade catalogue for the Tonic

Sol-Fa Agency, who sold a variety of books and sheet music. This specific catalogue was their

teacher's edition, and in addition to the books and sheet music it also sold a different supplies a

teacher might use, such as charts and metronomes. The first section of the catalogue lists all the items

sold in a alphabetical order. The rest of the catalogue provides a more in depth description of the

item. For example, one hymn book simply listed, 'Blue Ribbon Songs' in the front of the catalogue,

later lists all the hymns found within the book later in the catalogue. The back cover promotes an

array of Popular Temperance Music. 96 pp. Blue printed wrappers. Measures 7" x 6".

(#29020038) $110.

Front cover detached. General wear.



Psychic Ability

12. [university][ goldey college][ Goldey-Beacom college][ self help] Human Engineering Applied to

Health, Success and Happiness. Goldey College. Wilmington, DE. 1930. A course catalogue and

advertising booklet for Human Engineering, a self-help training course mostly aimed at

professionals taught by Dr. Manly P. Northam under the auspices of Goldey College. Northam

claimed that those who took the course would "profit by this science of achievement as applied to

Business and the Home." Billed as a "master training course for business and professional men and

women, salesmen, department heads, [and] executives..." that will help "many of your personal and

business problems by developing your lenient talents and mental powers. It will teach you how to

think more clearly, to achieve more in less time, to turn your ability into cash, to have more leisure,

and increase your radiant happiness moments." Some of the courses offered were Fundamental

Principles of Scientific Right Thinking, How to Train Your Mind and Develop Brain Power, How to

Build Character, How to Develop Language Power, A Sound Working Philosophy of Life and How

to Develop a Pleasing Personality. The booklet also contains numerous testimonials from individuals

who have taken Northam's course such as "It is very broadening and helpful to the woman in the

home. It has been a great help to me personally and I look forward to attending the lectures again

next year," and "I have taken this course for two years and intend to take it again next season. The

instructions I received at these lectures have been a great help to me as a foreman. I advise every one

who seeks advancement to take this course." Goldey University, where the course was held, is still in

existence to today, however under a slightly altered named as the school merged with another

university in 1951 and was renamed Goldey-Beacom College. In 1974, they also moved their campus

from Wilmington to Pike Creek, Delaware. 10 pg., with printed wrappers. Measures 9" x 4".

(#20200636) $75.

General wear.



Social Welfare?

13. [proselytizing][ medicine][ communism][ Hitler][ social welfare][ euthanasia][ Veteran's

Administration][ government] A. Fitz Roy Anderson. Communism Controls our Medical Schools -

Fight On. The Health Committee. New York. [1947]. A 16 pp booklet, railing on "organized

medicine" and various,somewhat controversial, medical practices such as euthanasia, vaccination,

and cancer drugs. While the pamphlet loudly insists that communism is controlling our medical

schools and professionals, at the same time it also makes the contradictory statements that Hitler and

the "German Chemical Companies" are to blame, as well as our current government. The booklet was

written by Alfred Fitz Roy Anderson (1882-1965), who claimed to have "brought into existence the

Veterans' Bureau, now The Veterans' Administration", though there is little

evidence of this beyond his own claims. He was a founding member of the

Citizen Committee of America, though, again there is no direct evidence that

this committee was directly responsible for the VA beyond Anderson's

unsubstantiated claims. The booklet itself extolls on the harmful effects of

vaccines and current cancer treatments. It brings up a series of 'evidence' for

their claims, specifically mentioning the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic, then located in

Dallas, TX (which was offering a high controversial unproven herbal cancer

cure all that still is around today). Next the booklet insists doctors, particularly

those in New York, are advocating for Euthanasia and its legalization- mainly

as a tool to destroy evidence of their own medical malpractice in regards to

cancer treatments and vaccinations. The front cover has a black and white

illustration of a stylized Lady Liberty knighting what appears to be a WWI

veteran, with the caption, "Well Done Fighter". The back cover has a black and

white illustration of a baby with a bastardized version of the Serenity Pray, which states "God give me

life- Save me from those who would pollute my blood with vaccine, virus, and power drugs and destroy my body

with x-ray, radium and excessive surgery that I may not die by Euthanasia." Below are several additional



excerpts from the booklet in order to illustrate the full breath of Anderson's claims about "organized

medicine":

"Importance note. If through the exercise of unconstitutional power, you are forced to submit to vaccination,

immediately swab out vaccination with lemon juice, and you need have no further concern, except as a citizen of

the U.S.A., to fight to regain your inalienable right against assault."

