A Lovely Time Was Bad at Susie Blue's Party
A reminiscence from Kansas City Star columnist W. A. W. recalls a Willer Crick gathering that ended in nostalgia. Guests included Bil Bucks, Susie Blue, and Hill, with feasting of pickles, pies, cakes, and ham sandwiches. Old friends drifted away as times changed and trials mounted.
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Willer Crick Gazette
Hikalles
McCray
Godaness
Susie Blue
Tioatin
Susie
Hill
Willin
Easonia
Pil
Willer Crick
Gazette
Old Huray
Golden Shore
Ang Susie
Kansas City Star
A Stiff Yarn. Barber Shaves a Dead Man in Arizona Tale
A barber recalls shaving a man who turned out to be dead, the shock of learning the client was Rocks, a shot victim awaiting death. The tale unfolds with humor and grim irony as the barber reflects on the unpaid fee and the strange encounter that led to the old Arizona story.
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Brandon Banner
Brandon
Arizona
Avivona
Rocks
Fatty
Eyrus
Old Rocks
Dickens and a Tennessee congressman meet on capitol steps
An anecdote recalls Charles Dickens in Washington joking with a Tennessee congressman who misread his remark about a character named Little Neil. The tale shifts to Nobert Stevenson recounting a practical joke on actor John Snolish involving a rainbow painted dog on stage.
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Charles Dickens
Washington
Capitol
Tennessee
Dickens
Neil
Tam
Arenu
John Snolish
Nobert Stevenson
Khilling
Laclede
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
John
Rip van Winkle
Schneider
Quotations on Advice Fashion and Odd Post Offices
A collection of aphorisms on advice and folly, then notes on curious postal schemes and a Shanghai observer's tale. It describes a ring of quips about advice, a saltwater post box in Magellan Strait, a vow-bound son at his mother’s grave, and early autumn hat fashions with Langtry linked to a skyscraper bonnet plus Europe fashion notes and dress shapes.
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Galveston
New York
Liverpool
Magellan
Terra del Fuego
Shanghai
Kiukiang
Yangtse
Ching
Europe
Discovery claims universal blood disease cure by Dr Pierce
An advertorial claim promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a year round remedy that cleanses and invigorates the whole system. It asserts cures for blood diseases, skin ailments, scrofula, eczema, boils, goiter, enlarged glands and tumors with a money back guarantee if it fails to benefit or cure.
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Dr. Pierce
Diverse 19thCentury Dispatches From Cleveland To Chicago
A jumble of items reports Gray Gables for sale in Cleveland, a Congo uprising, Toledo councilmen plead guilty, a streetcar incident injuring no one in St. Louis, and fires in Phoenix and Bloomington causing losses. Also noted are Irish nuns sailing to Cincinnati, a Wyandotte treasure hunt, an attack on Gov McKinley’s car, an ossified Racine man, an escaped elephant in Chicago, a mail-cargo steamer from South America barred by cholera, and various household tips and quaint quips from period newspapers.
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Gray Gables
Cleveland
Congo
Toledo
St. Louis
Phoenix Furniture Factory
Rockford
Johnson Bros
Bloomington
Queenstown
Cincinnati
Wyandotte County
Quantrel
Gov. McNinley
Tluntington
W.va
Racine
Wis
Mid Century Gossip and Oddities Fractured, Flitted
A fragment from a 19th century paper blends witty social quips with domestic mishaps. A jealous suitor, a fluffed hair style, a comic mishearing, and a doctor’s failed remedy mingle with travel notices and a promotional snippet for a train excursion to Chicago via Dienon route.
Last of the Season and Market Prices Notice
The item lists travel fares to Arkansas Indian Territory Texas and Oklahoma with tickets on a pare for Tuard trip valid for 20 dass. It also includes a lengthy ledger of market prices for meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, and staples, with many specific figures and vendor references, plus notices for drug products and other goods.
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Arkansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Oklahoma
Core Alexander
Dist
Pasor
Paea Ry
Jackoon Flace
Indianaapolis
Ind
Unlawful Gas Connections Regulated by Act Provisions
The law makes it unlawful for any person or company to connect or recon ne ct with gas mains or service pipes or to turn on or off valves or interfere with any appliances. It requires written consent to alter mixers or use gas for heating and prohibits enlarging orifices without authorization. Violations incur fines from five to one hundred dollars.
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India
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