Queer rural wedding ends with key ring ceremony
A Detroit Free Press fragment recalls a rural wedding near Petit Cudiac where the dean uses a church key as a ring, a humorous mix up that ends with the groom saying I thee wed while the key rings the bride’s finger. The couple depart on a horse amid quaint graves as onlookers laugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Petit Cudiac
Mra. M. L. Reyne
Detroit Free Press
Adam
Zwe
Eden
Horeaback
Mathilde
Church of England
Thadean
Richard
Sasha Bource
Oddities and notices from a distant paper page
The fragment notes fashion shifts such as dotted veils fading and a new yellow hue, local gossip linking George Vanderbilt and Miss Good-Toan, and religious turnout at Ocean Grove. It mentions peaches failing in Delaware district shipments, a Dem Moines group pursuing Edward Bellamy’s plan, and a cautioned medical recipe for snake bites with iodide mixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
St. Paul
Ica
George Varderbilt
Miss Good- Toan
Bar Harbor
Ocean Grove
Delasyara Railroad
Das Moines
Edward Bellamy
Bombay oyster tale and fashion notes mix in Globe glimpse
A Boston Globe fragment riffs on a new town nickname Bombay oyster for a drink, then shifts to a fashion scene. It notes boots and patent pumps, anticipation of buckles, dress shifts, Auntie Pixley in London on streetwear costs, Hood’s Sarsaparilla ads, Mrs Winslow’s Syrup for teething, and local shoe and silverware promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Courae
Jorrigl
Exquisitas
Pixley
London
Expert watch repairing at Marcy's ad column
A Sun newspaper ad notes Marcy's offering expert watch repair and real estate purchase pitches. It highlights the cost of advertising at ten words for 80 cents a week and promotes Marcy's as a source for great sale diamonds and old prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcy’s
THE
Sun
Marcy's
Beate Field's Cynicisms on Love and Virtue
A Wit’s string of sharp aphorisms on affection, self esteem, marriage, and morality. The speaker mocks rivals, social pretensions, religious zeal, and female modesty while urging practical prudence and personal effect. Washington voice critiques zealots and praises measured virtue with caustic humor.
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Kentucky
Jed Tompkins
Jed
Eplain
Dar
Lesan
Nasen
Col. Ballentine
Tad
Gourler
Hood
Huffaro Shoe House
Washington St
Buffalo Shoe House
Rogers
M.D
Virginia Ave
Incianapolis
Beate Field
Cara
Sam Jones
Washington
Ike Simmons
M. Hinton
Art
J. H.zeilin & Sofec
James Pyles
New York
Pares Pyle
Anusamanets
Russell
iMusic
W. 5
Mullaly
America
Charlie Reed
William Collier
Ignacio Martinez
W.F. Mack
Alf, Hampton
Burt Haverly
Charles Seaman
Jose
New Fun
New Mt
May Erwin
Flora Irwin
Amelia Glover
Rosa France
Bessie Cleveland
Maryin Kelso
Josie Sadler
Jackson
Adini
Grand Opera House
Seetecne Ose
Glevelang
Magnficent Minsters
Willis Sweatman
Billy Hide
Sugemoto
Japan
J Tuet Travelers Herister
Union Station
South Clinois Livest
Indianapolis
Union Staton
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Philadelphia
East
Columbus
Richmond
Chicago
Chicego
Louisville
Vincennes and
Care
Vincennas
Usira
Gally
Sundsp
ST. Louis
Indianapolia
Gréencestre
Tarre Haute
Kaiva
Dezet Agentz
H. 4, Boring, &Aalatsut Generai
Cleveland
Cincinnat
Chicago & ST. Louis
Cleveland Division
Chicago & Cincinnati
EAS
WEEST
Peoria Division
Peoria
Cincinnati
Pullman’s
Dayton RR
Our City
Dlinois Street
Kentucky Avenue
Dayton
Toledo
Detroit
Kiana
Bala
Pennsylvania
E.d.braden
AQ Wassaehusetts Avenue
Malydor Mfg. CO
Lancaster
Ward Bros
A. Stoner
W.D. Decatur
Dengeists Prive
Tai
Indianapolis Sun
Taeswn
Gira
Son
Tae Sun
Hay & Willits
SUN Building
Chiost
Indiana
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