Names in Jersey and the beauty of its town titles
A Jersey expert debates the charm and meaning of New Jersey place names. He lists towns like Ragtown Breakfast Point Camp Gaw Poliffy and Peck town alongside Goosetown Hensfoot Hogtown Monketown and Skunk town, arguing that sound and local color trump strict meaning.
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New Jersey
Jersey
New York
Dave
Ithaca
Marathon
Utica
Homer
Virgil
Syracuse
Semprovius
Moravia
Rome
Cato
Palmyra
Greece
Ragtown
Breakfast Point
Camp Gaw
Poliffy
Radix
Pluckemin
Pecktown
Tillietudelum
New Yorker
Bone Gill
Wickatunk
Bamber
Atco
Wallyfield
Blue Anchor
Blazing Star
Hockamick
Jahokeyville
Oney’s Hat
Kalarama
Flynt
Flickerville
Zingsem
Wakeake
Batsto
The
Goosetown
Hensfoot
Hogtown
Monkeytown
Horseneck
Peacocktown
Skunktown
Pole Tavern
Polecat Tavern
Postertown
Snake Hill
Turtletown
Frogtown
Manunka Chunk
Whisky Lane
Gin Point
Jugtown
Bom Tavern
Naughright
Scrapetown
Slabtown
Lamptown
Solitude
Pellettville
Parishioner’s reply on Typhus fears from Norman McLeod case
Ian Maclaren recalls a parishioner who, when her husband fell ill with typhus fever, asked why she did not fetch her own minister. Her reply, would you risk Norman with typhus fever, shows concern for the famed doctor.
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Ian Maclaren
Norman McLeod
Norman
Final cause debate over science and faith in SF sermon
A Congregational minister Rev H T Shepard of San Francisco argues that science lacks a final cause and must ultimately yield to faith claiming God as the explanation. The remarks frame science versus religion as unresolved and evolving toward the divine.
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Sotence
H. T. Shepard
San Francisco
Kipling and Other Masters of Short Words
A group recalls Rudyard Kipling as the top paid living writer and notes his use of monosyllables. They cite Pope Watts Shakespeare Young Bailey and the Bible as also using short words for strong expression and quote lines to illustrate the point.
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Rudyard Kipling
Pall Mall Gazette
Kipling
Pope
Watts
Shakespeare
Young
Bailey
Festus
Washington Star
Darky Prize Menu Sparks Bitter Bet in Chicago
Three men vow a competition naming the best supper with a $1 stake each. The first offers greens and hog fowl with corn bread souse black eyed peas and buttermilk. The second bets fried chicken hot biscuits preserves and simmon beer. The third boasts possum with taters in gravy and wins the pot amid jeers from the others.
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Chicago Times- Herald
Telegraphic Delays Prompt Paris Chamber Action
At the British chamber of commerce in Paris E J Hemebryk urged reforms to speed telegrams in France. He cited Liverpool to New York replies in three minutes versus Paris to New York five hours and Austria lag times. He noted Liverpool merchants bypassing direct routes by routing via Havre and New York for faster replies. The Paris chamber pledged to consider measures to reform the system.
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British Chamber of Commerce
Paris
E. J. Hemebryk
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
France
Liverpool
New York
Austria
Havre
United Kingdom
Parson Loses Suitor As Cornish Lady Chooses
In a London News note from Left In the Larch a young Cornish woman faced three suitors the church army and navy. The reverend gentleman proved most available on the spot remarking on land rate and water rate while the lady quipped about currats. The parson must seek another match.
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Church
Army
Navy
London News
Old bachelor proverb quoted by local column
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a wry exchange: an old bachelor is a man who trusts he can only care for himself, while another asserts he is too smart to care for others. The dialogue reflects satirical social commentary on self-reliance and romance.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Sweet Auburs Red Head Mentioned in Shoreline Gossip
Martha remarks on Miss Minthrop having a red head, noting prior appearance before entering her uncle's property. Martin recalls she did have red hair previously.
