Skaggs Hotel Circular Promises Oddities and Free Drinks
Proprietor Alex Skaggs advertises Skagg's Hot Springs Hotel with unusual rules and free drinks. The circular boasts amenities from fireside comfort to eccentric menus and quirky conduct expectations for guests, including pets in dining and odd fare listings.
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Alex
Skaggs
Skagg
Hot Springs
Alex, Skaggs
Wm. N. Newman
J. N. Picken
England
Tennessee
Odd Food Terms Listed In Historic Menu Fragments
The clipped OCR shows a long list of unusual recipe items and ingredients such as Creme de Lis, Sponge Pie, Vasaline Decorations, Geyservilla Crumbs, Skeleton Cake, Prairie Oysters, Windsor Slapjacks, and various foods, beverages, and oddball terms. Also included are garden produce and household items like Cook apples, Manzanita berries, Spring water, Coal oil, Ink, and Tea and coffee references in a miscellaneous pantry fragment.
New Way to Raise Setter Dogs
A Henderson tobacconist describes a quirky home method to feed setter puppies. He set a milk pan near the stove and carried it to the wood-house at night to lure the pups to eat, then returned to bed. The plan backfired when his wife found the bread dough pan missing and the pups gorged on dough, growing oddly as a result.
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Henderson Tobacconist
Massachusetts
Missouri
St. Louis
G. R. Hazard
South Kingstown
R. I
Job Greene
Garnet Wolseley
War Office
Alfred Dampler
Australia
England
John Bright
Cat tromps with snake in Kentucky woods tale
In Oldham County Kentucky Mr Williss cat spent hours away from home. He found it by a rock where a large black snake curled in a ring allowed the cat to caress and nap beside the reptile. After friends killed the snake the cat mourned its loss and visited the rock daily seeking its companion.
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Mr. Willis
Oldham County
Kentucky
United States
Davis
West Virginia
Washington County
Switzerland
James E. Murdock
London Society of Arts
London
Howard Crosby
New York
Description of the Czar’s assassin bomb and mechanism
The Gaulois reproduces a life size facsimile of the device said to have killed the Czar. It describes a six by nine inch tin cylinder with a copper tube in the center filled with Bertholet's salt and antimony and a sealed glass tube containing sulphuric acid. A lead weight would break the glass tube on impact. The acid’s contact with the salt channels a flame to a fulminating cartridge, lighting pyroxyline and then nitro glycerine to explode the charge.
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London
Gaulois
Bertholet
Europe
Asia
Harsh Prayers for Elected Bodies Across States
Chaplains in Illinois Maine and Pennsylvania prayerfully urged lawmakers to gain wisdom and action amid stalled sessions. The Maine plea asked awakenings from paralysis, while the Pennsylvania plea demanded more brains. A London bishop warned clergy about spiritual destitution and future consequences if London remains undeveloped.
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Illinois
Maine
Pennsylvania
St. Albans
London
Thomas Eclectic Oil praised for burn relief says Follett
L. P. Follett of Marion Ohio reports using Thomas Eclectic Oil for burns and finds it unmatched for soothing pain and relief. He endorses the product based on personal experience.
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L. P. Follett
Marion, O
War veterans pivot to insurance and sewing machine industries
Over 400 colonels of the late war have entered civilian trades, with many joining insurance firms or taking positions in sewing-machine businesses. The shift reflects veterans leveraging leadership skills in postwar commerce.
Vast 19th Century Bulletin Items Range From Arts to Politics
A long column lists diverse notes. It mentions public figures such as Senator Jonas of Louisiana and Gen. Sherman in anecdotal exchanges. It covers religious, educational, and cultural topics, from Harvard chaplains to Zionist and Catholic donations, plus a city directory and local notices.
Mayor and city officials listed in council notice
Mayors office at McNamara's Shoe Store 87 Stephenson Street and City Clerk Warren Clark in Council Rooms Jays Block City Treasurer D Bb Breed in Journal Office City Attorney J C Kean Fry's Block City Marshal E Chamberlin Street Commissioner W Kuipsehild Surveyor F E Josel Court House Alderpersons listed for wards one through three with named members HS Porter TL Wagner J Brown Taylor Dr Louis Stoskopf and Wm TL Wagner.
