Humble's Panoramy and a Jumpin Frog Penny Tale
A humorous 1887 travel vignette features a panorama showman in Never Peapair town with a trick frog and a grasshopper. The narrator narrates price paid, moral quips, and a ride into Missouri, highlighting honesty versus profit and a cautionary tale of deceit. A local anecdote about editor Littlejohn end caps the fragment with a courtroom jest about insanity as defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Critter
Ivan Jooks
Norrow
Gahenhiuy Wrusshopper
Missouri
Woman Claims Celery Nerve Compound Cured Nervous Prostration
A woman with three years of nervous prostration reports two bottles of Lichty's Celery Nerve Compound cured her. She says she hardly feels her nerves now and views the remedy as wonderful. Sold by Dreier & Bro. at Calhoun and Columbia streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreier & Bro
Calhoun and
Columbia Streets
Arizona Kicker editor to visit St Louis for supplies
The Arizona Kicker editor and town officials from Givendam Gulch travel east to St Louis for supplies and report on the city’s size, sights, and civilizational contrasts. They anticipate possible retaliation from critics but promise a broader view of the western empire and celebrate a shift toward openness to new ideas and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Kicker
Givendam Gulch
United States
Arizona
Ourself
Jim Lellie
St. Louis
Kicker Office
Alice
Hopkin
Great Western Empire
America
Jim Hewson
Kicker
Ted Enrne Wees
Federal Border Cigar House in Nogales Attracts Notice
A famed civic store and drinking resort sits on the international boundary line in Nogales. Proprietor John F. T. Brickwood boasts a southern bay window paying taxes to Mexico and sells Mexican cigars smoked in the U S without import duties. Brickwood claims to be the youngest man to settle in Arizona permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Nogales
A. T
United States
John FT. Brickwood
Brickwood
Arizona
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Temperance movement figures and liquor laws across regions
The record shows 28 894 juvenile temperance societies and 2 536 000 members in the British islands, 206 000 U S retail liquor dealers, and 209 66 total prohibition party votes. It notes Egypt’s 5 000 year beer tradition and lists temperance regulations in fifty U S counties and states restricting retail liquor sales with medical exceptions.
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British Islands
United States
Prohibition Party
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Missour
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
The Curing of Drunkards by a Shoemaker
A Swiss shoemaker who abstains totally from alcohol helps Dr August Forel see that total abstinence, not moderation, cures many drinkers. Forel recounts seeing dozens saved when the shoemaker, Bosshart, inspires peers to abandon wine and adopt total abstinence, transforming Forel’s approach and leading to his own pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Forel
Munich
Zurich
Bale
Paris
Ife
Switzerland
Onry Ming
Lux
Mesa
Asia
Mr. Bosshart
Asylium
Eiken
Organe de P Union Francaise
Caroline TL Weenphres
da Union Sorat
St Bernard Hero Guards Veterans At Marion Hotel
A large St Bernard owned by Abraham Zimmermann near Marion Indiana has drawn attention for protecting intoxicated veterans from rail crossing danger. The dog guides, stops, and even drags men away from tracks, saving at least four lives. the animal acts instinctively, not trained, and commits to those in blue uniforms at the home grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Abraham Zimmermann
National Military Home
Marion
Ind
Pennslvania Mailroyd
Doe
Ife
Advanee
Fa Drain
Terravekis
Tris Hangal
Tre Taond
Danclord
Uuu
Meno Ablinast
Vleresene Parely
Dions
Dan Civilian
Phose
Wogeprament
National Advocate
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Wis
Ehad
Silas Humble
Showman
Littlejohn
Carter County
Inquirer
Argillite
Portsmouth
Ferder
Hyar
Thed
Houso
Givenham Gulch
Givendam Guleh
Far West
Givendam
Gallagher
Givendam Galen
Ays
Egypt
Herodotus
Snilevon Coffee
New York
White Fruit House
California
Hyson
Ceylon
New Orleans
Japan
China
Wbbl
Rio
Java
Boston Fish
Georgia Bank
SYR
NEA
Kelay Island
Kelley Island
Port
Sweet
Cuba
Hiawatha
Flor de Anna
Artistic
Tan
Brussels
T. Linseed and Machine
J. T
Itc
Ingrain
Wenmend Maumnda Aawant
Fort .Wayne
Big St. Bernard
Maielo
Dcross
Dreier & Brbo
Col. Calhoun
Dr. Bulson
West Wayne Street
Fort Wayne
The
Citizens Trust Company
Col. Berry
Clinton Sta. Capital
Depoalta
AMRO
Hubert Spice
West Main Street
Sentinel
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