Ruth's Lover and Night Train Crash Reveals Hidden Love
Ronald McAllister narrates a railway romance with Ruth Jarvis on a night journey. A deadly wreck exposes their bond, sparks a quarrel, and elicits a dramatic reconciliation as Ruth discovers the author is the story’s narrator and the author’s own confession in a Boston Courier notice.
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Drollery and Parables From Gleaned Writings
The piece notes various quotes and anecdotes about happiness seasickness and misgivings, from sources like Dickens and Dickensian figures. It recounts Jerry Simpson’s speech attire and a tale of a German farmer and a doctor over a patient’s death. Max O Bell critiques hotel food waste in North American Review.
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Topeka Journal
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People’s Party
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North American Review
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Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
Madame Sarah Bernhardt Dominates Reinhardt Troupe
Killie Cheatham and Sydney Armstrong star alongside the Paris impresario’s company. The New York Evening Star praises Bernhardt as the living heart of the troupe whose presence defines the court, shaping reactions of actors and audience alike. Red hair defines a striking feature among the ensemble.
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Dr Jorgan Promises Cure For Thoracic Ailments Nationwide
Indiana doctor claims largest practice in treating catarrh consumption asthma and throat and lung diseases. He says he can locate your disease by postal inquiry and offers Renovator a lung and blood remedy sold by druggists in the US Canada England and Germany. Send a stamp for circular and treatment by letter for chronic diseases Lupus and cancers noted.
All Sorts and Oddities From a Cold Winter City
A collection of social musings on hunger wealth and crime in New York and Europe. The piece notes starvation across New York, mentions $10,000 dinners among the rich and a Hoffman House quip about wood and warmth. It lists major world cities and surveys cotton’s role in postwar finance. It ends with a grim joke about punishment devices and a clockwork “machine” delivering strokes.
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Oddities and notices span parrot age to church pew sales
A church sells pews with a no contribution box feature. A Connecticut parrot is 118 years old, tied to one family for a century. Frosty weather hurts accident insurers, London firm claims 240 gains for broken legs in seven days. A Liverpool shopkeeper seeks a sharp key, while a man cites cutting as his sharpness act. Sleeplessness remedy is hot water prebed, fast, and mild. A 39 year old Sunday table toast hints at reverence. Mood’s Sarsaparilla is praised as a top blood purifier and tonic medicine. Moral cites traveler insurance.
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Slipped Of The Wrist Avoid Bracelet Ad slippage
A quirky ad notes a bracelet marketed to prevent wrist slippage with Tar Sty's popular liners and a pricing offer of half a cent per word.
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