Young butcher wins fifteen thousand in Louisiana lottery
A. J. Trefts, a young butcher from Butchertown, San Francisco, goes to the Chronicle to declare he won $15,000 on a Louisiana State Lottery ticket bought for $1. He recalls the exact number 52,749 and says the win will fund his new business plans after a recent fire. He claims to be astonished by the payout and plans to invest the prize in expanding his venture.
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San Francisco
Chronicle
Oneing
A. J. Trefts
Butchertown
Trefts
Trofts
Health cures and scams flood the era with patent remedies
A jumble of claims boosts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a universal cure for consumption and throat ailments while warning about catarrh and urging readers to seek remedies. Ads mention Catarrh Remedy and patent medicines, plus political stump for Frank Hurd and a Castoria testimonial about baby care.
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World’ ’S Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
Frank Hurd
Ohio
Homebound muse contemplates distant lands and deeds
A speaker longs for travel and noble deeds yet fears leaving home. She debates crossing the fan to preach or write while her husband and children remain a source of warmth and daily life. The refrain reassures, urging dedication to lighting the fire at home.
The Sister of Charity and the Algiers Duel
A panoramic scene in Algiers follows Miss Genevieve at the Governor’s festivities and a duel between Raoul and Ahmed-bel-Adj. Raoul dies in a pistol duel after an insult to the Arab officer. Genevieve enters a convent. The narrative shifts to scenes of the Crimean War’s wounded arriving in Constantinople and the Sisters of Charity, especially Sister Theresa, tending the dying and wounded at a hospital, including Ahmed-bel-Adj.
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Algiers
Bab-Azoun
Bab-el-Qued
Il Trovatore
Raoul
Spahis
Legion of Honor
Genevieve
Caid
Boghari
Ahmed-bel-Adj
Paris
School of Saint
Hadrautes
Mustapha
Maison Carree
Smalah
Laghouat
Sebastopol
Feebley
Inkerman
Bay of
Kamiesch
Brin
Bosphorus
Hattire
Pera
Sisters of Charity
Daughters of Mercy
Theresa
Gauil
Card Ahmed-bel-Adj
Ahmed-bel-Adl
Ol. Honan
Rae
Solace for the Aged
The article reflects on aging and friendship noting that after fifty many lose the gift of pleasing. It contrasts with youth and suggests the aged withdraw, finding solace in books, fishing, or spiritual friendships. It ends proposing tobacco and a briar pipe as substitutes for affection.
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Pittsburg
What Girls Should Learn
A late era list outlines duties for girls including sewing cooking mending and etiquette. It advocates self reliance hygiene restraint housekeeping and marriage as main aims while urging avoidance of idle behavior and flirtation and promoting exercise reading non-fiction.
Bettie Taylor Taylor Era Noted Social Figure and Treasure Search
The article recalls Bettie Taylor, granddaughter of General Zachary Taylor, a Belle in New Orleans and Washington who married Lt Kingsbury, who died at the First Battle of Bull Run. Her widowhood later led to remarriages and a life abroad. A Philadelphia treasure hunt tale follows about 1789 Spanish doubloons lost off the Delaware capes, with investors funding a vessel and divers to recover the gold, sparking renewed coastwise treasure hunts.
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Comte de Keratry
Paris Figaro
Aldor
Upper
Mustacha
Spab
Chasseurs
Yantasia
Dian
Rndergi
Legion of Hlonor
New Orleans
Raould¢ L
Paris
Genevieve
Algiers
Smalah
Jarden D’escai
Zachary
Mmarriage
Gallatin Lawrence
van der Nest
Washington
Darter
Washington Post
Utica
Philadelphia
Delaware Capes
London
Notre Dame education and children’s programs highlighted
An 1887 advertisement mix touts education at the University of Notre Dame for sons and wards, including a Minim Department for younger children. It details courses in classics, law, science, and music, with a five month session and fees. It also promotes various health products and other commercial notices.
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University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame University
DerarrMest
St. Edward's Hall
Minim
Shieh
Notre Dame
T. EB. Walsh
C. Pres
University
Ind
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Pacific
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