The Old Maiden's Balloon Ascension Lovemaking Tale
Miss Denby a 62 year old dressmaker in Chicago undergoes a flirtatious transformation attracting gossip. A dashing young suitor, Count Sardanupulus, promises romance and a balloon voyage tied to Crete and a loan for the Greek government. The balloon twist ends with a prank and Denby leaving town September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Denby
Gallesher
Mrs. Gallegher
Sophronia
Ais
Gnallegher
Phronia Denby
Casine
Femai
Aliss Denby
Chicago
Crete
Phelim Gallergher
France
Mademoiselle
Priam
Mrs. Gallagher
Count Sardanupulus
Port Drink Sparks Lyrical Moment in Tennyson Dinner
A London journal recalls a Freshwater gathering with Alfred Lord Tennyson and a shy young American author who carried Longfellow’s letter. A prized port decanter emerged during dessert, prompting the poet to question whether the guest ever drinks after meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Freshwater
Fleet Street
Theine in Tea and The Tea Trade
A London Chronicle discussion notes that theine or caffeine is concentrated in young tea shoots, with Russia buying the best high-theine leaves while England receives older leaves rich in tannin. It questions the actual theine amount in common British tea and its nerve-stimulating effect in cups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rrussia
England
London Chronicle
Popular Quotations and Ancient Echoes in Sayings
Mr. Churton Collins notes that common sayings like Salus populi suprema lex and many aphorisms such as there’s many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip originate from ancient sources. He cites Roman law Delphic replies Greek poets and anonymous writers to show their true roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churton Collins
Polycrates
Elephant lends aid and meeting tragedy in a fable
An elephant helps four hares stuck in a pool by lying beside them to warm them. He crushes the Hare he intended to comfort, revealing a moral that well meaning friends can harm the vulnerable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Building Materials Porch Supplies and Pine Ceiling Prices
W S DAUGHERTY advertises a full supply of porch materials including columns spindles brackets rails and more with a large stock of yellow pine ceiling offered at prices that prevailed before the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Daugherty
What’s in a Name Benson’s Plaster Featured as Superior Remedy
An old promotional piece touts Benson’s Plaster as the premier external remedy with planetary trust in the Ames name. It claims rapid relief for coughs colds lumbago kidney trouble rheumatism and lame back and cites 5000 physicians and druggists endorsing it. It warns against substitutes and offers postage on orders in the United States via Seabury Johnson Mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henson
Pamn
Ames
Oliver Ames& Son
Benson
Benson’s
United States
Exch
Seabury & Johnson, Mix
Chemists
N.Y
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MNABE
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G. £. Prantz
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Pennsylvania
Lockard
Indiana County
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Clymer Manufacturing Co
Icfarland
McFarland & Turner
I. McFarland, Smith & MacCartney
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Philadelphia St
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Johans Court Sale
Clara Mead
Dee
Orphans’ Court of
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County of
State of
William Brinkman
Osah
G. T. Hamilton
James N. Stewart
Lydick’s Grocery
Josiah Lydick
Wm. Bennett
East Wheatfield Township
Indiane County
Cathryn Bennett
Conemaugh
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Life, Fire & Accident Insurance
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J. ©. Conner
J. C. Conner
J.C. Conner, Milton Piper
Rowe College
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Penn
I. Rowe
J.T. Stuchul
A. E. Lowman
Jacksonville Borough
W.G. Lowman
Edward P. Grove
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