Ditching and mining activity mark Jefferson Valley report
Correspondent notes extensive railroad ditching near James Barkell’s. mining remains active with teams hauling to Whitehall. A. O. U. W. ball raises $85 for charity. Salvation Army services in Lesterville and Dillon area are described alongside local social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ison Rop
Mont
James Barkell
Whitehall
Wint
Klondike
Anderson Bros
Tribune
Suearpan
Ruby Hotel
Lesterville
James Coville
Salvation Army
I.0
Dillon
J. R. Hedley
Centennial Valley
Rev. Smith
Ruby Chapel
Virginia City
Mr. Jenkins
Town
Everybody Says So Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure all health aid. It promises gentle cleansing of kidneys liver and bowels and claims to dispel colds cure headaches fever and biliousness. The copy urges purchase of a box at 25 or 50 cents and guarantees cure by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meagher News
Chauncey M. Depew recollections of debts and fortunes
The speaker recalls Daniel Drew once worth $19,000,000 who died in debt and a banker once with $8,000,000 now earning about $1,200 yearly. He notes $3,000,000 in cash plus other investments and mentions New York’s dozen men who once held wealth and now seek small loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Drew
New York
Chauncey
Spow
Griggle and Dixon Debate Writing Novels
In a sly exchange quoted by the Boston Transcript Griggle claims fools can bend reality through writing Dixon concedes fools exist who do not write novels, highlighting a playful debate on authorship and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggle
Dixon
Boston Transcript
English Authors Paid Better Than Continent Counterparts
The article notes English writers historically earned more than continental peers. It cites Norway’s pensioned dramatist Ibsen and Hungary’s Moritz Jokai receiving support from friends. It contrasts with the Russian army where many conscripts could not sustain or support themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Ibsen
Hungary
Moritz Jokai
Language balance hints four to one in words
A statement notes that English contains four times as many words as French. It presents a linguistic compare without citing sources or context. The remark implies English vocabulary is significantly larger, suggesting broader lexical variety in English.
Discussion on Grammar in The Inter Ocean Sparks Critique
A reader James Campbell challenges The Inter Ocean for Cockney slang in society items. The paper replies with a pointed defense citing Lindley Murray and Tennyson, mocks the critic, and quips about language and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Campbell
London
England
James Campbell
Jim
Lindley Murray
Lindley
Tennyson
Lord Tennyson
Webster
Ruy Webster
Ear clipping in dogs provokes acoustic concern
The writer notes warnings about dogs ears being cropped and stiffened in England. He reports three observed effects including reduced reaction to buzzing insects, head ducking from pain, and loss of sound direction perception, arguing the practice undermines natural hearing and should be condemned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Betsy Maria Outdraws Professor’s Magnet Claim
A provincial lecture on natural philosophy sparks a boast about a powerful magnet. Johnny Sowerby recalls Betsy Maria a natural magnet in a cotton dress that could draw him fourteen miles on Sunday over plowed land, despite wind or weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smythe
Johnny Sowerby
Betsy Maria
Strand Magazine
Bannister Answers Scot Dame on Ancestry
A comic actor Bannister wittily confirms his ties to the Staira when a proud old Scotch lady asks about the Bannister family. She admits a warm curiosity after his grave reply. Household Words records the light exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannister
Baninisters
Staira
Fragmentary dialogue stirs memories of Maud in cryptic note
A garbled excerpt unfolds as a narrator recalls Maud and a man under scrutiny. The fragment hints at romantic or social tension but lacks clear context or complete names and events.
