Popular Songs Shape Fame for 19th Century Minstrels
A historical look at how minstrels and singers like Boulanger Harding and Pastor earned lasting renown. It traces the rise of many performers through hit tunes such as The Ninety and Nine, Mulligan Guards, Down Went McGinty, and After the Ball, noting how venues in New York and touring circuits boosted lucrative careers and legacies.
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America
Buulupyer
Trant
Boulanger
Bank Boulanger
Paulus
Burgouise
France
Lia D. Saukey
Wong
Pighare of
Sankey
Iavidl
Siu Prayciso
Tate
Wadbold
Hack Toe
Yarting
Lingird
Champagne Charli
Captain Tinks
4 Lingard
Janey
Broadway
Onarlle
Vna
Tony Pastor
Mr. Pastor
Bearera
Down Inn
Ike
Billy Emerson
Thomas Dixey
Sally
Seriss Savy
Blaainglog Olly
Bobby" Newcombe
Bobby
Frank Howard
Howard
Howard Harrigan
Bia
Mulligan Guards
Baxter Street
Avenue A
Mark Fgain
Calaverasnd
Tom Sawyers
Wapty
Brannigan
Tony Hart
William Seaxalan
Ami
Deai de Delos
Tom
Maude Beverley
Loa
Barks Winters
Philadelphia
Z. E. Carncross
Carnenoes
Latta
Agate Pixley
K. Ein
Maggle Gling
Mary Ann Kehoe
Magglefeet
Miss Kehoe
Mica Cline
Nagar
Lettie Collins
Joe Flyon
McGinty
Gtn
Lew Dockstader
William Hoey
Monte Carto
Hélene Mora
United States
Katie Lawrence
Daley Belt
Tr Aldrich Libbey
Raymond Moore
Sweet Marie
A Polite Stranger and a Grateful Officer Tale
Detroit Free Press recounts a scene at Woodward Avenue where a young man with a satchel thanks a patrolman for kindness toward him at the ferry. The humorous exchange includes cigars and playful banter as the officer questions the gratitude and the narrator reflects on modest rewards and memory.
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Detroit
Free Press
Woodward Avenue
Critzy
Offeer
Hope Springs Eternal Promises Healing From Hitter’s Cure
An old advertisement touts Hitters as a universal remedy addressing chills fever nervous debility and digestive troubles. It claims relief for the infirm and convalescent and promises rapid improvement within days, urging skeptical readers to seek its toning tonic benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoatetter
Inauguration Sparks Split Among Populists in Alabama
Harrisburg May 40 percent Kell’s irregular inauguration as governor of Alabama triggers a rift among major populist followers. Quick review and a coughing remedy claim influence public opinion while Dr BD Dayzie’s Expectorant is touted for coughs and throat issues. Controller Eckels' annual report recommends a new currency system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kell
Alabama
Big Popullet
Eckels
Spare Moments and billiard score report in Chicago
A fragment reports a remark on an establishment and reference to a young ladies' sensuary. It notes Ives defeating Schacter by a score of 600 to 412 in the billiard match first eight's play in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geroea
Ives
Schacter
Chicago
Atiron Hirschfeld appeals annulment ruling in Fargo
The article notes Atiron Hirschfeld will appeal Judge McCoonell's decision to refuse annulment of his marriage. It also mentions Thomas Brockway Bullene, a cepiteb jet and merchant, dying of a heart attack at his home in Kansas City Missouri, and Martin W. Garrison, a longtime Bushire resident, dying at about 80 years old. A promotional coupon from Dobbine Boap Mfg Co is advertised for mail order savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levere i
Edward Haeding
New York City
Fourteenth Street
Lispom
Ard Street
Broadway
Ury Ponds
Atiron. Hirschfeld
McCoonell
Ob Fargo
Thomas Brockway Bullene
Cepiteb
Kanne City, Mo
Dobbine Boap Mfg
Philadel
Revura Mall
The Business Man's Lunch and Digestive Remedies
A period piece touts Dr Pierce remedies for busy men with overworked stomachs. It asserts that proper digestion requires blood and nerves, urging Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to relieve bilious stomachs and Dr Pierce's Medical Discovery to purify and vitalize the blood. It extols Golden Musical Discovery for indigestion and nervousness and promotes obtaining these tonics at any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
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Mary Milev
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Xadaces
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Hoboken
Hood
Ricarp Forristaty
Oolweill, Lowe
Lydia
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Hemi
Lydia K. Plakias
Droge Gista
California Fig Syrup Co
Biy
Kly.bros
Warren
Mofse Bios
Canton
Mass
Pane
General Boulang
Laurelyan
Seurat
Annie Mxley
Teoy Pastor
Oliers
Haril‘uz
Weiss
Harding
Taspenird
Ulin
Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall BT
New York
Mr. Taft
Air
Nori Bridge
J. Bertram
Pise
Harrisburg
Pas Muy
Dayzie
Mr. Gildemeester
Chickering & Sons
MR. Kroeger
Teinway & Sons
Gildemeester & Kroeger
Peerless Instruments
Second Ave
1St Bt
Catalin
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Scott
Don
Martin W. Garrison
Bushrire
Walter Baker
Europe
Dorchester
MAES
Inne
Ves
Raphnel, Angelo
Hubens
Yom
Bose Mt
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Aixa
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Frese
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