German Syrupendorsed by Lewiston hotel man
Mr Frank A Hale proprietor of the De Witt House Lewiston and the Tontine Hotel Brunswick Me states he has lost relatives to pulmonary consumption and uses Boschee's German Syrup for colds and lung trouble He says he advises many others to take it and believes it the best cough syrup on the market.
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Frank A. Hale
de Witt House
Lewiston
Tontine Hotel
Brunswick
Boschee
Milton
Wordsworth
Reform Club
House of Commons
Mr. Bright
Phyllis Bakes and Fails at All Trades
A fragmented verse history shows Phyllis attempting many kitchen feats from cake to mince pie to biscuits and bread. Her father uses each creation in odd ways, ending with a dynamite filled loaf that fails to explode and a beefsteak mishap ending in a fatal outcome.
Curious Patent Office Rat Trap Mimics Cheese Lure
A humorous note on a patent office exhibit shows a carved rat with a cheese lure and a projecting nose spear that pops out to impale a nibbling rat. A legislative debate about employer liability featured a speaker counting relatives of workers killed in accidents, prompting a quip about the effect of children on a deceased worker’s family.
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Patent Office
Poles of conversation and fashion trends
A humorous quip contrasts the north and south poles as a minor exchange. Parisian fashion notes shift to secular style with men wearing pink blue or red evening shirts and low cut waistcoats.
Train Tale of a Matchmaking on the Rails
On a train, Tom N Oddy tries to court a beautiful woman who sits beside him, while another man guards her as her husband. A tense exchange leads to a staged escape from the dark using a blow pipe and sword cane, ending with the husband’s quiet reveal and Oddy’s embarrassment as the couple resumes reading together.
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Hera
California
Messia, Stock, Tie & Co
Harry
Santa Rosa
Cloverdale
Tiuet
Tow N. Oddy
Sao
Rafael
Weill
Mr. Tom N
Tom N
Oddy Euaine
Egypta
Tom N. Odds
Mr. Town
Oddy
Thoman J, Nivianin the Argonaut
Salem
London
Boston
Boston Gazette
How Barnum Spawned The Fiji Mermaid Scam
In Philadelphia Times notes a veteran recalls P T Barnum creating the Fiji mermaid hoax after opening his New York museum. He teamed with an English inventor to make a dried mermaid from mache, rags, wire, turkey tea, and codfish tail, launching Barnum’s showman career and a lasting practice of fabrication.
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Philadelphia Times
P. T. Barnum
New York
Fiji Islands
Barnum
Fiji
Texas Lawmakers BilIe and Resolutions Introduced in 1891 Senate
Austin reports the Texas Senate opened with prayer and elected officers including A. M. Kennedy as secretary and Green Weaver as engrossing clerk. A resolution called for printing the Senate Proceedings in the Statesman, with 1000 copies daily for the Senate and 2000 for the House. The House organized with Milner as Speaker and several clerks elected. The next day the Senate drew seats and committees were named. a memorial to Jefferson Davis was proposed.
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Senate
Vika Iene
Pro Tempu
Smoot
Tyler
A. M. Kennedy
Limestone
Blasscock
E. M. Bacon
Travis
Kennedy
Bacon
C. M. Calloway
J. M. Brown
M. J. Moseles
Burnet
R. G. Childress
Green Weaver
Cook
F. Strittmatter Ofohnson
W. T. Brewer
H. G. Henderson
Hopkins
M. M. Boggess
McLennan
Albert Worrell
Dallas
H. K. Smoot
House
Stevens
Statesman
Glasscock
Twenty-first Senate
House of Representatives
M. Moore
Wm. M. Imboden
Last House
A. C. Murray
Stephens
Pendleton
Read
Ki. A. Graves
Pope
Jefferson Davis
Alden A. Bell
H. B. Forstaine
Robert Rich
Frank Mullens
Henry Owsley
H. W. Prater
H. W. Dodge
Mr. Tolbert
How Long Should Courtship Last for Girls
A parody exchange ends with a quip about courtship duration. A Rome Georgia incident describes a horse trapped foot in its mouth during stable activity, injuring mouth tissue before release. An Albany New York resident poisons English sparrows with strychnine. the birds consume it and turn white from the toxin.
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