Looking for Trouble and Other Vignettes in Verse
A collage of verses and aphorisms notes social morals, marriage woes, and fortune's miserliness. It references a moneyed, aging maiden mistreated by a gambler, a squanderer of wealth, a frail romance with a chorus sylph, and a repentant sinner facing judgement. It also cites cultural bits from Leslie's Weekly and public notes on travel, science, and fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boris
Jordan
Saint Peter
Minna Irving
Leslie’s Weekly
Round Trip Tickets Discounted for Christmas Holidays
Advertises round trip fares at one and one third rate with sales from December 21 to January 11 1907. Mentions child rate half fare and a January 7 limit. Also notes Foley’s Honey and Tar sales and cautions against non genuine products. Gauseazzatte reports poultry and eggs sales of $10 000 in the last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sap
Gauseazzatte
Gause
IROVE'S Taste Lese Chill Tonic Claims 25 Years Stand
An old advertisement touts iROVE'S Taste Lese Chill Tonic as standing the test for 25 years. It mentions quinine in a tasteless form and a price of five cents. The piece spoofs war talk and includes colorful musings about animals and a pharmacist named John Pace.
Foleys on 90 and the cough and heals lungs
In a muckrake era the piece notes scorn for detractors and their constant chattering. It mocks early scandal appetite and hints at a photographer attribution while signaling distrust of knavish voices.
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Charitie
Nan
Panama Canal
Aladdin
Druggista
GROVE
Signarai
Senator Bailey
Tall Timbers
Foley
Geo. A. Thomas & Sons
Japan
John Pace
Foleys
Bes Backt Strom
Scandal
TouuaTrer Cave Company
Madison
Wis
Joe Stone’s Mill
Joe Stone
Mexico
ST. Louis
Iron Mountain
Texas & Pacific 1. & G. N
National Lines of
Mexico City
Either
Terminal
San Antonio
Texas
B. J. Price
GP & TA
Gio
D. Hunter
AGP& TA
G. NR. R
Palestine
Unap
R.C. Fyfe
John F.lerane
Tyler
Texasavier
Hoover
Waco
D. M. Morgan
Ft Wort
Batte’s
Hday
Mpeun
Goldthwait Gin
Cameron
R.L. Atte
Cameron Herald
The
Bryant Bomd Co
Fish Bros
Shemus
MO. B. McLane
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