The Bowser Groceries Scam and Roast That Went Wrong
A misdelivered order leads to slights in service and wit as Mr Bowser confronts a grocery store, cooks, and a butcher. Socks fly, a rhinoceros neckpiece beef appears on the table, and a chicken never arrives, leaving supper cold and tensions high in the Bowser household.
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Hee
Bowser
Shia
Jericho
Jersey City
Cape of Good Hope
Hoe
Jeff
Nex
I Am Satisfied I Could Run This House Better
The Detroit Free Press quotes a speaker declaring confidence in managing a household as he weighs the impact of a wife’s extravagant career. He notes having too much on his mind yet asserts he could run it forty times better and save money.
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Detroit Free Press
Great Men S Peculiarities Of Composers And Poets
A compiled note on composers and writers detailing personal quirks and habits. Donizetti slept on journeys to observe scenery. Auber wrote best in Paris. Jer sch ed. Elmaroga needed friends. Sacchini liked cats. Santi wrote in a sparsely furnished room. Spontini wrote in the dam. Meierbeer thrived under thunderstorms. Pal replenished his riders during walks and enjoyed beer. flowers’ scent, Kleist’s gloom, Wie land’s lively verse, Kotzelue acted on stage, Sands murdering him is noted with a grim child remark.
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Switzerland
Italy
Auber
Paris
Acam
Jer
Sacchini
Santi
Spontini Coud
Meierbeer
Jean Pal
Herr von Kleist
Father Wieland
Kotzelue
Sands
Useful to Know Laundry Bags and Stain Remedies
Practical household guidance on making laundry bags from awning cloth or cretenne and binding methods. Then stain removal tips for wine on linen using cold water ammonia, yellow soap starch, sun drying, grass and salt, molasses treatment, and tin chloride rinse. Also notes stubborn grass stains respond to iodine or chlorine solutions.
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Turkey
Child’s remark cements likeness in family scene
Mamina returns from a day’s visit with the baby. Robin teases that he swallowed two of his cents, prompting Kate Field's Washington and a photographer exchange about a likeness and payment, with playful quips on resemblance.
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Mamina
Angel
Robin
Kate Field
Washington
Concentrated vegetable extract tonic for blood purification
A concentrated vegetable extract claims to renew and enrich blood, delivering life and vigor. It markets as a remedy for scrofula complaints, skin eruptions, rheumatism, mercurial poisoning, and constitutional disorders due to poor blood. Sold by Druggists for $1 a bottle or six bottles for $6, prepared by J W Cole & Co, Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Cole
3. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Rubinstein Resigns From St Petersburg Conservatory
The noted conductor Rubinstein has resigned again from the St Petersburg conservatory amid reports that young Russian composers view him as out of date. Meanwhile Lord Lytton, the British ambassador in Paris, hosts Sunday breakfasts that attract top literary and diplomatic figures. A private Sir Walter Scott journal notes his bankruptcy fears and sorrow over leaving Abbotsford, including a moving passage about his dogs and distress.
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Rubinstein
St. Petersburg
Lord Lytton
Feneva
Owen Meredith
Paris
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Esha
Patitas
Grains of Gold Paraphrase and Life Lessons
A compact reflection on value and effort citing Washington Irving. It notes that the ideal is the only read and that preparation aids handling difficulties. It muses on riches, mistakes as wisdom, and the future as within reach through reason and action.
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Washington Irving
Be L Dunning Practice in Diseases of Women and Abdominal Surgery
Office addresses and hours noted. The practice specializes in diseases of women and abdominal surgery with offices at 19 West Ohio and 1 East Vermont. Office hours listed as nine toll.
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L. Dunning
Ohiost
Vermontst
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Ulinoisat
Medical Quackery From Panteriveania and New York Shelters
A garbled 19th century ad lists a mix of ailments allegedly treated by the Medics Department at University of Panteriveania Philadelphia and Believan Hospice Medical Cottage New York City. It feigns cures for fevers, dyspepsia, pain, and numerous invented diseases alongside nonsensical terms and misspellings.
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Medics
Philadelphia
New York City
St. Vilas
Office hours notice for multilingual consultation services
A damaged notice from Vamtolgm Ipmtodom lists Sunday hours from 10 50 p m to 12 noon with English and German consultations. It notes distant callers unable to call should consult a question blank for guidance.
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