Famous Warhorses and a London Street Scene
The piece blends a bakery and restaurant notice with a reflection on warhorses and their fate. It cites Copenhagen as a famed Waterloo charger and Marengo as Napoleon’s horse, noting their storied pasts and eventual fates. It incorporates dramatic vignettes from London papers and a humorous cabman exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Napoleon
St. Helena
England
Royal Service
Marengo
Mare
Egypt
Wag
London Mail
Slored Sam and the Pension Quest in a Humorous Tale
A Chicago Times-Herald item recounts a tall tale where a man claims Confederate service and a skillet wound as he seeks a pension. The piece blends humor with a courtroom of questions about veteran status and eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opie
Sam
Confederarmy
Fmy
Chicago Times-Herald
Bilkins
Cornhill Magazine
Final signing of Spain United States peace treaty tale
A London paper recounts the sealing of the Spanish American peace treaty with a French ribbon mishap solved by a chocolatier’s ribbon. It wittily contrasts diplomatic form with a playful street solution and notes language slips from common speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Spain
America
France
Quai d’Orsay
Foreign Office
French Republic
M. X
St. Honore
The
United States
Alligator Image and Plaster Use Highlight Odd Topics
An excerpt describes the alligator as an unattractive creature with no virtues and a brutal, unsettling presence that inspires loathing and laughter. The piece also notes the alligator's intense stare as emblematic of evil. A separate health tip recommends not applying court plaster over large wounds, suggesting soft linen and mercerized plaster for healing minor scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Blake
Popular Science Monthly
No Liking For Angels In A Lonely Night
A girl left alone at night speaks bravely to a doll claiming the room is full of angels. Her defiant line says it beats the devil how afraid she is of angels, highlighting maternal neglect and fear in a brief domestic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jeback
Cleveland
Pugsley
Bilkins
Ohio State Journal
Dollie
Scott
Sunday Trading Law Sparks Public Debate in Germany
A German shopkeeper faced a fine for demanding payment on a Sunday as police argued it violated a law against public trading during worship hours. The kammergericht ruled the law targets public or open labor within the specified time, cautioning that incidental business talk en route to church could be deemed a violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londor News
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F. W. Cregor
Carthage
Indiana
J. A. Sipe
Carthage, Ind
Johnson Bros
Mill Streets
Herkless & Bretz
Lew and Loans
Rushville
Ind
U. D. Cole
Rushville, Ind
Bliss’ Clothing Store
Ww. M. Edwards
Eves
Knightstown
Weaver
Knightstown, Ind
Carthage Building Loan
J M.stevess
J. A. Titsworth
Sipe
George W. Osborne
Atstracts
Sextion & Sparks’ Abstract Banks
Rush County
Ofsice
O New Court House
J. EH. Jones
R. E. Henley’s
J. H. Binford
Bill Broxer
Binford Block
Greenfield, Ind
Gates Sexton
Wie
M. Sparks
Sexton & Sparks
Attorneys AT Law
Butler, Holden & Churchill
Fk. M. Sparks
Frank Wilson
Dr. Cofin
Henley Brick Koock
F. Ghackleman
Post Office
Main Street
Allen Wo Newsom
la Grippe
Jas. A Jones
the Leader
Mexia
Texas
Chamberlain
Verlas
O. S. Coffin KC
Holiday Toys
Leslie Bundy
I Will
Bacco
Ginebsa
Dolidom
Chicago Record
Chicago News
London Monument
Atlantic Ocean
Enos Henley
George Dillman
Mercer, Henley & Company
Acs
Horse Shoe Brand
Henley & Dillman
Henley Bros
Merman
New York Sun
John Girdner
North American Review
Chicago
Orient
Passon
Japan
China
Florida
Paris
la Cart
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cardui
Cardus
Ladies' Advisory Department
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
I. Addison
Cary
Miss
the Sphinx
Belzoni
Karmas
Thebes
British Museum
B.C
Scow
Scott & Bowne
New York
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