Giant islander tale mocks Providence journals claim
A Providence Journal eclipse notice becomes the butt of a Washington National Republican critique. The piece ridicules a supposed South Sea giant and his two thirds height, noting uninhabited Caroline Island and sarcasm about scientific awe. It ends with a domestic anecdote urging warned visits.
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Providence Jnternal
Caroline Island
South
Pacle Ocean
Reason
Providence Journal
Eighthia
Anon
Ladder of Discovery
Humbort
Darwin
Bates
South Sea
Gulliver
New York
Washington Monument
Washington National Republican
Insane Kiss Kick on the Chicago Rail Car
An interview with a conductor recalls a wild incident aboard a Chicago line. An elderly, unstable woman repeatedly pursued a young man in the smoker, lifting and kicking him as he fled toward the door, drawing a roaring crowd of shocked passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cleveland Herald
The Kind of Pleasant Surprises in Social Visits
A column on the pitfalls of unannounced visits and the discomfort they cause hosts and guests. A cautionary tale recalls Mrs Brown planning a surprise for Mrs Jones, unintentionally bringing two sick children into a home and triggering a tense confrontation over contagion and social etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Hungerford
Mrs. Brown
Bernie
Washing and cooking tips from a 19th century reader
A Rural New Yorker piece shares Emma Sohn’s practical wash day method using a homemade fluid of washing soda borax lime and soft water. The process includes night soaking white clothes sorting on Saturday and a staged boil and rinse routine to speed Monday washing. It also notes macaroni and vermicelli production in California using Italian imported seeds and large regional consumption.
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Emma Sohn
New Yorker
California
Sacramento
Italy
Rocky
Isle
San Francisco
Mexico
Australia
Central America
China
Sandwich
South Sea Islands
Alaska
Siberia
Practical Cookery and Daily Life Encouragement
Household tips from newspapers of the era cover buttered meat protection during cooking, fruit cake and French roll recipes, remedies to improve mood via courtesy, a corny throat remedy using brown sugar and thoroughwort tea, beef soup with macaroni, and breed-focused farming advice urging more mutton. Also includes old bread griddle cake directions using sour milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Post
New Yorker
Prussia
France
N. Y
Corn Cobs as Fuel and Odd Oat Harvest Tale
A letters column argues corn cobs can fuel farms by dipping stalks in a liquid like bitumen and binding them into bundles for stove use, noting cleaner burning and quicker heat than coal. It also mentions Northwestern towns preferring cob fuel. The piece closes with a farmer in Oswego County, NY, who found a remarkable oats spear and birthed a record harvest, though the text ends abruptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Towa
Mississippi Valley
Remington
Andy Creek
Oswego County
Start and direction shape success, not starting point
The quote contrasts views on success, arguing that progress depends on direction, endurance, and judgment rather than how one begins. It cites a Boston Traveller line on wealth and a New York Graphic critique of Boston's stance, noting local vanity and unfamiliar terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Travier
Wacran
J. &. Root
Ted Pearl St
New York
Proclamation and assorted quotes from diverse sources
A compilation of quoted lines including a sheriff remark praising Jacobs Oil as a household remedy, a colloquial exchange with a drayman about earnings and meals, a Detroit Free Press anecdote about a man’s recovery from rheumatism using Dr Guysett's remedies, and a note on telephonic communication making walls seem to have ears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keter-Bown
New York
Bowe
Tim
Drayman
Winster
Michigan Exchangeé
Bedad
Bizniss
Vidas
Detroit Free Press
Quack Advertisements and Patent Remedies Notice
A page fragment advertises various patent medicines and tonics including Scovili s sarsaparilla and stillingid, Kidney-Wort, Dr Benson s Celery and Chamomile Pills, Hale s Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike s tooth ache drops, and Lyon s Patent Heel Stiffeners. It also promotes Dr Dye s Electro-Voltaic Belts on thirty day trial and mentions a Baltimore and Philadelphia market presence with testimonials.
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Votaic
Bert Cony Marshall
Mich
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Jon
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J. M. Fort
Monmouth, IL
Fournh Carolina
O'tarch
Doston Transcript
Brown
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Metrimonial Department of Life
Lyon
Hale
Pike
Drugeiste
Wing Contan
Acie Mte Co
Crookton, Mam
Natl Book Co
Bockman
Addi's Hallett & Co
Vortland, Me
Lebanon
Euelmiine CO
D.W. Moody & Co
W. 9Th
Ay Mall
Keononmy Printing Co
Newburyport
Mass
E N'&co
Bere Wigs & Wares
Nonto
O.p
B.c.strerl
Wabashay
New Oxford
Louis Turner
Washington Ave
Reouls
United States
Statuneor
Drageiste
Soda Fountains
Chaphan &Co
Madieon, Ind
Waterselieves
Samprretti
I. W. EN D
New York City
Pat
Sas City
Seaetessas
Ieee
Tw Ben LI
NO. C. Haskell & CO
Cute
Wael Ae
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Ponti
Tzorg
Emienblon
Ron
U.S
Alexander H. Stephens
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Peg
West Arse Aerie
Allen Pinkerton
Mixny Nowadesler
DR. Strong
Shelver
Strong
Mas. Lysiua E. Pinkham
Yeh, Mass
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