Fair Wheeler wins Louisiana Lottery prize in December drawing
Ticket holder Earl Wheeler of No 9 Grove Street, Amsterdam New York, owned one fortieth of the $600000 prize. He confirms ownership and details through a reporter, noting five total tickets previously purchased and the prize handling by banker J Vedder Morris and agent B F Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Wheeler
Louisiana
Earl Wheeler
Grove Street
Wheeler
J. Vedder Morris
B. F. Oliver
American Express Company
Morris
Farmer’s National Bank
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Jerus Wheeler
Inman's
Amsterdam
N. Y
Democrat
Grecian Marriage Customs and Greek Honeymoon Traditions
A detailed lessthan-eloquent survey of Greek marriage customs. It describes arranged visits by the groom’s kin to select a wife, betrothal rituals, and the wedding procession with torches and a priest. It notes dowry talks, parental guardianship, and a ceremonial night and feasts, ending with a long wedding celebration. Also references Mrs Gen Grant’s mental state and distractions, plus garden and plant care tips for growing violets in cool frames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uiey
Oung Tin
Marrage
Uius
Mabin
Hinwell
Hol
Greece
Grant
Meena
Fashions and Toiletries in Velvet and Silk Across London
A garland of dress descriptions outlines late nineteenth century styles with leg o mation sleeves velvet trim for atarliote accessories, jetasa trimming for wool and cloth costumes, and demitrain Uooulide for ceremonies. It notes corsets, elastic nets, silk trims, and novel hairpiece ideas, plus umbrella covers in wreck silk and ivory carved accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jetasa
London
Tsing & von
Poy Paris i
Kate
The Boston Man Won
A San Francisco Chronic tale follows a cultured Boston man who travels to San Diego seeking novelty and encounters a sharp wager about flea resistance. Fleeing culture, he bets a native fifty to endure a sunlit sting, uses a watch crystal as a lens, and notes how a frontier town grows through speculative stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Far West
San Diego
Boson
San Francisco
Judge Gilderslee’s Nebraska cow thefts loom large
A political and social tableau unfolds as Mrs. Judge Gilderslee hosts autumn suites and a sheriff from Omaha confronts the judge about a career of thefts across Illinois Iowa Indiana Nebraska. The piece contrasts local pride, danger, and a hard edge of frontier justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Gilderslee
Jackass Heights
Omaha
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Nebraska
Arizona
Clock Collector George W. Childs Tends Elite Timepieces
Lote of Tink There reports George W. Childs, famed editor of a daily journal devoted to adverts, has added 890 clocks and now owns over 1,100 ticking pieces stored in a dedicated room. Bonner races to hovoe while Obtide banks his all on clocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lote
George W. Childs
Ponte
Bonner
Hovoe
Odd snippets of a child’s letters and muddled medical ad
A disjointed mix of a six year old’s remarks about water and bathing, stray lines about nurses, a cryptic seance reference, and garbled dialogue. The text shifts to a medical ad for Dr. Hull’s Cough syrup and scattered social observations, all presented in a fractured, OCR-like transcription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate
Leley
Nar
Dr. Hull
Scrap of Figs Lixative and Gentle Diuretic
A dated promotional note extols Scrap of Figs as a pleasing mild laxative and gentle diuretic. It criticizes distractions and urges stable, focused wit to avoid worsening outcomes. The passage emphasizes health, taste, and acceptability as key qualities.
Fragmented Notice on Manufacturing, Marketing and Quotes
A scrambled historical snippet discusses ElkHart Tod’s Eikiapt Carehige and Harness Manufacturing selling shiteel at wholesale, claiming buyers face no risk and can pay extalone after examination. It weaves in various literary names, ads, and the question of Bedloe’s Teland line becoming New Jersey property, with scattered quotations and misread phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eikiapt Carehige and Harness Manufacturing Company
Elkhart
Tod, Hive
Bedloe
Teland
New Jersey
Jersey
Castoria and childhood memories in old ad style
Fragmentary advert style prose recalls Castoria used in childhood illness and growth phrases. Includes garbled text and stray lines about laundry soap and a wounded narrative hint. Contains multiple misread words and nonsensical segments, with no clear coherent event.
Golden Medical Discovery touted as cure all in dubious Buffalo ad
An illustrated plea extols a “Golden Medical Discovery” as a universal cure. The testimonial mentions Purifying the blood, curing skin diseases, scrofula, and lung ailments while claiming no alcohol or narcotics. It promotes Worths Distextany Medical Association, Buffalo, as distributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Flint
Cyrus
Akyil
Ds BR. V. Plein
Golden Medical
Ben
Bean
Shy
Distextany Medicaal Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Quack Remedies and Oddball Advertisements
A collage of dubious cures and sales pitches. Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer are promoted amid claims of cures and reward offers. Petty humor and stray product references pepper the page, with Toledo brands and odd quips alluding to medical and consumer items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Cheney & CO
V'reps
Toledo
Weat&Truax
Widvsales Ruggints
Ohta Walding
Kinuay & Margin
Whisale
Tolevlu
Ohio
EH. van Hoorey
Cassiler
Toledo National Bank
Kline
Tia Fitsafeer
Arch St. Phila
Also Mentioned on This Page
Italy
Parece
Silas Shippey
Clarksburg
Capt. Shippey
Wiliam Parker
Nde
C. D. Banford Post
G. A
Clarkeburg
Gen
Jalhcoum Khaatheen Lah-bryteoum ‘Pullin “Lah
Terrondidoonk Kluibeen
Gen. Grant
Alizits
Violets
Cunte
Anil
Perlinges
Livton
Aid
Bernabowt
Rendyzvius
Lavi
Levi, Jr
Mio
Dryton
Fashion Notes
Shaftesbury
New York
Little America
Bea
Heligoland
Zuyder Zee
Holland
Italian
George
Abd
Herping Row
Salvation Oil
Poes
Janos Magy
Tianeri
Iin
Chives
Henry Ward Beecler
Alck
Castoria
Misa
Oregon
Han Bokeh
Diol Biii
Grover
Len
Vy Sa
Per Corvrica
Catarre
Sager
Wruyrrintn
Piso
Scott's
Scott
Mothersriend
Bradfield Regulator
Atlanta GA
Smiths
J.P Smith & CO
St Louis
Averts
Daiwa
Hole
Athe and Pensions, Greatary, Patch Pail, Ayatta, W
Teex
Truntinge
Arkansas
Riley
Armers
Western
Fara
Algiors
Chichester
Red Cross
Sete
Mle
Meade Wes
Nair
Chichester Chemin Co
Pita
Plabiore Wagon
SRO
Harness Mfg. Co
Pentt
Melanie Betere
Warmaren
Beaire F. OB
Pratt
Ingans
Eline
Drie
Medale Aid
Paris
Avn Fournier Agency
Stanley
Bandy Ville
Davoonts
Axn Deatane
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Gatimers, Itd
Brill
Loomis & Tiffin
James
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