The Smokehouse Visit and a Husband’s Change of Heart
A traveling salesman recounts meeting Morton in Louisville whose wife and children inspire a shift from costly cigars to an encyclopedia subscription. Morton’s friend inspires restraint, Morton pledges, years later the salesman visits to find Morton thriving with a five acre smoke house bought through frugality. The tale ends with the husband crediting the sermon and self-denial for his success and happiness.
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Louisville
Morton
Lieft
Busteress
Tealy
South
Mrs. Morton
Adelaide
Henry
Morton & Co
Corsets, Beauty Advice, and Mrs Rockefeller Style
A London Truth Paris letter notes the duchess of Leuchtenberg impresses with radiance and tight corsets. The New York Sun comments on corset resistance among fashionable actresses. A beauty routine promises face care with warm and cold washes, bay rum, and powder. Mrs Rockefeller is described as austere yet lavishly dressed, while her sister-in-law favors bold attire and Persian-made garments.
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Leuchtenberg
Nea Skobeloff
Paris
London
New York
Sunman
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefaller
Wm. Rockefeller
Fragmented quips and exchanges from a bygone issue
A jumble of brief overheard lines features baseball players discussing proposals and scores, a writer boasting about novel material, Poe reference, and a lawyer asking about insanity. The passages mix humor and corners of journalism from The Epoch and Texas diftings, offering a snapshot of clipped dialogue and era tone.
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Texas Diftings
Death of George Washington Quoted in School Story
A teacher asks when Washington died in a New York public school. Students react with disbelief, noting the gap since celebrating his birthday. The tale shifts to a moral about discipline and a separate vignette about a boy replying to a punch with a promise not to strike others.
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George Washington
New York
Texas
Useful Household Hints From Everyday Life
A collection of practical tips on humidity control with lime in pantries, glove mending using a polished pecan nut, and a decorative bag from a Turkish towel with a dress steel ring. Also tips for winter greenery with charcoal, ivy in water, a wheat head centerpiece, and notes on Chicago whist, Paris Easter bonbonnieres, and fashionable cafe waitresses in England.
Brooklyn Churches and Ocean Disaster Echoes
A fragmented note lists Brooklyn’s 57 Roman Catholic churches and recalls the Atlantic wreck of April 1, 1873 with 560 drowning victims and 42 survivors. It also mentions West Point admissions, imperial dieting anecdotes, and Victoria land value growth to 95 million sterling.
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Brooklyn
Atlantic
White Star Line
Weat Point
United States
Austria
Europe
New York World
Australia
Indianapolis
Victoria
Gun Wa's Parlors Denounced in Odd Testimony Tale
A sensational witness claims Gun Wa's offered a cure for catarrh amid a heated office confrontation. One man asserts long illness and failed remedies, while another refutes the story, detailing persistent nasal discharge and nightly suffering.
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Fenty Krochner
Gun Wa
Tie
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England
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Astle
Dr. Talmage
Ladies’ Homes Journal
Dewitt Talmage
Fashion
Pelicia Holt
Curtis Publishing CO
Pitapetrura, Pa
Shaensel & Strong
Pennsylvania
South End
Denleon Rouse Block
Lilly & Stalnaker
Washington Street
Synctacle Cares
Mayhew, Optician
North Meridian St
Henry Krochner
Felate
Gall
Brych’s Bread
Traveler's Register
Union Station
Ilinois Street
Peoria
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R'Y
Illinois-sr
Wathington
Forniture and Garnet House
Washington St
Charter Oak
Wi. H. Bennett
George Herrmann
Undertaker
Delaware St
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M. D
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G. H. Ingraham
Amsterdam
D. R. Dycue & Co
Evans Chemical
Cincinnati
Kor
Merves
Browning & Son
Wash
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Ard Bros
F.C. Fowler
Moodus
Cuta
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Indianapolis, Ind
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