Local Dry Goods Firm Promotes Broad Selection
Year by year we have steadily added to our sales and are the most talked about firm in the dry goods clothing notions and carpet business. We offer value for money with the largest assortment of dry goods clothing carpets mattings and notions. Special emphasis on skirts and jacket suits in black dress goods and linings for waists skirts and other wear. See our molinirs in all colors and blacks and silks for waists and suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergey
Easton
J.C GODWIN Co
Washington St
A Store Romance in the Department Basement
William French, a quiet tin bathtub clerk in a dim department store basement, falls for Miss Thompson, a graniteware clerk. He rejects flirtation with women but is drawn to her plain, practical charm as they grow friendly helping with saucepans and kettles.
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William French
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William
Williai
Ife
Mr. French
Cupid
graniteware
charma
Miss Thompson
Thompson
hur
rockery department
Mise Thompson
glassware
French
Morgan
Edgar Temple Field
Chicago Times-Herald
William French and the Graniteware Dream
A clumsy suitor in a Chicago store fantasizes about a shared future with Miss Thompson while pursuing a modest life. He plots marriage and home, then learns she will leave for another, ending with a blunt rebuff and a swift, awkward confrontation.
Mand the merry girl charms Colorado Springs Gazette
A neighborly note extols Mand as a happy good natured woman always smiling and laughing. The writer compliments her pretty teeth and dimples, highlighting her cheerful disposition and charm as observed in Colorado Springs.
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Mand
Colorado Springa Gazette
Carthaginian of Maine How Hamlin Won a Seat in Maine
The Maine legislature tale recounts Hamlin clashing with John Holmes. Hamlin’s sharp retort about complexion and brandy earned cheers and labeled him the Carthaginian of Maine. Holmes apologized, and the nickname stuck, noted by the Lewiston Journal.
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Hoannibal Hamlin
Maine
Hamlin
John Holmes
Holmes
United States senate
house of representatives
TIolmes
Alfred
Lewiston Journal
The Climate of Chicago and a Frenchman’s Saw
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts a tale told by a French artist about a Chicago sawmaker who bragged the tool would wear longer than any other. A French carpenter buys the saw, leaves it out in rain, and questions the inscription as he wonders how Chicago’s climate will affect it.
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Chicago
M. de Monvel
Jess
M. de Afonvel
Paris
Man overcomes sickness task to buy gown
A Chicago Post excerpt portrays a man who boasts of sickness in the family to push himself to act. He plans to buy a gown for his daughter and later reveals he did, but complains his efforts were flawed with wrong taste, judgment, color, size, and price.
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Chicago Post
English Cyclist Struck by Hidden Rope Trap
A cyclist riding at about 10 pm in the country was thrown from his bike after a rope stretched across the road snagged his chest. The rope, tied to a gypsy wagon and a horse, was raised five feet high and only visible in the dark, causing a severe fall. The rider lay stunned for minutes before recovering.
Infantry term origin and a curious ocean fact
A Plain Dealer quote discusses a teacher calling a student a fool and a father extravagant. It notes the word infantry derives from infante of Spain and mentions a claim about land volume relative to the Atlantic Ocean. The excerpt blends dialogue with a miscellaneous historical note and a bold geographic assertion.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Spain
Plumber Transforms Crook Into Shopkeeper
A New Orleans Times-Democrat tale recalls a city mission story where a renowned crook, now rheumatic, asks the parson to help start an honest venture. The minister misreads the plan, thinking reform, while the ex-criminal proposes opening a plumber shop.
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hess
James
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Saved by Tad in Sliplashed Attire
A stylish Philadelphia woman shocks a distinguished English guest by answering in shabby dress that her mistress is out riding. The visitor, noting the untidy scene as he departs, records a lasting impression of the city’s domestic ways.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Comic restaurant mix up with hassock joke
In a downtown restaurant a short woman asks for an oyster and a hassock for seating. Her tall husband John confirms the order and the waiter, puzzled, asks if the hassock should be broiled or fried, revealing the humor of misheard requests.
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John
Chicago Chronicle
Wow They Made Mummies Methods and Costs of Ancient Mummification
The article outlines three Egyptian mummification methods with varying costs. The first uses brain extraction through the nose, removal of the intestines, canopic jars, and aromatic substances, costing a talent of silver. The second saves the brain, dissolves the intestines, and uses natron, costing about £90. The third, for the poor, cleanses and salts the body for a minimal price.
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Budge
Rose Thief on Elevated Platform Sparks Street Laughs
A ticket chopper at Park Price Station in New York grabs a woman's red rose, flaunts it, while brakemen nearby mock him. A tired mother and her hungry child stare, the girl snatches the rose, and the chopper shifts attention to new targets as friends forget the mockery.
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Park price
wommn
New York
Commercial Advertiser
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