Bride Beside the Wicket in the Lane
A poem by Clinton Scolard from Smith's Monthly recounts a chance meeting by a lane wicket. The speaker describes Barbara in May upon the hillside and laments the crossing of paths that leads to a sudden revelation of marriage. The verse contrasts rural imagery with a surprising modern coupling across America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara
Oregon
Maine
Feirer Lass
Howe
Sue
Clinton Scolard
Smith’s Monthly
Cured of Stage Fever at a Club Gathering
A club tale centers on a husband who feigns support for his wife’s stage ambitions to mask his plan to stall her career. He spends $500 to launch a production, but a harsh letter from the play’s manager sinks the venture and shatters the wife’s public hopes, prompting Europe exile plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Cox
Ime
Mary Anderson
Europe
Jack
New York
Points for Women in Latest Brocade Fashions
The column notes pink with green as a popular pairing, maize shades and silver appearing in evening brocades with silver effects. Convelvuli and rich royale ribbons with velvet edges and gilt cords are highlighted, along with black velvet ribbons with gold edges. Pale apple green contrasts with dark olive in satin brocade.
No Place Like Home and Moving Hands Verse
A fragmentary note blends lines about there being no place like home with a line about hands that move the sun and the world. It cites New York Press and New York Herald as sources for these quoted verses.
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New York Press
New York Herald
New York Tribune
Curious miscellany from early 20th century gossip and facts
A mosaic of curiosities, quotes, and brief notes from historical journalism. It mentions a Wyoming female lawyer in a wage case, a youth in California fleeing home, bed bugs in ancient armies, and a naturalist on their global pest. It includes odd tales of a dead 130 year old woman, a Waterbury canary snake incident, and assorted statistics on Alps, Russia, London trade, and bicycles.
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Wyoming
Los Gatos
Cal
Sallie McLendon
Colorad
Fordyce
Ark
Chile
Waterbury
Conn
Fragmented 19th Century News Snippets From Various Locales
A scatter of brief items notes deaths in Pittsburg and a Topeka writer, odd finds from the Mackinaw river, political shifts in Kansas, and labor factions. Reports mention murder accusations in Ivannage and a town editor clashing with a lawyer, plus a hay stack accident in Clarence New York and a violent clash near West Lake Louisiana with many casualties.
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Knights of Labor
Alliance
Bloomington
Lis
Claus Spreckels
Loweston
Sugar Trust
Florence Sutton
Ivanhoe
S. C
Robert Jaggers
Chaster
E. B. Sligh
Joseph Eckhart
Clarence
N. Y
Lockless
Jerry
Charlotte Smith
Ohio
West Lake
Actress Mary Wray Inspired by Stage Craft and Suffrage Debate
The piece notes 87 year old actress Mary Wray of Newtown L A and cites a stage manager praising women’s quick grasp of stage ideas. It also critiques suffrage rhetoric via quotes from the Philadelphia Star and remarks on a butt e Montana shoe stock rush where doors locked after crowds overwhelmed staff.
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Mary Wray
Newtown
L. A
Patti
Philadelphia Star
Quiet Conversation Promotes Local Florist's Health Recovery
In Indianapolis a longtime florist Mr Otto J Biemar of 22nd and Mississippi is praised after reporting dramatic improvement from a decade of illness. He credits Dr Stackhouse & Newlin at 293 North Illinois Street for restored appetite sleep and energy. Free consultations and mail treatment offered.
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Otto J. Biemar
22Nd
Mississippi
Eireate
Rieman
Eiz
Jon
Dra, Stackhouse & Newlin
Stackhouse Medical
Dow
North
Illinois Street
Indianapolis, Ltd
Mall
Sherman Restaurant and Canal Pavilions Featured
The report highlights Sherman as the county’s most picturesque spot with a restaurant and refreshment pavilions run by Mine boating on the canal. Special policemen patrol day and night to protect visitors while electric trains run every ten minutes in the afternoon.
