A Drummer's Adventure in a Mill Town Beer Mystery
Traveling salesmen share a Springfield tale where a keg of beer becomes the comic center of a rescue. A Boston drummer narrates how three women trapped by a beer keg in a cellar trigger a wild chase and a one-glass bargain to keep a secret, ending with a rowdy toast as the group disperses to the hotel bar.
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Washington Post
New England
Knights of the Gap
Mr. Seliem
Springfield
Mass
Boston
New York
Sellem
Pera
Portraits and Prominent Figures in a Century-Old Snapshot
The article sketches Old Hatch, a Chicago operator with a spare frame and clean shaven features, and James Payn, a lank nervy novelist with a bulging forehead. It remarks on their habits, appearance, and a vivid, almost caricatured portrayal. It also plugs Hood's Sarsaparilla, touting its curative powers for various ailments and urging readers to buy through their druggist.
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Hatch
Chicago
James Payn
England
Hood
Humorous Quips and Local Gossip Snippets
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers. Snippets touch on Boston speech, a widow and her aunt, a marriage announcement for Bukins Jimmy Gester, and light barbed exchanges about dialect, marriages, and Delaware’s whipping post. Local humor tone with named pods and mock dialogue.
Odd Home Tips From Texas Siftings
A column offers practical household hacks and strange tips from the Texas Siftings page. Advice covers replacing oil-cloth flooring, using kerosene in a clothes boiler, heating with stove oil, avoiding night-piped water, whisky storage, treating bruises with hot water, avoiding seating behind the catcher, and odd pies for tramps.
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Texas
Emmet sails for Europa for health recovery on Majestic
Mr. J. K. Emmet has departed for Europa aboard the Majestic by doctor’s advice and will be away several weeks. His health has been badly strained, but the voyage is hoped to restore him. In Bath Missouri, Richard Golden posed as Old Jed Prouty in a local theater, noted by New York Dramatic Note, with his name recorded on a May 8, 1857 program. He shared the stage with Frank H. Jackson, later Jack Wilcox, as part of a Mexican knife throwing troupe. They were dismissed on opening night for attempting to dodge knives.
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J. K. Emmet
Europa
Majestic
Richard Golden
Jad Prouty
Star
Little Theater
Bath
New York Dramatic Note
Frank.h. Jackson
Jack Wilcox
Jed Prouty
Mrs Garfield Remains Elegant in Quiet Albany Home
Mrs Garfield now 58, stout and white haired, prefers mourning attire to past colors. Sister of the late President Arthur, Mrs John E McElroy lives in a quiet Albany home. Her domestic grace and charm remain noted from her White House days.
Notable quote and a NY verdict in a railroad case
A national capital house ends with a poor restaurant. A saying notes men love for dogs over kin and a dog cannot contest a will. A New York state woman won a $1000 verdict from a railroad after being squeezed in a car seat by two men.
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National Capital
New York State
Mixed Odds and Ends From Aroostook and Elsewhere
A scattered buyers column notes a Maine couple married last week with combined ages of 29, a 14 year old bride and one year older groom. It jokes about life in Colorado, summer resorts, and a Hancock county marriage that required a minister to officiate in bed. Also mentions fashion items from parasols to gowns, wallpaper designs, and local ads for window shades, tailored pants, and patent medicines.
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Aroostock
Colorado
Norristown Herald
Hancock County
Time Card Changes Hit Three Hours to Cincinnati Trains
Notice outlines major schedule shifts with only three hours to Cincinnati and faster service to St. Louis. Highlights include swift connections to Eastern cities and notable reductions in travel times to Nebraska and Colorado routes. The document emphasizes improved equipment and timing across routes, urging travelers to consult official timetables.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Nebraska
Colorado
Narita
Grand Friday Saturday Shoe Sale Bargains Now On
A lengthy advertisement touts deep discounts on ladies shoes including French Kid and Dongola button styles priced around 2.60 and 1.48 with names Ludlow & Co Reynolda Bros John Kelly Gray Bros. Men’s calfs and kangaroos offered as low as 1.50 to 2.59. The ad promises many bargains, broad sizes and widths, and a return policy to attract shoppers.
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Ludlow & Co
Reynolda Bros
John Kelly
Gray Bros
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Hesvant
Bukins
Jimmy Gester
Strong
Bilkina
Kearney Enterprise
Smifkins
Snifkins
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Snifkine
Minneapolis
Garley
Delaware
Spooner
Indsey
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Hoffman
Denison
Indianapolis
Bates
E. B. Martindale
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East Marert
Odds and
Fashon
Carl Moller
E. Washington-st
Chicago Taillorimy
Corner Market
Martinsville
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Chas
J. Kuhn
N. T Hinois St
M. Lucas
Bowling Green
Atlanta
Simmons
L. M. Hirrox
M.p
Washington
Ark
J. 11. Zellin & Co
Travelers Register
Union Station
South Winds Street
Indianapolis Union Station
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Ohio
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Keet
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Richmond
Tsave
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Cairo
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Sundar
Vandalia Line
Indianapolis Ag
For &T, Lewis
Greenesstie and
Terre Heute
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I. R. Doring
Amusementa
Rawson
Henry ©. DaVille
Lord Chumley
New York Lyceum Theater
He G. Shafer
Pres
J. W. J Murphy
Sac’y
Indianapolis Fence Co
McNabb St
Indianapolis, Ind
Mallee Express
M. Abbett
MM. D
Virginia Ave
Ind
Cleveland
Chicago & ST. Louis
Ntvision
Chicagg
Cincinnati Division
Chicago & Cincinnati
ST. Louis and
QUIEO
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South Hinds St
Union Depot
C. G Dixon
H. M. Bronson
Pullman’s
Linvis Street
Kentucky Avenue
Dayton
Soar
Toledo
Detroit
Sunda IN
Reesistible
Sheriff's Sale
Shoa Cressworth
Snerill
South Illinois St
J. Kelly
Tyre
Algo
Hotel English
Circle St
WM. H. English
Sloen
Indiana
Wood and
Slate
Parsi & Moisken
North Delaware St
United States
U. S
John B. Cleaveland
Cleaveland Fence Co
Eye of Stoner
A. Fletsher & Co
John
Tarrington
Indianapolis Water Company
East Washington Street
Pennsylvania
Richard H. Beck
Lockport
N. Y
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo
Browning &Son
Evans Chemicalco
Be Ae Ag
Stoner, M.D
Decatur
Ill
Apeute Mig. Ou
Dirac
Fic. Fowler
Moodus. Com
Will
Tax Sun
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