An English writer's piracy tale and the Paul Jones hoax
The narrator recalls advertising his original stories to a syndicate run by P. J. a salesman who pays ten dollars a thousand words and promises fame. He later discovers his manuscript was copied by Paul Jones a Boston writer whose widow kept the plates and sold the work as theirs. He returns wiser and warns authors to know their buyers well.
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Bonverio
P. J
I. A
Dudm
New York
P.J. T
St. Bride's
Bliffkinses
Mr. Nibbs
R George
Stu
America
Bae
Beereber
Woaya
Wayge
Scorcher
Nibbs
Linda
Rachel
Jove
Mr. Scorcher
Mr. Boorcher
Barrabus & Co
Paul Jones
Boston
Mr. Jones
Paul
England
Richmond
St James Gaxotte
Modern Discoverers and Dr Miles Promote Nervine
A Pittsburgh Newn notice extols Dr Franklin Miles as a leading discoverer in nervous science. It praises Nervine as a restorative for nervousness headaches neuralgia and multiple ailments and offers free trial bottles via T Lait and Miles. The advertisement also touts a new book by Miles on nervous disorders with a readable illustrated edition.
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Bell
Edinon
Franklin Miles
Waar
Ste
Miles
How to Roll an Umbrella in a Chapel Street Store
A salesman demonstrates proper umbrella rolling to a customer who just bought one. He folds the silk smoothly, keeps rib tips pressed to the wood, and shows how the rolled umbrella closes neatly with the bands fastened. The scene captures a quick etiquette lesson in practical handling.
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Chapel Street
Atick
Tone of North and South unrest in Maine and beyond
The piece contrasts northern vigilance with southern unrest, noting mob threats near Bangor and debates about law and order. It argues moral selective outrage and calls for fair reflection on human nature across the Mason Dixon line.
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Lawlesrnees
Capa
Bangor
Anny
Maine
New England
South
Mason and Dixon
The Most Interesting Cuban In Bloomingdale Asylum
A wealthy young Cuban inmate in Bloomingdale Insane Asylum has shown dramatic improvement after a year of confinement. Once wild and violent, he now speaks fluently in English and French, with courteous manners and hospitality toward visitors. His family plans to bring him home.
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Bloomingdale Insane Asylum
Cardenan
Cuba
New York Journal
Ouan Ocean Racer
An Ohio clergyman recalls his last voyage on a racing steamer the Teutonic. He notes leaving thirty minutes ahead the speed was intense, heat forced passengers to the deck, and engines overworked. Slowed on Sunday to cool, he warns that sustained speed could have sunk the vessel with all aboard.
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Ohio
Teutonic
Fighting Wildest and Express Messenger Attack by Wildcat
An express messenger Fighting Wildest George A Taylor faced a terrifying encounter when a wildcat escaped its box and lunged at him. Taylor used tarpaulin to block its claws, kicked the animal free, then wrapped the canvas to restrain it until he secured the cat with a coupling pin. The incident is recounted by the Exchange. Baltimore Oyster Season opens mid October with a bustling harbor and ample crews awaiting work.
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George A. Taylor
Taylor
Thames
Song
Visitor asks for big boys as heat grinds town
In August 1890 a visitor asks where the big boys are while a mother describes two missing sons. Jack left at noon and was overcome by heat. James went out in the evening and was frost bitten. The town references seasonal schooling affecting the cranberry season.
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Jack
James
Pittsburg
Popular California Fig Syrup Co Remedy Ad
An old advertisement extols a fig syrup as a pleasant to taste and effective remedy for constipation and stomach discomfort. It promotes shipments from California, with multiple city mentions and distributor notes. The piece also includes a Port Jervis Brotherhood engineers report, listing long-serving members and oldest workers on the Port Jervis to Utica line.
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California Fig Syrup CO
Tay Francisco
Erie
Port Jervis
Brotherhood
Carlough
A. Ronk
Benjamin Hoffner
Hoffner
Otlaville
Charles Prayer
Albert Johnson
David Henderson
William Dooley
Edward Kent
G. H. Cooper
Samuel 8. Walker
David Wilson
J. H. Cookson
Congo River Claims Second World Ranking in Length and Size
The Congo is described as over 8 000 miles long and second only to the Amazon in volume. It features a 1 000 mile navigable stretch blocked by cataracts and portages of 85 and 60 miles, hindering steamship progress to the sea. Thomas Stevens cites Scribner's on its commercial limits. A mausoleum tale follows with plans after five years of litigation.
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Nile
Mr. Stanley
Ite
Great
Free State
Ite Basin
Congo
Amazon
Stanley Pool
Stanley Fi
Thomas Stevens
Scribner's
Sarah Strother
Tion
the Knights of St. John
Rome
Thres Tombe
Pal
Kentucky
London World
Picnic Cracker Caution Sparks Thirsty Notes
A fragment warns against bringing crackers on picnics noting they provoke thirst and upset the stomach. The advice appears in a casual, dated tone with no clear author or date. Further context is unreadable, leaving the caution as the main readable detail.
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Baltimore News
Syieilicg
BR. W. Cahill
St Law
Napoleoe
Eajan
Jas. P. Ragan
Mapolaoy
Bisab
Geenné Fane
J. M Haag
Ati
Wapoleoe
Oms
Reesi
J. W. Cuff
Napoleon
OMFO
Wints
Wnt United Base Court
Egee
Philip C. Schwab
Mery County
Bavaria Pos
Joseph Weible
Florida
Henry County
OMEO
ZEDS
Serenata
Eee Peer
Uninaas
H. A. Meyerholtz
Yip
Percy Street
Court Howe
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Hapoleos
DR. J. 8
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Hapoleon
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A. E. Maerker
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Price
Letate Si Petreet
Geo. R. Teeple
Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
Canada
Fae Im Seur & Baintey
Deng Store
Philip Webb
Fashionable
Barber and Hairry
Geo. W. Valentine
Im West
Perry Street
Saumerhas Coreen
F. Curdes
Eae Eee
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Engine
U.C. Boner Hanss Bean
Court of Compleas of Beanty
John Diemer
Shumaker
Yen
E.Y
Wm, Tietjen, Neta Ben Ewe Matters
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Tatming
Bnew
Tyler Mock
Westington St
Sagotovn
C.F. Beard
Foundry and Machine Works
Sreddtedt Sram Pascaiy
J. W. Talbott
Koblec
Joseph Shaft
Reliabie
Tadtontetoc
C. H. Gidley
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Beave
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Iertumar
Geo
Raum
Sapoleon
J. Overmeyer
Clinton Street
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C. E. Reynolds
Napoleon, Ohio
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Sorell Sawing & Parental Ced Weestesvepiors
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Laatering
Lui
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Foundationslock Stone
Thiesen, Hildred & Co
Board of
Bebop
Daring of Neary
Obto
Court House
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