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James McNamara
McNamara
Stephenson St
Warren
Clark
Jays Block
D. Bb. Breed
Journal
J C Kean
Fry's Block
E . Chamberlin
W Kuipsehild
F E Josel
TL Waddell
J Tartman
J Brown Taylor
Louis Stoskopf
HS Porter
TL Wagner
County Officials and Office Locations Listed
Clerk I F Kleckner treasurer W W Hutchson recorder Dan Brewster sheriff Captain Stewart surveyor Hiram Shous. All county offices are in the Court House.
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F Kleckner
W W Hutchson
Dan’ Brewster
Captain Stewart
Hiram Shous
Court House
School Board Members and Superintendent Office Hours
Board of Education members William Wright president W G Barnes and IL d Porter superintendent Chi Snyder office in High School building hours from 7 30 to 3 30 in the afternoon.
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Spa
W. Ballenger
California
Disney
Spain
Colombo
Martin
Robin
Steele & Miller
Holden
A. 8.T. Co
Jonas
Louisiana
Gen. Armstrong
Hampton Institute
South
Boston
Phillips Brooks
Harvard
John W. Rennion
Brooklyn
Paris
Atlanta
Bullock
George E. Waters
Port Jervis
N. Y
Oxford University
Austria
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Carrara
Kilmainham
Land League
Gen. Sherman
Auburn
Shenandoah
Trumbull
Washington
City Council
Charleston
D. C
Robert C. Winthrop
Chamber of Deputies
M. Laroche Joubert
Bonapartist
Duke
Marquis
City Directory
Evangelical
St. John’s—Union St
Cor State Road
C Hoffmeister
Williams St
Corner Union
Wernley
Methodist Episcopal
Embury
Williams
H L Martin
Northwest
Cor Cherry
Louis Meredeth
Chicago St
Cor Spring
Hiller
Presbyterian—First
cor + Walnut
H D Jenkins
Presbyterian—Second
Cor
Galena Ave
Pis Pleasant
M. Crissman
Presbyterian—Third—German—Exchange
Secor Pleasant
E A Elfeld
West O Cherry
Cooley
Free Methodist
Pleasant St
of Walnut
Hev Ferris
Public Schools
Burdock
da Maes
Foster, Milburn & CO
Buffalo
N.Y
Freeport
Emmert & Burkele
Gud
Hodder
THE
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
Rtomif
Aus
Reenter
Materloux Cr ‘Angion
Igi
Gedami
den Ht
Council Bluffa Oskaloosi
Creston
Delaware
Montteeth Auainor
SIDS
Ytinge
L. Toou
Menomone Ss I. Fausa
Bras
SLAN
Merrill
Gen'l
Tug Weavy Lines
Mar
W.C. Vanhorne
A.w.h.carpenter
J.H. Page
Ciiaco
Mitwavxze & Sr
Pau By Co
JAS
A. Cotton
Ill
Chicago & North-Western
R’y
Chicago
Abhati
Ipweist City
San Sioux Creigtoy
Qs. Sch. Reaeney A
Algona
Dai
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Council Bluffs, Deriver & California
Winona
Minnesota
Central Dakota
Sioux City, Nor, Nebraska & Yankton
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Nor
Llinois
Freeport & Dubuque
Milwaukee, Green Tiny & Lake Superor
Barre
Anadas
Marvin Hughits
W. H. Stennett
Pass
R. I. Tiolder
Freeport Post Office
Omee
OC A& Nwr
C & WR
Dubuque
Vialob Veeeerreeererer
WUR Western
WURB
Russ
Russ Monroe, Wis., Via Cedarville, Orangeville, Qoneco, and Shuey’s
Cedarville
Damascus
McConnell’s Grove
Hollow
Ward’s Grove
Smith D. Atkins, P.M
Qlok
Journal Office
D. Kuehner
Undertaker
Sen Ee A
Ade Inhon &Coo
Portland
Daile
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