Public talk on vice and virtue in Marble Hill notes
Column fragments discuss public men, corruption, and reform. Anecdotes reference a Paris burglar, Delaware abolishing the whipping post, inaugurations, and rising building costs in Chicago versus Philadelphia. Reports on gas fumes versus gallows, a Richmond kiss, college athletic finances, and White House cheese customs illustrate era concerns and wit. Livelihood details from Sicilian lemon labor show low wages for women and girls, long hours, and related costs.
Prisoner in a lonely hillside house tale ends
An expository narrator recounts Madeline’s abduction, her confinement, and a trapped romance with Charles Carriston. A threatening note, a supposed accident, and a rescue frame a plot that may prove an eerie coincidence or a deliberate deceit. Carriston’s wife dies in Rome. The narrator remains skeptical of the tale’s veracity.
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Carriston
Madeline
Ewen
Carrtston
England
Ralph Carriston
Charles Carriston
Sir Charles
Corriston
Rome
Charles
Ralph Carriaton
A Tale of Three Lions Chapter I in the wilderness
In Yorkshire, Allan Quatermain recounts his Africa exploits and a failed Pilgrims Rest gold claim. He recalls loneliness in crowds, the desert spirit, and the need for adventure as he narrates past hunts and the lure of gold to his companion Harry.
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Allan Quatermain
Nye
England
Sir Henry Curtis
Quatermain
Quagga
Shaggy Wilderbeeste
Africa
Yorkshire
Trains on Paris Suburban Roads With Steam Locomotive
Experiments near Paris use a steam locomotive drawing a two-car train running on ordinary roads not rails. The engine is sixteen horsepower, seats fourteen in one car and twenty four in the other, speeds about seven miles an hour, and it can turn a circle twenty three feet in diameter. A freight train is also being built. Inventors hope this type will be widely used in and near cities.
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Quetermain
Harry
Hunter Quatermain
Yorkshire
Pilgrims
Transvaal
Jim-Jim
Hons
Zambest
Dame
Tome Cov Fct
Paris
Not at all the stenographer of the chamber
A brief exchange claims the man is not a journalist but the official stenographer of the chamber, remarking on his history of falsehoods and stupidity. The deputy and the great man debate the man's role and reputation, cited by Argonaut.
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Chamber
Argonaut
Swine in Size Shape and Health Remedies
An old advertisement extols Stomach Bitters as a remedy for multiple ailments. It claims the product prevents Bright's disease diabetes and other disorders by toning the stomach and aiding digestion. The prose urges use for various digestive and systemic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uly
Bright
Lying Old Maid Exchange Over Messenger Charge Identified
Dialogue fragment shows a deceptive exchange with instruction to reply to a messenger that the sender is “a beautiful young lady.” The line notes a 1 cent extra fee for the messenger's handling. The text reflects a petty bargaining interaction with an evasive answer.
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Messenger
Freak of Nature Watermelon Seeds Promoted by Salter Co
Public notice style ad claims 1 000 000 packages of Gulden Rind Watermelon from Walter's seeds, with prizes and postpaid offers. Promises sensational fruit, prices at $1.00 each, earliest ripening records from 1894, and a seed book with 146 pages. Located by Salter Seed Co., La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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Walter
John &. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Druggists Endorse Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement
A historic testimonial page notes F J Cheney & Co Toledo endorsing Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure for catarrh with internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists in Toledo pledge business honor and ability to meet obligations. Alala sent free price 15c per bottle by all druggists. Dallas Family Pills are the
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West
Alala
Dall
Gamslaws and Travel Offers in Historic Railway Ads
A garbled page excerpt shows a question about game laws, a note on not trumping a partner’s ace, and a railway promotional segment. It advertises HomeSeekers Excurtions at half rates via Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain routes with ticket dates through spring, plus pamphlets from Townsend in St Louis and a stray remark about the X Hays and rumors.
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Homeaeekers
Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
I. C, Townsend
General Prevengea
St. Louis
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