Pin Hidden by Student Tricks Dublin Thought Reader
In Dublin an entertainment featured a thought reader who claimed he could locate a marked pin hidden by an audience member. A Trinity student, aided by a confederate, concealed the pin and later misled the reader. The student then revealed the trick, prompting laughter as the pin was quickly produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Trinity
A Happy Return Dueling Tale From Harper’s Round Table
A humorous anecdote recalls an English peer who was challenged to a duel and returned home to reward his coachman with a guinea. The driver, puzzled by the large gift, is reminded that the payment covers the ride home, not the outing, in a wittily told Harper’s Round Table line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Round Table
Telephone Nausea Report Sparks Medical Curiousity
A St. Louis man reports a new ailment he terms telephone nausea. After sending a message his face pales his lips twitch and he clutches his stomach saying telephoning makes him sick. He recovers after a time and notes the sensation is triggered by phone use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
New York Tribune
Origin of Pale Ale and its East Indies link
The India pale ale name derives from its original formulation for East Indies climate. A vessel with Bass hogsheads to the east wrecked in the channel. salvage included ale barrels sold in London by underwriters. London drinkers praised the new beverage and demand rose across English speaking regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Indies
East
London
San Francisco
Deaf couple’s nuptials spark talk of a golden wedding
Detroit Free Press notes the idea of a golden wedding as a playful label for the union of a deaf route pair, with lines hinting at celebration and tradition. The exchange uses clever wordplay around Hojack Tomdik and a silenced state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomdik
Detroit Free Press
Height of Her Ambition Dialogue Exchange
A brief fragment from a London Fenier dialogue paces a comic back and forth about ambition. Bertha questions the height of aspiration while Mati¢btothing answers with a quip about a range between six feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
London
Fen
Descendants of Pilgrims and Ancestry in America
The piece examines how many Americans may descend from the Mayflower pilgrims and estimates generations of descendants. It discusses selective tracing by genealogists, the allure of royal or notable lines, and notes a London example offering royal descent for a fee, with references to Edward I and Sir Walter Bosant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Pilgrim Fathers
Capo Ogy
Edward I
Walter Bosant
London
My Own Notes on a Lifelong Library Dream
A writer muses on amassing a vast archive of notes and planned but unwritten works. He likens himself to a butterfly collector of literature, embracing a posthumous library of about 1000 volumes. He wonders if the pursuit is sane beside other collecting obsessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strees
O Name Election Myth Debunked by Voters
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes a long prevailing superstition that presidents named with O would fail at the polls. It cites candidates such as George Clinton and Henry Clay who, despite strength with voters, were never elected, illustrating the superstition’s persistence in political lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Clintons
George and
DeWitt
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
Lewis Cass
O's
George Clinton
Pittsburg Dispatch
Kentucky Pedigree Saws Through Time and Travel
Bob Jolly of Cave City recalls a hand saw bought in 1796 in Virginia by the Otter family, Louisville merchants. The grandfather moved to Kentucky with the tool, later owned by Jim Jolly, and the wagon wheels from that journey linger at Mrs. Caleb Freeman’s Cave City property, about a century old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Jolly
Cave City
Virginia
Otter Brothers
Louisville
Mr. Otter
Kentucky
Jim
Jolly
Otter
Caleb Freeman
Glasgow Times
Parson Trades Donated Caster For Dry Goods At Yardsley Store
A fragment recalls a humorous barter in which Yardsley donuted a caster worth 97 cents to a minister and received dry goods in return. The parson's smile will not be cut again for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yardsley
Amile
Harper
Pater
Eminent New York Chemist Offers Free Trials for Consumption Cure
The New York chemist P A Slocum offers three free bottles of his New Discoveries cure for lung and chest troubles including consumption. He claims the treatment has cured thousands and invites readers of the Dillon Tribune to write to 98 Pine Street New York for delivery of the free medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Slocum
New York City
Science Daily
T. A. Slocum
M. G
Pine Street
New York
Dillon Tribune
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Sting
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Jennie Winot
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Silver Star
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Tom Shaw
James Galusha
Miss Ball
Duncan
Hugh
Cal. Edwards
Butte
Shafer
California
James Duncan
Sam McCrea
Charles Bullerdick
Louis
Laws
Sans Walker
Brandon
Rome
Eilen Manly
Christmas Ladies’ Home Journal
LL. Hanson
Lou XL
Old Paris
Tighe Hopkins
Vincenne
Louis XI
Vincenke
Ius
Tristan
Levin
Qi Yer
Oliver
Ehatoau
Maud
Sir Walter Besant
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren St
John Reid, Jr
Great Falls
Francis W. Poole
Central Pres. Church
Helena
Atssuur
Reba
Missouri
Pacific Railway
Kansas City, ST. Louis
Colorado
Magnificent
Union Station
EB. J. Faynn
T.R& Pa
Sant Lak
Truss
Desians
Mons
Aise
Receiva Ice
Scientific American
Munn & Ceo
Fbt
Washington, D
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Dilicn
Pusxisaixe Co
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