"It is apparent that conscience stricken doctors have become jittery at the sight of so many failures in the use of

their medical drugs, vaccines, virus, etc. so, en masse, in a hysterical display of sympathy for the increasing

hopeless condition of their patients, they offer Euthanasia, as a very practical solution of their difficulties. Over

there, the Germans who used Euthanasia were convicted of murder, but over here, the doctors chant in unison,

as if it were a glorious swan song, the Euthanasia dirge, to save face."

"The council bodies of our churches are loaded down and too often controlled by the minions of organized

medicine, seeking to inculcate and sanctify methods of medical therapy, which if better understood would be

found more suitable for to the dark ages.... the thoughts and actions of the followers of the healing Christ are

being ,molded and warped by the money, and might, and subtle persuasion of the agents of organized medicine.

"

"An insidious 'Red' Control is undermining the health of our nation."

"Hitler said that the battle against America would be won from within. Why did he say this? Because he knew

the power and ability of the German chemical companies and the interlocking relationship which existed

between them and the great chemical and drug houses in America. Hitler knew that they were working hand in

glove together. Hitler chuckled and pranced, when he said, 'Leave it to Farben.' ... whether it is Hitler or

communism, call it what you may, there is a supreme, pervading influence in this country which is seeking to

destroy us, body and soul. "

16 pgs. Staple binding. Measures 9 ¼” x 4". (#20200174) $175.

General wear, with rusting staples.



14. [medicine][ hospital][ baby][ home front][ WWI][ charity] Report of the Babies' Wards Post-

Graduate Hospital. Babies' Wards Post-Graduate Hospital. New York, NY. 1918. This booklet is the

1918 yearly report of a New York charity called Babies' Wards Post-Graduate Hospital. During WWI,

a lot of local charities were just as hard up for cash as their overseas counterparts and as such the

booklet starts with "America is pouring out her wealth to help the Government to insure victory. She

is raising millions upon millions for the Red Cross and War Charities; thousands, nay tens of

thousands of her women are giving their whole time and hearts to alleviate the conditions of men,

who are to fight our battles; while the flood of sympathy and relief being poured for the women and

children abroad is almost incalculable... we are just now reaching the point when the very existence

of our Home Charities is most gravely menaced, and that unless this community considers most

seriously at once it local obligations with regard to relief, to welfare, and to hospital work, the

greatest suffering of many is in sight... The time has come when the suffering is at our very doors

cannot be laid aside 'till the war is over' as we hear frequently suggested, but must be met at once..."

In addition to this plea for help, the yearly report contains the statistics of the babies helped that year,

reports from a visiting nurse, Clothing Committee, Junior Auxiliary Committee, Babies Ward Guild,

Social Services Committee of the Babies' Wards, and Social Service Committee, as well as the financial

report from the Treasurer, annual subscriptions and other donations of supplies. Three (3) black and

white printed photographs of the baby ward with nurses taking care of the infants. 36 pg. Blue

illustrated wrappers. Measures 8" x 5 ½”. OCLC: 2 (March 2020).

(#20202499) $125.

General wear. Covers partially separated from text block.

Weather



15. [weather][ government][ military history][ science & technology][ war department][ agriculture]

Albert J Myer, Brig. Gen. Farmers' Bulletin, War Department Weather Report - Telegrams and

Reports for the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture. War Department, Office of the Chief Signal

Office. Washington DC. December 27, 1877. A weather bulletin for December 27, 1877 put out by US

War Department, the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, a Division of the Telegrams and Reports for

the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture. Although this bulletin appears to have circulated in

Boston, MA, the bulletin covers the weather

indications for the majority of the US. From the South

Atlantic and Gulf States, to Tennessee and the Ohio

Valley. On this date, the Mid Atlantic States were

experiencing "northeast winds, falling barometer,

cloudy and rainy weather, possibly followed by

northwest winds and partly cloudy weather." At the

base of the bulletin, the New England states were

singled out for this warning: "during the month of

December, winds blowing from the South or East, or

from directions between those points, are found to be

the winds most likely to be followed by Rain or Snow.

