The Rise for a Peer Through Wealth and Bribery
In a London Truth style piece a self described impecunious laborer’s ascent to nobility is recounted through payments to politicians and society circles. The narrative claims education, employment, and a vast fortune came at the price of bribes, club memberships, and social introductions costing hundreds of thousands, with titles and peerage obtained in return for funds to parties and municipal interests.
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Menere
England
Manny
Arlisig
Pullic
Policician Inter
London
Use Feet as Hands in Yellow Races Claim
A 19th century note cites M Lannelongue claiming the Chinese, Japanese, and Malays use feet as hands for grasping tasks more than expected. Examples include a Tokyo theatergoer and workers navigating with feet, plus European comparisons. Also recounted are anecdotes about Sir William Thomson and a Brooklyn diary entry showing disdain for tobacco.
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M. Lannelongue
Paris Academy of Sciences
Tokyo
Anen
Philadelphia Ledger
Rainy Day Advice Flows From Serious Citizen And Light Hearted Tan
A Washington Star quip features a serious citizen urging saving for a rainy day while a light hearted tan responds that most fishing club members carry slang and a pack of yards. The exchange shows playful wordplay on prudence and slang.
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Washington Star
His Condition
The fragment shows a father urging Tommy to count to four before biting another boy, with Tommy promising to do so if someone is present to hold the victim. The text appears as dialogue or a child’s mock dialogue in a damaged historical source.
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Tommy
Roosevelt Pilots Labor Tour In Miners’ Town Visit
Roosevelt travels incognito to Dickson City and Wilkes-Barre to observe mining life and talk with workers. He chats with Jake Kavanaugh on his porch about conditions, dances at a safer youth venue, and leaves a nickel for three children. John Mitchell joins the expedition near Wilkes-Barre.
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Beranton
Joe Tr. Bonarvelt
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Jake Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh
Jake
United States
Dickson City
Kavanaughe
Thing
John Mitchell
United Mineworkers
Wilkes-Barre
Union Mineworkers to Convene in Indianapolis
Union Mineworkers will hold a special national convention in Indianapolis within two weeks, announced by T. J. Lewis president. He cites district complications and deceptive practices against Illinois miners, with 150,000 members on strike across states including 60,000 in Illinois and 10,000 in Pennsylvania.
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Indianapolis
Ind
T. J. Lewis
The
United Mineworkers
Illinois
Lewis
Pennsylyvanii
Ohio
Colorado
Washington
Santember
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Back and Kidney Pain
A grateful Indiana Pa resident attests Doan's Kidney Pills eased back ache and kidney discomfort after years of suffering. He recalls buying at a local drug store and using the remedy with lasting relief, praising Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. sole agents and urging readers to remember the brand.
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Alek
Notn
Indiana
Miller
Philadelphia Street
Dean
Doan
T. &, Hildebrand
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Twain's First Lecture Ends in Roaring Crowd
Bailey Millard in Hamp ton's Magazine recalls Mark Twain and Bret Harte headlining a San Francisco evening at Mechanics Hall. Twain's deliberate, slow delivery provoked laughter and applause, leaving the audience overwhelmed and the lecture deemed a great success.
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Bret Harte
Mr. Clemens
San Francisco
Clemens
Harte
8Aan
Mike
Beta
Aga
Twain
Bailey Millard
Hampton’s Magazine
Dysentery Remedy Praised for Nine Epidemics
An 19th century ad touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as effective in nine dysentery outbreaks. It claims universal usefulness for children and adults, notes ease of intake when mixed with water and sugar, and states it is sold by all druggists.
Opportunities and Limitations For All Kinds of People
The piece extols opportunities for varied workers and contrasts less educated hands with those who combine general and technical education. It argues practical study yields better prospects, while broad, foundational learning plus loyalty and industry prepares a higher, lasting career.
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Graduate Magazine
Debating Society Considers Dinner Dilemma Draw
A debate on which is harder the husband who returns home to find dinner not ready or the wife whose husband stays out and misses dinner. Gile predicts the discussion will end in a draw.
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Gile
Not Always Teacher of Night School Phrase Life Sentence
A Chicago Tribune item presents a quip about the term life sentence in a legal sense. It contrasts a teacher’s night school remark with a wedding vow, illustrating wordplay on life terms and commitments. The snippet links a life sentence to marriage as a figurative example.
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Chicago Tribune
Take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Tonight
If your fiver is sluggish and out of tone and you feel dull bilious constipated take a dose tonight before retiring and you will feel all right in the morning Sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Widow Turner and the Oil Plot in Buckeye State Farm
In West Virginia era, widow Turner with sixty acres and a lone cabin resists selling as oilmen circle. A sharp-tongued tin peddler pushes a plan to marry her for cash and control, sending a culled parade of suitors to seal a $50,000 bid plus a husband. She hires a Chicago lawyer, demands strict conditions, and the deal collapses amid lawsuits, guard guarantees, and months of drilling that yield no oil. She remains on the land, financially independent, with a hard-won fortune and a wary outlook.
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West Virginia
Turner
United States
Yulee
New York City
Niagara Falla
Chicago
Buckeye
Dulles
Ponadence
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