The Undertaker's Wooing in Newton Village Tale
In Newton New Hampshire a quirky romance centers on an undertaker who seeks a new wife after his first spouse dies. Audt Roxy Bellinger recounts the comic hunt involving Lyddy Ann Mehit able Dexter Sally Johness and Mehit able, with a hearse, garlands, and a planned double courtship ending in a marriage that quiets debts and secures a grand funeral for Sally.
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New Hampshire
Newton
Audt Roxy Bellinger
Liddy Ann
Meetin
Lyddy Ann
Widder
Sally Johnees
Sally
Sethe
Rixy
Hell
Earth
Dexter
Sandy McPherson
Sandy
Stebbins
Mehitable
Women and social reform notes from Kansas and beyond
A Kansas Equal Suffrage Association meeting features Susan B. Anthony predicting universal liberties within forty years. The piece notes young female treasury clerks entering government service via civil service exams and mentions Frances Hodgson Burnett’s early writing career. It includes brief anecdotes from Times and Westfield about social mockery, elopement rumors, and a frothy quip on malaria.
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Kansas Equal Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
Treasury Department
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Tennessee
Peterson
Lass O’ Lowrie
South Salem
Ross County
Ohio
Hla Wilson
Will L. Lavery
Linen handkerchiefs and gentleman's fashion notes
Plain white linen handkerchiefs with embroidered motifs are described as desirable. Night shirts use light-weight French flannel with silk facings and monograms. Lambs wool half hose in black display embroidered white figures. Eider-down bath robes are warm and elegant. Four-in-hand ties, Victorian gloves, and Waterfall ties are noted. Hood's Sarsaparilla promoted for health and blood purification.
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Odd Health Theories and Oddities Across Regions
A Ohio man believes rheumatism came from a horse chestnut carried as a preventative after finding it in the street. In Guelph Ont many residents suffered headaches for hours and physicians discuss earth fissures and gas escapes. A Washington observer notes presidents spend more on hospitality in year one than in later years as budgets tighten.
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Ohio
Guelph
Ont
Washington
Pulls Nan Sleeping Car Between Indianapolis and Chicago
Notice describes the Pullsnan Sleeping Car running regularly between Indianapolis and Chicago via the Panhandle route. It travels to and from Union Station with reception hours from 8:30 p.m. to 11:20 p.m. and onward stay for arriving passengers until 7:30 a.m. aboard the car.
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Pullsnan
Indianapolis
Chicago
Panhandle
West End
Union Station
Dr Jordan's Lung Renovator Promises Cures for Breathing Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr Jordan's Lung Renovator as a sovereign remedy for lung diseases. It cites Mrs Simina Allen of Fortville who claims two years of cough, hemorrhages, and exhaustion improved after using the product, with the physician’s treatment credited for stopping bleeding and restoring health. The notice urges readers to trust the remedy and mentions the doctor's offices at 1144 West Washington St.
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Dr. Jordan
Simina Allen
Fortville
Pie
Jordan
West
Washington St
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H.C. Kennedy
Chas
Gaylor
Atlanta
Sullivan's
Pennsylvania-st
ST. Louis Browns
Cincinnati
White Sewing Machine Company
Cleveland
White Sewing Meeting
North Pennylvania St
G. W. Rickum
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Broadway
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Traveler's Register
South Dinois Street
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Daily City Licket
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