Winds blowing from the North or West, or from

directions between those points, are found to be winds

least likely to be followed by Rain or Snow." The blank

back side has been used as scrap paper for various

mathematical problems. Single sided. Measures 10" x

8".

(#29018176) $75.

General wear. Letter folds. Penciling on back.

Women’s History 16. [mental illness][ health & welfare][ women's history][ women's health][ social welfare][ diary][

adoption][ pregnancy][ baby][ unwed mothers][ black market babies] C. M. Janes. Madge's Diary, an

Advertisement for The Veil Maternity Hospital. The Veil Maternity Hospital. Corry, PA & Kansas

City, MO. 1924. The 'diary' of Madge, an unwed pregnant girl who went to The Veil Maternity

Hospital in Corry, PA, to have her baby in secret. The Veil also had a maternity hospital located in



Kansas City, MO. This booklet was used to show the "type of girl placed under our care" to

prospective parents looking to adopt a child or doctors needing a reputable place to send a girl who

found herself in a family way. Unfortunately the reality was much darker. While the Veil billed itself

as "being devoted exclusively to the care and seclusion of the better class of unfortunate young

women", it has become clear in recent years they were tied to the black market for babies and often

double dipped, charging both the mother for her stay, and then turn around and sell her baby, and

not always to the best of perspective parents. Furthermore, there were reports that even when the

young mother wanted to keep their child, the baby was still taken from them and adopted out - even

when the mother would send money for the baby's care while she got on her feet. Or, if a young girl

could not pay her way, there would have her work for her care, both during and after her pregnancy

until her bill was paid in full. This advertising booklet paints a rosy picture of the girls in their care,

since "only the young woman of essentially sound morals is accepted; she who, through ignorance or

youthful passion, has made a mis-step and is anxious for another chance." In reality, very little is

known about who these young mothers where, as record keeping was lax at best, and fraudulent at

worse. Part of this is due to the social stigma these girls faced, and as such they would often give false

names. Places like the Veil were also know to burn their records before they closed. The booklet itself,

is the 'diary' of a young girl name Madge, who after finding herself pregnant, contemplates suicide

before her family doctor suggests sending her to the Veil. There she finds other young women like

herself, and enjoys a time of leisure and relaxation with literary clubs, time for sewing and crafts, as

well as massages (that would supposedly prevent stretch marks from the pregnancy). Madge

eventually gives birth to a baby boy. "My little boy was born on June 26,. I am not going to write of

that - I'll just keep that memory in my heart. It is going to be hard to leave that little mite out there in

the nursery. I love him and want him so much. But I WILL not cry. Thanks to these people hear and

especially the nurses, who are so thoughtful and who seem to understand my troubles so well,, I

know what my duty is to my baby and I love him so much that I want him to have a name and the

chance in life which he deserves. And I know that when I leave him in their care I have done more for

him than I could possibly do in any other way." Madge supposedly eventually got married and sent

The Veil her old diary "in hope that you can use it to help some other girl who seems bound straight



for suicide." It is unclear whether this diary is legitimate or not., though it was most likely made up

for advertising purposes. Interfoliata of "The Veil Maternity Hospital" mail in request form. 24 pages.

String binding. OCLC 0 (Feb. 2020). Measures 8 ¾” x 5 ¾”. (#20200489) $150.

General wear.

