Bill Nye Tells Of A Chicago Lawyer Sanson Meltz
Bill Nye recounts lawyer Sanson Meltz in Chicago and outlines his plan to astonish the untutored natives, revealing hopes and fears that drive his approach.
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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1885
Page
14
Advertising Where it Would Do the Most Good
A year ago Alanson G. Meltz opened a Chicago law office promising clear-cut counselling and affordable divorce services. Despite eager advertising and a window display, married people ignored his offer and sought other avenues or endured their trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaysborg
Alanson G. Meltz
Chicago
Divorces Prepared by a Chicago Attorney Meltz
An undisciplined city tale centers on Alanson G. Meltz an attorney at No 65% South Water Street who hawks a new remedy for indigestion and brain fever while advertising his ability to arrange noiseless divorces. A doctored testimonial from Dr J Burdock Wells claims the remedy cures severe spleen and gastric ailments and enables remote legal filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Water Street
Mr. Meltz
Court House
Meltz
Chicago
Alanson G. Meitz
United States
Remeuay
Cariaco
J. Burdock Wells
Dr. J. Burdock Wells
Kansas
Dain
Alanson G. Meltz
Carl Dunder's Recipe Confusion Stirs Detroit Saloon
In Detroit the Woodbridge Street Station recounts Carl Dunder entering with a swollen eye and variations about Shake and Jake. The tale notes a saloon cider issue and a broken relation over drunken mischief, with tensions flaring as customers react to the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dunder
Detroit Free Press
Sergeant Bendal
Woodbridge Street
Shake
Jake
Shake and the Inder cider mystery in Springwells
An oral account describes a cider event where many men claim illness and death by drink. One man, Mr. Dunder, recounts being knocked down, feeling near death, and compares it to a brutal fight with Sullivan. He jokes Shake is involved, hinting at a recipe to “keep a boy sheet” using rawhide, offered as a joke or warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shake
Mr. Dunder
Sullivan
Dean
Marr
Frederick W. Freer
Arkansas farmer laments neglect by leading magazines
George Sabberly of Dry Fork Arkansas shares a lengthy anecdote about trying to sell his rural news to major publishers. He recalls failed pitches to North American Review Harper's Magazine Century and the Atlantic Monthly, recounting grievances, drought, and a push for a community centered magazine with his writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sabberly
Dry Fork
Ark
Charles Scribner & Sons
The
North American Review
Parks Bradley
Derry
Harper's Magazine
Eagh
Anderson's Mill
Spencers
Nat Great
Mat Magheel
Atlantic Monthly
State News
Dry Fork Notes from LBy Hon George Sabberly
Dry Fork notes recount a quiet election with Bill Rakile winning sheriff by a large majority. A new Sean road opened, much needed by locals. Uncle Andy West praised as county’s finest deer hunter, recently killing a large buck near the Goosetree place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sabberly
Nancy Wilkes
Squire Bumpus
Bicknell
Martin Gray
Bill Rakile
Sean
Andy West
Goosetree
Andy
Cautionary Do’s and Don’ts From a Boarding House Scene
A fragment advises wary behavior around a boarding house community. It warns against owing money, charlatans, and widowed landladies, and suggests watching boarders’ games before investing. It also cautions about flirtations with young widows, handling washwomen, and managing a racket with a pitcher of ice water.
The Antique Furniture Business in the City Sale
Farmer Basswood laments hard times and requests more items. He asks for a clock a spinning wheel and two chairs. He notes the previous sale sold out fast and needs money urgently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Basswood
Farmer weighs rail revenge over hogs killed by train
A farmer on the Chicago & Alton line consulted a lawyer after a train ran over two hogs and the company refused payment. He asked whether to tear up a rail or shoot engineers, and the lawyer’s $5 advice likely saved him money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Chicago & Alton Road
Alton
Parson Questions Puck’s Faith in Wartime Loss
A dramatic exchange unfolds as Mrs. Harper asks if the good Lord will guard her son at sea. The parson retorts that his duty remains within the church, declining outside spiritual services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Marching through swamps to save a gunboat fleet
Carrington Smith recounts Grant Sherman and Porter guiding a Yazoo River ascent with gunboats and tugs, tackling sunken trees, mangled channels, and ceaseless enemy fire. After days of slow progress and heavy losses, a Confederate counterattack and rising waters force a perilous retreat, rescued by Sherman’s infantry and infantry support arriving at a critical moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrington Smith
Detroit Free Press
Vickesburg
Yazoo
Sunflower
Yallabusha
Grant
Sherman
Porter
Tor
Vicksburg
Odd Finds In Letter-Boxes In Chicago Herald
A Chicago mail carrier recalls odd finds in boxes. A ring with a note led to a reward after the rightful owner was traced to Wabash avenue. In another case $100 and jewelry from a Johnson street theft were recovered but never claimed. A joke about spelling pneumonia and a pun on Brillinises ends the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Munroe Street
Wabash Avenue
Twelfth Street
Johnson Street
Confederate Guard Memory Recalls Duty in South Carolina
A Confederate guard story from South Carolina surfaces, recalling duty and an officer in a vivid late 19th or early 20th century setting, hinting at military culture, loyalty, and historical remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Wonderful clocks and ancient automata from lore
The piece recounts historic marvels from clocks made in London for the Chinese emperor by the East India Company, including jeweled chariots with tiny performers, a bird that flutters on touch, and a water clock seen in Charlemagne's era. It also describes Heidelberg's tower clock, a London cathedral clock with rotating figures, and a seven foot Scottish automaton clock with music and moving bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
China
East India Company
Heidelberg
Germany
Christ
Pettenween
Scotland
Smith
Edinburgh
Heller's Psycho Trick Exposed As Air-Powered Illusion
A Rochester reader recounts the hidden mechanism behind Heller's stage illusion. Compressed air drives the moving head and arm, with a ball cue controlling the figures and a pillared glass cylinder masking the source. The writer debunks the etheric theory and explains the used vent system and secret battery trigger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Union
Heller
Psycho
Wigs and Teeth Foretell a Hairless Coming Man
An essay argues that growing baldness signals a coming generation in New England. It cites Boston church and theater counts showing high bald rates among men over 30, links hair loss to hats and modern grooming, and warns of a decline in natural hair without open air exposure and changing fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil G. Eaton
Popular Science Monthly
Chicago
St.Louis
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Trinity Church
King's Chapel
Hollis Street Theatre
Boston Theatre
World's Museum
Washington Street
de Lussan
Fra Uiavolo
Matthew Arnold
John I. Sullivan
New York City
Hoston
New England
Beacon Street
Oston
Open sloed tabs at registry stir wedding scene
Chicago Tribune report notes a newly married couple Mr Hiram Leeper and his bride at a hotel registry. A clerk recalls the bride being asked for breakfast about a phrase in the register, with the foreign wording prompting curiosity and humor among onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Bhotel
Hiram Leeper
Bride
Tegister
A Coming Man Without Teeth and Hair
The passage argues that erosion of dental health and hair loss signal a future coming man. It warns that wisdom teeth decay early and that people neglect teeth, predicting a near era when future humans will be bald and toothless as a visible sign of decline.