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Martha
Miss Minthrop
Martin
Boston Transcript
Missouri River Water Not Muddy Says Col Switzler
Colonel Bill Switzler of Boonville Missouri challenges the view that the Missouri River is muddy. He argues the river’s water is purer than most large rivers, except the Platte, and that apparent dirt settles to fine dark sand, not mud. He notes the name Missouri may come from wooden canoes, not mud, and contrasts with the Mississippi’s dirtier water.
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Missouri
Missouri River
Platte
Bill Switzler
Boonville
Illinois
Missoris
Upper Lake Region
Mississippi River
Big River
Omaha World-Herald
Tennyson misreporting on double s and poetry lines
London Spectator notes Lord Tennyson never used double s in his verse yet cites examples from works like Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere The Farewell The Beggar Maid and Idylls Dedication to suggest a misquote and misattribution of his writing habits and life.
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Lord Tennyson
Tennyson
Launcelot
Guinevere
Linnet
England
London Spectator
Englishmen Prefer Dots as English Marriages Shift
An Argonaut item notes Englishmen resist marriage but when marrying demand the dot, reflecting a shift toward a businesslike view of marriage. It cites independence of women and mercenary claims that dowries ensure respect, suggesting English marriages may become strictly transactional.
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England
San Francisco
Argonaut
His Own Uncle
A young medical student meets a kindly, respectable looking older man who shares a familiar face. They greet warmly and part without learning names, until a waiter reveals the stranger is a pawn broker, solving the mystery in a humorous twist.
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London
Untidy Maid Faces Dismissal Over Breakages
In Moonshine a mistress tells Eliza she must leave for untidy ways and broken items. The maid pleads to stay, hoping to learn and improve to reach a better place in a higher family.
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Eliza
Our organist wheels in an organ powered pump gag
A Chicago Record quip notes the organist has it easy by attaching a wheel pump to the organ to inflate it. The joke relies on a pun about pumping and music, reflecting humor of the era.
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Chicago
Government subsidies to Dundee and Belfast linen trade
Between 1690 and 1830 the government paid inhabitants of Dundee and Belfast £28,000,000 to enable them to sell and export Scottish and Irish linen at least
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Dundee
Belfast
Ely's Cream Balm trial prove for Catarrh and Cold
Thousands endorse Ely's Cream Balm as a cure for catarrh and head cold. A 10 cent trial size is offered by Ely Brothers with full selling points and testimonials from Oscar Ostrum of Chicago. The balm contains no cocaine or mercury and is available at druggists or by mail from 56 Warren Street New York City.
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Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St
N. Y. City
Oscar Ostrum
Warren Ave
Chicago
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Immigration Prospect for Lewis County and Western Washington
The article urges eastern readers to consider settling in Lewis County Washington for factory work farming and homebuilding rather than speculative speculation It highlights a mild climate fertile land abundant timber coal and mineral discoveries along with established industries including lumber, hop farming, dairying, canning, and packing It notes Lewis as a growing hub midway between Puget Sound and the Columbia River with major rivers Cowlitz Chehalis and Newaukum and cites Governor John R. Rogers praising agricultural potential The Box is named as Lewis County’s leading paper.
