Times Have Changed and Old Swindles Recounted
A traveling man recalls boomtown fortunes and lost profits as he explains past scams and high living in booming western towns. The Baltimore Sun notes tribal fish taboos among Navajo and other tribes, with theories about origins. The piece also references immigration to New York and a colonial-era anecdote about Sir Aubrey de Vere, plus brief misc items on paper floors in Switzerland and publishers’ readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woraum
Detroit Free Press
Baltimore
American Folklore Society
Wash‘jou Matthews
Washington
Southwest
Matthews
Baltimore Sun
Ernest Ingersoll
St. Nicholas
New York
Conree
Capa Cid
Philadelphia
Canada
Mexico
Private John Allen Outwits Expense At Ponce de Leon
John Allen of Mississippi checked into the Ponce de Leon in St Augustine and explored luxury rooms. He estimated the tariff at 50 dollars a day and tried to bluff the bill, but the manager insisted he was a guest. Allen departed quietly on the evening train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morley
Mr Isaacs
Messrs. Macmillan
Morley
John Allen
Swell Tavern
Mississippi
Ponce de Leon
St. Augustine
John
Allen
New York
Windsor
Mr. Allen
Claret not French says word origin questioned
The article notes the English term claret for red wine is not used in France where vin de Bordeaux is preferred. It discusses theories from Skeat that claret derives from clairet clear red wine, with Grave misdefined as a place and wine name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Littre's
Grave
Bordeaux
Gironde
Garonne
Taking the Hint at Home Station Laundry Incident
Private soldier Pat McGinnis tamps a tin buttonhole into his shirt to fix a broken neck button after repeated laundry losses. His wife laundress had failed to replace it, prompting the impulsive hack that led to a fixed buttonhole she then matched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat McGinnis
Sleep as Brain Rest Logic in Medical View
A Medical Record view urges sleep as the sole brain recuperation, arguing rest restores brain power by enabling nutrient uptake from blood. The piece contrasts sleep with ongoing labor and likens thinking to fuel consumption in machinery, framing sleep as essential recovery.
Doulton Legacy and Civilizing Arts Through Time
Sir Henry Doulton born 1820 in Vauxhall Walk spent life in Lambeth with a pottery business that grew to world renown for art ware and sanitary innovations. The piece recalls London’s past, Vauxhall gardens and Battersea, plus his 1851 breakthrough in stoneware drains and 1870 shift to art pottery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Doulton
Vauxhall Walk
Lambeth
Waterloo
London
Duke of Wellington
Earl of
Oysters misreadings to a Pacific visitor in town
A woman recounts a guest from the Pacific coast who avoids custard oysters at a Massachusetts Avenue meal, fearing choking. The excerpt contrasts humorous dining conflict with a 1605 letter about duty and learning, and a Southern California population note about 820 000 people and rising railroad mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington Post
Southern
California
A Ruse Both Ways in Trench Theaters
A Philadelphia Times tale recounts a theater doctor who trades his seat for friends. during a medical farce a nursefeigning patient prompts a manager to fetch remedies. The actress recovers, stipulating a few days off, while the faux doctor escapes exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Ernest Blan
Porte St. Martin
Blum
Tim
Ma‘iiselle
Nut'uiselle
Sam
Philadelphia Times
Fishes Shifting Color Camouflage and Odd Trials
Describes fish color change for camouflage in a New York aquarium, noting bottom feeders mimic gravel hues. Reports a Berlin court trial where a dead man was tried posthumously for embezzlement and forgery, reversed after his death due to dementia. Includes brief comic gag about a refined European visitor and a scattered medical and advertising notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Aquarium
Paulo
New York Sun
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Whues
Aubrey de Vere
San Francisco
Cincinnati Enquirer
Einsiedeln
Switzerland
Madras
Nizam
Haidurabad
Yonkers
The
Medical Review
United States
J. W. Powell
Arabia
Persia
Sucia
Lippincott’s
Lr. Mechon
Appleton
Popular Science Monthly
Parke
Bromfield
Dean Moriren
Autye
Pacer
Hillerd
Runbeca Panky
Berlin
Chicago
Schweidnitz
Silesia
Merle
Thousaide
Noel
Milly
Garantee
Sterling
Remedy Co
Dow Monger
Kezenn
Don
Shilor
Croup
Tiets
Kendrick & Co
New-York
Taree
Barre
Acents
Klondike Country
Alaska
Thone
Klondike
W. B. Conkey Company
Dearborn Street
Mark Twain
Hawaii
Australia
Fiji Islands
India
South Africa
Dan Beard
A. B. Frost
B. W. Clinehinst
American Publishing CO
Hartford Conn
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Anchor Line
United States Mail Steamships
Glasgow
Londonderry
Rome
Warners
Henderson — Brotiers
Gordon ‘Bhie
Union Teachers’ Avendias of
Inert
Rev. Lo. Bass, DD
Withslar
Toronto
Cann
New Ord Newark
N.Y
Sun Prancisco
Cal
Chiera
Wg St. Louis
Mondint
Denver
Colombo
UNO Peeners
Saltshire
Pit. Oy
ROG. Ctease CO
Castoria
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Hi National Business College
Clement UC
Gident
Povaukversix
Toanvens Matty Son
Dreyer
Covne Ny
Levern
York
Ee Pe Hawle
New York City
Amd
Staten
Feniely
Pitt Hirt
Pavel
Oreentiviman
Pri
Dener
Vor Brothers
Lever Brothy Lad
Aenual
Lever Bros., Ltd
Ating
Iver T
Sigoreta
Att
Sterling Remedy CO
Cnicaco
Montreal
Gan
Wesewee
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