Traveling chat at a European party with Miss Pompon
Miss Pompon and Mr Eyeglass recount their six week and three month trips abroad. They compare Paris Rome Venice and Antwerp, discuss hotels and weather, and joke about coral trophies and coffee in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pompon
Mr. Eyeglass
Paris
Switzerland
Italy
Naples
London
Lancham
Herlin
Antwerp
Rubens
Venice
Rome
Delmonico
Papa
Cunard
Europe
Mr. Eyegids
Electric Banquet Delights Guests With Sparkling Dinner
Guests at an extraordinary dinner party experience a sequence of electric marvels. Bell signals announce arrivals as gas jets flare and boot-polishing devices operate. A hidden phonograph statue greets them, forks spark, soups glow, and a phantom dawn lights the room. The Jupiter statue, cannons, and bells enhance the spectacle before a coffee by electric light ushers in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin International de Electricite
Jupiter
Beep Gap Canyon Gains New Chief Promotes Reform
Be elated by Beef Gap Idaho new city marshal known as Onion Bill now Chief Birdell posts a reform hand bill banning carousing cussing whoping and forced drinking. It threatens shooting for bar related offences and dancing or poker coercion. Criminals and beggars warned to stay away as exodus follows appearance of the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehoboth
Beef Gap
Idaho
Onion Bill
Birdell
Bill Birveen
Rumored Hangings Advertised Along Railroad Route
A handbill circulated over the Kansas City Springfield and Memphis line claims Pat Bill and James Simpson will be hanged at Marion Arkansas on Friday September 3 between 1 and 2 pm for the murder of Lee Goldsmith. The KC SM railroad will sell round trip tickets from Jonesboro and intermediate stations at about half fare. Traders are urged to purchase from agents as conductors will charge full rates.
Society Women Pose for Artists in New York Studios
A survey notes posing as a profession in New York thriving among actors models and society women. It describes pay rates etiquette secrecy and the social dynamics of studios and art schools as well as examples of notable models and painters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilary Bell
Inter-Ocean
New York
Lves
Gwwat
Academy of Design
Academy
la Farge
Napoleon
Venus
Canova
Billee Barlow
Winslow Homer
Homer
Jepinies
Omer
Iig
Etate Orndie
Aet
Egan
Eich Gulck
Brag and Banter at Court in Sylvester Judge Skit
Comic verse and sketches reveal a flirtatious scene as a young man named Ed lingers with a girl at a gathering, defying late hour expectations. The punchline arrives with a hotel dining table quip about being waited on, and a running gag about a girl who “Had No Beans” in a Judge column.
A Sign of Fall and a Paradox in Cambridge Chronicle
A poem by E. L. Adams in the Judge notes autumn signs with a deacon’s grocery shingle as fall’s herald. The second piece, a paradox from Cambridge Chronicle, argues it is useless to sell a parachute to a man stumbling down stairs, yet that moment might suit him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo m
Egga
Cambridge Chronicle
The Clown's Confession in Puck Poem
The piece presents a clown chorus lamenting reliance on old jokes and public indifference to new gags. It mocks the idea of innovation, noting clowns labor with aching feet to craft fresh humor while audiences expect familiar routines.
Oldest Daughter Hides Snow Shovel in Parlor
Prompt suggests checking the parlor over the piano for last year’s snow shovel. The clue implies the oldest daughter decorated or hung it there last spring, guiding a search through the home.
You Kissed Me by a Young Author in 1867
Poem of a young writer addressed to James Redpath era muse. A speaker recalls a kiss, sheltering embrace, and heavenward joy. Desire, breath, and heart beat fuse with passion. Questioning future kisses, longing for the same tenderness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Redpath
Whittle
Fishermen credit Dumley for tour success
Robinson credits their fishing party's success to Dumley though he is not an expert, noting he was useful only for bringing along fish-hooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Dumley
Ono
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Sanson
Mit Springwells
Scribners
Arkansas W Traveller
Uck
Sentynel
Arkansaw Traveller
Atlanta Constitution
Will M. Clemens
Sylvester
E. L. Adams
Judge
the Clown
Smart Alec Pope
Somerville Journal
Josephine B. Hunt
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