Inside the White House Private Dining Room History
The article describes the private dining room and adjacent spaces in the Executive Mansion, noting elegant furniture and state silverware dating back to Monroe and Lincoln eras. It explains steward supervision, government ownership of valuables, and the lack of personal property in official rooms. It ends with a Curcaco widow’s humorous purse incident and a St Louis drummer’s marriage to Lilian Robeaun after a Dakota blizzard.
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White House
Mrs. Hayes
President Arthur
Monroe
Lincoln
Hayes
United States
St. Louis
Lillian Robeaun
Bails ork to the Mas w lab case
A brief and unclear OCR fragment notes bail in a case involving Mas and a lab. The readable elements do not reveal names, dates, or a clear outcome to summarize further.
Milk and laundry clash as bold orders rattle a washerwoman
A Chicago Tribune item shows a confrontation where a self-styled milk gentleman asserts authority over a washerwoman who clarifies Bridget handles the milk and she runs the laundry. The exchange centers on who should take the milk as the two characters clash over roles.
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Bridget
G. W
Chicago Tribune
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Praised In Lowell Ad Copy
An 19th century style advertisement asserts Hood’s Sarsaparilla earns high regard in Lowell Massachusetts where it is prepared. It claims the medicine sells more than all others and has satisfied customers for ten years. It also includes a social caricature exchange about language and race.
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Hood
Lowell
Mass
Tramp Begs For Two Cents In Distress Tale
A tramp accosted a gentleman, saying he was destitute and needed two cents for a bed. He followed the man for nearly a block, receiving no help, then walked off with the insult that the gentleman’s kindness exceeded his good looks.
Medical advertisement touts Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock remedy
An ad warns against pills and cathartics for indigestion and promotes Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a cure. It claims the medicine strengthens liver and kidneys, purifies blood, and cures diseases of urinary and digestive organs rather than just relief.
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Guysett
Prohibition Drives Michigan Counties to Vote Local Option
Sixteen Michigan counties have adopted local option prohibition and nineteen more will vote this month. Majorities are large and by July the policy should operate in about half the state. Prohibitionists react with fury at the law’s success and remaining factions lose influence.
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Michigan
Free wool victory and shifting party sentiment noted
A 19th century editorial notes emancipation of 3,000,000 slaves and the Democratic party embracing free wool as a humanizing revolution. A Muncie Indiana man was tried for disturbing a religious meeting by reading a newspaper but was acquitted.
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Democratic Party
Binghampton
Muncie
Ind
Wee
Long Legal Battle Ends For Albany Estate Heirs
After thirteen years of litigation the Albany estate resolves with the heirs receiving a pittance per head and the lawyers each earning about 11 dollars.
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Albany
New Carving Knife with Explosive Handle Invented
A carving knife is described with a handle containing a mali receptacle for dynamite used for carving ducks. The report quips that the invention is extraordinary and unlike any prior tool, noting no other item is as remarkable.
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Mali
Shall we Pension our Soldiers and the Hidden Price
Excerpted lines reflect on the sacrifice of soldiers, arguing that payment of $192 a year fails to acknowledge true service. Voices praise veterans and question if pensions, not revenue, honor a pledge of eternal gratitude. Anecdotes cite Ely's Cream Balm testimonials from Mary C. Thompson and B. Franken.
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To-Da
E. H. Ropes
American Magazine
Mary C. Thompson
Ely
B. Franken
Sigourney
Towa
Nominated on Account of His Fat Fraud and Hypocrisy
A Cleveland Leader item reports a Cornell student seeking a name correction after an incorrect listing. The tale humorously depicts the registrar’s flirtatious reaction as the student asks to change her name amid leap year expectations.
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Keiley Lamar Higgins
Mexico
Charleston
Cleveland
Cornell
Women’s Journal
Bishop and hat fit the same size punchline
A humorous exchange features a young preacher trying on Bishop Pierce’s hat, remarking their heads are the same size, followed by a bishop’s witty retort about outer appearance. The piece ends with a note on fashion mischief as a wrinkled coat-tail signals a spoken message.
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Bishop Pierce
Bozodont Promotes Bright Teeth For Girls
An ad urges girls to whiten teeth with Bozodont claiming pink mouths and pearly lips. The verse promotes cosmetic dental care as essential for appearance and social appeal.
Laughter and teeth care amid Mexican land fears
A column praises smile care products and lampoons poverty while warning that English and American capital buyers have acquired large Mexican lands. It notes ongoing foreign ownership of a substantial portion of a Mexican state and predicts future regret by Mexicans over alien control of soil and mining regions.
Blue Mountain recluse Mathias Berger moves to Reading
Mathias Berger, known as the Blue Mountain Hermit, ends 38 years of solitude atop the Blue Mountains near Port Clinton and relocates to Reading Pennsylvania at age 75. The piece also includes a brief, humorous exchange about paying for a poem with figures of ten and sixteen dollars.
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Mathias Berger
Blue Mountain
Reading
Pennsylvania
Berger
Blue Mountains
Port Clinton
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