A USELESS GIRL AND AROMANTIC EXIT IN ITALY
Lottie Orcutt, deemed useless by her father, flees with Maurice Fitzgibbon after sketching a caricature of Mrs Gen Fitzgibbon. The couple marries and retreats to the Manor, where Lottie’s art becomes her rise to high society while the old matriarch misreads the joke against herself.
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Lottie Orcutt
Lottie
Mrs
Mrs. Mount
Mr. Orcutt
Joey
Malvina
Gen. Fitzgibbon
Mrs. Orcutt
Eben
Echo
Maurice Fitzgibbon
Evening Star
Italy
Lottie “Orcult
Maurice
Fitzgibbon
Pisk
Twin Maine sisters fool family with identical looks
A Lewiston Journal tale recounts Maine twins Jane and Susan Waldo county who looked so alike that even their father and neighbors mistook them. A devoted suitor called George frequented Susan’s visits, until a sister swapped places for a night, letting the other sleep. he later married Susan. Similar Boston twins shared a similar ruse.
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Washington
Victoria
Windsor Castle
Lewiston
Lisbon
Maine
Prattville
Ala
Flanes
Birmingham
Lewiston Journal
Waldo County
Jane
Susan
Heau
George
Boston
Diocesan conference explores church games and gifts
At a London diocesan conference the bishop of Bedford supports card playing in workingmen's clubs while disapproving of dominoes. In Washington, ladies mark a pastor's 25th anniversary with lilies each containing a $5 gold piece. A southern Illinois church plans a fair featuring pigs in clover with a real pipe and a large toy facsimile.
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London
Bedford
Washington
Illinois
Warner’s Safe Cure touted as remedy for heavy medical bills
The notice argues high doctor costs burden families and promotes Warner’s Safe Cure as a universal, plant based remedy. It recounts H. H. Warner of Rochester who recovered from kidney disease using the product, and notes his widespread laboratories and warehouses in the United States and abroad.
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Warner
H. H. Warner
Rochester
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
Werner
United States
Canada
England
Germany
Austria
Australia
Burma
Europe
America
Alfalin for the Blood and Other Remedies Ad
An 1889 notice lists Alfalin for the Blood and other ailments sold by druggists with a 50 cent per pint price, plus Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething at 25 cents a bottle. It also reports a dividend plan for Fletcher & Sharpe creditors, with WM Wallace as receiver paying five percent on non dividend claims after April 15 1889.
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A. A. Chisholm
Grand Opera House
Indianapolis
Fletcher & Sharpe
Ingalls Kek
Wm, Wallace
Why the Fires Go Out in Gas Service in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis National Gas Co explains that constant low pressure supplies six to eight ounces to every connected home and many fires go out due to local causes. Factors include excessive or insufficient draft, blocked mixers or burners, and nozzle chokage from gas contaminants. The company cannot inspect every fire, urging consumers to check in-house causes.
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Indianapolis
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Jefferson Ave
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Michigan
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C. Eden and CO
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Venice
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Siylock
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Sip. Boothu
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Yorick
Mr. Barrett
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Dreina
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Ita
Adroken
Alfidis
Oinea
Dickson & Talbott
Tadianapolis
Chiversit
Block
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Ubers Osborn
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Fras
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Ofice Excelsior Laundry
Washington Street
Pursell & Medsker
Washington St
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West Washington Street
Lon
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Frank A. Blanchard
Undertaker
Pennsylvania Street
Bradley, Holtck & CO
Duice
Indianapolis, Ind
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Court Street
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Cyclorama Place
West Market Street
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Rogers
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West
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