A Bogus Irish Lord on Newport Boat Foiled at Last
Alfred Trumble in The Argonaut recalls a young Englishman who paraded as a lord on a Newport bound voyage. A pretend nobleman exploited crew and companions, stealing clothes and jewelry, then fled to New York under a servant’s guise. The real lord confronts him, revealing his ruse and the daily punishment he faces.
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California
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W. C. Hamill
Toronto
Sunion
Chratinnly
Temperance Temple proposed in Chicago with campus of reform
A Harper's Magazine April excerpt describes a planned monumental Temperance Temple in Chicago. The circular details a headquarters for the National W T U including a temperance library training school and hall. It envisions a publication house printing up to 50 million pages of temperance literature this year.
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Harper’s Magazine
Chicago
Souvenir Request Echoes Sentimental Bond
Bossy asks Maud for a keepsake to take to school and Maud agrees with affection. Bobby fumbles for a token that is edible, expressing his sentiment in a lighthearted exchange.
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Summer fashion favors white and natural flowers
Fashion authorities announce white will be the prevailing dress for women this summer with natural flower ornaments. A young mother browsed through twenty six novels and chose the name Marier for her baby girl.
Just Caught on the Fly and Night Weather Notes
A collection of quirky quotes and local weather notes describes humor about travel and college life, then reports an equinoctial cold snap with heavy snows and southeast tornadoes. The piece mentions a Columbus composition and a Georgia coon hunt where mud poulticing oddly heals a leg.
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Zeke Mason
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Spring Health
The passage extolls Hood's Sarsaparilla as superior for spring medicine, claiming it purifies blood and strengthens the system. It asserts cures for scrofula pimples boils biliousness dyspepsia sick headache catarrh rheumatism and other diseases tied to impure blood and low vitality. Try the peculiar medicine.
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President Cleveland meets curious Weldon crowd
A Raleigh Observer excerpt describes President Cleveland greeting a tall skeptical spectator who boasts he never saw a president before and calls him a whopper while Mrs. Cleveland laughs. It then shifts to a promotional note about Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female complaints and related health issues.
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Lynxes in a Cage Save Man in Central Park
A conversation about Hungary wolves leads to a tale of three hungry lynxes found in a cage at the Central Park menagerie. Jones recalls facing them with no weapon and calm, then leaving while whistling as the lynxes watched in the snow.
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Protesting Austin man seeks bond to keep peace
An Austin colored man charges Colonel Jones with threats and intent to shoot. In a heated exchange at Justice Tege ner's office the man says the colonel would buckshot any black intruder. Other dialogue snippets follow about a doctor and memory.
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Biliousness cures and curious four horned sheep tale
The article notes bilious symptoms and a common claim for Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring tonic. It then describes a Yorkshire park sheep breed with four horns and mentions skulls found in Ireland. A Blakely citizen hunts wild turkeys using a tethered tame gobbler to lure them.
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Church members neglecting offerings and preaching duties
The writer criticizes church members who pay life insurance agents but dodge their preacher and church dues. He argues leniency leads to lax giving, with a demand for money at every turn, and likens the situation to a poorly run business. He also mentions a trend of hangings and cites a John Demi who influenced murders.
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