Humorous Quotations and Anecdotes Plucked from Notes
A dense mix of humorous vignettes and brief witticisms recounts social quirks, religious quips, and comic misadventures. It references Mrs Partington, a blind dinner joke, Irish prison scenes, a physician's patient, and elderly figures noteworthy for their ages or roles, all in a light, folksy newspaper tone.
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St. Bernard
Mike
Aler
Rochefoucaul
Letheimn
Ile
Pase
Philosophical lessons and Blaine’s Washington march
A professor notes women’s disillusion after marriage and compares pursuit to chasing a car. The tale shifts to a Maine printer who sought an Interior Department job in Washington. Secretary Tom Ewing rebuffed him, urging departure, a harsher response that shaped James G. Blaine’s later rise to U S Senator.
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Maine
Washington
Tom Ewing
Interior
Ife
Hunter
Ewing
James G. Blaine
U. S
A Loving Mother
Albany Sunday Press recalls a mother’s love with vivid memory of her gentle voice, comforting eyes, and nightly kiss of peace. The writer laments a world that Hard left them but cherishes the enduring bond felt in childhood scenes by the grave and in home evenings.
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Albany Sunday Press
New Paris Fashion Warns of Troubling Demi Trains
The Pall Mall Gazette reports on the new demi train dresses that make walking and sitting difficult. Paris fashion notes advise contorted handling to lift or trail the train, praised as graceful yet impractical for daily life.
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Paris
Vantaet
Con
Pall Mall Gazette
Fox Outwits Farmer Then Traps Himself in York
A York Pennsylvania farmer set a trap for a nocturnal fox pestering his poultry. After fourteen misses the bait was eaten and only his and the fox’s tracks appeared. On the fifteenth night the fox itself was found trapped by the nose with a wood stick wedged in its jaws.
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York
York Daily
Railroad Time Table and Connections North South
IllinoIs Central Railway schedule lists trains from Freeport to Sioux City and St Louis with northbound and southbound departures including Sunday variations. Freight and passenger options link Chicago, Rock Island, and St Louis routes with times, stations, and agents noted.
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Pan
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Omaha
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Stephenson County
Said County
John Effert
Catherine Egan
Thomas Egan
Catherine Killian
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Martha Egan
Elizabeth Egan
Edward Egain
John Egan
Michael Stoskopf
Biophensen
Stephenson
Ulinois
Orginal
Clinais
Lot
Bridge Street
Ultnois
A.D
Centaur Liniment Claims Healing Power Across Ailments
The Centaur Liniment is advertised as easing soreness and pain and healing a wide range of conditions from rheumatism to sprains. Testimonials from Josiah Westlake and a Missouri druggist praise its effectiveness, while claims cover burns bites stings and even toothache and skin eruptions.
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Josiah Westlake
Marysville
Bennett
Rock Prairie
Yellow Centaur Liniment Proves Worth Its Weight in Gold
The Yellow Centaur Liniment is praised for curing sprains, sweeny, ringbone, and galls in horses and mules. Testimonials from Rev. Geo W Ferris of Manorville and Riley Sickles of Paus Station attest rapid relief and strong value, with endorsements from liverymen, stage proprietors, and farmers. Sold nationwide from the Laboratory of J B Rose & Co, 46 Dey St, New York.
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Ferris
Manorville
Schoharie Co
Riley Sickles
Paus Station
Wyoming Co
Rose & Co
Dey ST
New York
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Keeport
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