Why Mr Spoopendyke and Wife Miss Masquerade Plans
A humorous domestic scene shows Mr Spoopendyke debating masquerade attire with his wife Mrs Spoopendyke. He rejects a coffin like outfit and balks at bare legs while she dresses a Spanish guitar girl, a Cromwell Burns mix up leads to comic chaos and a shelved masquerade plan.
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Mrs. Spoopendyke
Louis Fourteenth
Oliver Cromwell
Robert Burns
Mr. Spookendyke
Mrs. Spookendyke
Burns
Louis
Annals of Crime
Comfort One Another In Troubled Times
A devotional poem urges mutual support amid weariness and sorrow. It encourages gentle speech, steadfast faith, and leaning on divine goodness. The piece contrasts earthly burden with eternal hope, urging readers to find comfort in Christian trust and the promise beyond the tomb.
Night Vision of Souls and the Call to Serve
A poem describes midnight visions where angels guide souls beyond life. The speaker witnesses two souls rising to the Far Gates and hearing a wind voice urging service to save dying souls. A shadow tasting hell and a call to guide others closes with a blessed, leavening gaze.
Kiss Me Though I Almost Know You Are Deceiving
A poetic fragment in which the speaker pleads for a brief return of affection from a beloved, hoping for a moment of happiness despite the grasping fear that the other is toying with sorrow. The verse invokes tides of grief and asks for a single leaf and a smile as solace.
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Whipor
Alice Cary
A Poem On Love And Loss In A Woman's Heart
A verses lament on a woman's changing heart after a beloved dies. The speaker argues that the first love becomes the last and that memory anchors tenderness beyond youth, leaving the speaker resigned to solitude and the futility of new affection.
Child Healed After Long Illness Using Hop Bitters
The parents recount eleven years of suffering for their daughter under various physicians. After two years of trial and doubt they finally used Hop Bitters and she recovered, urging others not to fear the medicine despite prejudice. The telegram ends with a moral about imagined evils.
Departed Greatness and a Greek Giant Lost
A jester recalls Rutherford B. Hayes as public opinion shifts from tyrant to mock hero amid a comic travel tale. The piece closes with a note on a celebrated ancient cypress in Greece burned by careless campers, leaving only a younger rival plantain near Naugactus.
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Greece
Pausanias
Peloponnesia
Naugactus
Gulf of Lepanto
Odds and Ends Lighten the Nation's Wit and Prose
A collage of epigrams and anecdotes ranging from dandelions and umbrellas to moral maxims and urban quips. It features snippets about manners, honesty, love, and social commentary with humor from Boston to Duluth and a playful jab at Bible revisions.
Healthy State and Art Talks Include Kidney-Wort Ad
A periodical note discusses health through Kidney-Wort for a healthy state and mentions a dollar ad. Two Cincinnati visitors compare art schools Reconnaissance and Dastledorp while a Brooklyn reference cites Mr. Russell Sage’s rise from Troy. Deaig’s Worm Syrup is promoted for children with digestive issues at 25 cents a bottle.
Disturbance at Meeting Over Calling for Mr Henry
A political gathering was disrupted by a heckler shouting for Mr Henry between speakers. A young man attempted to speak eloquently before the crowd, while the interrupter insisted on loud calls for Henry and claimed a misidentified speaker. The chairman urged silence as the crowd argued the identity of Mr Henry.
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Russell Sage
New York
Troy
N.Y
Mr. Henry
Henry
Holle
Dublin Chambermaid's Cunning Triples Travelers in Rooms
A Dublin chambermaid schemes to host twelve commercial travelers across eleven bedrooms, detailing a bold, risqué ruse that exploits lodging and guests. The tale unfolds with social milieu and witty, transactional humor.
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Dublin
Riddle of the Spare Bedroom in a Row of Rooms
A hostess assigns eleven gentlemen to ten rooms then discovers a spare room for a twelfth. By placing two in No 1, one in No 2, two in No 3, two in No 4, two in No 5, two in No 6, two in No 7, two in No 8, two in No 9, and one in No 10, she leaves No 11 empty for the twelfth man. The arrangement creates a clever overlap so the twelfth man fits.
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No. 1
True & CO
Augusta
Maine
Curious Patent Remedy and Vermin Control Advertisement
Stinging and irritation of the urinary passages described as cured by Buchupaiba. Includes druggists and depot details for W. H. Rogers & Co. Madison. Also promotes Rough on Rats vermin killer with boxed 5 cent price.
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W. H. Rogers & Co.'s
Madison
Wells
W. H. Rogers & Co
Wells Health Renewer Ad and Lydia Pinkham Endorsement
An advertising snippet promotes Wells Health Renewer as a remedy for impotence and weakness, with a testy cake and children joke. It also cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound from 2383 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., claiming it greatly aids female diseases and invites readers to request a circular.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
WELLS
Richardson & Co
Prop’s
Burlington, VT
Nature's Triumph Frazier's Root Bitters Promotion
An advertisement extols Frazier's Root Bitters as a cure for weakness, malarial districts, fatigue from child care, blues, late hours, and aged symptoms. It promises toning effects and youth restoration, selling at $1 per bottle through Henry and Davies, sole proprietors in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Henry & Davies
Cleveland, O
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