The Skeeter Frog Scam Hits Squaw Creek
In Squaw Creek, a stranger pitches a bizarre plan to flood the marsh with skeeters to breed frogs for profits. Josh Flanders and townsfolk invest land and endure a summer of chaos as the scheme collapses, revealing the man’s true aim to wreck the town for personal gain.
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Squaw Creek
Joshua Flanders
Josh Lad
Josh
Skeeters
Josh Flanders
Jeremiah Saunders
Skeeters Squaw Creek
Philadelphia
Shen
Skeeter
Mister Flanders
New York
Elopement Sparks Family Rift In Boston Traveler Notes
The Boston Traveler reports chatter about an elopement and questions whether the mother has forgiven the couple. It notes rumors that the woman has moved to live with them, signaling unresolved family tensions.
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Boston
Noted Remarks on Marriage Settlement and Sailor Mortality
A cartoon caption notes a marriage settlement dig about a father in law and family, followed by a factual remark that merchant marine sailors have a death rate of 12 per 1 000, lower than on land.
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Tom
Benedict
Puck
Absinthe Fatal to Paris Artist Comte de Toulouse Lautrec
The eccentric Parisian artist Comte de Toulouse Lautrec, a leading figure of the nouveau in art, died in his thirties after consuming absinthe. He linked much of his work’s eccentricity to the green goddess and was regarded as the most talented of the new school since Bastian Le Page.
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Comte de Toulouse Lautrec
Paris
Bastian le Page
A Successful Family. One Man Who Did Not Complain of Poor Crops
A narrator meets a pioneer family whose three brothers exploit land, plunder public funds, and plot river theft while holding town offices. Each man boasts a scheme from county treasurer to judge and sheriff, revealing a corrupt “ground floor” of frontier politics as he plays the fiddle and sings.
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M Quad
John
Bill
Pertickler
Agin
From The Jaws Of Death
A well dressed man slips at a depot and a bystander saves him from a deadly fall. The rescued man tries to reward the helper with money and notes to his wife, but finally offers only a half dollar, joking that his life is insured. The rescuer declines, urging modest gratitude.
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M Quad
John Green
Record Beef Receipts Hit Chicago Market Peak
A Chicago market report notes cattle receipts for a single day reaching 32 472 head, marking the largest one day total on record for the market. The haul signals a new high and reflects strong demand and feedlot activity in the region.
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Chicago
Uncle Reubens Cider Cure Narrows to Microbe Fear
Tracy visits his uncle Reuben to help with sap and cider but resists the brew. A planned press of rotted apples reveals a microscope view of worms and bacteria, scaring Uncle Reuben into abandoning cider and upholding temperance.
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Tracy
Reuben
Judith
Aunt Eunice
Ing
Uncle Neuben
Prof. Alden
Alden
Uncle Reuben
Clarissa Potter
Advocate
Dangers of Alcoholism in Society and Heredity
This piece warns of chronic alcoholism and its social toll through mental strain and poverty. It cites rising death rates from 1875 to 1898 and notes heredity as a major factor, with experts attributing about 60 percent of cases to familial influence.
Alcoholism and insanity linked as nervous system diseases
The Westminster Review notes that many humans are so saturated with alcoholic heredity that stopping alcoholism is as hard as turning back a flowing river. It argues that insanity and intoxication share a nervous system disease pattern, with a tendency toward degeneration and hereditary transmission.
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Westminster Review
Large lumber firm locates at Loyalton and liquor bans six miles
A Loyalton California lumber company sets a no alcohol sale rule within six miles. John Cahill of Evanston Illinois fined 300 dollars for a blind pig offense, the heaviest Evanston has seen, expected to deter illegal liquor sales. Dispatches from Iceland report rising cigarette use among boys with proposals to empower adults to seize cigarettes from youths. Tennessee Republicans consider a prohibition plank. seventy six counties are dry. Indiana Governor Durbin says he will impeach sheriffs allowing prize fights, using executive power and the attorney general to remove offenders.
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Loyalton
Cal
John Cahill
Evanston
Iceland
Tennessee
Durbin
Indiana
Lichts Celery Nerve Compound Promoted For Nervous Ailments
An advertisement touts Lichts Celery Nerve Compound claiming it cures nervous diseases including neuralgia rheumatism nervous debility paralysis and related conditions. Sold by Dreier and Bro at Calhoun and Columbia streets. The piece also notes English Gipsies seeking special representation at the coronation and remarks on vandwellers' modern behavior.
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Dreier & Bro
Calhoun and
Columbia Streets
England
Vast 19th Century Market Ads Covering Staples And Furnishings
An extensive catalog of items for sale including sugars teas coffees spices tobaccos fresh fruits dried fruits nuts canned and salt fish wool carpets mats window shades linoleum and rugs. Prices listed for sugar tea coffee and various canned fish with regional offerings from California New Orleans and Boston fish markets.
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California
Axminster
New Orleans
Oolong
Japan
China
Hyson
Ceylon
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Squan Creek
Golks
New Jersey
Brigantine
Ife
Bizness
Adinabad Singleton
Ques
Absinthe
Lichty’s
White Fruit House
Lake Fis
Rio
Java
Georgia Bank
Kelley Island
Balley Island
Sweet Cuba
Hiawatha
Flor de Anna
Artistic Cigars
Tan
Forse
Battle Ax
J. T
Standard Navy
American Star
Brussels
Fort Wayne
Ind
RED Cross
Des Moines
Ima
Col. Calhoun and
Ely
Hayfever
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
Klaehn & Melching
West Main Street
Pennsylvania
Apennsylvania Nes Ennsylvaniaines
Aveley
Plymouth
Caicago
Wash’in
Tounnaget
Gansfeld
Lima
Santen
Pittsburg
Valparaiso
Grestline
Alma
Crestline
York
Wash'tr
Pittsburg & Phila
Citteburg & Phils
York and Wash’in
Velparaizo
Valparaico
Grand Rapids & Indianary
Fourth Sound
Grand Rapids
North
Richmond
Cincinnati
Timstable
Toledo and
Buffalo Limited
Toledo
N. Y
New England
Eastern Express
Peru
Ras A
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Indianpolts
Logansport
Tg, Thompson, Pass, & Tickes
Bohn
van Bureau Street
Union
Asenger Prams
Aynfloft
FT. Watne
Standard Express
Western Express
Steorng
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
C. A
Asteria
Tp, A
Ft, Wayne
W. RY
San
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