Eccentric Texas preachers and New Mexico portraits in humor and testimony
A lurid Texas church tale of a preacher facing pistol fire while a deacon aids his exit with a Remington. The piece shifts to Mrs. Lew Wallace in New Mexico observing Spanish names and a pigment of Indian blood, then a mural of Blandina of Santa Fe and a sun-scorched, aged-looking portrait.
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Texas
Parson
New Mexico
Lew Wallace
Perfectio
Benito
Mariposa
Butterfly
Augellus
Macbeths
Feliciana
Rosita
Little Rose
Hermosa
Rocky Mountains
Blandina
Santa Fe
Girls and Their Lovers Debate Multiple Admirers
A foreign newspaper cites reasons for a girl encouraging several suitors at once. Benefits listed include increased chance of a flame, testing courage, broader choice, and keeping the field competitive. The piece ends with literary quotes from Wheeling Sunday Leader and Elmira Advertiser noting public figures.
Sculptor Simmons Finishes Morton Statue in Rome
The sculptor Simmons completed the Oliver P. Morton memorial statue in Rome. The work shows Morton in profile with his right hand raised in one of his favored orator gestures for the Indianapolis monument.
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Simmons
Rome
Oliver P. Morton
Indianapolis Memorial
Cure skin and blood diseases with Guysett's remedy
Advertisement urges using Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla to treat skin, blood, and liver ailments. Warns against external salves and stimulants and claims the formula restores health from within. Two Richmond youths confront a drunken man. one is shot in the eye and the other wounded in the chest.
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Guysett
Richmond
J. L. Thompson, Sons Aco
Troy
New York
Bridgeport
Eowlyss
Sarsaparilla
Stillingia
Manandrake
Yellow Dock
St. Anthony’s
Ayek
Awer
J. C. Ayer
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry Outperforms Small Bottles
The article argues 25 cent sizes are cheaper but misleading. It claims Wistar’s Balsam contains eight times the quantity of ordinary cough tonics and that a single dose can cure a cold. It cites deep seated coughs and consumption as areas where the product is highly effective. It also notes Syd Aman from Whitestown, Georgia, securing permission to run a pipe to a village church steeple to pump a supply to his house.
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Wistar
Syd
Aman
Whitestown
William J Coughlin
Somerville, Maes
City Hospital
WM. Wall
Wm. Hall
West Village
Wagoner
Oberlin
San Francisco
Jon Heli
Gehenna
Hell
Dar de Berry
Nevada
Oberlin wagoner tale and other historic vignettes
An assortment of 19th century anecdotes and reflections narrates kindness from an unnamed German wagoner who saved a near-frozen pastor in Strasbourg, a satirical forecast on smoking’s future, and brief humorous sketches from Boston, Punch, and local papers. It includes moral tales, poems, and quips about manners and society.
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Strasbourg
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