Unlucky Deputation and DAR Convention Ironies
A tale from Italy shows a mayor leading a deputation to the pope who slides into a cream basin and triggers a comic scene as followers imitate him. In New York, Mrs Stevenson presides over a Daughters of the American Revolution convention, aided by a mild adviser who overrules proceedings causing laughter and disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
London
Adventurou
Mount Vernon
New York
San
Foot care and remedies for tired feet from Boots and Shoes
A chiropodist shares foot care advice for tired feet after walking or standing. He notes hot baths draw blood to the feet, must be followed by rubbing or exercise, and warns against tight boots. Tips include mustard in baths, two hot baths weekly, sea salt in warm baths, and cooling ice baths. Alcohol as a tonic, spirit baths among dancers, and pedicuring help. Warns ice baths can be dangerous for beginners. mild winter testing suggested. An unrelated aside mentions orange blossoms on widow's weeds, a factory wage figure, stories of unmarried women in China, and a Charlotte Corday portrait discovered.
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China
Charlotte Corday
Notable Bits on Debt, Dishes, and Dragonflies in History
A mosaic of trivia covers Mecca crowds through a two foot rule to Hazlitt quotes. It notes a railroad restaurant girl called a bis cuit shooter and mocks the ram’s horn adage about missed opportunities. It cites paper expiration, cake walk origins, Mexican war casualty figures, a flax towel in North Carolina, and Missouri ruling on debts from option deals. It also records Gutta percha imports, German beer consumption, European debt trends, world war costs, prehistoric carvings, and Britain’s millionaire to poor class counts.
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Munich
Belgium
le Moustier
la Madelaine
Paris
Great Britain
Young Man Seeks Engagement Ring Size in Jest
A light dialogue sets the scene as a young man seeks a proposal ring size while the jeweler probes. The piece then shifts to a human-interest note praising D. F. Carr of Kansas City for relief from inflammatory rheumatism after using Chamberlains Pain Balm, with multiple local suppliers listed. The final item recounts a road versus rail competition in Casterton Australia where bullock teams delivered goods from Portland, highlighting route rivalries and the drivers involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casterton
Portland
Messrs
H. & G. Harris
Melbourne
G. Humphries
J. Taylor
A. McEachern
Australia
Jacksonville Clerk Joins Couple In a Minuit Marriage
A deputy clerk in Jacksonville casually marries a colored couple after a brief stir at the desk, the man paying two dollars. The bridegroom later boasts of the quick wedding by the white man he calls the smartest in town. Also noted are reports on boiler temperatures at Pacific mills and a Phoenix stagecoach robbed 88 times since the 1870s.
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Jacksonville
Floridia
Phoenix
A. T
Claude Duval
Prescott
Tombstone
Concord
Tucson
Los Angeles Herald
Pennsylvania Railroad Schedule Fragments Provide Travel Times
Bease for all weekdays shows times 7.2, 3:18, 6:28 p m. Weekdays include 9:40, 11:1 a m, 3:18, 6:23 p m. For Indiana via Blairsville Intersection depart 5:25, 8:00 a m, 4:30 p m on weekdays. For details contact Thomas E Watt Pass Agt Western District 110 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh PA. 8 M Prevost, J R B Woon, General Manager. General Pass Agt.
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M. Weave
Indiana
Blairsville
Thos. E. Watt
Western
Fifth Avenue
Pittsville
M. Prevost
J. RB. Woon
Ana
P.m
A. m
P.m. Blairsville Int. Lye
Cokeville
Blairsville Lye
Smith
Blacklick
Race S
Graceton
Homer
Two Lick
Npn
Bulairsville
Salinburg
Paulton
Allegheny Junction
Freeport
Springdale
Allegheny City
Butler
Blairsvisile
Pittsburg
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Mrs. Stevenson
Odog
Mecca
Hazlitt
Far West
United States
John Worth
High Point
N.C
Missouri
Europe
Malaga
Washington
Information
D. FE. Carr
Harrison Street
Kansas City
Wisconsin
Chamberlain
Daugherty Bros
M. G. Miller
W. J. Moore
Homer City
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
Bullock
Pacific Mills
Massachusetts
New York Sun
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bease
Pan
Toona
Sur
Allegheny Valley
R. R
Pitcher’s Cashveria
Niagara Express
West Penn Junction
Kittanning
Oil City
Titusville Express
Oility
Buffalo Express
Emlenton Accom
Emlenton Peneueenesenvesen
Kittanning Accom
Junction
East Brady Accom
Prtebyre
East Brady Sawasvrens Proesess
Emlenton
Kittaning
Pittsbury
Teay Emlenton
Junctionn
Ementon
Oil City Accom
Hans Bal Kk
SLO
South Sixth Street
Indiana, Pa
Ss. J. Telford
Swan & Simpson
Jon H. Pierce
J. M. Cunningham Building
Philadelphia Street
John L. Getty
Ljand
Tnndiana, Pa
John S. Fisher
Samuel Cunningham
R. M. Wilson
Ai. C, Watson
Frank Keener
Watson
L. Stewart
Stewart & Clark
Ljan
H. Tomb
Farmers’ Bank
Ohn T. Stuchus
A. W. Taylor
Sjand
P. Elkin
Acta
Aland
Eorge W. Hood
Hetrick
M. Jack
ACK & Taylor
Attorneys-At-Law
Col. B. Taylor
John N. Banks
Amuel Cunningham
J. Wood Clark
Nixon Building
Sixth Street
J . Henderson
Diamond Street
Walker Smith
Indiana House
W. H. Fleming
Chawson House
W. H. Crawson
J. W. Clements
Andiana
G R. Churchill
Rew
T. Miller
Water Street
M. McMaster
Justice OF the Peace, Conveyancer & Scribner
Philadelphia
Han
Wheeler
5Th Street
Kinter
Hugh Lack
Gmb
Gmb Bk
Ahk Gb
Bk Bk
Mack & Ray
D. B. Roof
Havana
PENNA
Philadelphia St
West Indiana
Swan & Simpson’s
Insurance Agency
John L. Paul
J. T. Boucher
E. Bernent & Sons
Harrow
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