P D Armour Story Of Expulsion To Millionaire Merchant
In two chapters spanning thirty years a Syracuse academy incident haunts P D Armour as a student. A dormitory buggy ride with a seminary girl leads to expulsion. Years later in Chicago the now wealthiest merchant meets the old professor who defends the expulsion and implores aid for the academy, receiving a generous check.
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P. D. Armour
Phil” Army Jr
Syracuse
N. Y
Philip
Armour
Chicago
Mr. Armour
Academy
Drummer and Traveler Exchange Brief Banter
A terse exchange between a drummer and a taciturn traveler, who is a newspaper man, about samples and readiness. The dialogue hints at a transient scene with minimal context and no clear outcome.
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Taciturn
Traveler
Itieas
Ji'm
Entertaining Mrs Stickler Impresses Guests
A conversation reveals Mrs Stickler as a witty storyteller who keeps guests amused with anecdotes about many women. The exchange highlights her lively humor and engaging presence.
Hope Springs Eternal and the Hostetter Bitters Claim
The ad extols hope and the tonic effects of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for chills fever rheumatism dyspepsia liver kidney trouble nervous debility and loss of appetite and sleep. It promises thorough remedy with three wine glassful doses daily for invalids, convalescents, and the infirm.
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Hostetter
In His Line Mrs Snellai and the Gallant Remark
Dialogue recounts a witty exchange about shop talk and compliments. A crime note reports a thief catching one hundred overcoats. A hat rack joke appears. Boston birth statistics record six hundred and ten twins and nine triplets last year. A Leavenworth tale mentions a prize girl.
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New York Ice
Boston
Leavenworth
Kansas
Mycake
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Laxative Relief
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system without weakening the kidneys liver or bowels. It claims broad health benefits and medical approval and notes it is sold in bottles and manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co with the brand name on every package.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Burning of the Dead at Benares and Missionary Praise
Rev Dr Talmage reports his Hindoo worship tour in Benares India. He describes cremation rituals on the Ganges ghats and monkey temple reverence, and defends Christian missionaries against charges of luxury while noting steady converts and the decline of Hindu practices. He cites Yukon gold rush and wintering prospects in Alaska.
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Brooklen
N. Y
Talmage
Brahma
Buddha
Mohammed
Christ
Heathendom
Mecca
Jerusalem
Benares
India
America
England
Ganges
Ghats
Siva
Scotland
Christendom
Methodist Missions
Baptist Missions
Naomi
Windham
Ariel
Mount Pisgah
Calcutta
Frances Willard on women shaping world and home
Frances E. Willard told the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Cleveland that women should share the world with men and work to make the home and fireside a partnership. She urged men to assume greater roles in domestic duties to reach their highest development.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Cleveland
Frances E. Willard
A Large Fortune Quickly Lost
The Duchess Santonna died in Madrid in poverty after eight years from a fortune of 4,000,000. Lawsuits by relatives and charity drained the wealth while efforts to place the Bourborn family on the throne continued. She once sent 200,000 to aid a Spanish dowager then returned the jewelry and kept to help others.
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Santonna
Madrid
Bourborn
Duchess de Santonna
Working clothes clash with court decorum in old tale
A tale recounts Lord Ellenborough rebuking a bricklayer for appearing in working clothes when sworn in court. The bricklayer retorts they are equally dressed, prompting a sharp exchange about propriety and appearances in justice. The piece ends with a quip about a witness misrepresenting himself.
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Elienborough
Lord Ellenborough
Argonaut
A Conception of Snow
A small Italian visitor in Rockland last summer had never seen snow. A recent storm surprised him as he saw snow on the walk and cried that a lime kiln was busted. He soon exclaimed that all the lime kilns must have busted as he witnessed snow everywhere.
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Rockland
Holiday Excursion Tickets From Chicago Great Western
The Chicago Great Western will sell excursion tickets from all stations to points within 200 miles at one fare and a third round trip. Tickets are valid for Dec 22 28 24 25 and 31 1894 and Jan 1 1895 with return until Jan 2 1895. For details contact a company agent or F H Lord G P and T A Chicago Ill.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
F. H. Lord
G. P
T. A
Chicago
Ill
Farming and Stock Raising In Nebraska pamphlet offer
A pamphlet with information on Nebraska, northwestern Kansas and eastern Colorado plus a sectional map is sent free on request to P. Eustis, C B and Q Railroad Chicago. Also notes high stamp sale in London and assorted patent medicine pitches and quips from the era.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Eustis
Chicago
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Jees
Waarren St
Wall Street
Morton, Ward & Co
Wali St
New York
Jesus
Hindootsm
Dr. Talmage
Heaven
Hell
Alaska
Tacoma
Yukon
San Francisco
Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall ST
Sigma
London
Piso
M. G. Burnt
Sprague, Wash
China
Hegeman’s
C. C. G. Clark Co
New Haven
Russia
Phlin
World Dispensary Medical Association
Main St
Buffalo, N. Y
Frep Hunt
Glenville
Cehaea
Dr. Pierce
Thomas P. Simpson
Washington
Atents
D.C
Scott
Scott & Bowne
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