Opposite Neighbors and a Lovelorn Dilemma
Grey Poindexter, trapped between a rigid wife and a glamorous former love, attends Mrs Paul’s gatherings while his wife grows suspicious. After a rupture and a hasty departure, Poindexter dies, Nina Forest marries anew, and Mrs Paul remains unattached, hosting intimate musical evenings.
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B. L. R. Dane
N. O. Thnus-Democrat
Mr. Grey Poindexter
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Poindexter
Mrs. Paul
Greg Poindexter
Nina Forest
Grey Poindexter
Tinally Miss Forest
Grey
Nina
Miss Forest
Paul
Dirp
Mrs. Paul's
Bourgois
Fanny
Amy Childers
Sam
Col. Boynton
Cecil
Schuman
Jovel
Drummer-Turned-Prez: Detroit Story of a Humble Emigrant
A Detroit businessman once a Waterland drummer recalls humorous early years with liquor firm samples and a taunting stigma. Elected president of a local society, he concedes lacking oratory skill but congratulates the group on choosing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
Nina
Grey
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Waterland
America
Jimminetty
Bay
A New Jersey Clam Bake Recalled in Seabright Memoir
In Seabright a clam bake scene evokes Martha’s Vineyard style feasting with mountain piles of clams, corn, parsnips, and herbs. The narrative celebrates the smoky ritual, the savor of clams transformed, and the house of memory where old stories surface after excess.
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New Jersey
Cornwall
Inter-Ocean
Seabright
Rhode Island
Martha's Vineyard
Damon and Pythias Tale Ends With Fox Moral
A rambunctious fable follows Damon and Pythias duo J K Bangs as they rest beneath a tree. A crowing Rooster alarms a Fox who tries to lure him down, but the Dog awakens and strikes the Fox, illustrating that vituperation toward a rooster backfires.
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J. K. Bangs
Boudoir sleepers promise safer elegant night travel
The Mann Boudoir Car company has struck a deal with the New York New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Albany railroads to run boudoir sleeping cars on the New York and Boston route via Springfield. The cars mix through sleeper and day parlor features with private compartments, amaranth woodwork, and electric lighting, offering improved ventilation and reduced car weight per passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
New York Tribune
Mann Boudoir Car Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Albany
New York & Boston
Springfield
American Tourist Gazette
Pasteur's cholera guidance for Egypt voyage
Pasteur instructs the French scientific commission on cholera in Egypt. He endorses digestion and airborne transmission theories and mandates boiling all drinks and heating wine, cooking food, heating vessels, storing boiled water, using 2 percent carbolic acid for washing water, slicing bread and washing fruit in boiled water, and repeated boiled-water hand washing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Syn
M. Pasteur
Egypt
Ten Cent Cigar Recipe Baffles Chicago Herald
An Indianapolis man crafts a flavor that turns a poor five cent cigar into a superior ten cent smoke. The recipe blends gums and essences including gum guaiac gum tolu tonguea beans pineapple valerian root laudanum rose oil Jamaica rum port wine and requires thirty six hours maceration before use on the fillers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Indianapolis
Jamaica
Young preacher slips in curriculum during sermon
The Biblical Recorder notes a young colored preacher in a recent sermon occasionally used the word curriculum to display his learning, drawing audible exclamations of glory from some sisters each time the term appeared.
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the Biblical Recorder
Stage Words and Stagecraft Terms from The New York Sun
A reporter visits a Metropolitan theatre to catalog the unique vocabulary used by carpenters prop men actors and others. Terms cover flats wings runs masking pieces box scenes sky borders rigging loft flies and many specialized tools and actions. The piece links stage language to broader industry intrigue and mentions Jay Gould and local politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
England
In His Younger Days Jo Howard in Philadelphia Press
A collection of light anecdotes and quotes from people and events, including a tale about telegraphing grand times and a quip about costly wire service. The piece also recalls Old Capt. B in Boothbay and a minister’s misread Bible mix up and a sailor’s fate on the Maine coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Philadelphia
Boston Globe
Boothbay
Maine
Brown's Iron Bitters Promises Digestive Cure
A 19th century testimonial touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a universal remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion, loss of appetite, and fevers. Mrs W J Flynn reports dramatic relief after two bottles, noting improved digestion and energy. The ad claims no teeth staining or headaches and warns buyers to avoid imitations.
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C. Brown
Boston
Brown Cugmicar Co
Brown
W. J. Flynn
Maverick St
E. Boston
Aven’s Sarsaparilla Claims Rheumatism Cure
A Durham Iowa testimonial from March 2 1882 asserts AVENs SARSAPARILLA cured the writer's long inflammatory rheumatism. The ad notes preparation by Dr. J C Ayer Co Lowell MA and sale by druggists with pricing six bottles for five dollars. Gray & Phears wholesale agents Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Moons
Durham
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
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CES
Damon and
Pythias
Jay Gould
Cor
Brooklyn Bridge
Grace
Cooper
Mayor Grace
Gould
Brown Chemical Co
Baltimore
Rhodes & Troxell
Ayer
Gray & Phearsh
Cheyenne
F. Schweigkert
Dhasha IN
6Th Street
Eddy and
Ferguson
Wyoming
McCormick
aarSexpoor Pampuiat
Bimpson & Gault Mfg. CO
Cincinnati
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