17. [family planing][ birth control][ women's health][ women's history][ marriage hygiene][ diaphragm]

Norman Carr, M.D. Marriage Hygiene, As Prescribed by Physicians. Lanteen Laboratories, INC.,

under the auspices Medical Bureaus of Information. Chicago. 1938. A small booklet providing advice

on "marriage hygiene", a rather unique and polite euphemism for family planning/birth control used

within marriage. The booklet, at first, does seem to take a rather modern view of family planning and

marriage, stating, "for generations past, our Anglo-Saxon prudery and false modesty have denied our

women their rightful heritage. Intolerance have hidden from the mothers of our race authentic

medical advice on the intimate problems of marriage." However they couch this belief on the "stern

conditions of our present economic situations [which] compel us to face all realities of life sensibly,"

rather then simply stating this is information women deserve to know. Further more, when

discussing the different possible birth control methods, the booklet strongly recommends against

male condoms, which they call sanitary rubbers, since they "are often highly dissatisfactory and

unpleasant to one or both parties," a myth that has been perpetuated by men, and is not true. Instead

the booklet recommends the use of diaphragms. It discusses proper use and placement with several

colored illustrations directing the reader on proper use and insertion. The last few pages are

advertisements for various Lanteen products, such as their cap diaphragm, jelly, Mesinga type

diaphragm and a cleansing antiseptic for douching. Their advertisement for douching products is

highly ironic as earlier in the booklet they recommend against douching as "many douche solutions

are actually harmful to the delicate tissues which are more sensitive than the lining of the throat." 22

pg. Staple binding. OCLC 6 (Feb. 2020) Measures 6 ½”x 4 ¼”. (#20200053) $150.



General wear.

18. [home economics][ periodicals][ magazines][ women's history][ religion][ charity][ women's work]

The Young Women's Banner, Vol. 5, No, 2. Banner Publishing Company. Elmira, NY. March 1897.

A magazine that was a Christian, educational and patriotic periodical that was published on a

bimonthly basis devoted to the ideals of "Christianity, culture and civism" in women. The magazine

provided the reader with articles on a variety of topics, such as charity endeavors, advice for the

household, children, and other subjects that a woman might find interesting. This item is Vol. 5, No. 2

and contained the following articles: "Invocation to Spring", "Americans as Englishmen and Points of

Difference", "Don't Wait", "The Cliff Dwellers", "Was It a Spirit", "Systematic and Proportionate

Giving", "Interesting Antiquities", "Bannerets and Editorial Notes", "News from the Banner Club",

"Household Matters", "For the Children' and "Pennsylvania Curiosities, City Water Works, Etc.". Of

note in the editorial notes section is a short article on female pastors. Printed by Advertiser

Association of Elmira, NY. 20 pg.. Tan illustrated wrappers. Staple binding. Measures 9 ½”x 6 ½”

(#29020167) $85.

General wear.

It’s all about the Children

Materials in this section will always be about the children…



19. [works by children][ poems][ drawings][ play][ sports][ music] The Children of Brookside School.

The Stream. Bloomfield Hills, MI. 1932. A a printed and published book containing works by

children including plays, songs, clubs and sports performed by the young students of Brookside

School in Bloomfield Hills, MI, as well as their original poetry and artwork. The book works as a sort

of year book or scrap book for the school, with programs for concerts performed by the children (as

well as the music sung) printed in the book. The three plays performed that year, The Spirit of Old

Norway, Our Washington Play, and A Sea Play, have their entire scripts in the book. There are some

small essays written by the children (for example, one describes a trip to Europe), short stories and a

crossword puzzle. Accompanying each entry are whimsical black and white illustrations drawn by

the children as well. While the majority of these images are printed in the book, about fifteen (15) are

tipped in printed photographs of either additional children's artwork, or the children themselves

involved in various activities, such as plays, sports, or clubs. The cover was designed by Richard

Wallace and Billy Tracy. 74 pg. Yellow hard covers. OCLC 2 (Feb. 2020) Measures 9 ¼” x 7".

(#29017102) $100.

To view images, click: https://photos.app.goo.gl/E3d7p8n7EhQpjNFj7

General wear. Minor stains on cover. Damage to binding.

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20. [geography][ arithmetic][ verse][ poetry][ education][ maps][ subscription publications] George Van

Waters. The Poetical Geography Designed to Accompany Outline Maps or School Atlas. To

Which Are Added the Rules of Arithmetic in Rhyme. Cincinnati, OH. 1852. A textbook, only sold

by subscription, that seeks to teach the reader arithmetic and world geography by using verse, often

rhyming verse, to help the reader memorize the important terms and formulas. For example, in

describing the divisions of land, the following poem is used:

"Of land, and its divisions, read the stories;

Peninsulas, Continents, Islands, Promontories,

And Isthmuses and Capes, and Mountains high,

Volcanoes, Shores and Deserts, wet and dry."

