Emigration Plans For Hardy Family In Argentina
Mr and Mrs Hardy decide to emigrant to the Argentine Republic with sons Charley and Hubert and daughters Maud and Ethel for a fresh start. They arrange Spanish study riding and farming tasks, with sons apprenticed in gardening and carpentry while preparing to work on a Varana bank ranch under 1851 conditions.
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Chaptor I
Frank
Mrs. Hardy
Mr. Hardy
Charley
Hubert
England
Clara
Mr. Tardy
United States
Far West
Ireland
Fle
Clara Aintree
Mr. Hardy Senior
Rank
Frank Hardy
Hardy
Argentine Republic
Boya
Papa
Maud
Ethel
Mamma
Varana
Emigration to Buenos Ayres and the Barbadoes voyage
The Hardy family prepares for emigration with heavy luggage and farming gear. They sail on the Barbadoes toward Rio and Buenos Ayres, aided by Sarah the nursemaid, and land at Buenos Aires after a voyage marked by anticipation and a flat shoreline. Captain Trevor explains landings by cart, then Mr. Thompson welcomes them and arranges a fifteen mile journey to the estancia. Sarah Bernhardt kisses record noted at Paris station.
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Chaptor II
Barbadoes
Rio
Buenos Ayres
Mr. Hardy
England
Thubert
Hubert
Maui
Charley
Trevor
Argentine Republic
Hardys
Mr. Thompson
Estancia
Hardy
Witty Epigrams and Social Snippets From Various Papers
A collage of jokes, quips, and light anecdotes from The Boston Transcript, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Life, Chicago Record-Herald, Syracuse Herald, Philadelphia Times, and other papers. It mixes misheard lines, punny exchanges, and social satire about love, manners, class, and daily life with characters and unnamed readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Herald
Valin
Bittea
Jokey
Peline
Philadelphian Times
Lar. Brown
Chicago Record-Herald
Gul
New York
Puck
Man killed after fall from cab in London street
A cab driver died when a horse bolted, throwing him from the vehicle. J Pope of 42 Ferrar Road Streathem recounts a tale linking St Jacobs Oil to a previous recovery, asserting it cured him of rheumatism and sciatica after use, though doubts remain about reliability of the claim.
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J. Pope
Ferrar Road
Streatham
Sais
St. Jacobs
Bowman
Pope
Dean
Selfish Neighbors Move Furniture in Quiet Van Transfer
In a Chicago Tribune item, neighbors discuss a couple described as selfish and disagreeable who moved all their household furniture into a flat in the adjacent block using large covered vans, concealing the contents from view.
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Nexrore
Chicago Tribune
Candy Cathartic Capsule Ad Warns of Fraud
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic with the slogan C. C. C on every tablet. It warns the product is never sold in bulk and urges consumers to take only this official version and beware of counterfeit copies from druggists.
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Amanda
Kitty
Edith
Boston Transcript
Roe
Victoria Regina leaves used as cradles by Brazilian mothers
In South America Brazilian women carry infants to the water and cradle them on Victoria Regina water lily leaves. The leaves measure about a yard across with a one inch high border that rises like a tea tray rim.
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South America
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal catarrh relief
Cream Balm is reformulated for sufferers who spray diseased nasal membranes. It retains healing soothing properties and does not dry secretions. Priced 75 cents including spray tube. Available at druggists or Big Bros. 56 Warren Street New York via mail order.
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ELY
Drugists
Big Bros
Warren Street
New York
Error-limited Fragment Sparks Blame Debate
A Denver Times snippet shows a quoted exchange where Mary, likely intoxicated, questions John about his actions. The fragment hints at a blame shifting scene with implied drinking.
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John
Denver Times
Putnam Faceless Dyb Refund Notice At Monroe Drug Co
Refund offer 10 cents per package for unsatisfied PUTNAM FAC ELESS DYB. Monroe Drug Co Unionville Mo dispenses the product. An historical note observes U S paper manufacture expanding from 1490 to 1810 with 185 mills in 1810.
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Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville, Mo
United States
Prepaid Toilet Paper Rolls Advertisement Sent by Express
Fragmentary notice offers prepaid toilet paper rolls by express to Centa address Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. Included is reference to power transmission by a Schaffhausen wire rope at 600 horsepower for one mile. Also cites a household name and a quotation about a best man’s faults from Miss A A Pearce in Brooklyn dated Oct 2 1901.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Schaffhausen
Genuine Buckwheat Flavor Promoted by Mrs. Austins Buckwheat
Berlin features fourteen schools where girls ages thirteen and fourteen are trained to cook. Air cushion rubber stamps and printing outfits available. request catalog and price list. Mail to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Berlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Tourist Cars on the Nickel Plate Road
Semi weekly Transcontinental Tourist Cars run between Atlantic and Pacific coasts via Nickel Plate Road. Cars offer same sleeping accommodations as Pullman, with reduced berth rates and meals at no extra cost. Departures from Boston Monday and Wednesday, San Francisco Tuesday and Friday, Buffalo via Nickel Plate Tuesday and Thursday 1 00 A M toward West, Chicago Tuesday and Saturday 2 50 P M Eastbound. Contacts: C A Asterlin Fort Wayne and R J Hamilton Fort Wayne. Also prepaid toilet paper offer by mail.
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Nickel Plate Road
Atlantic
Pacific
Boston
San Francisco
Buffalo
Chicago
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. J. Hamilton
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Pampas
Sarah
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Robertson Stunter
Ile
Tle
Rbut
Matam
Levvinmian
Chicago News
Piso
Muy
Eroup
A. A. Pearce
Willing Street
Brooklyn, N. Y
Gray
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