Poem Fragment On Morning Wakes And Bent Backbones
In a morning scene a man rises broken and forlorn. He tugs at his shoes and swears off waltzing and booze. One speaker thanks the good Tord for ent as the refrain hints at a comic or ironic tone.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1894
Page
3
Downbeat Card Shark Tale From Louisville Draw
A Mississippi river gambler recalls Ern Fouchee of Louisville and a slick draw game. The tale spans Natchez and Cincinnati with marked cards, big pots, and a cross eyed widow misdirecting luck before Ern learns a harsh lesson about credit and deceit in the Louisville joint.
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Natchez
Ern Foushee
Cincinnati
Ern
Loniaville
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Ern’s
C.O
Erp
Mrn
Drs
Jack
Seattle
Hiro
Two Slick Tactics Called Low Down Trick
Quote from KE d Mott in Philadelphia Times recalling two men who played it from the ground up and calling their act a low down trick in a contemporary newspaper remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ked Mott
Philadelphia Times
Oddities and Taste Notes From Early 20th Century Press
A collage of curiosities including rising Attar of rose costs twenty to fifteen dollars for a small quantity, Bulgarian peasants shifting from grain to saffron production, New Jersey’s new swear word, and a school meeting dispute over the term chumwum. Jetting through other notes on collar sizing errors upsetting temper, a physician’s view on bed orientation affecting sleep, and a Pennsylvanian report about a 1000 acre unregistered tract in Limestone county Alabama serving as free hunting ground with wild hogs and high yields.
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Bulgaria
New Jersey
Savannabh News
Bachelora
Boston Post
Charles Musset
Limestone County
Alabama
Pittsburg Dispatch
Register
Dry Goods Economist Description of Fashion Goods
Steel buckles set with Roman pearls. Chenille dotted ceilings in great pro fusion. Embroidery in lace patterns and colored effects. Printed dimities and lappet zephyrs and swiss. Transparent lace yokes for low neck silk gowns. Short evening capes of light velvet and ermine fur. Black goods with small silk figures for general wear. Many pair of yellow hose. Heather boas reviving in Paris. Silk and cotton crepes for costumes and accessories. Feather fans at low prices. Lingeers for hair of shell ivory gilt silver and celluloid. Empire teagowns with lace and velvet trim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heather Boas
Paris
Harriet Hosmer Reconsiders Home Ties For Nationites
In a Paris to New York style note Harriet Hosmer reflects after two decades in Europe that she would have preferred staying among Americans. The piece blends social musings with fashion chatter about double white violets as a fad while praising enduring purple blooms. Flora Kimball oversaw seven miles of street tree planting in National City California, invited by supervisors for her competence. A Lake Benton carpenter who recently married described a bride’s dress form with ornate woodwork imagery, illustrating the era’s decorative vocabulary.
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Europe
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National City
Cal
New York Sun
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Minneapolis Journal
Morgan & Gray
Empire
Wlic
Iba
Iftae
E. Morgan & Gray
Tiercea
Tierces
Vergetabl
Lewisieat Petatessa
iLinois
Caritania Esstave
Fhneye Bae
Kivriaat
Calvardia
UBL
Messina
Sananas
Peroz
Pioiotby
Ethetly
California
Johnson
Beak
New York
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Tol Cred Wats LLC
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Ducke &E
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Vegetarian Conversation Sparks in Cannibal Isles
A Boston missionary talks with the king of the Cannibal isles on the merits of a vegetarian diet, while a manager pressures actors to mimic the deceased author for a public appearance. The exchange blends mockery and satire in a quirky dialogue excerpt.
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Boston
Larper
Lazar
Multiple Fatalities and Crime in Cities and Prisons
A sequence of incidents reported Friday includes Les Sing hanged in California state prison, William Dill burned to death in a Chicago hotel fire, and Rev. D. C. Cook assassinated at his Fayetteville Tennessee home. Others discuss Chicago drainage workers striking, a ferry incident with a drowning, and a bank robbery foiled when Victor H Echorn failed to secure the money and was arrested.
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Les Sing
California State Prison
Wm. Dill
Star Hotel
Chicago
Rev
D. C. Cook
Fayetteville
Tenn
Wm. Morey
Pavonia
Jersey City
Valentine
William
Victor H. Echorn
Penna Salt Works
Philadelpha
Echorn
Gar field park employs about 275 men this Friday
About 275 men were employed at Gar field park on Friday. Reports mention political meetings among ward Republicans planned for Saturday night to trample on civil service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Park
J. M. Coulter
Plymouth Church
Father Gavish
St. John's Ilague of the Sacred Heart
Indianapolis
Paskola Restores Lost Strength in Brooklyn Woman
Mrs. S. B. Cook of 250 Tompkins Avenue Brooklyn recounts months of weakness and weight loss from January 1545 to November return home weighing 8 pounds and then credits Paskola with restoring appetite, strength, and health. Her husband confirms rapid improvement and renewed vitality after taking the remedy.
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Tompkinus Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cook
New York Post Office
Peekekill
Hudson
Hasband
New York
Peekskill
Jie
Mr. Cook
Paskola
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