The Mild News From Crescent City and Surroundings
A brief note from Crescent City recounts Troe Jan Hopkins hitching horse left five miles home. Weather reports mention rains causing washouts. trains delayed near Horsecreek. A visit to Corey Broa camp follows a cloudburst with minor damage. The Current comments on Edwin Booth’s self imitation during a 1802 Washington engagement, noting audience reactions and a hostile review from The National Intelligencer.
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Troe
Jan. Hopkin
Hove
Cheyenne & Northern
Horsecreek
Corey Broa
Cheyenne & Burlington Contractors
Crow Creek
Edwin Booth
Washington
John Wilkes Booth
Edwin
Booth
John Wilkes
National Intelligencer
Spirit of Enterprise Drives American Business
The essay lauds the American business spirit, praising quick adaptation, self-made men, and relentless search for new opportunities. It argues modern policy favors adopting better methods and seizing new profits or honors, as true enterprise constantly seeks unmet societal needs and efficient paths to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
the Times
Magazine Exchange
Purifying Heat and Boiling as Safeguards in Health
The piece argues fire and boiling kill disease in meat water and produce, warning against raw rotting produce and stressing purified food and heat treated water to prevent fevers and malarial ailments. It cites the microscope revealing advances in medicine and notes growing support for atomic theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Straw hats and soda fountains in sultry summer days
The piece notes straw hats sold cheaply at A. Potack's The Clothier and Rhodes & Troxell providing the best soda water with syrups and fruit juices. It advertises spring and summer underwear from MM Works on Eddy Street and promotes a salve for old sores and allied ailments by Dr. Morriw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes & Troxell
MM. Works
Eddy Street
Chinese Merchants and Growth of Mot Street Provision Stores
A New York World article surveys the rise of Chinese provision stores on Mott Street, noting growth from two shops six years earlier to about thirty three. It details merchandise from dried fowls and shark fins to bamboo shoots, birds nests, dried ducks feet, and strong liquors, highlighting the concentration of Chinese commerce in Chinatown and the lively, specialized retail trade.
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Mot Street
New York
Azores
Wa Kee
Kwong Hing
Chinatown
The
Celestials
New England
Longland
Jordan
John Chinaman
Wong Chin Foo
New York World
Bananas at a Dinner Party and Business Ideals
A dinner party observation notes a fashionable method of eating bananas with a dessert knife. The piece shifts to a reflection on esteem for one’s business, arguing success comes from valuing usefulness over money and citing Dr Martineau on a soda carbonate remedy for diabetes.
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Boston Cor
Globe Democrat
Heat salve for cuts and bruises by W. J. Huot
An advertising note offers a heat salve claimed to treat cuts bruises sores rheum fever sores and chilblains. The product is sold for 26 cents per box by W. J. Huot with promise of money refund.
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W. J. Huot
Historic quatrains on courage and pestilence in Demorest’s Monthly
A poetic excerpt from Demorest’s Monthly by T. Co Harbaugh extols brave souls who face danger at night, pursuing virtue without seeking reward. It contrasts gloom of pestilence with a bright, cheerful path through struggle.
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T. CO. Harbaugh
Demorest
Roller Skate Trade Collapses After Market Crash
The New York Mail and Express quotes Mammy Price of Douwoods disaster in the roller skate trade. Demand vanishes, prices crash from 5 66 to 1 50, boxwood wood price soars, and many dealers hold 1000 to 6000 pairs with no sales in sight. Brooklyn rink cost 83000 but decorations were swept away as the industry slowed.
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Tathei
Jerry Raymond
Canada
West
Australia
Tim
Irma
Brooklyn
New York Mail and Express
Hospitality in the Suburbs and Southern Etiquette
Mrs. John Sherwood notes American hospitality has drifted from England's strict etiquette. She contrasts southern restraint with casual hosting, highlighting hurried hostesses and the need for prompt replies and firm engagements to ensure orderly suburban gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
South
John Sherwood
New York World
Strange Malformation of the Eyes
An optician reports a rare eye malformation in a man from Germany. One eye is microscopic while the other has telescope-like vision, allowing distant sight with the right eye and near reading with the left. The condition, though unusual, shows dual vision defects in one person.
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Germany
Philadelphia
Dakota’s Growth Highlighted by Tribune Opinion
The New York Tribune notes Dakota’s rapid growth with many colleges and a strong school system employing over 6,000 teachers, more banks than 25 states, and potential to become a leading region in the Union. It compares teacher counts to New Hampshire New Jersey and Massachusetts.
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Dakota
New Stampahire
New Jersey
Tenny Wo
Massachusetts
New York Tribune
Prize Setter from Shiraz Wins Special Prize at New York Show
The Persian setter from the Valley of Shiraz won a special prize at the New York show. Valued at 10,000, these dogs are noted for their fine silken hair and exceptional scenting ability. The New Orleans Times-Democrat reports the achievement.
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New York
Valley of
Shiraz
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Benefits in Winter
The article notes winter health declines from low blood and weak organs, linking them to seasonal hardship. It highlights Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to bolster strength and vitality during cold months.
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Mel Hood
Humble Soda Founts and Pendulums in May News
A May heat brings soda fountain workers with early hours and shifting supplies as demand spikes. An English physicist reportedly made a perfect pendulum using cocoon silk in a Sprengel vacuum, with a tiny lead shot and precise dimensions. George W Willing of Manchester Michigan touts Electric Bitters relieving his wife’s five-year helplessness. touted as a cure with testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Giobe
Brooklyn Lagle
Geo. W. Willing
Manchester
Mich
W. N. Hunt
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Simmons
J.B. Zeilin & CO
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Lotuisville
HL Atrley
Richmond
Simmons Liver Regulator
Alwi
Aun Atte
Dyer’s Hotel
Erigant
M. Sachs
Prop
Colorado
Skinner Bros
Wright
Ith and Lawrence
Denver, Colo
Pan Ez
Riga
Kinney & Woods
Prop’'s
Geo
Kawrown
Will Street
Cheyenne
Wyo
Paney Goode
J. Say Joslin
Dan Bree
Olin
Fioods
Mhmeelf
Enterprises
St. Jacobs Oil
A. Potack
W. N. Hant
Re Ee
Ian
Martineau
Becklee's
Areies
Ieex
ST Jacobs
Bev Cral
Calcutta
Cincinnati
Ind
Bilver
Louisville
Davecersart Deacom Co
Baltimore
Charles A. Vogeler
Hetenns
Laura A
R Poe M
C.culmer, J
Engan
Wilson
S.L
Hanks and
Bankeri Si Priges
T. Oglesby
Louisiana National Bank
Pierre
Pres
State National Bank
New Orleans National Bank
Io Koho
Union National Mark
Louisiana
Ao Overebelmir
Ypieens
BELEN
NEW Org
Torsday
Isi
Tentrene Pri
Fastaeea
Prisea
Hood
W. J Huntley
Lockport
Bartaparilia
Aed
W. J. Huntley
N. Y
Lowell
McNamara
M'Namara
Real Estate Agency
Onlce
Cheyenne National Bank
Ferguson
Wyoming
IXL Livery Stable
McKinley & Oroba
Aok
Sixteenth Street
Eddy and
Thames
P. Berdersen
Sharps
Winchester
Wall
TM Ferton
Gee
Tuuy
Ofpolite Dyek
Undertakers
J. E. Warren Mercantile Co
Bill and Sixmaanth Streeta
F.O
Beyers
Henry Spraul
Milwaukee
Wis
Lawrence, Ostrom
Dee
Vu. i
Team
Gorm
Eines Lawrence, Ostrom & CO
Kentucky
Idelman Bros
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