End of the World Talk and Oddities in a 1900s Column
A杂乱 collection of wry observations on society politics and daily life from a Milwaukee era column. Topics include a clock tossed at a husband a sensational New York murder trial wishful thinking about a woman’s century and commentary on unemployment epidemics fame and the era’s fashion for irony. Notable items reference Hetty Green Twain Eliot and Leopold with playful takes on bankruptcy open air cures and the inexorable march of progress.
Wealth and romance in a social club for brides
A historical essay argues wealth complicates marriage with sensible men, praising poverty as a teacher of domestic skills. It celebrates home life, warns against boarding houses, and urges couples to establish their own households for happiness, harmony, and true partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yroman
Private Refuses Hotel Bill After Civil War Audit
A wartime incident discussed in a Washington hotel reveals a quiet veteran declaring he remembers the event. The hotel keeper asks for his rank. he replies he was a private. The next day he asks for his bill and is told none, remarking he is the first private the proprietor has met.
Detroit Free Press Flyer Reflects Europe Trip Mood
An odd flyer note references a Rimatossepe image and a theme of travel to Europe. A line questions responsibility for birth and shifts blame softly, hinting at a casual, editorial voice amid a local paper page. The fragment hints at social humor and media misdirection without exposing a full story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Detroit Free Press
Trumpet Call Says Sermon Snippets On Virtue And Vice
A collection of aphorisms critiques worldly greed, self righteousness, and faith. It contrasts charity with hypocrisy, notes Judas valuing ointment over Christ, and laments churches losing Christ from preaching while noting devils in synagogues. It ends with irony about a wife buried with the epitaph At Rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judas
Christ
New Shaft for Bismarck Monument Unveiled
A monumental bronze carving by Professors Begas and Geritz finished for Baden chapel honors Bismarck the Iron Chancellor. The 15 foot Italian marble sculpture shows Bismarck as an armored knight with Fame and History figures, unification relief, and Germania with princes and crowns around. Also includes portraits of Hohenzollern royalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Badenthedral
Rheinhold Begas
Berlin
Albert Geritz
Michiel Angelo
History
Fame
Bramarck
de- Raign
Germany
Germania
Peace
Ludwig II of
Bavaria
Albert
Saxony
Baden
House of Hohenzollern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athena Press
P. E. Boyd
Milwaukee
Burbank
New York
The
New York Herald
Hetty Green
London
Leopold
Congo
Oklahoma
Mark Twain
Eliot
United States
New York Academy of Medicine
Atlanta Constitution
Lot
Sodom
Sbranain
Wihip
Bis
Caverta
J. E. Froome
Rxopr
ST. Nichols
Athena
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Istener
Gald
Dinener
Harry M’bride
North Side Street
Athean
Ore
Oregon
Union Pacific Pheoigh Pullman Standard and
Abesty Sare
Omaha
Ublengo
Kana City
Polina
Chicago
Pendleton
A. m
Oke
Litter
Usuntitia
Yepe Limatitta
Hener
Daltes Points
California
Tanornn
Seattle
Isound
Wallas Walla
Abe
Sherwin-Williams
Umatilla
Tum-A-Lum Lumber CO
Jack Weir
Walla Walla
Touchbet
Wash
Athena, Adams and
Freewater
Preston-Parton Milling Go
Waitsburg, Wash
Tate
Pine Use
Medicine Company
Hawk's Pioneer Drug Store
King’s
King Pene Eo An
Goreng
West
W. J. Atkins
Banner Springs
Tenn
M. McBride