Odds and Ends in a Miscellany Gazette
A fragmented column of jokes and anecdotes from various towns recounts editorials and humorous vignettes. It cites inline quips about pork, a Union Spy stage piece, verses for an unfaithful lover, soda shop curiosities, and a mix of social satire from Indiana to Vermont and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
John Simms
Eugene
Melvin
John
Logansport
Sle
Sparks Randal
Freeport
Stephenson St
Westo! Court House
A Thousand Boys Wanted by the New York Observer
The New York Observer urges youth to embody ten points for work readiness: Honest, Pure, Intelligent, Active, Industrious, Obedient, Steady, Obliging, Polite, and Neat. It argues one thousand first‑rate places await boys who meet these standards and warns against distractions and impure reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Observer
Beath
Mindy
Crossing sweeper tests dandy with broom pledge
A crossing sweeper tries to extract a gratuity from a dandified man who claims no change. The sweeper offers to change a twenty dollar bill and asks the man to trust him, joking that if he doubts his honor the man should hold his broom.
Liszt at Weimar Described In Vivid Observation
The writer details Franz Liszt in Weimar with sharp portraits of his looks, gestures, and moods. Liszt is pictured as elegant, magnetic, and capriciously expressive, bowing like a king and entertaining three ladies in a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Nell
Bess
Lady Nell
Weimar
Liszt
House Passes Rail Regulation Bill With Rates Board
The House approved a commerce regulation bill for interstate rail lines by a 121 to 116 vote. It creates a Railroad Commissioners Board to set fair rates, investigate charges, and publish schedules for freight and passenger transport across nine districts. The measure retains provisions from McCrary’s January report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Yeas
McCrary
Iowa
Committee On Railways and Canals
Board of
Railroad Commissioners
Senate
United States
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
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Odds and
Cincinnati
Mr. M
Lapeer, Mich
John Russell
Hume
Ireland
Dancille
North Star
Kentucky
George Francis Train
Canon Kingsley
Westminster Abbey
London
Sal
Detroit
1St Billings
Paris
Ches
Smething
Josh
Mr Bee
Milchess
Liss
Forepaven
Grond
Adam Forepaugh
West
Chicago
Post and Mail
Congress and the Railroads
New York
Geo
P. Rowell & Co
S. M. Pettengill & Co
W. J. Carlton
Bates & Locke
W. W. Sharpe
Sundfarch
Farmer's
George Thompson & Sons
Gray
C.D. Blan
W. W. Robey
Jhard Geo. Thompson, D. I. Sunderland
Blanchard & Co
Robey, Thompson & Co
Friends
Broad
A. F. Broad
Owa
Nebraska Lands
Burlington & Missouri River Rail Road Co
Jova
Qnrey
Messrs
Nlettinger & Williams
Chicago & Minonk Coal CO
Minonk, Ills
Hettinger & Williams
Brownssne
Mitwao
Otelscourt
Inmbeal
Lena
S. B Grossman
Rminois
Stephenson
Limerick
Kirby
D. W. Burrell
Bend Now
Young Fouxs
Kansas City
L. Lautenbach
Cor
Galena
Regal
John J. Neash
John J. Nease
Stephenson County
Hreeport
Cox
Godfrey Groff
Illinois
Catharine Groff
Jansen, McClurg & CO
David Swing
Ooo
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Messrs. Jansen McClurg & Co
Swing
Chicago Tribune
House of Jansen, McClurg & Co
Patton
Inter- Ocean
Jangen
State St
Scribner’s Monthly
Messrs. Scribner & Co
Scribner's Monthly
M. Julesenne
Richmond
M. Jules Verne
Scribner & CO
Broadway
N. Y
Chas. Bodman
H. MW. Hoffman
Bodmann
West Front
CHAS
Bodmann & CO
Ohio
Chicago and
Bridge Streets
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