06 Feb 1883
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Newspaper
Alton Daily Telegraph
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1883
Page
1
A reporter questions Mr Backus about odd job applicants for his theater company. A wealthy aristocratic mother seeks help for her son who drinks, fights, and forgets his father’s name. Backus suggests sending him to racing venues and monuments, then throwing him off.
Four Boston wholesale dry goods clerks regale each other with a tale of a New York businessman asking street strangers for directions. He pays a boy 10 cents twice and 5 cents for time and finally solves the riddle with two and a half and a quarter past. The punchline credits the clever prankster.
The author compares dove nests and larger birds nests noting coarse sticks, loose construction, and a natural method to deter vermin. Observation suggests some species lack such instinct while others protect young. wrens or other birds later fill hollows with materials that harbor insects, which are then consumed by the birds. Wilson Flagg.
Nebraska farmer recalls a three hour visit by the Marquess of Lorne and Princess Louise. The royal party toured the farm fielding questions, sketching the homestead, and discussing emigration to British Columbia with an offer of 20 acres if his sons join them. The farmer also received pamphlets and a letter from the marquess.
A Keokuk News note recalls a travelling editor who charms conductors with a clipped paper clip. When asked to duplicate the style, he mocks the demand and demonstrates by cutting up the News into instant copy. The conductor finally grants travel rights as long as the engine lasts.
Practical 19th century guide detailing roasting and broiling canvas-back ducks. Steps include prepping, drawing the duck, stuffing the head, trussing, and roasting on a spit, plus broiling method with oil and butter. Serving notes suggest hot plates, currant jelly, fried bowming shapes, and celery salad.
General Lew Wallace United States Minister to Turkey traveled along the Syrian coast enjoying Turkish attentions. He visited the holy site at Hebron where the Sultana granted him entry to the sanctuary, an honor previously reserved for royal blood. Mrs Lane in his party is said to be the first Christian woman allowed to enter the enclosure.
A Bridgton man overheard two arky stewards aboard the Boston boat chat about Sam's marriage. One asks what Sam is doing now and learns Sam has gone and got married. The other quips that Sam won’t have to work anymore.
In Newark Delaware the Christiana Church head serves with long pastorates. The senior pastor completed forty seven years, the second served thirty seven, and the present elder marked twenty nine years. The society is 147 years old with only four spiritual advisers.
Quick compact remedy promises permanent cure for corns warts and similar lesions. Product name and precise claims read as an old fashioned patent medicine style ad.
Kexwarp Phil, charged as author of the famed Morey letter, pleads guilty to libel and sets damages at 6000. He seeks a settlement and faces court action over the affair.
Burlington Vermont supplier Weila Richardson & Co will send colored Diamond Dyes samples with directions. A new machine to play music has been invented. A contrast in behavior arises when two young people of opposite sex are in the parlor as the evening ends and the old lady waits for the piano to stop.
C Flanders superintendent of the Alma House Wearr N fl testifies an bedridden, afflicted woman for five years is now able to rise from bed and knit stockings using the great air banicher St Jacobs On.
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