Bizarre Ballast of a Lively Street Car Scene
A description recalls a crowded Green Mountain barge up Desert Street with men, women, and children packed beyond comfort. The driver’s shouted question about squeezing in “more women” prompts mixed reactions from passengers, with one brave reply. Various odds and ends follow, including Queen Victoria kissing etiquette, a cow struck by lightning, and New York Mayor Grant's census complaint.
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Jessiness
Col. Miller
Grant
New York
Watts
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Envious Neighbor Seeks Cure for Female Ills
A nameless woman envies her neighbor and seeks relief from imagined female weaknesses. An advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures functional derangements and related ailments, offering pills at one dollar and a nickel for self-examination, urging self improvement.
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Newt Door
Mrs W
Mra. W
Dr. Pierce
An Innovation In Soap Making Promoted By Vaseline Soap
The article extols a pure soap free from irritants as key to healthy skin and cites Chesebrough Manufacturing Company as the originators of Vaseline and the new Vase line soap. It endorses Vaseline Soap as medically and aesthetically superior and recommends Syrup of Figs for health, noting loss of baggage from a railroad wreck and the value of freshness.
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Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
Whel
Ht Company
California
Miller
Texas
Southern Horticultural Journal
Tim
No Soup In the World Ad Claims Imitations
Fragmented ad copy promotes Dobbins Electric Soup and Swedish Asthma Cure with claims of guaranteed results and free trial packs. It cites J. Ty Dobbins from Philadelphia and New York, warns against imitations, and includes Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup and other generic health remedies. The text imitates early 20th century promotional language with scattered marketing lines and testimonials.
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J. Ty Dobbins
Philadelphia
New York
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo, N.Y
Fatherless Golden Child and a Panther Chase Tale
A narrative begins with a girl described as a sunlit child beloved across places, then shifts to a dramatic account of Charlie Drenkhahn of Guttenberg who kills a black panther in Louisiana after defending a young woman during a ride home from a dance. Charlie wrestles the beast, uses his cane, and secures a dramatic strangling finish, with the panther's hide later displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Drenkhahn
Guttenberg
Chariie
Athens
Barry
Charlie
Charlie Ton
Time the flat cultivations for best crop growth
The text stresses early, regular cultivation to keep plants from stunting and weeds from catching up. It notes that delayed cultivation worsens growth, rains can compact soil, and shallow roots with packed soil hinder development. A good start eases later cultivation and improves yields.
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Stockman
Mountain Chapel Evangelist Faces Rifle Raid
In Breathitt County Kentucky a mountain chapel crowd heard an evangelist urge attendees to leave rifles at home. A rifle incident sparked by a Buck departed into laurel thicket as armed men pursued. The scene reflected tense moral debates and shifting religious fervor in rural 19th century life.
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Breathitt County
Kentucky
Bowdlav
Lowe
Clapel
Amchotten
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St. Louis
Tagell
Adv
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Florida
Gulf of Mexico
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Maury
Coast Survey
White Mountains
Boston
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Gadstone
Lord Bacon
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Peel
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Henry Clay
United States
John Hampton
Oxford
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Judge Story
Harvard
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Turenne
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Partsa
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Galloway
Wisconsin
Michigan
Duta
Rock Island
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Wadler
Lewis Ren
Gridin
Lus Boon
Deal
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Mont
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Chesebrough Manfg. Company
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Morrison & CO
Commission Merchants
Water St
Metropolitan National Lank
Pensions
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Waleed
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Trin
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Addess
James Tanner
Lato Conlin
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Rooney Ani
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Torrie
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Chiao
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