Fragmented street dialogue from old newspapers
A clipped 19th century quotation shows a dismissive remark about the speaker’s background and a child’s weekly pennies for Sunday school. The exchange features slang and regional spelling, reflecting period voices and publication quirks.
Reform Takes Hold Says Old Foes Falter Under Bitters
The article touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as remedying past government errors and chronic ailments while praising Hood's Sarsaparilla calendars and cures. It extols bitters, tonics, and patent medicines, listing benefits against malaria, indigestion, rheumatism, and debility, and urges readers to buy remedies.
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Hostetter
Hood
Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Prototors
Banking and political fallout from bond talks and nominations
The report details labor tensions at Key West and a senate rejection of J Scott Harrison for Kansas City customs, with bond issuance plans and treasury debates. Secretary Carlisle urges swift action to shore up the gold reserve and discusses income tax framing amid treasury strains and executive vetoes on a New York New Jersey bridge bill.
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Key West
Fla
Senate
J. Scott Harrison
Puntoma
Kaneas City
Harrison
West
Treasury
House Committee On the Judiciary
Bailey
Texas
Secretary of the Treasury
Goodnight
Carlisle
Cleveland
New York
House
Hill
Hornblower
Washington
W. B. Hornblower
Supreme Court of the United States
Kansas City
William H. Brawley
District of
South Carolina
J. V. Guillotte
Louisiana
Collectors of Customs
H. Lane
Pimlico
N. C
J. W. Lamb
Brunswick
Internal Revenue
Mellville
Carter
North Carolina
Representative Hall
Missouri
Hall
Carli
Senate Committee On Finance
Voorhees
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
United States
Government fiscal action hints at early debt and revenue fixes
The text discusses improving the financial condition and the possibility of using authority to issue bonds or loans at lower interest, aiming to safeguard the public reserve. It argues Congress should promptly provide for revenue deficiencies in the current fiscal year.
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Aero
Congress
Drift of Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Noted
Southern news items report a string of developments from the American Association of General Baggage Agents meeting in St Augustine Florida to Tecumseh and Langdon ore mines resuming activity and Virginia senate action to buy the Richmond and Danville railroad. Alabama furnace readiness, Jeffersonian Democratic county convention in Montgomery, back pay for teachers, Salem Female College midwinter concert, South Carolina health board actions, smallpox case near Lebanon, and news from El Paso and Chihuahua mention clashes and Diaz representa tion. Nashville Commercial Club backs 1896 Centennial exposition and bucket shop gambling debate. Catherine of Russia watch is shown in St Petersburg with a unique egg shaped clock.
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American Association of General Baggage Agents
St. Augustine
Fla
Tecumseh
Aln
Langdon
Virginia Senate
Richmond and
Danville
Trix
Johnson City
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Tia
Shelby
Tronnton
Alabama
Alubann
Montgomery
Jefferson County
Salem Female College
Winston, N
North Carolina
Boards of Health
State Board
Nashville Dispatch
State Board of Health
Wilson County
Lebanon
Bristol
Glade Springs
Norfolk and Western
EL Paso
Texas
Mexican Central Road
E Paso
Chihuahua
Mexico
Diaz
Nashville
Tennessee
Caldwell
Nashvlle
Woman's World profiles a productive, cultured farmer and her virtues
A portrait of a capable woman who runs a nursery and farm nine years after inheriting the business. She earns income cultivating trees plants and flowers while entertaining visitors with ease. She is a skilled musician painter and engaging conversationalist. The piece contrasts domestic Indian life and servant culture with observations on dress color theory and complexion in fashion guidance from Jenness Miller's Monthly.
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St. Louis Republic
Fashion Notes Point to Velvet Season Trends
Alexandrite shifts from green by day to red by night and velvet dominates. Spring fashion will modify winter styles with white cloth embroidered vests, braided skirts and capes. Sleeveless fur jackets and shoulder capes draw criticism for health risks, warning of colds and illnesses.
WORDS OF WISDOM FOR LITTLE LIONS AND GROWN FOLKS
A collection of aphorisms on virtue patience duty faith and character. Topics include heart and head balance, doing good as investment, restraint, rest over grace, and learning from mistakes. It encourages faithful little deeds as foundations for great outcomes and cautions against neglecting small temptations.
A Chance Lost In Pittsburg Humor Exchange
A Pittsburg chappie joked about accepting a penny for thoughts at night while debating missed chances. His chum quips he could not collect thoughts or cash, prompting lighthearted banter from the Pittburg Chronicle Telegraph subscribers.
Wonders of Littleness and Tiny Masterpieces
A catalog of marvels in miniature from ancient to early modern times. Experts claim ivory chariots weighing two grains, a brass padlock one grain, and a cherry stone basket with fourteen pairs of ivory dies. Small wonders include microdishes, self-running mills hidden in a monk’s sleeve, and a watch the size of a silver dime.
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Max Kaufman
Mark Scarliot
Elizabeth
Mechlin Museum
Oswaldus Forbingens
Paul V
Torrinons
Pliny
Schrieber
Paria
George III
Kensington Museum
George
No Long Leases in Builder Home Inquiry
A builder jokes that a finished house for rent cannot have a five year lease, remarking that in half that time it will be dry enough for him to live in himself. The home seeker asks about a five year lease, eliciting the playful exchange.
Fragmented chatter and dubious ads in one clipping
A mixed, damaged OCR page fragment features a flirtatious dialogue about engagements, an advertisement for Syrup of Figs as a laxative, cautions about poorly made films, and then agricultural price and seed crop claims. It ends with an offer to mail for Salzer seed catalogs and sample seed packets.
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Fenty Yi
Propa
Toledo
California Fig Syrup Co
A.M. Lamb
R. Bey
Salzer
Frank Close
Minn
A. Hahn
Frank Winter
Corsican Banditti Tales Bring Two Fugitives to Shore
Two Corsican bandits Cucehi, seeking refuge in Sartene, force a boatman to sea. A clever ruse leaves them sick and shorebound, later captured by disguised gendarmes. Another outlaw Bastanasi, educated in Pisa, is nabbed after a singer’s tune betrays him to authorities.
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Cucehi
Ajaccio
Sartene
Cuechi
Cnechi
Bastanasi
M. Levis
One New Jersey county ships ten carloads of lettuce daily
A New Jersey county ships ten carloads of lettuce each day to New York, illustrating the strong cross state produce trade and regional supply chains driving daily fruit and vegetable movement between states.
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New Jersey
New York
The Newspaper Man Portrait and Work Life
The piece argues newspaper makers are unfairly seen as free and gleaming yet are largely hard driven and burdened by frugal patrons and constant work. It notes trade papers push practicality but demand heavy labor from all who inhabit their softest roles.
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Erocer’s
Tailor’s
Trate
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