.Books and Magazines in the March Ectrette
This issue surveys varied content from Finland studies by EB B Lanin to a sketch of French writers under Chez Pousset. It notes Kochs cure, Tolstoi on wine and tobacco, labor questions in Australia, and a run of essays poems and a short story. It highlights Worth costume illustrations in Harper's Bazar and Denver Times AP reports.
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Finland
EB B. Lanin
Morell Mackenzie
Koch
Edward de Lille
Chez Pousset
Bosworth Smith
Thomas de Quincey
Henry G. Hewlett
Count Tolstoi
H. H. Champion
Australia
Harper's Bazar
Paris
Bazar
General Sherman recalls old tune in Dublin anecdote
General Sherman told of staying in Dublin last summer and hearing a band play an air he believed to be an American march. The hotel proprietor doubted the claim until Sherman learned the tune was in fact an old Irish air now used as a march by Dublin bands.
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Sherman
North American Review
Garfield
Thomas
Grant
Lincoln
City Point
General Sherman
Fort William Henry
Lake George
New York World
Dublin
Georgia
Ireland
A Sure Cure for Piles
An indoor medical notice promoting Dr. Bosanko's Pile Remedy claims to cure itching moist piles blind bleeding and protruding types by acting on the affected parts. The remedy absorbs tumors relieves itching and provides a permanent cure. Priced at 50 cents sold by J. F. Fezer and available by mail from 329 Arch Street Philadelphia with free circulars.
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Aus Pile
Dr. Bosanko
Arch St
Philadelphia
J. F. Fezer
Knights of Pythias World Leader Knight John Hanson Craig
Knight John Hanson Craig of Adhearant lodge No 124 Philadelphia is described as the largest Pythian, born in 1857 Iowa City with a remarkable weight and height record. The Pythian Reporter resumes publication in New York. Kansas City lodges number thirteen and will host events in 1892.
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John Hanson Craig
Adhearant Lodge
Philadelphia
Iowa City
Pythian Reporter
New York
Kansas City
Knights of Pythias
Brethren
Kansas
Lowe
Nebraska
Alturas
Modoc County
Sonora
Tuolumne County
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Anaheim
Orange County
Hollister
San Benito
California
Minnesota
Prosperous St Paul Lodge pays off debt and reflects gains
St Paul Lodge No 2 has paid off its $20,000 debt on its 1875 building worth about $125,000, while annual relief expenditures average nearly $1,000. Canton Marion Indiana boasts a prize winning record from 1885 to 1890 totaling $5,280. Notes on lodge growth, regional standings, and a New Jersey Odd Fellows home bequest are included.
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St. Paul Lodge
St. Paul
Minn
Canton Marion
Marion
Ind
Canton
Indianapolis
Wabash
Findlay
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Cal
Columbus
Chicago
Maryland
Kentucky
Nebraska
Membership and finances of a fraternal order in 1890
The report shows 21 462 members in Canada as of Nov 30 1890 with 271 new certificate applications that month. For the first eleven months of 1890 3 506 certificates issued. 1889 net membership gain 3 185 and per capita cost including dues 15 dollars. Estimated 1891 relief call around 1 dollar per member totaling about 245 000 dollars due Feb 1. Missouri leads west with strong growth next to New York. Total gross additions in 1890 to date 4 042. deaths and suspensions about 300. November net gain 2 167. Illinois membership to Dec 1 19 541. Nine St Louis lodges form consolidated club for entertainment and expenses. Banner St Louis initiated about 70 last year, donated 500 to charity and covered two assessments from general fund.
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Canada
Missouri
New York
Illinois
St. Louis
Banner
Philadelphia Commandery No. 144 Instituted In Pennsylvania
Deputy Imperial Commander J Griffin Howard presides over the establishment of People’s Five Year Benefit Order Philadelphia Commandery No 144 with 100 plus members. It is the first commandery in the state and expected to become a large council. The order reports about 12 500 members, with sick benefits paid and over 105 000 in state treasuries.
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Philadelphia
J. Griffith Howard
Pennsylvania
Venerable Collegiate William Emerson Smith Dies in Berwick
William Emerson Smith aged 85 died at his Berwick home. Born April 13, 1855 at Lehigh Gap, he was a charter member of Susquehanna commandery K of M and became a collegiate at the Berwick conclave of April 17, 1888. He was a well known attorney.
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William Emerson Smith
Berwick
Bro. Smith
Lehigh Gap
Susquehanna Commandery
K. of M
Home Circle six teen councils expand in Pennsylvania
The Home Circle founded about twelve years ago has grown to six teen councils in Pennsylvania with plans to add two or three more in the near term.