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Washington
Lewis County
Chehalis
Cascade Mountains
Japan
Pacific Coast
Lewis
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Cowlitz
Cascade
Coast Ranges
Northwest
Newaukum
John R. Rogers
Pierce County
Illinois
St. Helens
Little Falls
Catholic Sisters
Northern Pacific Railroad
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Absecon
Hackle Barney
Scho
Bachville
Rural Place
Sodom
Blue Bull
Allamuchy
Sear Dow Neck
Warsandemith
New York Sun
Ian Maclaren's
Darky’s
Paris Chamber
Paris Messenger
Bill Switrler
Germany
Brg
C. C. Paul
Elkhorn
Neb
Paul
Mooraska
Attorneys AT Law
Commercial State Bank Building
Chehalis, Washington
Illett & Harmon, A
Daniel C. Millett
Ulysses E. Harmon
N’t] Bank
A. Langhorne
Chehalis, Wash
National Bank Building
M. Rands
Attorney AT Law
State
U.S. Land Office
Frecord Marshall & Co
Vancouver
E. Meloy
Hartman & Nathan's Store
D. Powell
Office Improvement
H. H. Scribner
By Mail
Sunday Sun
the Sun
Rai
Milwaukee
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Abner
Milwaukee Road
C. J. Eddy
Portland, Ore
State of Washington
Miles
Plaininy
Ida F. Hining
Meta Hinine
Arthur H Ining
Delia Phillips
M. F. Hiining
Tda I. Hining
M. F. Hining
MH. F. Dittenbeater
JL. Haas
J. H. White
Ittehheter, Haas & Co
H. F. Ditttenhbwter
J. L. Haas
Dittenhwter, Haas & Co
M. F. Hinine
Ida
Reynolds & Stewart
Sumons
Betsey F. Harriman
E. P. Hewitt
Elisebeth A. Hewitt
David E. Hefley
Ole Erickson
Pete Erickson
Eric Erickson
Gilbert Erickson
Nellie Erickson
Clara Erickson Phillips
Bessie Erickson Larson
Tom Erickson
David B. Hefley
Elisabeth A. Hewitt
Lombard Investment County
Willamette
Vv. G. Ellis
P. O
National Bank of Commerce Building
Tacoma
Dirrectory
Thurston Daniels
Will D. Jenkins
A. W. Young
Patrick Henry Winston
F. J. Browne
Neal Cheetam
Gwin Hicks
Robert Bridges
Jas. Hamilton Lewis
W. A C. Jones
United States
George Turner
John L. Wilson
United States Court
H. D. Allison
Albert Schooley
C. W. Maynard
E. F. Carpenter
W. D. Langhorne
G. H. Tucker
George Dysart
Thos. R. Henry
H. L. Mead
Fk. A Degeler
T. J. Long
Chas. Evans
H.S. Elliott
David Stewart
W. A. Westover
John Dobson
Chas. Michaelis
Dani'l C. Millett
Fice
Fk. M. Lynch
N. B. Cotman
M. W. Forrest
Dan Wisner
H. W. Stuchell
David Urquhart
F. M. Lynch
C. W. Kuehner
Methodist
Kenneth Brown
Baptist
St. John the Evangelist
St. Helens Avenue
G. Achtergael
Chehalis Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
J. CU. Buah
J. T. Coleman
Chehalis C. E
Worthy
W. H. Kenoyer
Ridgely Lodge
O. F
Fred Hott
N. G
Frank Meloy
Y. Wildy
Will D. Langhorne
Wash
Jacob Steel Hunter
W.M
Lucius Weatherbee
Lee Weatherhbee
Thomas Clippinger
John Taylor
B. F. Shaw
Register
Marnxs
Corvimente &c. A
Eure
John Dever
J. H. Huber
Commercial State Bank
John A. Beck
Freir
Knight's Drug Store
Morrison St
L. Lawrence
Oregon
Catt Shastafornia
Mt. Shame
Ogden
Sacramento
Salt Lake
Denver
Sunset Pes Voy
Angeles, al
Northern Lines
Seattle
San Francicisco
Sleeeper
Portland
China
Hawaiian Islands
Thomas A. Graham
Dist
Pacific Ave
First
Neattle
Freighe
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
Winnipeg
Helena Axp Butte
Philadelphia
Boston
Axp South
Daily
South Bend
Olympia
Tenina
Joniv
Tia Tacoma and Northern Pacific Steamship Co
C. E. RoBissox
A. D.charlton
Morrison St.,cor
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