Secondhand Stores Expand Beyond Junkshop Era
A Philadelphia Record summary notes the growth of secondhand businesses beyond furniture and household goods. Modern stores carry wide ranges, from old pictures to contemporary ornaments, reflecting changing styles and consumer desire to keep up with trends. Frank Stockton anecdotes about failed poetry attempts illustrate editorials on literary taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drie
Curia
Bond
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Nantucket Visitor Views Native Adornment Display
A city visitor encounters a Nantucket hostess showing off personal adornments during a home call. The hostess explains she owns a front room display and reveals a carefully arranged wig behind a melodeon, insisting it is her second best but presentable for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Fragmented dialogue from early 20th century column
A clipped dialogue piece mentions figures named Jarry and Moses in a quip about attending matinees and taking someone to a show. The wording is garbled and shows sample newspaper voice without clear context or event.
Electrical leakage and snow storms from Scribner's Magazine excerpt
A fragmented OCR passage discusses electrical leakage as a health hazard and mental shock from currents, citing a Pearson's Magazine remark on vitality drains from surroundings. It then shifts to a vivid Adirondacks snow shower description, detailing cloud-formed snow, horizontal flakes driven by wind, and sunlit treetops casting shadows as a storm rages below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson's Magazine
Adirondacks
Treea
Scribner’s
Man In the House in Memphis Birthday Feud
In Memphis Venon a young criminal lawyer marks adulthood with a noisy birthday celebration. On the eve of his fete the household awakes to shouts of a man in the house. The father storms out with firewood to confront the intruder while the son proclaims the moment of his twenty first birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Venon
Pater Familias
Memphia Scimitar
Wood Decay Rates and Eskimo Customs From Fragmentary Text
The fragment discusses how long different woods take to decay when buried, listing birch and aspen at three years, willow and buckeye at four, maple and red beech at several ages, and elm and ash at seven, with some terms unreadable as eight years. It then oddly mentions Eskimo beliefs and postdeath practices, followed by a brief Chicago quoted exchange about a housewarming and a redheaded cook.
The Poor Sloner’s Bell of Breslau Tower
Post Stanners Berl describes a legend from Breslau in Silesia about a master bell founder who, grieving a boy’s death caused during casting, is executed. The bell, praised for its tone, earned the name The Poor Sloner’s Bell after its ringing at the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breslau
Bilesia
Prnasta
Kings and their superstition in historical glare
A New York Press piece reviews how rulers such as James I Napoleon Frederick the Great and Marlborough blended superstition with power. It cites dates marriages births and royal misdeeds to illustrate persistent belief and hypocrisy across eras while insisting Cromwell kept his own superstitions private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I
England
Lfe
James
Buckingham
Napoleon
Frederick the Great
Peter of
Rusata
Marlborough
Jock Churchill
Duke
Henry of
Cromwell
New York Press
Fishing For Ducks In India And Cape Cod Bait Tricks
A brief look at an Indian duck catching method using a springy stick and corn baited needle to trap ducks. The article recalls Cape Cod fishermen of old who used cod liver bait on lines to lure murres and gulls, which were pulled in, skinned, and chopped for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Mr. Duc
Roast Peacock and Satirical Snippets in Old Times
A fragment from the News York Weekly and Philadelphia Record imitates Christmas feasting with a roasted peacock dressed to display plumage. The text also includes jests on fashion sermons and a prison anecdote by convicts, reflecting period humor and social satire.
What the Baby Needed in a Family Nursery Scene
A fragmentary dialogue from a family scene centered on a week old baby named in Pana with Tommy and mother. They discuss gifts and a wig as a playful, nonsensical exchange. Other garbled phrases mention Dr Hole of Rochester and a bookshop nursery setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
Tommy
J'all
Mall Gazette
and Wolff
Jim
Puck
Fragmentary Opinion Exchange Noted in Philadelphia Record
A garbled excerpt shows a lawyer and client exchange over a fee, with a shopper remarking on loyalty to past costs. The text includes archaic spellings and ambiguous quotes, reflecting a newspaper clipping from Philadelphia. The passage also contains a proverb about divine justice and punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BarCass Fieally
Philadelphie
Curious Sponges and Their Various Uses Across Sizes
Sponges grow in strange shapes with wart like overgrowths resembling hands bats and idol figures. Some are curiosities not marketable for practical use. Smaller sponges are made into slates shoes and paper. The best sponges come from the Mediterranean with Florida also producing fine varieties. Prices range from a cent to $20 apiece and sometimes high quality specimens sell for $80 per pound. Surgical uses highlight the finest specimens while cheaper sponges serve washing and painting tasks. One large fan shaped sponge in New York City is about three feet in diameter and valued at $100 as an exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Mediterranean
Florida
Potlatch Feast Among Indian Tribes Described
A description of the potlatch in British Columbia and among the Indians near Cartons, detailing a feast and merrymaking where a wealth holder distributes edibles and drinkables to the people to gain prestige or chieftainship. The act may include gifts such as blankets and ornaments beyond the feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britleh
Columbia
Sheridan tale of Celt and Saxon ends in comic clash
A Sheridan tale pits an Irish Celt against a Briton in a humorous exchange. The Celt returns sharp retorts as the Briton quizzes him, leading to a playful volley about perception and national character. The scene features Patrick and a pugilistic Hibernian in a light, staged verbal duel.
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Sheridan
John Bull
Patrick
Paris Banquet Surprise Reveals Winged Lady in Birdcage
At a Paris banquet hosted by a countess guests witnessed an astonishment as the center of the table hid a large birdcage after which a winged young woman emerged to sing the dishes. The amusing affair included quotations and playful chatter from attendees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
South and North Passenger and Express Rail Schedule
Central Railroad timetable shows trains labeled Passenger Express Freight with times such as 4:27 p m and 7:33 p m. It lists daily operations with certain services omitted on Sundays and includes notes on stock freight and passenger rates. The schedule covers routes to Omaha and Chicago with multiple daily departures and varying freight periods.
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South
Art
North
Telenots Central Railroad
Baar West
Uhigato
Mni
Omahailm
Burlington
Bvar Rapids
Bore NG Ron Srinate
Otoagtng
Noth
Outta
Ae Ps m
Passenge
Bredgh
Pralghe
Chicago
Marshalliown
Dilly
DesMoinen
Peru
Afton Junction
Joseph
Kungua
Waterloo
M. Dally
Minneapolis
Spave
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Frank Stockton
Foetry
John
Ore Magaazine
Stocktons
Milton
Jarry
New York Times
Moses
Drogelys
Humpbrotley
Rundiekue Co
Jule Bhan
Bop
York
Humphreys
Humphreys Med. Coy
William & Joberts
Tripyne
JuNeer
Profesalopa
Dean
Dr. Hole
Rochester
Gare Dener
Mann
Mr. Pursington
Madison Medicine Company
C. F. Pfander
Iowa Central Railway
Acktey
Black Prince
Norman
Grant
THE
Bank OF Ackley
Dee
Bankingusiness
Gutereat
Parte of
Europe
Ancing
Uscit
Martin
Real Estata
John Rath
Bakker
Andrews Ae Blake
T. J. Symington
Queen’s University
Canada
Lousy Auth
Presbyterian Church
Ackley
Iowa
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