Detroit Builder Levi Elsey Recalls Rise Of City and Health Cure
A Detroit builder and contractor at 74 Moran Street recalls Detroit’s growth from village to city. He describes his long career, notable projects like Newberry McMullan and Campan blocks, and details a personal health journey cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He emphasizes their dramatic improvement after years of pain from varicose veins and urges others to try them. The piece blends reminiscence with an advertisement style testimonial.
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Detroit Evening News
Gratiot Avenue
Levi Elsey
Moran Street
Gratiot
Mr.Elsey
Detroit
Newberry & McMullan
Campan
America
Evening News
Northrup
Woodward Avenue
Dr. Williams
Williams
Schenectady, N.Y
Match This For Me A Shopper’s Modern City Trial
A Chicago Record piece describes John’s comic plunge into a great department store on State Street as he tries to match three yards of dress goods. Surrounded by throngs of women, he endures embarrassment and confusion, then exits with resolve never to return. It notes shifts in retail culture, including a $10,000 ladies’ salon and a $4,000 cafe, reflecting modern shopper comforts.
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John
Palace of Retail Trade
Chicago
State Street
Lieve
Twelfth Street
Union Street
Parson Smiles at Swearing Sailors in Stormy Berlin Voyage
A London News tale recalls a timid clergyman aboard the Berlin of the American line returning from a trip. Amid a tempest he seeks reassurance from purser John Kavanagh who shows him sailors swearing loudly. The parson finds comfort in the notion that profane language means no real danger, then returns to his cabin. As the storm worsens, he again fears for his life but then repeats relief at the sailors' swearing, praying the Lord be praised.
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Illustrated London News
Berlin
John Kavanagh
Kavanahh
A Comic Parade of Domestic Snippets and Banter
A ragbag of humor sketches lampoons marriage pets shopping money and fashion. A reporter admits fashion notes feed his concert review while a couple quibbles about trust money and music. A boyish inventor booms of a life giving contrivance for trolley cars as audience laughter shadows the scene.
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Paris
Icy Bits and Broadway Banter in City Gossip
Cartoonish dialogue and quips fill the page as mock conversations touch on complexion envy ice cream and soda, marital woes, a banana stand game, a Broadway table, and a mock proposal. The snippets feature characters such as Mabel Winkers Jinkers and Mrs Spoonamore in light social repartee.
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Mabel
Jinkers
Mme. Hynote
Ethel
Johnny
Scraps Of Comedy And Farm Notes In A Witty Column
A miscellany of humorous snippets and social chatter. Jests about Berlin violinists, self reliance, and domestic quirks mix with a note on farmers praising Salter’s new World's Fair wheat yielding 40 to 70 bushels per acre and rye reaching 70.
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Salter
Natural History Curiosities From Around the World
The gulf stream supposedly lacks whales while Gardner's Lake in Connecticut yields abundant white huckleberries. A 100 ounce gold nugget was found at Coolgardie Australia. True pigeon blood rubies command high prices, and a barkless tree grows in Ceylon with square leaves folding at sunset. Fringe-tail fish from Japan fetch high sums, popular in New York aquariums. A final note asserts money cannot buy wisdom without self-respect.
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Gulf Stream
Gardner's Lake
Conn
Coolgardie
Australia
Ceylon
Japan
New York
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Emma
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Natural History
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Toma
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Angelo
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Osta Sol Sun
Franklin St
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