Lady Base Ball Players Drawn From East
A Manchester Spectator note discusses female base ball teams formed as a touring moral show. A New York practice game saw Brunettes beat Blondes 48 to 29 with crowd coaching spurting home runs and a chase over a fence as players circled the bases. The writer urges bringing the act to St. Louis, claiming it would outdo Keene’s Hamilet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bt. Louis Spectator
New York
St. Louis
Keene
Hamilet
Bonanza Claim About St Jacobs Oil in California
Thomas P. Ford editor of the Mountain Tribune reports his family found St Jacobs Oil a great pain cure and says it is the most popular medicine ever introduced. He asserts it would be missed by his household.
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California
Breper
Cal
Thomas P. Ford
The
Mountain Tribune
St. Jacobs Oil
John
John Tyndall
Pasteur
Bright
Koch
Bigamy and Germ Theory Oddities in a City Paper
A satirical tale on Gabe Slashing facing accusations of bigamy after marrying a country girl and moving her to Austin. The page also blends a Washington letter with jokes about majorities, plus a long discussion of germ theory and Warner's Safe Cure, ending with a quarrel over encyclopedia accuracy.
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Texas
Sukey
Gabe
Austin
Fragmented ad laden page reveals patent medicines and quotes
A sustained string of advertisements and quotations from a 19th century page promotes medicines such as Buchu Paiba and Allen's Iron Tonic, with testimonials and vendor pitches. It includes references to Ely's Cream Balm for hay fever, Brown's Bronchial Troches, and various jewelers, catalog offers, and moral quotes.
Markets Report and Grain Prices Across Cities
Market listings give Wheat and Corn prices in Chicago St Louis and rates for Barley Rice Flour and Butter. Prices include Wheat at 91 1 2 to 92 1 2 cents per bushel and Pork Lard and Beef figures, with cattle and sheep quotes in several markets. The page closes with a miscellany of quotes and light verse notes.
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ST. Louis
Grand Union and Metropolitan Hotels Advertised and Local Tips
An assortment of hotel and travel notes extols the Grand Union Hotel in New York with 600 rooms costing one million dollars and European plan services. It also promotes the Metropolitan Hotel in Omaha with rooms at 2.00 per day and table quality. The snippet includes medical cures, novelty ads, and a devotional quote blended with local chatter.
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New York City
Save
Grand Unton Horse
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union Hotel
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Washington
Hoadly
Folg
McKinley
Ohio
Confucius
Ieines
Warner
Gunn
United States Medical College
Augustine
Mooney
Astoria
Ills
Allen
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry CO
Army
Navy
Ely
Albert A. Perry
Smithboro
N.Y
WM. T. Carr
Elizabeth, N. J. Price
J. M. Fort
Pery
Castle Grey
Limerick
Ireland
Brown
S. Hey
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Omaha
Chicago
Boston Bulletin
Pittsburgh Telegraph
New York Journal
Philadelphia Call
Hunt Sremedy
Hunt'sremedy
Hunt’sremedy
HUNT
Hunt's Remedy CO
Providence
BR. I
Metropolitan
Worth Is
Rochester Post-Express
Hale
Pike
OwrenTton, Ky
J. W. Waldrop
Fostettery
Hoetetter
Panu Diodera
Drogmet
Catarrh
Baly’sream
Bala
USA
FLY Brothers
Owego
National Pub. Co
T. Mournay Hill
N. Y
Gjacoes
Deaiers
Charles A. Vogeler
Baltimore
Ellis
Bremedien
Ellie
Ellis Spavin Cure CO
Sudbury Street
Boston
Mass
Fourth Avenue
Army and Navy
Wille
Smal
C. Wille
Army and Navy Linmento
Abasp Ave
Hichadson & On, Whuiesa'e Druggista
E. B. Guild
Topeka
Kas
Jin
Uncle Sam
Emmert Proprietary CO
Chicago, Illn
America
Wright
E. Ferrett
Pearl St
Frazer
Ed Frazer
Dougs
Era Torrie
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