Beggars Tales and Lessons From Street Encounters
A narrator recalls encounters with professional beggars in New York and elsewhere, detailing a polished 20 year old con artist who begged confidently, offered a card, and sought money with a rehearsed backstory. The account contrasts genuine need with practiced deception and ends with reflections on how such gambits unravel when pressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manny
New York
Appar Ge
Winter
Fetler
John
Milwaukee
Aoe Medowell
Wall Street
Milwakes
Clergsman
Experitee
Cledieshaven
Toronto
Counchus
Futtrber
Sci
Beggar Doctor Card Exposes Fraud and School Graft
A newspaper reader recounts an encounter with a suited man posing as Dr Jeurking who begged ten cents, exposing a recurring scam. The tale includes a later sting where the doctor admits the con, returning the coin and offering commentary on local swindlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lum
Tam
Dr. Jeur King
Mississippi Matters Review of Rail Rates and Local Incidents
A Mississippi roundup notes the commission rejected a broad rail rate reduction as unremunerative, while approving a revised brick rate for Southern. It also covers Indigenous appeals to Gov McLaurin, a fatal Vaiden pistol fight, a suicide near Pontotoc, a gin fire in Washington County, a May Oxford Sunday School convention, a venue change for Sheriff Deval’s embezzlement case, Luther Devall’s whisky conviction, fruit and vegetable damage from cold near Corinth, North Mississippi Presbytery in Oxford, Daughters of the Confederacy planning in Columbus, and clarifies misperceptions about Kling case rail oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cvsmunivaion
J. Green
Southern
Wirt Adaims
State Revenue
Yazou & Mississippi Valley Railrod
Natchez, Jackson & Col
Devall
B. B. Deval
Ellisville
Lauderdale County
Power Finds Time Up the Forkeou War Figures and Rail Stats
War figures detail continental Spain and United States, with area, population, and naval notes. Includes Havana harbor, Key West, Dry Tortugas, and port distances. Also covers the Eleventh annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commission on rail mileage, salaries, employment, and safety metrics for 1894, plus Mississippi railroad figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forkeou
Mie
Bistee Weil
Spain
Miselmelpps
Almama
United States
Washington
Spalo
Cilia
Ieee
Mississippi
Havana
Cuba
Bay of
Key West
Monroe County
Fin
Gibraltar ix
Centa
Gulf of Mexico
Medrane
Florida
Hayrl
Key Weet
Hampton Horda
Cadiz
Siatin
New York City
Cape Verde
Porto Kien
Tdimpton Roads
J. 1. Power
Keerebiny Agaregaten Loo
Offiee Exponen
SHIN
Nmber
BSL
United Brites
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Missineippi
Minsiaaippi
Miles
Minsinwippi
Inventors Corner Highlights Early Gas Burner Fixes and Aids
A feature on power inventions notes a gas burner that stops gas escape when extinguished by a contracted rod closing the inlet. It describes Dumb-walters with adjustable mirrors for inspecting cargo content, a bedside table clamping system with a tray over the bed, a skirt design for cyclers convertible for riding or walking, a bandy lifter with a horizontal retext, and a casing lifter with ash receiver removal. Needle baths suspended for easy water access are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werman
Pink Pills for Pale People Use and Benefit Report
A testimonial notes improvement after taking Pink Pills for Pale People. An elderly man details past treatments, trial of Dr Williams pills, and gains in health, appetite, and church attendance. The piece also references general ads and assorted quotes from newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitame
Institutions in Worchtaven Seek 850000 Marks Aid
The text notes Father Kneipp institutions at Worchtaven seeking 850000 marks for continualization. It mentions Signor Minetti, Mgr. Lugari, Bishop Selwyn and a Cambridge link, plus a decline in holy orders candidates in England. It also covers hysteria in Brunswick girls’ school, the Seteland coast mission aiding 8000 fishermen and 115000 seamen with multilingual scriptures distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneipp
