A Debt of Honor at Charing Cross and a Paris Escape
A long passage recounts a meeting at Charing Cross with Miss Langton, an aborted wager of affection, and a gallant cab ride, ending with Miss Langton departing with her guardian, and the narrator fleeing with a glove and a plan to return to Paris after settling a hotel bill. A separate San Francisco note details two miners guarding a city mine under Ingleside for 17 years, one dying, the other missing, with financial losses and a notorious reputation among local resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turnbull
Miss Langton
Tenton
Arbuscula
Paris
William Buckley
San Francisco
Nelson Shoots
Spring Valley
Celery King Promised Relief From Nerves and Ailments
Veteran Frank Beehler of Owosso Michigan recounts wounds from 1864 battle and chronic diarrhea returning in 1890. He credits Celery King for the nerves liver and kidneys with cures and promotes it in 25 cent packages sold by Daugherty Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Beehler
Owosso, Mich
Co. F
N. Y
Daugherty Bros
Golden Medical Discovery Promised To Cure Consumption
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption and related lung diseases. It claims 98 percent success, urges readers to request testimonial letters, and notes the product is sold by the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo amid claims of general health benefits and appetite, digestion, and liver aids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Pierce
Man seeks library for fortune and Shakespeare
A wealthy man, who has quickly made a fortune, replaces a luxuriously fitted house but discovers a missing library. He visits a shop and asks for books with no tastes, then names Shakespeare as his required author, instructing the seller to gather all of his works and future titles.
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Shakespeare
Instructed Daughter Makes Old Masters Progress
In a brief exchange cited by the Washington Star, a father questions whether his daughter profits from artistic instruction while the teacher modestly confirms progress. The remark that she does not know more than the old masters hints at humility in learning. A Boston Globe note adds an insect life proverbs and an African saying about presence and cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lyking
Washington Star
Departments Differ In Spelling Across Agencies
A Washington Star report notes the inconsistency in spelling inclosure and indorsement among U S departments. It highlights state interior agriculture war and navy uses differ on i versus e and a versus e. The piece suggests a universal board to settle spellings for consistency.
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Sear
State Department
Interior and Agricultural Departments
War and Navy Departments
Board of Geographical Names
Washington Star
Canning Sturgeon At The Cannery Fueled By Natives
A Victoria letter describes the cannery floor where sturgeon are butchered with an ax the head and tail removed and fins cut for waste. Indigenous workers and Chinese laborers constantly surveil refuse handling until expelled then quietly return, viewed with oriental indifference.
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Victoria
Toronto Globe
Free Remedy Offer for Lung Diseases by New York Chemist
An eminent New York chemist T A Slocum offers three free bottles of his New Discoveries for consumpt ion and bronchial lung troubles. He claims cures for pulmonary tuberculosis and wasting diseases. Readers are asked to write to 98 Pine Street New York and mention THE INDIANA PROGRESS.
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New York
T. A. Slocum
Science Daily
M. D
Pine Street
Indiana
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Alaska
Montreal
Lear
Northwest
Alasia
Alucios
Cy Warman
New York Sun
Charing Cross Station
Phil
Bloomsbury Square
Westminster Abbey
Boston Globe
Catarre Sower
DR. Agnew
Agnew
Rev. D. Pean
Buffalo, N.y—Z
Elmer W. Allison & Co
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Watkins Glen
Niagara
Falls
Thousand Islands
Quebec
Au Sable Chasm
Lakes Champlain
George
Saratoga
Hudson
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Yellowstone Park
Mississippi Exposition
Paullman
Wonderland
Omaha
Pittsburg
Gettysburg
Luray Caverns
Natural Bridge
Virginia Hot Springs
Richmond
Drainie Kennedy
Science
Magnolia
Big Run
James Anderson
Cantron
James Andereun
John HF. Steving & Co
Pldelphia Street
Idiana Pa
Vogel Bros
Indiana,pa
Greenville Flouring Mill
G. BE. Frants
Penn Run
Penn.a
Dea
Penn
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