Notable literary figures and press life debates
A review of writers Amelia Barr Margaret Sangster and Helen Mathers and remarks on Jennie June Joel Chandler Harris children Brer Fox Brer Rabbit and A W Longfellow. Also mentions Julia Grant incomes and Zola interview on journalism life and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Chandler Harris
Julian
Lucien
Helen Mathers
Huerin
George W
Childs
Philadelphia
Long Branch
Bryn Mawr
A. W Longfellow
Portland
Moe
London Star
Ma Froude
Hosh-Church
Oxford
Julia TD
Grant
George Jones
Jay Gould
Gordon Bennett
George Worbhold
M Zola
Journal Team
Humorous classroom and street chatter in a lively montage
A collage of quips and cartoony exchanges from students and townsfolk. The dialogue spans Romeo and Juliet mishearings, dog owner feuds, audience shouts at a concert, rough drill hall cries, and wedding dress cost jokes. The piece captures playful banter and social quirks of everyday life with names and places sketched in.
Devices For Cripples Promoted By Inventor Of Assistive Chairs
N. Mautland Express reports a local interview with a manufacturer of mechanical aids for the disabled. He touts upcoming marketable devices including a stair climbing chair with a crank driven four leg apparatus and rubber clinchers, a compact under-seat mechanism, and chairs for use on crumbles boats and mountain trails. He notes some chairs are expensive but railroad stations stock invalid chairs and elevators are used for lifting patients, with advances in artificial limbs and even the idea of artificial brains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mautland Express
Charles Ainesley on gambling and moral cautions
A 19th century letter abridged from the Irish Ecclesiastical Gleaner condemns gambling and sweepstakes. It warns a public school boy who joined a Derby sweepstake that gambling corrupts youth, tempts deceit, and harms neighbors. It urges returning winnings and rejecting such temptations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ainesley
Bor
Pinsure
Autumn Garden Tips And Kitchen Notes From Home Farm And Garden
Readable column offers recipes Banania Fritters and Hominy Cakes, plus practical gardening advice. It covers banana fritters, hominy cakes, potato gems, fodder corn choices, cuttings storage, oyster and beefsteak pairing, and garden layout for efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astor
Stacking ensilage methods for airless grass preservation
An English guide describes round circular stacks of ensilage formed without pressure, six to twelve feet high, with peat and earth coverings. It notes two mowers’ method for Whitaker’s prize grass, stacking gradually to settle, and advises wetting dry weather for best results while preserving large quantities of coarse meadow hay and ferns for bedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
W J Whitaker
Furu
Hume
Humorous Snippets From Prolific Minds Across Eras
A collection of short quips and anecdotes featuring Keats Balzac and Balzac like witticisms, a London tailor tale, a Banffshire laird and his drink, and a feigned flogging remark. The pieces mix clever observations on virtue manners and storytelling with light satirical jests about society and speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keats
Balzac
Bimgulf
Banffshire
Their Only Medicine Diet in Deer Lodge Montana 1885
A long reader letter extols Branpreta Pitts and Branoneto Pitts as cures for dyspepsia constipation tuberculosis and scarlet fever prevention. It touts success with nine pregnancies and no doctor visits except during epidemics and claims rapid fixes for rheumatism colds biliousness and impure blood. Other ads praise prickly ash bitters and various remedies with testimonials and promotional blurbs from periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deerlodge
Montana
Branpreta
Prieta
Williian W. B. Miller
Frank Griggsby
Dodge City
Kas
Awellman
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Amelia Barr
Margaret Sangster
Jennie June
Roma
Romeo
Juliet
Dame
DeGoole
Tuven
Bascom
Crain
Mike Cer
Phaven
Tony
Laura
Alercy
Dora
Lanen
Hirper
Pitou
Hatalhon
Adjutant Forston
Piten
Patriote Linstre
Pallavin Portes
de Wink
Kingsley
Pratt
Demp
Tug Boy
Drake
Gardens of Eden
E. P Roe
Lippinenti
Magazie
Lirpincott
Magazins
Phila
Huie
Aquatic Sporta
Temperance Base
Bal Nine
Boston Courter
New York
Stoers
Kansas
Dales
New Orleans
Louisille
Chicago
Jacoba Olivered
Beaver Dem
Jannettie Weber
Bt Jacobs
Askrea
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Bali
Mare
America
Lincoln
Sheridan
Warner
Sarsaparilla
Tippecanoe
I. Gay Lewis
Fulton, Ark
Tate
Ater
Tutt
Sherman
Prickly Ash Bitters
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
Sole Proprietors
Louis
Druggista
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
Menys
Ely
Warren
Bouthwear
Missouri
J. K. Gwynn Clinton
Southwest
Natonel Publishing CO
Deeber
W. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W. Dougla
L. Douglas
Mott Bs
Congress
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mase
OIL Con
Supreme Court
Wim
A. Hamm
Calan
Beth Wa
Commons
WISE
Winterca
ARK & Wise CO
Qomca
Hiver Street
Llisoda
Jan Traynon
Calumet Build
U. Brown
Sedala, Mo
Dwight’s
Watl. Soda
Fitzge I.D. Attuhaey
Law
F Street
Wasuinavos
D. Cc
Grecy
Gand Ray Ourdt Free Stark
Louisiana
Texas
Sais
Godley & Porter
Dallas
Tex
Saul
Recommick & Clackasd
Washington
der the Horme
Eet Rote Parinne Loen CO
Melly
Nish Pee Erha Troz
WWEN
Prapern
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