Pilgrim Fools and Struggles of the First Winter at Plymouth
A richly detailed, if fragmentary, reminiscence recounts the first harsh winter of the Plymouth colony. It notes scarce food, exposure, and deaths among the Mayflower settlers, the resolve to endure, and the December New Year’s customs that followed, including public governance and burial practices. The piece highlights Captain Standish, Governor Carver, and the enduring hardship endured by the early settlers as they faced famine and cold while seeking a new homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standish
Uttla
Itd
Melandie
Turie
Plymouth Colony
New England
John Carv Er Evernor
Derishea
Himane Iichard
Saya
Mttlof
Ulsrim
Mansachusetts
Plymouth
Nter
New Year’s Card Mystery and Train Baby Encounter
A humorous New Year memory unfolds as a card returns in a basket with coins, a cheeky note from J Seldenschtwanz, and a stray souvenir. A separate vignette features a married man-to-be quieting a baby on a train, provoking flirtatious chatter from a train matron and amused commuters aboard.
The Toothpick Habit Explored in Chicago Journal
The Chicago Journal notes a rising toothpick habit among people, linking posture and mouth behavior to thought patterns. A cafe cashier reports frequent restocking of toothpicks as patrons appear unable to curb the habit, hiding a handful in pockets with guilty looks.
Costly Drugs In The Montreal Herald Report
The Montreal Herald notes high drug prices with some drugs valued at twenty dollars per ounce while common pharmacy prices run two to three dollars. A particularly valuable drug, tigmine, is discussed. demand exceeds supply and prices have risen. The piece links the drug to animal sources and outlines a speculative market dynamic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal Herald
Pold
Lisaath Beweils
Waste paper yields valuable check in treasury finds
In the treasury department a waste paper inspector safeguards valuable documents. Waste paper is sorted into pasteboard brown and white piles in the subbasement waste room where a check for 3200 is found among the rubbish. About ten tons are removed daily and sold to the highest bidder, bringing roughly 1200 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washington Times
Castor Thara Tales Ame Bought to Lalla o Ode
It is hard for the man who is flat on his back to face the world. When a woman keeps a secret she can't keep secret the fact that she is keeping one, if there be a crime of deeper dye than all the guilty train of human vices it is ingratitude.
A Story of Tennyson and Ridiculous Tales
In reminiscences Charles Brookfield recalls Tennyson at the Oxford and Cambridge Club turning foot on the table and defiantly replying to being told to sit straight. Another tale has a conceited young man boasting about sleeping with gloves on to keep hands soft. A French Society anecdote ends with Got’s quip that sleep is an opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Charles Brookfield
London
Oxford and
Cambridge
Alfred
Law and Love Reactions Highlight Court Delays And Fears
A quirky collection of quips notes that some men pursue law while the law pursues others, lawyers lengthen cases for more pay, wives fear burglars and husbands fear a baby, and a rejected bachelor claims feminine beauty is off the desino.
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Seven
Curious suitor presses for a daughter in old advertisement
An elderly merchant recalls a frequent caller seeking his daughter while an ardent suitor voices his intent. The text then shifts to an 19th century medical infomercial for Botanic Blood Balm promising cures for skin and blood ailments, with offers of free samples and medical advice, listing Anderson druggists who carry the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockman
Geo. A. Williams
Noxbury
Botanic
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Anderson
Orr-Gray Drug Co
Wilhite & Wilhite and
Evans Pharmacy
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Mear's
Aihara Tfarare
Gerd
Walter Shaft
Ielgaonfi
Tien Hance
Custerman
J. Seldenschtwanz
Pigase
Trauce
J. Vaughn
New York Tribune
Charest
Chicago Journal
Perret
Castor Thara
Lalla O Ode
Pthonia
Yuri Mia
Cermcohs
Roche
Hess
Archer & Norris
Anderson Phosphate and Oil CO
Lesser & Company
Naini
Psack Meesy
SM Eiders Beautiiifly
Tina
United States
Oslo
von Thys
Orr-Gray & Co
Western and Atlantic Railway
Nashville
Chattenooga
St. Louis
Torque Tates
Nonthy Nalin
Lange al Ears
Norn Dershiest
Frank Johnson & Co
Goodyear
Church Street
J. P, Todd
Acwe Paint & Cement. CO
F. B. Grayton & Co., Druggiste, Anderson,‘8, C
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