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Marion County
Sherman
Lectures and demonstrations with Dr Fitch telescope
Conducted by Dr. O. F. Fitch using his mammoth telescope every clear day and evening, with accompanying lectures and demonstrations that were very entertaining and instructive.
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O. F. Fitch
Humorous dialogs and quotes appear in 19th century papers
Fragmentary dialogue between Mr Earnest Work and Rev Bromyde about sleep and marriage, plus Burnt fables and magazine quips. The text weaves through humorous exchanges about independence, luck, and romance with references to Puck Life and Jeweler's Weekly.
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Bromyde
Mr. Bromyde
Puck
Little Willie Questions About Heaven and Teeth
A fragmentary dialogue features Willie asking if couples marry in heaven and where his papa’s teeth are, withRemarkably saucy quips from Johnny and a joke about baby bones and clouds resulting in comic confusion. The dialog echoes vintage newspaper humor and phonetic spellings of era speech.
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Willie
Mamma
Five Dollars a Month Until August Fifteen
A limited offer from Dru Stackhouse and Newlin to treat all patients starting before August 15 at five dollars per month, medicine included, until completion. A Meridian National Bank deposit offers five thousand six hundred eighty dollars to anyone proving a published medical statement false. Dr Guido Jacobs of Detroit credits Stackhouse and partners with curing catarain illness and brain trouble, planning a return to practice.
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Dru, Stackhouse & Newlin
Enred
Meridian National Bank
Drs Stackhouse & Newsin
Guido Jacobs
Detroit
Mich
Stackhouse
Epring
Patent Medicines Compared by Pierce Confidence and Reputation
Patent medicines differ with reasonableness and reputation. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription boast years of success and tens of thousands cured. People worldwide benefit, and makers offer money back if no benefit or cure is shown.
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Dr. Pierce
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Anda
Atlanta Constitution
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Russia
England
Hungary
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Philadelphia Record
James Hughes
Pittsburg
John James Ingalls
Mackinaw River
Kappa
Hill
Kelly
Topeka
Kan
Butte
Mont
Pengyea
Washington St
Laws
Fairview Park
Park Hole
Spencer, Ind
Spencer
Indianapolis & Vincennes R. R. Co
Indianapolis
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Harry
Mics de Swell
Dea Moneybunt
Malanie
Jeweler’s Weekly
George Bord
Johnny
Annie
Traveler's Register
Union
South Illinois Street
Buue Sea
Gurpo Jacobs
Berlin
Germany
Jacobs
Haraya
Obista
Tu Sun
P. T. Barnom
TNO Giao
L. Tt
Pray Seay
Indianapolis Union Station
Central Standard Tha
Plitstara
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Colombus
Richmond
Chicago
Louisville
Columbus
Vincennes
Ceiro
Vincennes and
Care
Vandalia Line
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St. Coulter
Greencastle
Terre Haute
Evansville
Térre Haute
Accou
Brunner
Big Four
Wash. St
S. Ill. St
Mass
Ave
Union Station
West
Peoria
Cleveland
Uast
Gal
Dayton
Cincinnati
Lafayette
Kennekee
Grav Polsy
Dany
Herre Haute
Terre Haute & Matteon
Bia
Satta
Sa. AM
Oye
Anderson and Muncie
Avery
Oowns
Correspondencs
Ob- Serene
Mall OF Express
M. Abbett
Virginia Ave
Ind
Mer
CartHos
YON Mohl CO
Bole American Agen
Cinelunati
Tai Sun
Ben
Earth
Indiaianapolis
Cincinnat
Ourety Ucket
Hiinots St
Kentucky Ave
Toleco
Pees Asa Siam
Cincinnati Vestibule
Bete Cin
Toledo
Datroit
Kingan
Tue + Herancourt + BREWING Company
JOH G. Tilly, Acent, Telephone
South East Street
Olser
Bolt and Machine Works
Indiana
Kentucky Avenue
Tre Son
Sam
Tae Sun
Idany
Sun
Stoy’s
Sun Liner
Ohiost
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