Astor’s miswritten pledge ends with a dollar check
A Philadelphia tale recounts rich men giving, including Rice men and Russell Sage’s $15 a minute income, and John Jacob Astor’s strange charity episode at the orphan's court. Astor, after rectifying a mistaken application, filled a blank and handed a clerk a one dollar check, surprising the recipient.
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Russell Sage
John W. Mackey
Commercial Cable Company
Astor
Ava Willing
Philadelphia
Newport
Orphan’s Court
Bird
Astor Family
Woman's Reading and Vanity in Victorian Times
A brief miscellany notes practical home tips such as a candle float night light, Queen Victoria's hat style observed in a London drive, and literary impressions from W H Ballou on love in a cottage and General Grant’s fame. The piece blends domestic hints with cultural gossip and common newspaper commentary.
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Queen Victoria
London
W. H Ballou
Missouri
Dents
New Hair and Dress Trends Include Mme de Sevignes Style
The latest full dress hair mimics Mme de Sevignes with waved hair over the bead and back braided with light curls. Bretelles trend on children, misses, and slender matrons use dress goods or banvaline with lace velvet or silk. Skirt styles shift to three forms the abeaf the fan and the umbrella in heavy wool fabrics. The umbrella skirt is round and often buttons or pockets at the left with double-width fabric essential.
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Mme de Sevignes
Bretelles
Light as Air and Sharp Lead Pencils in Sights and Sounds
A compilation of short quips and literary snippets from multiple papers. It references a bill poster in Providence, a diary and pencil remark in Norristown, artificial rain in Baltimore, and a banter about Bill Sykes and overwork from Boston, with Little Nell’s remark on artificial flowers.
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Providence Chronicle-Telegraph
Norristown Herald
Mamia
Nell
Baltimore American
Bill Sykes
Boston Transcript
National Bank of Philadelphia Closes Amid Strikes and Incidents
A morning paper lists varied events including the National Bank of Philadelphia closing on Wednesday, a Pittsburg strike by job printers, a deaths and accidents roster, telegraph disruptions, a murder suicide in Connecticut, and local notices. The itemized blurbs reflect a bustling period with labor unrest, violent events, and community notices.
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National Bank of Philadelphia
Pittsburg
American Association of Naturalists
Philadelphia
Charles M. Wilson
Knoxville, Teon
Medical College
Bedford
Mass
W. K. Hall
Dallas
Tax
Order of Railway
North River
New York
Norman Thomas
Stanford
Conn
Guithrie
O .T
Sandy
San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
Texas
Bavn
Bernard Mahan
Manan
Claud Nichols
Carson Thornton
Kansas City
Wmn
Henry Davis
Cincinnati
Shilohs Catarrh Remedy Ad in Indiana Paper
An old advertisement touts Shilohs Catarrh Remedy promising cured catarrh, healthier breath, and a free nasal injector with purchase. It claims effectiveness for coughs and colds and lists distributors like HYG Soaka in West Indianapolis and firms including A Gould & Bro in North Indianapolis, Oliver & Co, Johnson & Schaller, Brightwood.
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Shiloh
Pricaa
HYG Soaka
Indianapolis
Iran
A. Gould & Bro
Norty Indianaputis
F. i Oliver & Co
Johnson & Schaller
Brightwoo.i
BEN BUTLER'S ILLNESS PROMPTS KALEIDOSCOPE OF CARE
Aged Ben Butler is confined at home with a cold that worsened into an abscess in the ear, with pneumonia feared to be complicated by kidney trouble. The ad touts Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a remedy, claiming it restores circulation and kidney action without opiates, to cure pneumonia regardless of severity.
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Butler
Teid
Reid
Peoria
California
Sil
Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Evans Chemicavo
Cincinnati
C. Uu.b.a
Indiana Gas Service Interference Prohibited by Law
Section 2 and 5 of an 1891 Indiana Act declare it unlawful to connect or recon nect with gas mains or service pipes without written permission, to operate valves or mixers, or to use gas without mixers. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars per offense.
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General Assembly
State of
Indiana
Sat Pereen
Unscrupulous Patent Remedies Promised Cure
Fragmentary ad copy describes supposed treatments for sexual disorders and impotence. Claims include cures for seminal emissions and other conditions with medicines mailed nationwide. No verifiable medical basis or credible authorities cited. location hints to Indianapolis.
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Phlles
Mall OF Express
Strletiy
Pri- Barges
Morerate
KL M.abbett
Virginia-ave
Indianapolis
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