Fate of Waies and Abandonment Laws in DC District
Washington letter by Smith D. Pry discusses infant abandonment, police handling, and gaps in District of Columbia law. Notes mothers abandoning infants, difficulties proving age in cases, and calls for codified laws. Describes Maryland and congressional laws still in effect, plus a weak elective franchise since 1872 and police efforts to curb crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fapal Washington
Aoe
Palier Tnnan
Lisantiiyeloatel
Pipons &Bwernde
E Dever
Dolg
Aray
Jersuhs
Lve Dol
Ueehil- Ens Cueler
Oderstand
Gitfeult
Boston
Childs
Columbia
Republic
District of Columbia
Maryland
Congress
Mary List
T. Anns
Per
Baltierne
Smith D. Pry
Fragmented reminiscence amid a restless walk home
A garbled reminiscence fragment speaks of walking home from a meeting and contemplating love, fame, and memory. The text evokes a restless narrator recalling a beloved figure, the passage of time, and inner reflections on life, loyalty, and personal longing.
Bossue's Vindication and the Cowardly Horse in Battle
A noble officer bares the toll of betrayal and disfigurement after a royal refusal. He recalls past glory, mourns lost comrades, and seeks a steadfast friend in a battle scarred world, discovering his horse, Bossue, still a symbol of courage amid ruin.
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Peres
Merlea
Winsett
Melanie
Lindengorril
Hoestie
Miter
Spain
le Comte de
Phiveuye
Jne
Mesdaunes
Hossue
M. de Hossue
Bossne
Tian
la Paysage
Hoseie
Bossue
la Puysaye
Artois
la Puyeaye
Paris
Bureau of War
Grenadiers Puysage
Pear Fribourg
Royal Extravagance and Napoleonic Letters Restored Obelisk Display
Empress Josephine’s crumbling palace relics are being restored at the Obel Tristate site, with Napoleonic papers gathered for display. A 1803 letter from Napoleon to Josephine warns against debt, urging prudent use of funds for future grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine
Palewe
Kennai
Martins
Coe Fiest Moor
Pullee
Horatio ix
Dosephine
Napoleon
Bie
Trianon
Piegne
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Offered Free by Mail
Advertisement touts Swamp Root by Dr. Kilmer as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming millions benefit. Readers are offered a free sample bottle and book via mail and reminded to mention the newspaper. available bottle sizes include fifty cents and one dollar in stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, SY
Uproar Over Cow Nuisance Ends With Trade
In a north Detroit suburb a quarrel over a troublesome cow ends when neighborly tension prompts a sale. One man admits paying forty dollars to remove the animal, then resells to the other neighbor for thirty, a sharp profit noted by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
Blank
Hank
Detroit
SLX MEN IN LOVE A Tragutooe of Some Lady's Confidants
Fragment from a column in the Ohio State Journal recalling a tale of a Colusnines girl and six lovers. A warning on female seduction and male vanity, with the voice of a narrator noting the cycle of pity and heartbreak in a theater district setting. The piecefeels like gossip on flirtations and failed vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Marjorie
Tam
Ohio State Journal
Pastor’s Farewell Sparks Church tableaux and odd ads
A whimsical church scene unfolds where a pastor receives a call to another congregation. The tale blends memory of the minister’s faithfulness with a child’s question as adults in a small Southside Sunday service drift into a jumble of comic asides, stray ads, and stray clippings about pills and hotel openings from a clipped newspaper page.
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Juvenie
Learera
Van
Ats
State Journal
General Markets and Miscellany from The Era
A collage of market notes and jokes. It mentions coffee prices and brands, catalog offers from Balzer Seed Co of Lat Cros se Wis, a curing claim for cold and a drugstore tablet, plus brief quips and anecdotes from newspapers and humor panels of the era. The item blends ad text with light civic and social quips and a medical remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulu
Salver
Balzer Seed CO
Lat Crosse
Wis
Washington
Democrat
Fragmented Ad Fragments From a Mixed 19th Century Paper
A garbled OCR chunk shows names and places like Lakeland Florida and Savannah Georgia with references to tonics and patent medicines. It mentions Tetcerine Stoffments and Groot’s Tasteless something, plus contrast with a “Collector” and a bill. The text includes stray phrases about remedies, pricing, and a general ad-like collage with no clear single story.
Governor McCord Endorses Peruna for Catarrh Victims
Ex governor M H McCord advocates Peruna after recovery claims. Letter from Washington implies spring offers better chance for cure of chronic catarrh and urges one month spring treatment. Dr Hartman’s free catarrh book offered from Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Icorn D. Non
Myron Hi. McCord
New Mexico
Hartman
Washington, D. C
M. H. McCord
Columbus
Ohio
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Spruce St
New York
Waies
Jerre
Columbia Law
Cap Htetan
Liza Jane
Wien
Nixon Walhemon
Constantine
Orien
Tir
Saville
Pigtal
Beyend
Biss Turing Batine
Sapates
Saye Manes
Gucer
London
Mall
Po. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
O. We
Cheney
Rear
Truax
Wholesale
Tor Jerles
Walding
Nan & Marvin
Hal
Hall
Allen
Ty Allen
Hattie
Cnlgle
Noeler
Philadelphia
Crescent
Grythic Mountains
Delightul Klmatr
Prisco Ling
Plank
Century Building
Frisco
N. Broadway
St Louis
Haily
Mars
Connecticut
Ifler
Jewelers’ Weekly
Renny
Alphonse
Chicago Daily News
Atrhisan Gilahe
General Markets
Mies Chie
Nedack
Puck
Iso
Ralph Erieg
Wiliamsport
Washington (Ia
Kansas City
Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss C. D. Morris
Louisburg Square
Mass
Mas. Pinkham
A.C. Turner
Lakeland
N.Y. World
Groot
Jean
M’cord
Consey Fy
Athletic Coods
Spalding
Handsome Catalogue Prep
Spalding & Bros
Chicago
Nasany St
Revie
Bud i Lawesege
Vitter
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
Winchester Ave
New Haver
Yewall
Uncle Sam
Carter
U.S
Carter's Ink CO
Buckingham’s
R.p-Malt & Co
Medina,n.m
Ua Hy
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