Freaks and fortunes in Thompson's touring museum show
Evander Thompson recalls a New Hampshire buyer and his failed venture into freak shows in New York. He describes transforming patients into living curios via surgery and poultices, including a man with a growing nose, a forehead wen turned into a horn, and a boy with a rapidly sprouting red-top vines on his head, before authorities reclaimed him.
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Comumar- Biel
Evander ‘Thompson
New Yorks
New Hampshire
Thompson
Chanos
Thompson Rard
St. Louie
New Hampshire Msaaufacturer
Mr. Thompson
Bolls
Draes
Weill
Engagement Will Be Announced Next Week
A muddled exchange in a Pittsburg Chronicle and Chicago Post fragment hints at an upcoming engagement. Banter about marriage prospects centers on Magmie and Earlybird with remarks on the bride’s figure and her father’s status, ending with a teased engagement announcement for next week.
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Magmie
Mr. Earlybird
Earlybird
Brown
Oman
Robinson
Chicago Post
Pittsboro
Pittebarg Chronicle
Fashion and funeral notes mix in 18th century gossip
A lively column describes a 1751 English fashion with velvet and yellow silk garments, a German Countess praised for beauty, Italian cremation trends in Milan, and a Western Pennsylvania synod debate on marrying the deceased wife's sister. The piece blends society lore with religious law references.
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Hazadeth Koenigsmarck
Germany
France
England
Milan
Westminster Review
Elsa Sin
United Presbyterian Eynod
Pennsylvania
Dr. Ewing
Eay
The Queen’s Church Expenditure and Beauty Fads in Society
Articles warn about costly adornments and vanity among women of society. Notes include the queen’s private church box at Coven gardup for six guineas nightly, gossip on expensive lace collections in New York, Mrs Astor and Vanderbilts’ finery, and a trend toward cosmetic injections for cheek color. A sharp syringe scar and the question of modesty conclude the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coven Gardup
Chisego
Mipua
Falen
Waterbury
New York
Mra- Astor
Potato Cakes and Slices From Mashed Potatoes
Instructions detail two potato dishes using cold mashed potatoes. One makes small fried cakes with eggs milk flour and butter, the other suggests shaping mashed potato bricks, chilling, slicing, dipping in egg and cracker dust, then frying in butter for a novel breakfast.
Fashion Notes Hint at Shifting Styles
The text notes a trend toward chrysanthemum like fangs, older grandmothers’ muff fashions reappearing, pianoforte waning in favor of violin, and stitched linen cuffs and collars worn with wool dresses.
City Civil Engineer Sealed Proposals Ind 1890
Indianapolis seeks sealed proposals on December 1 1890 for grading and paving a ten foot sidewalk on Second Street from C C C St. to Howard Street with brick over eight inches of sand and appropriate curb. Also bids for a 2000 barrel cistern near Barth and Jeck. Proposals must be complete, no contract until approved by city bodies, bond required. City Civil Engineer Shawver signs notice.
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Common Council
City of
Indianapolis
Second Street
Howard Street
Common Council and Board of Aldermen
Ind
Thec
Barth Avenue
Jeck Street
vYhe Common Council
Board of Aldermen
K.P. Shawver
Child asks writer if money comes from writing
A friend’s four year old daughter interrupts his study and asks if writing earns money. She suggests that if he can buy her a pony bicycle candies and a hoop and take her to the merry-go-round she would stay out and not bother him, a humorous quote from a New York paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Remarkable Child and Notable Educators Highlight 19th Century Education Roles
Nellie Fotrau of Lumpkin Colorado assists immense road companies hauling logs to sawmills and handles the throttle like a chief engineer. Lady Brooke, once known as Misa Maynard, promotes a sewing teaching scheme for district children. Miss Elizabeth Pashody, originator of the kindergarten method, lives in Boston at eighty seven and remains active in education.
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Nellie Fotrau
Lumpkin
Colo
Immanss Road
Lady Brooke
Misa Maynard
Mies Elizabeth Pashody
Boston
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