Evans versus Lunh Counter at Jersey City
A disoriented tale from Jersey City recalls Samuel Hivane of St James Louisiana who escaped a locked freight car ride to New York after the Dr Tanner stunt. He endured three days without food while moving from Buffalo to Jersey City amid a confusing incident surrounding a Winch counter.
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Jersey City
N. J
Buffalo
New York
City
Samuel
Hivane
St James
Lousiana
Dr. Tanner
Buffalo Town
Féreau
Maklu
Untitled Verses Describe a Car Fire and Rescue
A fragmentary narrative depicts a man who lights a cigarette inside a car and nearly causes disaster. The match drops, straw ignites, and smoke fills the vehicle, while a narrow escape or salvation occurs as flames are confined and a dangerous inhalation is averted.
Unclear read food spree disrupts scene at Pavontanyenn
An unclear OCR fragment describes a man consuming a large breakfast and snacks in a chaotic scene. The text mentions eggs, steak, potatoes, rolls, coffee, chops, doughnuts, fruit, and flapjacks, with references to reviving an injured person and a door being forced. The passage is garbled and hard to interpret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavontanyenng
Tle
Jin
Death of Dr. Sarah F. Wells in Frankin shop
In St. Louis a crowd gathers around a Franklin Avenue apothecary shop after the death of Dr. Sarah F. Wells a Berlin University graduate famed for medical colleges travel lecturing and mystic cadre. Her passing follows a litany of fortune telling and odd wealth claims tied to the shop and a parade of cats held in superstition by neighbors.
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St. Louis
Franklin Arenu
Sarah F. Wells
Berlin University
Medicalolleges
Fortuna
Ayton
Ohio
Kansas City
Florida
Tor Mme
Delia Huddy
Rufus G. Wells
Heronaut
Gacther
Lightning Kills Cat as People Escape in Prank Event
Parson and Pat report a lightning incident at Michael Pulas's home where eight to ten people were present. A cat was killed by the strike, and the bolt flashed through the room then departed. No further injuries are detailed in readable text.
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Eacape
Parsons
Pat Lightning
Michael Pulas
Yen
Nye and Twain clash in humor and western life
A diverse archival ramble traces Mark Twain and Nye in rival styles from Virginia City to Laramie. Nye’s humor rises from odd jobs and a jail desk while Twain pursues newspapers and gold rush tales, shaping early western entertainment and politics.
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BI Nye
Mark Thain
Nye
Twain
Iain
Virginia City
Nev
Tolento
Laramie
Old Maida Dt
Advarice
Collier's Weekly
Weifith
Ata Tieeling
Kaued
Nan
Kansas City Star
Birthday Party Etiquette and Simple Games for Youth
Readers suggest informal birthday celebrations with ice cream and a cake, avoiding card playing and dancing. Propose easy amusements like guessing contests and new games, noting children ages twelve to fifteen prefer lively but simple activities. Adults recall riding and seeking and spy games as timeless party pastimes.
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Orr
Faithful Reader Advises Courtship Etiquette
A reader counsels proper dance floor manners and social conduct. She urges guests to show appreciation, fill programs, and avoid leaving with partners for long jaunts. The note stresses modest politeness, tipping hands, and rising when guests enter or depart, reflecting old fashioned social norms.
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Ashioned
Impossible to Say Best Cook Book in Use
Impatient reader requests the best cook book and a self addressed stamped envelope for a reply. The column replies about etiquette on calling after weddings and aging perceptions, then a tragic one hour old baby survives a fall from a third story window in New York.
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Lucky Falt
New York
Kun
Mary
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Wirtz Transfer Co
Cor 5Th and
Maple’ Avenue
Bell Phone
Evans
Lunh Counter
Ted
Maxtin
Ormer
Beaida
Biel Nye
Schipper Jewely & Optical Co
Main Street
Fran
Hoaia
Tere
Dante
Madame Merri
A. Rothwell
South Front Street
Court House
Prosecuting Attorney
Martin Lingler
4Th
Maple Ave
Ice
Hamilton Ice Delivery Co
Bell
Sixth Street
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