Simmons Liver Regulator and Frontier Express Adventure
A collage of 19th century snippets includes an ad for Simmons Liver Regulator praising its health benefits and liver activation, followed by a frontier pony express tale with Englishmen and frontier agents fending off attacks, then brief humorous exchanges noting literary Americanisms and misread books, ending with a studio quip about a model.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
Simmons
J. HU. Zeilin & Co
Philadelphia
Jin
Wade Haring
Pony Express
Cnt
Jim
New York
Ty É
Remembering Bessie and the Summer Winds
James B. Kenyon writes a reflective verse recalling a girl named Bessie, once lively and playful under summer skies, now grown with long gowns and distant. The poem contrasts past joys with present distance, framed by nostalgic memories and aging.
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James B. Kenyon
Tricks with crows and other old-time follies
A collection of curious anecdotes and historical notes. It describes crow tricks with a porcupine lure, crow feeding by frogs to distract them from crops, baseball ball manufacture details, and older urban punishments such as the drunken cloak. It closes with a quip about theater fundraising and creditor jokes.
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Dunxnink
XN. Y
M. Mo Vessen
Mredonia
N.Y
Fenner
New York Journal
Campbell
Thomas
Tom
Gladstone
Not Men Only Grinders Sheffield Razors and the Grinder Class
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat account recounts T Dunkin Parets critique of Sheffield grinders who produce Rodgers and Westenholm razors. It describes grinding as a dehumanized craft, with aging masters, improvised tools, and inherited skill shaping the rodgers brand, highlighting the workers' low status and resistance to modern improvements.
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Shemdedd
Sheffield
T. Dunkin Paret
Rodgers
Conmon Sheffield
Miain
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Anasagunticock Indians and Mudji Manitou Legend
The Antisagunticook believed Mudji Manitou dwelt under water at Jackmungaw Cove where currents meet winds from Lake Cobbesseecontes. To pass safely before battles they offered meat, tobacco, pipes, and rice to the spirit, sinking stones to the bottom. When scarce, they made smaller gifts or smoked a portage at Chandler's Point.
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Mudji Manitou
Jackmungaw Cove
Cobbesseecontee
Lake Colbosseecontes
Mudji Maniton
Chandler's Point
Lewiston
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Speedy
Handsome
Nmionarch Cycle Co
Lake and Halsted Sts
Chicago
Ill
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Denver
Memphis
Detroit
Toronto
T. W. Smith
Ridgely, Md
Asf
Dulam
Baltimore
Profiad
Rafen Fro
Feenpocafoenfo
Aoe
Fayf Ee Fon
Fsa
Fafa Spee
Johns Hopkins
I. Baltimore
Hufunl Gee
Hetejo
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber Company
Tunis Mills
RS. Fountain
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber GO
Uct. Fertilizers
Allie Ash
Mt. Airy
Piedmont
IZ Rank VV
Iredden
Denton
Maryland
MT. Airy Manufacturing CO
Piedmont Guano & Fertilizer CO
M’eldery's
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Coal Tar and Manufacturing Company
Camden Street
UPA Pern
Scott
England
Miss Burney
New York Sun
Miman Orter
Washington Star
Shea
New York Herald
Oehm
Cece
Star
King
Neel
Seta
Anh
Shidap
China
Tae
eDae
Yoo
Acme Hall
Baltimore and Charles Sts
Brown
Brown Chemical CO
United States
Lrootbeer
Dr. Fenner
Hertel
Longman , Martinez
W. E. Brown
U.S. Dental Association
North Charles Street
Washington
7Th
D .Ts
N. We
Alu
Graybeard
van Ald
Bessie
Alrs
New York St
Newcastle
Ny Bonefit
London
Householder
Brooklyn
Mary
Detroit Free Press
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Scotland
Old Mortarboard
The
Auger
Professor Mortarboard
Boston Transcript
SPPE
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