Worchtaven
Signor Minetti
Mgr
Lugari
Oxford
England
Cambridge
Brunswick
Germany
Othrem
Claeses
Scottish Coast Mission
Edinburgh
Sete Land
Berwick-on-Tweed
Arbroath
Oddities of a Wealthy Man in Cleveland Estate Fame
George H. Hopper, who died recently near Cleveland Ohio, rose from a tin can furnisher to wealth on the Standard Oil line. He bought Elmwood farm, built a large yacht St Florence which capsized, and faced repeated misadventures in stock farming. His eccentric pursuits and restless temperament marked a chequered life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Hopper
Elmwood
Cleveland
Standard Oi Company
Mr. Hopper
Elmwood Farm
Maemer
Bell Roy
Hell Boy
Hopper
St Florence
Ashtabula
Geneva
Kdle
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Education Department
G Kekewich Eaya
Foreign Climes and Oddities Across the Empire and Court
The page notes a mix of topics including a note on a noblewoman’s petition to be permitted for a master’s certificate, a new India to Asia route shortening travel by a month, and colonial notes from Australia and Africa. It mentions lakes shrinking to plains in Central Africa, wildlife lists in Australia, a Leopold Lake report, patent filings for alcohol labels, a church court decision in Lichfield, convocation squabbles, and a lavish display of orchids and jeweled adornments described in florid detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ererstine Hrudenell-Broce
Ailesbury
Urd
India
Bali
Qaetla
Mested
Lmcullen
New South Wales
Has & Ebolce
Jaestenis
Rikon
Leopold
Tonganyike
Nyuaea
Central Africa
Lake Fe
Penance
Court of Arches
Lichfield
Convocation
Ohtrek
Bia Aclor
Maine man Payson Tucker on an English visitor
The piece recalls Payson Tucker of Maine telling a humorous self described incident with an Englishman who had not visited America. Tucker argues a point about American self perception and the Englishman’s dismissal. The quoted exchange highlights cross cultural views and Tucker’s blunt response in a column-like reminiscence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Payson Tucker
Twe
Mr. Tucker
United States
America
Albion
N. Y. Herald
Washington Democrat
Ayers Cherry Pectoral and other remedies ad patter in a mixed ephemera
A cluttered advertisement page touts Ayers Cherry Pectoral and Hall's Catarrh Cure as cures for deafness and chest illnesses, with testimonials and promotional lines. It includes references to Allen's Foot-Ease, Salzer's seed catalogue, and quips from various newspapers, portraying a broad pattern of 19th century patent medicine marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Detroit Free Press
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Joel
Orl
Dyers Arei U
Columbia
Will
Hornellaville
Jenkins
M.D
Weat 17Th Street
Hb Hoy
Ren
Mexico
Acad
Angiouy
Jackson
Leake County
McLaurin
Rainbow
Willie
Carthage
Vaiden
Bacon
Seelbinder
Willie Bacon
Lotton Gin
J. A. Shackelford
Helm
Washington County
J. P. Tillman
White
Essex Ballard
A. R. Bogard
Luther Devall
Corinth
North Misissippi
North Mississippi
L. Griggsby
Holly Springs
Griggsby
T. W. Raymond
Atttendance
Uni Ted
Daughters of the Confederacy
Columbus
Josie Frazee Cappleman
Okelona
Annie Wright Duncan
Vicksburg
Charlie Christian
Meridian
Weems
Winnie Davis
Aberdeen
Greenville
McInnis
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Kling
LL. Power the Inventor’s
Andeaier, Canton
Lawrence
Jack
Tom—Yves
Ron
Tage Daily News
Prom Foreign Climes
Vale
Chuice
Dick Mons
Kansas
Syurihieg
Met
Ayers
Ayet
Lotz
Scott Rt
Covington
Ram’s Horn
Iece
Supersticion
J. Mass
Allen
Olmated
Atchison
de. Paxton Medical Co
River St
Troy
Kline
Archat
Phila
Salzer
John A. Salzer
Mrs. Pinkham
Mrs. Craig
Dean
Lydia B. W. Pinkham
Nerous
N. J
Dean Mas. Pinxtast
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sapolio
Universe of Virginia
Law
Ett Rail
Ton Rence Co
ENG Ui
Avante Ga
JM WH
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