Local Trades and Tailors on East Main Cross
A fragment listing local merchants and trades on Main Cross street including hardware, tailoring, millinery, grocery, hosiery, and Queensware shops. Positions at No 19 East Main, No 15 East Main Cross, No 59 West Main Cross, No 46 Eastern Cross, and No 12 East Main Cross are noted with brief shop descriptions and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sling, Lodge
East Main Cross Street
Lough, W. V. & CO
East Main Cross
GELEA
West Main Cross Street
Arper
Fred
City Y Dmg
Eastern Cross Street
Cefer
John H
West Main
E. R. Cox
Weber
Ellen
G. P
Owers
F. C
West Main Cross
Central Avenue
Ely
Agents Wanted for Home Work in Augusta Maine
Free training and steady income offered by RUE & CO. Augusta. Earn about $1 per day from home with simple tasks. Immediate openings for reliable agents seeking flexible, at home work opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magli-Dy
RUE & CO
Augusta
Maine
Indignations at the White House Haunt Hayes in Sleep
The article depicts President Rutherford Hayes waking at 3 a.m. to ponder travel and speeches, then encountering a ghostly council of former presidents in the Executive room. They denounce fraud and corruption, urging action as Hayes flees in fear, only to find the room empty at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
White House
Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Columbus
Schurz
Key
Tennessee
Virginia
Gettysburg
Evarts
Green Mountains
Stoughton
Jerry Black
Electoral Commission
Gen. Butler
Congress
Ias
Terance
Adams
United States
Jefferson
John Adams
Tom Jefferson
James Monroe
John Quincy
Madison
Buchanan
James Polk
Andy Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Abraham
Lincoln
Night of the Ghost Race at the Track
A free for all harness race ends in tragedy as Honest Jack perishes after a dramatic late night run with Little Nell. The crowd gasps as 2:123 is chalked on the timeboard and the ghostly judge disappears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Keather
Nell
Honest Jack
Nelli
Neil
Pat
Noble Youth Refuses Wine at Statesman's Table
A poor young man refuses wine offered at a Washington statesman's table. He politely declines the glass, then humorously asks for a try of good old rye whisky if available, displaying moral steadfastness and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Topaz-Cain invention inspires unlikely musical scene
The note credits Topaz-Cain with inventing music while noting a surprising turn as a woman sings nasally and a young man drives a neighborhood wild with a fiddle, highlighting the unexpected cultural impact.
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Topaz-Cain
Love in a Grave Yard leads to a political pig tale
A Saratoga letter lampoons graveyard poetry as two lovers tease each other near Chancellor Walworth’s grave. The piece turns to a mock tribute by noting J. M. Near's praise of a Monroe Metcalfe swine tribe member, claiming her lineage and meat sales funding the family for a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walworth
Saratoga
Duckey
Robert Recular
Charley
J. M.‘Near
Monroe
Metcalfe
Glasgow
Paternal Duties in Throngs of Thrice-Asked Tasks
Mr Throckmorton, heading for the office, hears a cascade of family errands from children and relatives. He promises to fetch water pipe, satin, carpet, batting, medicines, shoes, and a boatload more before dinner, yet by midafternoon townsfolk believe he has fallen off the wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Dasper
Throckmorton
Summer Street
Greenbaum and Schroeder's
Mr. Throckmorton
Parsons
Hawkeye Kirk
Rain Seeking Ceremony in Indore United Royals and Villagers
On the 29th in Indore a novel observance drew 15 000 villagers and royal figures for prayers and poojahs asking for rain. The Maharajah plowed a field while the Maharani served him meals, and soon after, showers fell as the crowd celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times of India
Indore
Bangunga
Maharani
Watertown man Apams dies. famed business owner and spiritualist
The obituary notes Watertown New York resident Apams who died last week. An enthusiastic spiritualist with faith in materializations by mediums. His Watertown home is described as luxurious. He owned the Greek Slave and Power's master. He began an express business in Boston in 1840.
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Alin
Apams
Watertown
New. York
Power
Boston
A Curious Irish Matrimonial Shrafting Custom
A Southern Ireland tale describes a Shrove Tuesday matchmaking event called shrafting. Villagers view local couples, with parents negotiating matches while nerves and romance mix on the village green. The piece notes flirtation, bargaining, and the social ritual surrounding marriage prospects.
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Ireland
Maclize
Coastguards
Grandmother Pilkins Recalls Tangled Family Lore
An Indianapolis reader recalls a cartoonish chain of family connections sparked by a Courier Journal tale about Osman Pasha, with a Kentuckian grandmother tracing cousins and settlers from Kentucky to Tennessee to Missouri, amid lively, humorous reminiscence of bygone kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilkins
Indianapolis News
Abner Pilkins
Courier-Journal
Osman Pasha
Hawkins County
Tennessee
R. Clay Crawford
Kentucky
Oscar Bradshaw
Crawford
Lemme
Crawfords
Spencer County
Globsters
Missouri
Bethuel Globster
Braydad
Samantha
Rytory
Able Pollevil
Lickskillet
Able
Masquerade Ball Deception Revealed by Brother
A narrator recounts spying on a masquerade night encounter, mistaking Laura Clyde for his sister Fan’s friend. He steals a kiss then discovers it was actually his sister, not Laura, creating a shock and relief at the masquerade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honor Bright
Joe
Laura Clyde
Parvamatonic Employer Discusses Exhibition Visit
A humorous exchange describes an employer and foreman recalling a neighboring fine art exhibit visit. The crew considered three to observe art but chose tea gardens instead, joking about resulting expenses and pleasant moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parvamatonic
Johnson
Old Beeswax AphiraL Semmes Faces Eccentric Moustache Routine
Alabama officers nicknamed AphiraL Semmes Old Beeswax for his waxed moustache. He paced the quarterdeck daily, his habit turning the right end from his eye while the left end pointed downward, a constant struggle to balance the distinguished facial hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aphiral Semmes
Alabama
The Mayor of Hot Springs Trials Self Cue
The mayor of Hot Springs Arkansas arraigned himself for violating ordinance ten and pleaded guilty. He fined himself five dollars and costs and then proceeded to consider other cases with Roman dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Early Morning Routine Of A Pedestrian Named Bertha Von Hillern
The text describes Bertha Von Hillern as a daily pedestrian who rises at 5 am for training. She eats two raw eggs and walks ten miles, then bathes and has a breakfast of rare beef oatmeal boiled potatoes and stale bread. She rests until 10, dines on roast beef and potatoes, and goes to bed at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Bertha von Hillern
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