The Rise of Finders in a Great City
The article traces professional finders in Chicago and other eastern cities who collect valuables from dumps, garbages, and street debris. It details routes, methods, and rewards, including rings, coins, jewelry, and even rare items, highlighting dangers, varied motives, and the shift from beach plundering to urban junk gathering as a livelihood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berd
Thom Lila Owit
Chicago
Aledopis
Tila
Tine
Idéon
Billy
Trenantes
Poe
Tiermanys
Lrge
Nader
Tolstoy the Russian author and new gospel preacher
Count Leo Tolstoy founder of a reformist sect seeks equality for all by rejecting noble dress and luxury. Born in Southern Russia, educated at Moscow University, he declines military life and writes famed works like Anna Karenina and War and Peace while teaching peasants near YasnaiaPolsna. He travels on pilgrimages, embraces peasant life, learns shoemaking, and leads a simple diet and daily labor with minimal comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mreateor Haormii
Leo Tolstoi
Enulo Zola
Yolatoi
Catata
Yasnaia Polisna
Tilsit
Borodino
Tolstoi
Moscow
Fashionable Fall Styles For Children’s Dresses And Hats
An old New York fashion article surveys fall child fashion with notes on pleated skirts, velvet yokes, capes, and simple hats. It highlights maternal wisdom, growing girlish taste for finery, and the need for proper carriage and poise to suit noble lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capes
Flats
New York
Alx Tenn Ibis
Calor
Fondarotne
Cur de Leon
Orient
Bertha
Riots pass with militia unused in railroad strike
Gov. Fil refused militia deployment during the New York Central Railroad strike. Rioting and clashes persisted at several points, but civil authorities managed without troops. An earlier case in Syracuse warned of escalating tensions, while discussions on steam versus electric power for rail transport reflected broader societal shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Fil
Jose
Mt Syrac
Theron
Elvil Sahel
Otis al Cale
Kinsman
Jung
Fay
Thad Bright
Ohio
Jose Courage
John Coleman
Gregory Bt
New Haven
Conn
Ah Ruswer
Warner
Cura
New York
Europe
Ery Villard
England
Maine
Wardley Health Courier Oddities and Remedies Promoted
A fragmentary advertisement style entry promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure all for digestive ills and feverish symptoms, touts coffee as a stimulant and malaria preventive, and recalls General Custer keeping a field mouse in an inkstand for amusement.
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Atlas
Fenna
Thia Médérn
Otala
Ihexpariooced
Ames
Tito Heoda
Plessis
Jean
Sardaparilla
Worore
Hood
Lowril
Jan Roses
Yale
Walch Leaat
Custer
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