Gainsborough Hat in Drury Lane Pantomime Satire
A crowded Drury Lane pantomime prompts a tale of fashion led distraction as a Gainsborough hat dominates the comedy scene. The narrator’s misread of the headgear leads to mistaken chase and a humorous reflection on stage fashion.
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Savings bank questions and temperance notes in Storysville
A fragment highlights a savings bank director's demand for loyalty and salary incentives, alongside a San Hrithelicn Post note. It also reports on the Woman's Christian Temperance Union securing a meeting room, praises Sabbath schools, and cites General Grant and a boy kidnapped years ago, urging efforts to locate him.
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San Hrithelicn Post
The Migration Bill and State Immigration Commissioner
The General Assembly enacts an immigration commissioner to be appointed by the Governor with executive council aid. The official holds two years from May 1 1880, based in Des Moines, promoting agriculture, manufacturing, and growth. Five thousand dollars annual appropriation for two years funds salary and activities. An audited itemized report is due within three months of appointment. Commissioner salary set at twelve hundred dollars per year, paid quarterly.
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Quote on Hop Bitters Relief and Domestic Advice
Fragmentary ad style note cites wartime or late 19th century sentiment. Mentions Hop Bitters reducing bed ridden sickness cost of 200 yearly totaling 1200. Claims wife took over housework and urges kindness, warmth, and active good will to gain friends. N. 2 Farm. AYTHNELGIR.
Washington Gossip and scattered ads in 19th century paper
In March dispatches from Wasniseroy critique Congress for delays and missteps. The column blasts Democratic management over the Porter debate, Kellogg seat, and libel concerns, while noting a misleading Townsend bill and a snarl of partisan tactics. It also weaves in jokes, fiction snippets, and widespread advertisements for Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, Kiotas Electric Oil, and Dr Thomas electric oil, with assorted letters and anecdotes from readers.
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Voices Against Gold From Bitter Bitters Scandal
A polemic passage condemns exploiters who profit from misery and vice, denouncing the sale of poison and the Sabbath’s desecration. It cites Bitters as moral ruin, notes women as especially harmed, and evokes social figures and parliamentary warnings about indulgence and crime.
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