Fragmented Verse Snippets Across Papers
A collage of quips and witticisms from various papers mocks timing manners and manners of speech. It cites lines on honesty labor education and politeness with playful attributions to Boston Transcript Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald Chicago Journal and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
New Orleans Picayune
Squire
Pat
Rafferty
Pericles
Boston Transcript
Everett
Chicago Journal
Rights of an American Visitor Sparks Depot Incident
In the central depot a curious man described as five foot five and stout, wearing faded black and a high hat, claimed to have the rights of an American after declaring twenty seven years in the country. Detectives seized his carpet bags and him and escorted him to a train for Buffalo while he protested his residence and ticket.
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Rochester
Central Depot
Kavanagh
Brown
Buffalo
America
Remusat Portrait of Napoleon as Dreamer and Analyst
Napoleon recalls a military school upbringing and early stubbornness over a preferred corner. He describes seeking reverie and dreaming to test his will against others, then turning to service, reading, writing, and analyzing life to measure dreams against reality. He notes a disdain for the useless and a habit of taking useful results as his own.
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Garrison
Love and Revenge in a Laundry Spin
A brief satirical quip notes how Chinese stories lack romance as a hero earns his living in the United States laundering money while a vampish heroine seeks revenge for her cat’s death. The remark underscores genre stereotypes and racial tropes of early 20th century discourse.
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America
Iik
M. Y. Post
Betrothal of Flora Sharon to English Millionaire Sir Thomas Hesketh
Flora Sharon daughter of Senator Sharon becomes betrothed to Sir Thomas Hesketh a wealthy Englishman visiting San Francisco during a world voyage aboard his steam yacht. The report links social intrigue with international aristocracy and travel.
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Flora Sharon
Senator Sharon
Sir Thomas Hesketh
San Francisco
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry Offered as Trusted Cure
For thirty years druggists have kept Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry for sale with no complaints. It is praised as the best remedy for coughs colds consumption bronchitis asthma and all lung diseases. An Iowa husband plotted to kill his wife but she attended a prayer meeting and did not return.
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Lancaster
Droggieta
Messender OF Health
Mishler Herb Bitters CO
Parker
Wistar
Iowa
Root cure for skin diseases with Dr Guysett Fallow Dock
A Victorian ad argues against salves claiming skin relief is temporary and promotes Dr Guysett s Fallow Dock and Sarsaparilla to restore blood and liver health. A Portage Wisconsin husband elopes with a widow and two daughters then deserts the mother and one daughter after a journey to La Crosse.
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Guysett
Portage
Wis
la Crosse
Now Is the Twee Urges Prompt Health Actions
An urging circa an old advertisement warns readers to avoid delaying health remedies. It promotes Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a cure for blood and skin diseases liver complaints and urinary troubles. The text includes a grim anecdote about Thomas Young of Perkinsville examining a loaded cannon resulting in his death.
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Thomas Young
Perkinsville
A Queer Action in Buying Cough Balsams
The article warns buyers that 25 cent cough balsams are cheaper per dose but inferior. It cites Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry containing eight times the quantity of standard products and claims a single dose often cures a cold. It promotes it as the best quick cure for deep seated colds and consumption.
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Wistar
Reed’s Gilt Edge Tonic Promises Malaria Cure
Complete stock of Queensware and Glassware at George Wysong’s in the Public Square. Reed’s Gilt Edge Tonic is claimed to cure malaria and dyspepsia. Thermaline offered as malaria remedy at 25 cents a box. details in ad at Allen’s Drug Store. Also note Port Grape Wine advertised via Speer’s Vineyards column.
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George Wysong
Ts Reed
Allen's Drug
Speer
P. J
Speer’s
Alfred Spe Passaic
N. J
Allen’s
Reed's Gilt Ndge Tonic and Arnica Salve Ad
Reed's Gilt Ndge Tonic cures fever and ague. Brucklen's Arnica Salve heals cuts, bruises, sores and skin eruptions. Salve guarantees satisfaction or money back. 25 cents per box. Jerome Allen, 32 tf. Cheap hack fare note mentions Hall's Balsam cures hacking coughs and colds.
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Reed
Jerome Allen
Dr Kixe's New Discovery Promo for Lung Ailments
An advertisement touts Dr Kixe's New Discovery as a cure for consumption and lung diseases. It claims wide physician approval and medical journal support, urging trials at ten cents and regular bottles at one dollar, sold at Allen's Drug Store.
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Kixe
Allen's Drug Store
Undertaking Firm Offers Full Line of Coffins and Burial Goods
Local funeral provider at 22 East Washington Street Green Castle Indiana advertises undertaking services with a full inventory of coffins caskets and burial robes in all sizes and styles and a pledge of customer satisfaction.
The Fear of Fat in Diet and Health
The article argues that excessive fat is not a reliable measure of health or degeneration. Fat serves as insulation and fuel and can prolong life in illness. It rejects the idea that certain foods fatten everyone and urges natural, moderate living with simple meals, exercise, regular habits, and restrained stimulants.
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London
Enterprising Newsboy Boosts Morning Papers
A bold New York newsboy ferried papers to Long Branch villages by steamboat and wagon, selling briskly until Conductor Mulford seized his bundle and the mail car held the rest. President Reckless intervened to restore them, passengers funded the boy, and a special train halted his venture the next day.
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New York
Long Branch
Red Bank
Long Branel
Mulford
Reckless
A Sensible Chapter on Amusements by Beecher at Cooper Institute
Henry Ward Beecher argues that amusements should counterbalance work and suit different professions. He criticizes minimal provisions for workers and urges concerts and reading rooms to strengthen daily labor, stressing home as the center of family amusement and moral cultivation. He supports community efforts by churches and clubs to provide proper pastimes.
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Germany
Washington
Pecs
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Bitters
Warner
Voig
Beight’s
Bo Hte
la Medicine Everywhere
HH. Warner & Co. Proprietors
N. Y
Boris
Kulita
Wonder
I David B
Foutz
Baltimor
Rei Aba
Excelsior Man To Co
ST. Louis
J. W . Buttington
Ntti
Webra
Goring
Toul
McGregor News
Philadelphia Chronicle
Yaacob Strauss
James Shirley
Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald
Boston
N. Y. Post
Napoleon
Mme. de Remusat
Prof. Guilmette
France
Peter Kendrick
Christ
Fellows
Hiram Carson
Cornell University
Brucklen’s
Arnica
Paris
Hall
Met Pees
Undertakeas Furniture Deals
East Washington Street
Greencastle
Ind
Conrad Cook
West Side Public Square
Vine and
Walnut Streets
John Wilson
Fhiluip Albaugh
Hathaway Block
Phillip Albaugh
G. W. Bence
Greencastle, MD
Mulholn
Evans & Devore
Physicians and Surgeons
Taylor’s
Donnahue & Lewis
Aurney
Landes Drug Store
Washington St
Loews & Newent
Landes’ Drug Store
J.R. Miller
T. T. Moore
MiLter & Moore
Attorneys At Law Real & Estate Agents
Greencastle Ind
Bayne’s Block
James J. Swinry
Wils CG
Nerv
Oyer
Smiley & Neff
Albin’s
Black
South Side Public Square
E.G. Rideout & CO
Fulton St
Cooper
Anle
Rolling Miller
Riley
New York Herald
Henry Ward Beecher
Cooper Institute
George Herbert
Ayer
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
Ence N. L
Speers
E. B. Sherry
Pertes D. L
Hop Bitters Mfg. Co
N. Nes
Will
Twombly Bn
Buolo
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