Girl in maid disguise exposed as thief at Hayward castle
Lady Hayward and Vernon Hayward uncover their trusted maid Taylor as the thief behind multiple disappearances. Scotland Yard’s detective hints at a broader scheme, but the twist reveals Taylor is a man in disguise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Hayward
London
Lord Hayward
Town
Taylor
Vernon
France
Italy
Rome
Rose Mannering
Kate
Scotland Yard
Lord Ardow
Colette
Mr. Hawk
Lord
Miss Colette
John
A Friend in Need. Two Men and the College Waiter
Two men meet at a restaurant where one always gets the best service while the other struggles. The fortunate man explains their success by a college tie with the waiter, revealing how luck and connections shape treatment. The dialogue humorously contrasts merit and chance in everyday dining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Columbus Ga. A Model Southern City of Growth and Steam Power
New Orleans Picayune reviews Columbus Georgia as a model Southern city driven by diligence and diversified industry. It praises factories in boots and shoes, cotton gins, fertilizers, and flour mills, strong east west rail and river navigation, and warns against a real estate boom while highlighting an enterprising Enquirer Sun newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Empire State
Atlanta
Savannah
Augusta
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Progress
Enquirer-Sun
South
New Orleans Picayune
Whistling and Whistlers in Everyday Life
A feature on whistling across ages and communities, noting its links to mood and work, with Shakespearean reference and racial observations. It then shifts to a report on English coast erosion, highlighting long term sea and weather effects and calls for coastal protection measures based on Times observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lyell
England
London Times
Was He Ailing and A Malt Beverage Exchange
A brief exchange from Carl Pretzel's Weekly questions Jones about his health. Jones replies he has an ailment, prompting the retort that indulging in malt beverages would cause such trouble. The fragment reflects social humor and period dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Pretzel
First Horses and Mules and Early American Trade Facts
A compact report reviews the introduction of horses to Florida by Cabeca de Vaca in 1527 and later by De Soto, Jamestown arrivals, and early Dutch and English livestock movements. It notes General Washington’s shift to mules, crossbreeding, and notable animals, plus a probate will, diplomacy, medical cures, and bonds commentary including Sherman on public credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Florida
Cabeca de Veca
de Soto
Jamestown
Virginia
Higginson
Massachusetts Bay
New York
Washington
Spain
Madrid
Lafayette
Malta
Sherman
France
Mexico
Bitters Praised as Universal Cure for Malaria and Ailments
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the sole effective defense against malaria and its chills fever progression. It urges daily use as preventive at first symptoms and for travelers to malarial areas, claiming relief from rheumatism constipation biliousness and kidney troubles. It notes Argyle receiving about $1,009 worth of clothing for hail victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Judge Bagby Rules on Republic Life Fraud Case
Judge Bagby in Chicago holds Samuel Nickerson J A Ellia and E W Peet and the old Republic Life Insurance company paid 23000 to J W Farwell on Oct 30 1886 as salary but for stock. decree orders Nickerson Peet and Ellis to refund 35000 to the receiver. defendants appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagby
Chicago
Samuel Nickerson
J. A. Ellia
E. W. Peet
Old Republic Life Insurance Company
J. W. Farwell
Mr. Farwell
Republic Company
Nickerson
Peet
Ellis
Scattered 19th Century Ads and Notices Gathered
A collage of promotional blurbs and brief notices includes a 100 free self operating washing machines giveaway from Monarch Laundry Works in Chicago, a claim by ex minister Cox of finding paradise in the United States, Pisos Cure touted for consumption, a Brockton show factory fire with $165,000 loss, Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup advertised for coughs, and a report of 30 men killed in a Lemore colliery explosion. Additional items promote Allen’s Lung Balsam at various prices, the French steamer Chanderanager sinking with 1,200 French troops drowned, Emperor William’s birthday restraint on public demonstrations, Pour Cope Liver Oil from Caswell, Harangan & Co. of New York, and a skin treatment from Caswell, Hagan & Co. of New York.
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Cecilia
Francis Palms
Detroit
Francis F. Palms
Clothilde Palms
Michael O'Brien
Ange Palma
Little Sisters of the Poor
St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum
Francis Ir
Clothilde
Tither
Sither
Cleveland Penne
Japan
Bowling Green
Howard County
J. T. Ridgely
Red
Napoleon
Alps
Simplon
Pierce
George W. Childs
Bishop Whipple
Dr. Pierce
William Raeder & Co
Ayer
Mass
Bummerville
8. C
Columbia
Charleston
Miss Rose Cleveland
White House
Hall
Monarch Laundry Works
Randolph Street
Cox
Paradise
O. W. Sweetzer
Brockton
Warner
Lemore
Dunam
Allen
Standlord
Chanderanager
Mediterranean
Williams
Lyon
Caswell, Harang & Co
Caswell, Hatanp & CO
Hood
W. Bunpsar
Lebanon
C. I. Hood & Co, Apothecaries
Lowell
Mans
Wolfers
Ely
Allays
Lief
Cy SS Me
ELY Brothers
Druggista
Owego
N. Y
USA
Isaac Thompson
Ita
John L. Thompson, Sons & CO
Troy
Ezra
Tor
Ehiniany
Church of Rome
Craig & Barlow, Publishers
Simi Mason & Hamlin
Boston
Bryant's College
Buffalo, N
Merhine
le Raven
Sen Claims
Sites & Co
Washington, D.C
A. P. Lacny
Pater
Washington, D. C
Seto Patentaniity Fisem Sa
Megonenal
General Purchasing Agency
Philadelphia
Pasenrs
Louis Bagger & CO
Fitzgerald & On
Attorm Va
Scott
ALD Silverware Co
Circus
Lars Free
Ross da Co
Toledo
Orni1u
Woodbury
Albany
Piso
le Wilson
Poentr
Wilson Bros
Eaton, Pa
Joseph Gillotts
Foldin
Sawing Machine Co
Canal Bt
W. J. Horne
Walasha
Iran
Dias
Loto
Hero
Murray Hill
Uy and
PIT Doe
Liebig
San Francisco
Dr. Tutt
Tufts Liver
Murray St
Lydia E. Pinkham
The
Pardee Medicine CO
Rochester
Greece
Hosaur
M. W. Dunham
Wayne, DuPage Co
Illinois
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Ll. N.W.N.Y
Wheat Ward & Company
Corn Exchange
Minneapolis
Argiiieara Eee
Ite
Eterna
Iurerold
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