The book covers both the technically terms in geography (meridians, tropics, latitude, longitude, etc.),

and all continents and countries of the world. Additionally they provided some historical and

cultural information on the countries as well, such as information on the construction of the Great

Wall in China, and that Holland is one of the most populous districts on the globe. Numerous black

and white illustration accompany the text, both in the form of maps and illustrations on the

geographical and architectural wonders of each locality described. At the end of the book, there are

six pages of the "Rules of Arithmetic, In Verse." Discussed in this section is everything from

subtraction to multiplication, and decimal fractions to compound interest. Front cover title: "The

Poetical Geography with the Rules of Arithmetic in Verse." Inscribed on front cover and inside cover

with "Henry Alcott, Anthony Rd." 80 pages. Yellow illustrated covers. Measures 9" x 6 ¼”.

(#29015001) $75.

To view click link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/apfB1nLUVFtsZgDg6

General wear. Inscription on front cover. Damage to back strip.

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21. [education][ penmanship][ writing][ essay][ fantasy][ moon][ dream][ thanksgiving] George F.

Murdock. Composition Notebook for the Winter Term of George F. Murdock. Stow, MA. 1879-

1880. A composition notebook for twelve year old George F. Murdock during the winter term of his

"3rd Class". It has thirteen (13) short essays, short stories, and/or sample letters with subjects ranging

from Paul Revere, a description of what is in the classroom or seen from his window, and a short

story of about a man on the moon. Murdock himself would late go on in life to become an educator

and high school principal. It is clear that some of these entries were graded as the majority have a

grade written on the top in pencil. Presumably each assignment was graded out of ten points, and

Murdock received 9's, 9.5's, and 10's. Below are some excerpts from the composition notebook:

"This man lives in a yellow farm house which contains sixteen rooms. Besides the house the man has a a

woodshed, a large barn, and a farm containing one thousand acres which covers the surface of the moon. His

farm is a very valuable one requiring but little attention except in harvest time' so the man has a good deal of

leisure and makes himself very comfortable. He is the only person found on the moon; but once a balloon

containing several persons lost it sway , and while trying to get back to the earth it touched the moon near the

man's house. The people were kindly cared for by the man and after several months they set sail for the earth

which they reached safety..."

- Excerpt from "The Man in the Moon", January 8th, 1880



"One Thanksgiving evening when I had been indulged at the supper table more hat usual I went to bed while

the clock was striking eight and was soon asleep. I dreamed I was preparing to go to Europe. I spent a week

packing my trunk and arranging things at home so that they would be preserved until I returned. I arrived at

the depot which seemed to be somewhere in New York and went aboard the train for Boston. On reaching that

city I hired a hackman to carry me to the wharf. After riding about ten hours the hack stopped; I stepped out and

found myself in a forest. I gazed around for a minute and turned to speak to the coachman; but he, the carriage,

and horses were all gone. Suddenly night came on, and it began to rain. After many wanderings I found an

opening in a rock; I entered and found a large room under the rock with supper waiting for me to which I

bountifully helped myself, and then went to bed..."

- Excerpt from "A Dream", January 26, 1880

Tan wrappers, lined interior pages, two thirds full. Measures 8 ¼” x 6 ¾”.

(#29018962) $125.

General wear.

George Frederick Murdock was born March 8, 1867 to Charles Nathanael Murdock (1835-1904) and Julia Ann Temple (1841-

1873) in Hopkinton, MA. He had at least one sibling: Charles Henry Murdock (1865-?). He married Abbie Barker Wade (1867-

1939) on February 9, 1893 and had three children: Arthur Wade Murdock (1893-?), Evelyn Louise Murdock (1897-1980), and

Frederick M. Murdock (1911-1995). George was the Principal of Major Victor E. Edwards High School in West Boylston High

for twenty six (26) until his retirement in 1938. His date of death is unknown.

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