Rural family outwits luck with walnut shell scam
Elihu drags his family into a mock betting game using walnut shells to show the hired man how easy it is to swindle the unsophisticated. The joke backfires as wallets empty and the train pulls away, leaving them with a lesson on the risks of gambling and deceit. Washington Star reports a rustic scene of gullible wagers and a moral at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu
Hull
Zeb
Gamblin
Buckhorn
Mirandy
Washington Star
Additions to Rogers Free Library Chronology 1896 Volumes
A catalog fragment lists numerous periodicals and volumes available at Rogers Free Library, including Illustrated London News Vol.18, 1896. 89 Graphic Vol.53, 1896. Nation Vol.62, 1896. Contemporary Review Vol.69, 1896. Fortnightly Review Vol.64-65, 1895-1896. Nineteenth Century Vol.39, 1896. and many others with specific issue ranges and years. The list shows serials from Appleton's Journal to Scribner's and Scientific American, with volumes from 1860s to 1896 and various publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London News
Graphic
Public Opinion
Contemporary Review
Forum
North American Review
Review of Reviews
Appleton’s Journal
Atlantic Monthly
Blackwood
Edinburgh Magazine
Century Magazine
Cosmopolitan
English Illustrated Magazine
Harper's Monthly Magazine
Littell
Scribner's Magazine
Life
Puck
Punch
Local newspaper advertising as the indispensable medium
Nata't C Fowler Jr argues that circulars and flyers are useful only when combined with local newspaper ads. He asserts that the vast majority of successful merchants invest most of their advertising in local papers, deeming the newspaper the essential medium for local advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nath’ C Fowler
Tribune
New York
Sparks files $8500 damage claim over guarded basement entrance
Attorney Thomas H. Crowley files for Jared Sparks alleging his two year old child was badly injured when falling into an unguarded basement entrance at their two story Bradford street home near Hope street. The claim seeks $8500 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Crowley
Jared Sparks
Sparks
Bradford Street
Hope Street
A Great Game for 12 Cents Progressive America Leads Family Games
A brief advertorial noting Progressive America as a leading family game, praised as both instructive and entertaining. Regular price 50 cents, offer available to readers sending six 2-cent stamps to The Trade Company in Boston, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Boston
Maas
Grand Jury Deliberations in Common Pleas Session
The Common Pleas Division met with Judge Douglas. 15 jurors answered. Foreman John R. Wheaton, with Assistant AG Henry J. Dubois, reviewed cases of oyster theft, indictments against John W. Lewis, George Joiner, and Samuel Stringer, bail set at 500 each, trial scheduled for Monday December 14. Other criminal and civil cases listed for trial next week and various indictments and recognizances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court
Douglas
John BR. Wheaton
Douglan
Henry J. Dubois
John R. Wheaton
David Robertson Jr
Frank Paull
Hugh Moffit
Ambrose Waldron
Willian M. Gorham
Richard 8
John W.lewis
George Joiner
Samuel Stringer
Providence
Narragansett Bay
Eddie B. Blount
Martin Dewing
John V. Lewis
Edwin C Searle
Jesse L. Bowden
Samuel Bowden
Jabez H. Hazzard
Frank Davis
Francis Tanner
State of
Rhode Island
Wladyslaw Hamiski
Frank W. Johnson
Lewis O Baxter
Obert McLoughlin
Charles West
Robert Walsh
Simeon Bowen
James Hoard
Gardner W. Sisson
Benjamin Drown
John Wesley Lewis
Charles E. Weat
James ER. West
Docket notes and court actions from a Civil docket
