Dream Poems and Hotel Labor in 19th Century Life
The piece blends notes on dream literature by Coleridge and Mickle with social sketches of hotel workers in New York. It cites poets who dreamed verse, then shifts to wages and roles of liner hotel staff, from liner-room workers to parlor maids and scrub women, detailing pay, duties, and social hierarchies within hotels.
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New York
Termyson
Southey
Daniel
Coleridge
Khan Kublai
Porlock
Kublai Khan
London Globe
Help’s
Leslie’s Weekly
Bride seeks eggs in quirky kitchen reminiscence
The bride shops for groceries and hesitates at buying eggs, asking if the store carries case eggs and recalling her mother’s saying that she used hens eyes, a peculiar memory from the New York Press anecdote.
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New York Press
Health and Hope Quote Attribution
A concise proverb notes that health brings hope and hope brings everything, linking well being to comprehensive blessing with a timeless, universal appeal.
History of human dissection from Galen to revival by Vesalius
The article traces early centers of dissection from Alexandria to Bologna and Rome, noting Galen’s Tibia travels for bones and the use of apes, the revival by Vesalius in the sixteenth century, and Leonardo da Vinci as an eminent anatomist. It also recalls 18th century mob violence against doctors in Philadelphia and New York driven by grave robbing fears.
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Alexandria
Galen
Rome
Bologna
Madonna Manzolina
Leonardo da Vinci
Vesatius
John Shippen
Philadelphia
New York
Eight Bullets To Kill A French Grenadier Tale
On April 21 1821 Dr J P Frank eminent governor of the University hospital Vienna lay dying. Surrounded by eight leading physicians he suddenly laughed recounting a Wagram battlefield joke about a French grenadier declaring it takes eight bullets to kill him and dying in amusement.
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J. P. Frank
University Hospital
Vienna
Wagram
Caffeine Discovery and Tea Comparison
The article notes caffeine was discovered by Runge in 1820 and appears as long needles in pure form. It claims caffeine makes up about 1 percent in ordinary coffee, 4.4 percent in Java coffee, and 6.4 percent in Martinique. It mentions debates on caffeine being identical to theine and that tea's inferior qualities may contain more caffeine than top teas.
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Runge
Java
Martinique
Claus
Child’s Prayer Plea In Hostess Home
A four year old girl spending the night with a hostess asks for help with prayers. She prays Please Goh acuse me I can't remember my prayers and I'm staying with a lady that don't know any. The child then ends with a humorous admission of forgetfulness.
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Helen
Mrs
Graft Origin Joke Quips in Eden by Senator Sorgaum
In a Washington Star quip, Senator Sorgaum explains graft began in Eden with Adam taking a cut, while a studious man questions how graft originated. The briefExchange uses biblical allegory to comment on corruption.
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Garden of Eden
Sorgaum
Adam
Eve
Washington Star
Heiress and Youth Exchange Heartfelt Offer
A witty exchange recalls a beautiful heiress claiming no heart while a poor but willing youth offers to give hers in a dramatic romantic quip. The line highlights generosity and sacrifice as the central theme of courtship.
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys
A reflective line by fRuchter notes that aging sorrow stems from fading hopes rather than lost pleasures, capturing a somber view of growing old.
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fRuchter
Planting Time and Body Nourishment Emphasis
The passage stresses farmers must tailor soil and crop care to each grain and act before problems emerge. It urges early action to prevent decay and promotes Scott's Emulsion as a rapid tissue builder when ordinary foods fail, offering a free sample.
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Scott
Various Patent Medicines and Cosmetic Remedies Adverts
An assortment of old time ads tout Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea 85 cents, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for skin ailments, with sellers DC A Gamble and CO A Gamble. Mentions sliding seats in rowing races dating to 1873.
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Hollister
L. M. Bosworth
DC. A. Gamble
DeWitt
CO. A. Gamble
Wanted by Chicago manuf Tring House assistant in branch office
Job ad seeks a person of trutworthiness familiar with local territory to assist in a Chicago branch. Salary $18 weekly. Permanent position with no investment required. Previous experience not essential. Apply Como Block, Chicago.
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Chicago
Tring House
Como Block
White Wine of Tar Heals Wife in Final Stage
A testimonial from Rev. J. R. Fly of Susan KE Fly Brookline Mo proclaims White Wine of Tar eased his wife’s last stage pulmonary consumption. After starting the remedy she improved quickly and is now using a fourth bottle with better health.
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J. R. Fly
Susan KE
Fly
Brookline
Sta., Mo
Newspaper subscription bargain offers two papers for one price
The Ames Intelligencer advertises a limited time offer pairing a yearly subscription to its paper with the Chicago Daily Tribune for $3.00, a savings from the two regular $1.00 yearly rates. Existing subscribers’ dates extend, with caveats on period and direct remittance. It promotes additional low rates for Ladies Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post bundles at $3.25 versus $4.00.
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Intelligencer
Chicago Daily Tribune
The
Ames Inteligencer
Tribune
Daily Tribune
Tribune Company
Ladies Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
America
Des Moines Daily News
Farm and Home
Pilgrim Magazine
Daily News
Very Low Excursion Rates to International Live Stock Exposition Chicago
Advertises discounted excursion tickets on the North Western Railway for Dec 16 to 20 with return by Dec 24 for the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with local pharmacy sales in the era.
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Chicago
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western R’y
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India
Grayling
Galilee
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Mickle
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Tennyson
Bowne Chemists
Pearl Street
Chamberlain
Semel
Bears
Astoria
the Intelligencer
Ames
Lows
C. A. Gamble
Lough
Ran & Bauer
Parney Sheldon
Pres
Judish Bros
Story County
Dorsa General Banking
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Colgate’s Dental Powder At
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Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Munden
Fila
Mutual
Kellogg
Am&s
Mia Mois
Rael
B.C. Dewitt & CO
A. Gamble
Mackface Ewes
Mra Wan Ae
U. S. Spring
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