Mine of Lager Beer Under Federal Hill Uncovered Cave Saloons Evade Sunday Law
A Baltimore World account recalls a prewar Federal Hill cave saloon near Hughes and Covington streets that hid beer under ground for years. After a 1852 collapse and a 1858 discovery, residents drank for three days as barrels were hauled from caverns, the underground bar thriving despite enforcement.
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Baltimore
Federal Hill
Butler
Duryea
Zouaves
John &. Walton
Hughes Street
Covington
Hughes Or Covington Street
Warren and
Johnson Streets
Adam Biddle
Robert Henderson
Biddle
George Snyder
Covington and
Hughes Streets
Snyder
David Clark
Cross Street
Hughes and Covington
South Baltimore
Baltimore World
Born in America Irish Parents Quotation
The source quotes Dennis saying he was born in America and that his parents are Irish. He answers the question affirmatively and notes their heritage in a brief exchange. The fragment reflects dialogue on birthplace and parental origins.
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America
Dennis
Blaine Tragedy Drama Sparks New York Debate
An American playwright plans Blaine a Tragedy a drama about a deceased statesman. He argues Shakespeare used contemporary figures and aims to stage it, despite expected backlash. Chicago manager may air it. New York managers doubt broad support. Also notes Chamberlains Cough Remedy endorsements and 17th century tea trade prices.
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Blaine
Shakespeare
Washington
Lincoln
England
New York
Chicago
Sun
New York Sun
Paganini Sparks Cab Fare Joke In One Wheel Gag
The Paris tale has Paganini riding a cab to a theater where a one string violin performance was awaited. Asked for fare, the driver quotes 10 francs. Paganini agrees to pay the fare later if driven on one wheel, outwitting the cabman with a pun about concert pricing.
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Paganini
Paris
Montreal Star
Venturing Into Matrimony Says The Ladies Home Journal
Mrs. Burton Harrison argues young couples should marry only if they can support themselves. She notes men delay marriage until they have enough income for household expenses and wives should have protection against poverty.
Dog death in Paris stirs hush of high society
An American family in Paris attracts notice in Le Temps for mourning their dog Kwik. Despite expert care at a private dog hospital and daily inquiries from the family, Kwik dies. An oak casket and a municipal funeral are arranged in a private plot at Vaucresson, with a three-carriage cortege and a $90 undertaker bill later reduced by $40 for the gravediggers.
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Paris
le Temps
Kwik
I.d
Vaucresson
New York Times
Tragic pantomime star dies after fainting in London
In London a leading actress Kitty Tirrell collapsed during a Dick Whittington performance and died soon after in her dressing room. Doctors at the inquest blamed tight lacing for the fatal heart stoppage. Her husband Harry Ewins, who acted as King Rat, finished the show. A London correspondent notes the tragedy has local and wider interest.
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Dick Whittington
London
Kitty Tirrell
Harry Ewins
King Rat
Electric Bitters touted for kidney cure in Irving
Mr. Fred Miller of Irving writes of severe kidney and back pains and bladder issues. He credits Electric Bitters with immediate relief after a year of failed cures, praising its kidney and liver benefits. Also noted is Kate Field’s critique of Albert memorial in Hyde Park and Elisha Kingsley’s 92nd birthday and 70-year marriage at 60 Holden Street.
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Fred Miller
Irving, Sr
Tom E. Hildebrand
Indiana
Wm. I. Moore
Homer City
Milt. G. Miller
Blairsville
Kate Field
England
Hyde Park
Albert
Prince of Wales
Charles Mathews
Edinburgh Memorial
Elisha Kingsley
North Adams Methodist Parsonage
George W. Brown
Julia Howes
Ear Disease Cure Promised by Pittsburg Doctor
An advertisement extols drilling a hole in the ear drum as a cure for chronic ear disease causing fever measles colds and deafness. It cites Dr Sadler of Penn Avenue Pittsburg and a patient Mr Charles Dryden, claiming lasting hearing restoration after six weeks of treatment and offers free examinations.
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Sadler
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
Chas. C. Dryden
Sycamore Street
Mt. Washington
Saddler
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West Monterey
Galway
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Catharine
Charles I
China
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the Cabman
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the Gazette
Middletown
N. J
Daugherty Bros
M. G. Miller
W. I. Moore
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
James
John Hartman
Anderson
Ind
Dispatch
J. Telford
Swan & Simpson
Indiana, Pa
Joan H. Pierce
J. M. Cunningham Building
Philadelphia Street
O. L. Getty
M. C. Watson
Frank Keener
Atson & Keener
Attorneys-At-Law
Harry White
W. L. Stewart
Stewart & Clark
Philadelphia
D H. Tomb
Farmers’ Bank
John 7. Stuchul
A. W. Taylor
Iane
Eorge W. Hood
Hetrick
M. Jack
D. B. Taylor
ACK & Taylor
John N. Banks
Samuel Cunningham
John 8. Fisher
Unningham & Fisher
Ljan
Wood Clark
Nixon Building
Sixth Street
Onn P. Elkin
Elkin Building
Jjands
J. W. Clements
Janes
Clawson House
W. H. Clawson
West Indiana House
C. J. T. Loxe
Central Hotel
Daniel Sexton
Darrett
Church Street
U. P. Church
R. Churchill
Td Miller
Water Street
M. McMaster
Justice OF the Peace Conveyancer & Scribner
Seventh Sts
The
Atlantic Refining Company
PittssurGe Department
Pittsburg, Pa
Atlantic Refufes Company
Vicinity
J. F. Barnes
Farmers
Cash Grocery
Mack & Ray
West Indiana
Empfield
F. T. Empfield
Court House
Philadelphia ST
Penna
Kennedy, Hamilton & CO
Blairsville, Penna
Swan & Simpson’s
Insurance Agency
John L. Paul
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