Notable Miscellany of Early American Figures
A compilation of brief items notes varied figures and events. It mentions Senator Sharon alleged tax share in San Francisco, a San Francisco youth disowned by a wealthy family, and a Chicago student who became a Christian. It also recalls Mrs. Elizabeth Weeks being born, married, and died on the same day monthly, plus historical coincidences involving General Washington and General Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Sanrancisco
Sam Bo
San Francisco
Chicago University
Chicago News
Elizabeth Weeks
Portland
Boston Post
Washington
Sherman
Mitchell Putnam
Texas
South Carolina
Warren County
Georgia
Chicago Times
George Washington
War Department
Kosciusko
Interior Department
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
N.Y. Sun
E. L. Magoon
Philadelphia
Women’s School of Design
Giotto
Fra Angelico
Michael Angelo
Leonarda da Vinci
Raffael
Correggio
Titian
Andrea del Sarto
Philadelphia Press
Samuel Budd Riley
New Jersey
Hamilton Square
Trenton
Crookstown
New York
Newark Register
J. W. Scott
Washington,d. C
General Harrison
Indianapolis
Ohio
Miami University
Farmers’ College
Chicago Tribune
Nineteenth Century Jests and Jibes Across Papers
A collage of humorous snippets from various newspapers mocks bills, measurement shifts, medical quackery, footwear durability, a Brooklyn baby tiring a man, and a child’s remark about his mother. Lighter sketches include lectures on archtypes, a rash Boston stocking joke, a Georgia piano tale, buckshot tales, and a mispronounced course of “piscatorial globes” at table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Boston Courier
Orristown
Brooklyn
Texas
Boston
Rockland Courier- Gazette
Chicago
Hallow Eden
Georgia
Priscilla
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Dudes Silken Tile Prank At Oil Exchange
A humorous Times account of a young trader called the dude who arrives in lavish dress only to have his silk hat swapped for an old one. Brokers chase the hat as it is kicked and trampled, the prank ending with the jokers revealing a simple ruse and the man’s derisive grin. The crowd’s laughter drives the ticker into the waste basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil Exchange
Solomon
Exchange
How Salmon Eyes Are Obtained For Spawning
The article describes October spawning work for salmon. Workers strip ripe ova by pressing the abdomen. if ripe, eggs deposit into a pan. Milt from males fertilizes, then eggs are washed in cold water and kept briefly. Each fish yields 2000 to 20000 eggs, with a 44 inch salmon cited as oldest. Eggs placed on wire screens in hatching frames, stacked in nests, in troughs, with water flow continuing into January before distribution to states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Cor
Boston Journal
A Ponderous Intellect and Wedding Prattle
A humorous snippet contrasts Mrs Moses Schaumburg urging a party gift with Moses’s plan to delay until his birthday to blend business and pleasure. It also notes a fashion trend where brides carry a white velvet prayer book at weddings while the groom chews his whiskers, a lighthearted observation from Texas Siftings and Detroit Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Schaumberg
Rebecca
Mose
Moses
Texas Siftings
Detroit Free Press
No Trust Prompts Fifty Dollar Reward Sign
A Humphrey Center New York firm posts a fifty dollar reward over its door for anyone obtaining credit at the store. Inside, placards declare No trust and Pay up what you owe, signaling firm stance on debt collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey Center
N. Y
Voice From the Northwest and Odds and Ends
A miscellany of brief anecdotes and advertisements from early 1900s papers. Includes praise for St Jacobs Oil and Dr. R V Pierce remedies, notes on a brass band for college students, cough and eye treatments, a joke about editors, and various product pitches and quips from multiple regions and sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukes
Wils
The
Daily Sentinel
St. Jacobs
Advertisements and cures from early newspapers
A collage of testimonials and notices touts Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh, claims cures for deafness and long-lost senses, and praises Swift's Specific and Brown's Iron Bitters. Mentions include Maxi Persons of Pittston, a Tunkhannock lawyer, and readers from Pittston and Buffalo, with broader notes on advertising vs advertisers and the canned fruit market. The tone is promotional with diverse remedies and endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Ely
Bar~ T
Pittson
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Boniface de Roo
Holland
Akron
Waterloo
de Roo
Mount Auburn
Ben Butler
N. Mas
Lord Coleridge
John Bright
Milton
Mr. Bright
Bacon
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
James O. Bellis
Flemington, N. J
Yare Catures
New Haven Register
Hale
Pike
Leeds
R. V. Prence
Younkers Statesman
Swirt
Branyam
Macon
Frepoy
Mamma
California
New Berx, N. C
G. W._ Offley
Detroit Post
Baxter
J. C. Topp
Barclay, St
Isaac Thompson
General Markets
Kansas City
Kaneas
New
Missouri
ST. Louis
Anne Tog
West
Acre
Chicago Herald
Swift
Berg
Hot Springs
Ark
S. C
J. S. White
Qi City
World’s ‘Dispensary Medical Association
Charles A. Vogeler Co
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
U.5
VICOR
Scotittrt
Slper
Meyer Bron. Drug Co
Scott
Wyandotte Street
USA
Priceé Druggists
Ely Brothers,d
Owego
N.Y
C.u.d
E.E. Mendes & CO
West Fifth Street
Hancas City
Gosteiters
London
England
Utileublishing Co, CL We
P. O
Ved Peley Book. & Co
Terbreek
Russell Publishing Co
Bromfield St
Maas
Monarch
Mcreay
Cortage
Mich
Monarch Manufactu Inc Cou
E. Randolph St
Chicago, DL
Demorest
W. Jennings Demorest
East Ith Street
F. Glz Eason & Co
Summer Street
Heston, Bass
J. D. Stanton & CO
Dayton, D
Ad.j.d. Brown, Mgr
Sedalia
Rae
Alve Express
Slocum
Pearl Be
America
Mason
Jones Bros. & Co., Pub
Bt. Louis
Matt Erb Sree
Mits
Aultman & Taylor Co
Mansfield
DE LA Clare
Chicaco
Ill
Acents
F.A. M
F. A. XM
Redding &Co
Masonic Publishers and Manufacturers
Broadway
B. Silver
Cleveland, OU
Loosze
J. M. Loose Dé CO
Monroe, Mich
Temple OF Music
Bryant' & Stratton’s College
St.Louis
Jay Bronson
Dersorr
Micit
Johnson
I._8
Johnsons
Johnson & CO
Mass
St. Lous
Mermo Ig
Spear Head Plug
Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Totat Amo
P.j.sorg&co
Opole Civinq
U.S
Middletown
Edson Electric
London Electric Fabric CO
Beekman Street
Santo TeeaTers
A. P. Lacey
Weshingtoh
StanDaRe Cerz Co
Pearl St
Setone
Desiera
C. L
Sheeneee
A.N.K
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