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Pennsylvania
Harvard admissions exam anecdote from New England Magazine
The piece recalls annual Harvard entrance tests drawing candidates of all intelligences. A remembered applicant preferred French and claimed familiarity by sight but not yet on speaking terms, prompting the examiner to note the language's standing.
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Harvard College
New England Magazine
Truth on the board questioned by a student
A teacher asks if Harry Thomas drew a picture on the board and Willie Wilkins refuses to answer, citing a promise of honor to not tell on him in a life lesson about honesty.
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Willie Wilkins
Harry Thomas
Harry
Weighed in the Balance Swindle Tale at Michigan Grocery
A man resembling a farmer confronted a Detroit area grocer claiming a prior encounter and a $2 overchange. He alleged a butter-weight dispute and warned the grocer of a past swindle, vowing the difference would cover the mare shed costs. The exchange ended without resolution.
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Michigan Avenue
Detroit Free Press
Scenting Danger and the Aluminum Medal Tale
The dialogue features Dinguss and Shadbolt comparing a light aluminum medal to a coin. Shadbolt notes the medal’s lightness and size similar to a twenty dollar gold piece, while Dinguss jokes about relative weight. The snippet reflects witty exchanges from a Chicago Tribune clipping.
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Dinguss
Hurrie
Chicago Tribune
A legislator naps through lumber act debate
A member of the legislature dozed through the lumber act discussion and pleaded for a wakeup call. His friend forgot, but stirred him during the fraud prevention bill. The sleeper sprang up and said, Mr Speaker, a word or two upon that bill, for more than half my constituents live by no other means.
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Speaker
New England Magazine
Wardrobe mishap forces change in play night
During a barnstorming show the manager told the audience that due to a missing handkerchief the company would swap from Othello to Hamlet. The remark appears in Fliegende Blatter.
Sudden Wealth Sparks Library Fitting Request
A man who gained wealth writes to a bookseller proposing a library: six feet of theology, six feet of metaphysics, and about a yard of old civic law in folio. The plea, cited by New England Magazine, highlights his eager ordering of shelves.
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New England Magazine
A Genuine Fauntleroy on the Sled
A family cartoon item features a boy sharing his ride with two poorer boys and racing down a hill. The mother approves the generosity and notes the sled goes faster with more riders. Street & Smith's Good News caption.
Father and Son War Reminiscence in Boston Courier
A brief dialogue from the Boston Courier recalls a father describing his wartime actions to his son. The exchange centers on fighting, making the enemy retreat, and whether the father was captured, reflecting nostalgic wartime recollection.
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Tommy
Boston Courier
Funeral bill charged to cost of plant
A mock dialogue from Muunsey's Weekly notes a bookkeeper asking where to charge funeral expenses for a man killed in the engine room. The manufacturer suggests charging to charity, the other to cost of plant. The exchange satirizes accounting and corporate priorities.
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Muunsey
Pie Gift Sparks Odd Tramp Exchange
Two Detroit men recount a stranger’s act of kindness that backfired when one of them was offered a pie and then ate it. The incident highlights a peculiar encounter between the First Tramp and Second Tramp on a city street.
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Detroit Free Press
Not to Blame Voice Through the Bread Dough
A fragment from Life magazine suggests a speaker, the mother, admits a tumble into events tied to evidence in a humorous or reflective tone. The line hints at guilt avoided by circumstance and the absurdity of blame.
Miss Bisland Uses Business Sense In Globe Race Tale
The Philadelphia Times notes Miss Elizabeth Bisland smartly secured a two year Cosmopolitan salary before her world race start while Nellie Bly, after the voyage, lost favor at The World. Bisland remains a Cosmopolitan contributor in London, combining talent with business acumen.
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Miss Bisland
Elizabeth Bisland
Nellie Bly
Globe Trotters
Miss Bly
Miss Gisland
Cosmopolitan
London
Journalic
New York
Phileas Fore
Nellie Sly
Philadelphia Times
Young but a Business Woman Drummer in Transit
In a Pennsylvania station a tall blonde twenty-something travels alone with four iron bound trunks for a nationwide trip. An old depot veteran reveals she is a top businessdriven drummer for a leading New York firm selling tortoise shell and amber goods, niece of the firm head, starting out from New York twice yearly to reach customers across the United States.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Brunhette
Union
New York
United States
New York Telegram
Westover the Notary: A Western Woman in New York
Miss Westover, one of four women notaries in New York, served as private secretary to Commissioner Beattie. While ill he oversaw 1,500 men’s work, studied three hours daily, and mastered four major languages by living with diverse immigrant families. She embodies the self made scholar and social host noted by the New York Sun.
