Homely Maid Beats Dazzling Dames in Saratoga Verse
A humorous Quinn-like monologue rails at fops and fashion as a speaker prefers a plain, cheerful girl over glamorous beauties. He praises Molly, not May, noting her nose, laughter, and plain charm while mocking jeweled, foreign manners. Margaret Bytinge quotes add literary texture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Will
Saratog
Ike
Sam
May
Molly
Margaret Bytinge
Harper's Weekly
Harvey
Fin Notie
Caught in a Cyclone and a Narrow River Rescue
A first-person account details a Saturday Illinois River fishing trip interrupted by a violent cyclone. The boat, debris, and a harrowing fall are described before the narrator crawls home to a relieved family. A second story covers a dramatic rooftop rescue in New York as a mother and two daughters witness a girl near collapse. two men haul her to safety amid cheering onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Robinson
Illinois
Harvey
Coe
Haney
Lauid
Mr. Goldby
Harry Lincoln
Thornain
Fouth
Miss Staver
the Herald
J. Y. Herald
General Assembly
Mate of
Ondo
Hodg
House of Representatives
G.richards
Senate
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as blood purifier remedy
The piece claims scrofula taints blood and causes diseases, praising Hood's Sarsaparilla for curing a Lowell boy with scrofulous sores, ear discharge, and poor appetite. It cites testimonials and a Lowell Weekly Journal endorsement, stressing Hood & Co as reliable pharmacists and the remedy’s proven value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoop
Messrs. C. I. Hoop & Co
Ainty
Hood
His
N.C. Saxnor
Merrimack 8
Lowell
Mass
Messrs. Hood, & Co
Lowell, Mass
Lowell Weekly Journal
ST. Vitus
A. Richmond Med. Co
St. Joseph
Roo
Phyaclanm
Baltimore to Chicago Rail Route Scrambled by OCR
Fragmentary OCR text lists numerous east and midwest cities including New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Wheeling Bellaire Cambridge Zanesville Newark Columbus Mt. Vernon Mansfield Shelby Plymouth Monroeville Sandusky Chicago Fostoria Deshler Defiance Hicksville Auburn Garrett Avilla and references a rail line Eastbound with terms like Express and Line. The fragment offers no cohesive event or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Wheeling
Bellaire
Barnes
Cambridge
Zanesville
Newark
Columbus
Mt. Vernon
Mansfield
Shelby Plymouth
Monroeville
Sandusky
Chicago
Fostoria
Tintin
Republic
Monroevil
Shelby Janeti
Mansfeld
Mt Vernon
Sewar
Solumb
Sambridge
Jamesville
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Defiance County Express
Frank
Culley
Defiance
William G. Rich
Mexico
Ayer
Aver
Ayer’s
Dr.j.c. Ayer &Co
Neirme
Jostoria Academy
Ding
Highland Chapel
P. S
J.I. Hale
Ohio
Karst & Tenzer
Perry Street
Wabash Depot
F. J. Cheney
Adams Street
Toledo
G. W. Bechel
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Nantes
C.K. Lord
G. P.G
W. B. Bereena
Ee Express
H. Gherke
Citi
Warren & Grapt Sts
Dhe
Warren and Grats
Ward
Peter Dickman
Defiance, Ohio
Dickman
Viers & Hilton
Cash Grocery
Holgate’s New Block
Clinton Street
Russell House
Ohio State University
William H. Scott
Odio
Improv
Evity
United States
Switzer & Kehnast
Johnston
Malta
Guaraneed
TON Streetfiance
Mnet, Oxyn, Mosaic, &O
Rthwestern Ohio
Rogers Bro’s
Ferntel
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ay Aoa
Boots & Shoes
J. P. Ayers
Russell
Stoge
Loose’s Extract
o_o THE GREAT
All Dru
J.M. Loose & E
Mich
Farst & Dodds
James B
Dette
Crain
John Tuttle
Maumee
Nver
F . Ensign & Son
St. Denance
Constitution OF Ohio
United States OF America
James W. Newman
State of Ohio
State of
Oho
James W. NewstAx
R. Pengelly
M. D
Walnut Street
Kalamazoo
Colby & Scott
Snyder & Gleason
O. Joseph Derheimer
Basket Plug
Spence Bros. & CO
Cincinnati
Wellman
Defiance Branch House
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