The record lists numerous state cases and civil actions including State v. Simeon Bowen and others, continued civil docket items such as Carey v Hammill and Magee v Magee, new dockets involving Logan, Desitario, Davis, Comer, and others. The court discharged two prisoners for illegal medicine sales, adjourned at 2:10 p.m., and will reconvene next Monday at 10:15 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon Bowen
Wladyslaw Hamiski
Frank W. Johnson
Lewis C. Baxter
Jabez H. Hazard
Ernest Servante
Nelson Lucerne
J.W. Goff
G. W. Sisson
Samuel Stringer
George Joiner
Charles H. Carey
Patrick Hammill
J. H. Sartwell
Richard R. Magee
Ellen Burns
William H. Booker
Clarence H. Seymour
Mary Cunningham
Hugh McGovern
Jerome L.barrus
John Maguire
Joseph Goleski
Vladyskoff Commiskie
Phillips & Phillips
Olney H Nyenbas
Joseph M. Wardwell
Charles H. Wardwell
Owen Ward
Herbert A. Beymont
Henry A. Dunning
New York Coaling and Elevating Company
William Fred Williams
Isaac F. Williams
Augustus O. Bourn
Annie E. Middleton
Abby DeWolf Gibson
Moses Wood
Samuel McKay
Sheffield Smith
Winfield
Tompkins
Wilbur J
William Kendrick
John F. Ryan
John F
Bridget Ryan
William Logan
Lucy D. Montgomery
Margherite Desitario
C. J. Hasbrouck
Rank Davis
Francis Tanner
Louis Comer
Society Beneficial Lafayette
William F. Fish
Charles S. Maxfield
Richard Magee
James Connery
Engraved Work Offered for Copper and Steel Plates
The notice invites customers to obtain copper or steel engraved items including visiting cards business cards wedding invitations and announcements. Clients may bring plates or have new ones furnished for fine mercantile engraving.
Poor quality blank billheads versus Pooxmix office prints
A fragment notes a preference against using poor blank billheads and advocates neat printing at the Pooxmix office. It labels the idea as false and aimed at businessmen, implying better quality printing serves commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pooxmix
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rogers Free Library
Nation
American Architect and Building News
Scientific American
Scientific American Supplement
Engineering Magazine
Chautauquan
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
William Jennings
London
Nata't C. Fowler, JR
Sapolio
Cleveland Bicycle
H. A. Lozier & CO
Cleveland
Broadway
New York City
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Sol McAllister
San Francisco
Cal
Holburn Viaduct
B.C
Place de la Madelaine
Paris
Toledo
O . Thompsonville
Toronto Junction
Ontario
J. $. Dental Association
TSH Hall
S.J. Sherman
S. J. Sherman
Tremont St
Fire Insurance Agency
Aetna Insurance Company
Hartford
P. Skinner, Jr
Bristol County Savings Bank
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main Street
Pawtucket
BR. I
George A. Mumford
Edward A. Greene
Edmund 8. Mason
James L. Jenks
Benjamin ¥. Smith
Philo E. Thayer
George W. Newell
J. Milton Payne
Frederican W. Easton
A. A. Mann
Chas. P. Moses
Isaac Shove
P. Skinner. Jr
Bernard Hart
D'Wolf Inn
Isaac B. Munro
Hope ST
Stephen W. Church
Pappoosesquaw
Barton & Buffinton
A. A. Walker
Bristol
NEW Haven and Hartford
Old Colony
War Ser
P. m. Warren
Wert Sige
Newport
Fall River
Allen
A. C. Kendall
W. Fred Fish
John Lake
Westminster Street
Providence, A
Lst
DIRE
James M. Bimball
Albert L. Calder
Hezfhiah Conant
Sam’. P. Colt
Joan P. Campbell
Henry R. Barker
Henry B. Winship
William BR. Dupex
R. A. Robertson
Joseph Eabgari
Samuel P. Col
Joshua Me 'Addema
Cyrus P. Bown
Secratory
Waldo M. Placer
TORS
G.o. L. Littlefield
Sterns Hutchins
George T. Biss
Horace M. Bakns
Olney T. Iman
Gro
P. Wetmore
Warren O. Arnold
J. M. Addeman
W. T. C. Wardwell
L. F. Gorhaws
Dr. BR. Conklin
Columbia Veterinary College of
N. Y. City
Bennett’s Drug Store
Union St
Warren, R. I
N. N. Cole
Thames Street
Gladding's Market
Thames Stree
Hope Stre
Hoar & Stoughton, Proprietors
Telephone
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