A Romantic Frenchman Builds an American Feudal Castle
Mr Grammont, a very wealthy French-born American, plans a feudal castle overlooking Narragansett Bay in the United States. He vows grand towers, battlements, archers, troubadours, and a daily wage system for knights and pages, spending about $50,000 yearly to realize a 12th century style estate with a moat and warlike pageantry.
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Mr. Grammont
France
United States
Iam
Hudson
George Francis Train
Narragansett Bay
Grammont
Welkin
Larons
Charles the Bold
Grimmont
Germany
Rhode Island
The Sultan at Dolma Palace Housekeeping Exposed
A Leisure Hour account reveals the sultan fed over 6 000 daily at Dolma Palace with a strict all male staff led by a treasurer. Each department reports to a chief, and food is cooked in silver vessels then served from the same kettles. The sultan eats with his hands, never using a plate, knife, or fork.
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Dolma Bagthe
Opeman
Boston
Plato
Emerson
Alexander Pope
Caught in a waves of quips and ads in brief
A collage of jokes, ads, and light snippets from a late 19th or early 20th century paper. The items reference humor, quips about pessimism, mischief by pets, household tips, and product pitches. Includes cheeky dialogue, mock classifieds, and short anecdotal gags with various named brands and locales.
The Effects of Mental Exhaustion and Bitters Claim
The article describes daily mental fatigue as a cause of nervous diseases and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as reviving brain and nerve energy. It claims the tonic cures fever and ague rheumatism chronic dyspepsia constipation and various bodily weaknesses while boosting vitality.
Kensington Man Wins 15000 From Louisiana Lottery
Philadelphia Herald reports W H Fisher of 2518 Emerald Street won 15000 from Louisiana State Lottery ticket No 02561 held by his wife. The couple plans bank the draft and consider real estate as an investment after the strike of luck.
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Philadelphia
Herald
W. H. Fisher
Emerald Street
Lousiana
Eighth National Bank
Tye
Magnificent photogravure views offered by Denver & Rio Grande
Railway advertising notes four 25x80 inch photogravure prints by W. H. Jackson showing Royal Gorge Garden of the Gods Canon of the Grand River and Currecanti Needle. Prints mailed in tubes for framing price details offered with return/refund option. Also promotes Great Burlington Route with Denver headquarters at 100 Larimer St. and travel amenities.
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Mocky Mountains
Denver& Rio Grande Railroad
W. H. Jackson
Royal Gorge
Garden of the Gods
Grand River
Currecanti Needle
Boneft
Burlington
Horton
Denver
Chicago
Colorado
Larimer St
Cole
Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy Offers $500 Reward
The proprietors offer a $500 reward for an incurable case of Catarrh, no matter how long standing, asserting their remedy cures chronic catarrh in the head. It claims to relieve cold in the head, catarrhal headaches, and other symptoms, with the product sold by druggists for 50 cents. Denver paper WLN.U. Vol VII, 371 No 33.
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Dr. Sage
WLN
U. Denver
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