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New York
Beattie
Custom House
Miss Westover
Ben Franklin
New York Sun
Must Marry to Claim German Uncle Legacy
A Pueblo correspondent reports Sol Strauss of the city was notified that a rich uncle in Germany left him a $50 000 inheritance but only if he marries and settles within twelve months of official notice. He now receives many proposals from offers to assist him in meeting the condition.
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Sol Strauss
Germany
Strauss
Marriage at Rowena United George Harlan and Kate Woodson
George Harlan aged 107 and Kate Woodson aged 33 wed in Rowena Tennessee. The groom, a Mexican War and Civil War veteran, is his bride’s fourth husband and his fifth wife. He has reportedly lived on a diet of buttermilk bread and cheese for twenty years.
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Dee
George Harlan
Kate Woodson
Rowena
Tenn
Woodson
Pittsburg
Serpent Over Twenty-Seven Feet Long Found in German Forest
A woodman in the Black Forest killed a giant snake measuring twenty seven feet six inches with a body nearly fifteen inches thick. A gold ring through the skin near its head matched a 1712 coin, suggesting ties to the legendary “Krutzer the servant charmer.”
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Black Forest
Germany
Louis Krutzer
Krutzer
Through Service Denver to Chicago via Union Pacific and Alton
The through car service between Denver and Chicago via Union Pacific and Chicago and Alton is unexcelled. Magnificent Pullman sleepers dining cars and chair cars run through daily Denver to Chicago via Kansas City.
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Denver
Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago & Alton Railway
Kansas City
Old Stage Lines Shrinking as Union Pacific Expands
The Union Pacific extension reduces reliance on the Cheyenne to Douglas route. The old trail fades as fast trains offer better service and lower rates, opening access to Wyoming's mineral regions.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Douglas
Black Hills
Wyoming
Spring Medicine: Dr Gunns Liver Pills Promote Vital Spring Health
The advertisement promotes Dr Gunns Improved Liver Pills as mild and effective for spring disorders including impure blood and tired brain. It claims quick action on the liver and kidneys, purging impurities and malaria from the system. One pill per dose, 25 cents a box, sold by J F Fezer.
Cream Balm Heals Chronic Catarrh Says Mrs Grimes
Mrs E E Grimes of Rendrr, Perry County Ohio reports twenty years of catarrh with loss of smell and dim sight. After using Cream Balm she regains hearing and improves vision and smell. She praises the product as unmatched for catarrh.
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E. E Grimes
Rendrll
Perry County
Ohio
Eastbound travel via Wabash line offers luxury trains
The notice promotes traveling east on the Wabash line, highlighting through service to principal eastern cities with free reclining chairs on all trains, Pullmans on through routes from the Rocky Mountain region, and dining cars on every train. C. M. Hampson, Commercial Agent, Denver, Colo. 1227 17th St.
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Wabash Line
East
Rocky Mountain Region
C. M. Hampson
Denver
Colo
Ely's Cream Balm Relief for Nasal Catarrh
A. G. Case of Millwood Kansas reports immediate relief from nasal dryness and stuffiness at night using Ely's Cream Balm. The testimonial endorses the cream as priceless for nasal passages during sleep.
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Ely
A. G. Case
M. D
Millwood
Kansas
Through Sleeper to St Louis Opens Feb 1 1891
A through Pullman palace sleeper will run from Salt Lake City and Ogden to St Louis via Denver and Kansas City over the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railways starting Sunday February 1 1891.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden
St. Louis
Denver
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething
Teething relief advertised for children with crying and pain. Claims include curing dysentery, diarrhea, wind colic, stomach inflammation, and increased energy. Marketed as a prescription of a renowned nurse, sold by druggists worldwide for 25 cents a bottle.
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Winslow N
United States
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Knights OF
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George B. Shaw
John P. Linton
S. C
Johstown
D. J. Holland
Pythian Advocate
Minneapolis
New Hampshire
Manchester
Odd Fellows
The
Odd Fellows of
Franklin Avenue Baptist Church
New York City
Ilinois
South Dakota
Rebekah
Australasia
Unionport
N. J
College of Ancients
Home Circle
Shadbolt
Fauntleroy
Knen
Women Notaries
Sleeper
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