Inside the American Circus Fakes and Famous Fakes
W C Coup recounts inside showmanship and a gallery of celebrated fakes and freaks from 19th century circuses. He details Cardiff Giant, sacred white elephants, dog faced man, Dahomey giant and other hoaxes that drew crowds, plus earnings of famed marvels and their operators.
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Herbert S. Stone & Co
Herbert&. Stone & Co
PT. Barnum
Herbert 5. Stone & Co
Chicago
W. C. Coup
P. T. Barnum
Barnum
Cardiff
George Hull
Linghamton
New York
Itlull
Hull
Mr. Coup
Ivanovitch
Jo-jo
Nicolia Jacobi
Jersey City
Boston
Europe
J. G. Woods
Parini
London
New York City
Pies
Dahomey
New Zealand
Household hints on canning, desserts and hearty plants
The article offers practical tips for home canning rhubarb with water, using permanganate of potash to purify water, preparing pineapple, and serving fruit dishes. It also notes Armenian restaurant practices, a method for rehydrating dried fruits, grapefruit marmalade, and Nasturtiums as an easy flowering plant for poor soils.
HER OWN JOKEMAKER BRINGS LAUGHTER TO THE STAGE
A Detroit actress explains how she and her husband crafted fresh jokes for their act. She recalls starting as bad actors in Cleveland and Pittsburgh where improvised lines and a breakfast joke sparked their success and the audience’s reaction.
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Detroit
Free Press
Fem
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Tom
Rees
Pittshburgh
Joose
Ground Rice Cake Recipe from Ladies' World
A historical recipe details four dogs eight ounces ground rice eight ounces sugar eight ounces butter four ounces flour juice of half a lemon lemon rind grated half a teaspoonful carbonate of soda mix sugar with rice and flour and lemon peel beat butter to cream add it and the cages well beaten then lemon juice lastly the soda with a tablespoon milk heat a quarter hour bake in buttered mold or tin about an hour in a very hot oven from Ladies World New York
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Ladies' World
New York
Thumb Mark Nonsense Challenge To Identification Claims
A New Orleans physician questions the belief that thumb marks never change and can identify a person from birth to death. He recounts experiments showing changes in skin prints from injury aging and tool use, noting altered patterns and possible misidentification.
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New Orleans
Times- Democrat
H O
Wyoming's Soap Mine Promises Rocky Mountain Resource
A whitish mineral deposit five miles west of Newcasiie in Wyoming is identified as a soap mine by Denver experts. The vein runs 14 to 18 feet wide along two quarters, with potential for a large processing plant. Engineers forecast a future factory to cut slabs for washing, polishing and cooking uses, leveraging near petroleum for heat and a dirt free town.
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Wyoming
Newcasiie
Denver Times
United States
C. O. Betts
Denver
Elop
Snow
Cheyenne
Phos
Bert
Betts
Rocky Mountain
Detroit Press Theater Matinee Delights Readers
A reader letter from Detroit praises a recent matinee as a lovely and moving experience, noting the play brought tears and left the audience impressed by the performance.
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Kitty
Detroit Pree Press
A Poor Pretense Framed as Washington Dem ucrat Quote
A Washington Dempucrat column mocks a man who pretends to know everything, noting he only ends up laughed at. The item reflects a satirical take on pretension and public perception.
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Washington
Dempucrat
New Farm Machinery Promises Automated Agriculture
The New York World predicts a future where farming is done by button and machine. Automata will sow, plant, water, cover, and cultivate across fields with precision, replacing manual hoe work and reducing labor with devices that harvest and spread hay and handle crops, yielding vast efficiency gains.
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New York World
Faith in Beggars Broken by Royal Street Encounter
A New Orleans Times-Democrat interview reveals a colonel who loses faith in beggars after giving a panhandler money and watching him buy bread instead of whisky across six saloons. The incident on Royal Street shocks him into disbelief in beggar tales.
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New Orleans ‘Times-Democrat
Royal Street
Tennessee
New Orleans
Jewelry Maker in Yokohama Trade Card
A Japanese jeweler in Yokohama offers genuine Japanese crystals and a range of gold and silver plating. The card promises engraving and custom designs, stressing low prices and reliable workmanship to English-speaking customers.
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Yokohama
J Dinest
Aioicha Meheone
Dine Rikshman
Ois
Curious Malady From Bean Consumption in Southern Italy
A physician noted a peculiar illness among peasants in southern Italy Sicily and Sardinia caused by eating beans. The illness includes a bean odor triggered intoxication in predisposed individuals when passing bean fields and resembles alcoholic intoxication.
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Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
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