Luck Sold by Drug Stores in Chicago Levee District
In Chicago's levee neighborhood drug stores market a superstition as a saleable commodity called luck. Purchasers, mostly African American, buy powders and oils mixed to produce luck, inhaling fumes and using solutions in homes. Women are frequent buyers. Friday and the 13th are avoided. Prices run five cents per ounce, with typical purchases of a dollar at once. Chicago Tribune.
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Sally White
Clark Street
Levee
Chicago Tribune
Ingenious Father Foils Suitors On Walnut Hills
A Cincinnati Commerical story recounts a daring contrivance by a protective father to thwart a barber named Lew courting his daughter. A hidden contact plate under the parlor soft triggered a bell when two people sat together, alerting the father as the couple embraced. Lew escaped. the girl is kept at home on bread and water. An astronomer weighs in on Mars communication.
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Swain
Lew
Cincinnati
Insurance Agents List Leading Firms in 19th Century Stock
A dealer notes top insurers including Fire Association Philadelphia Home New York American Central St Louis Springfield Fire and Marine Springfield Mass North British Mercantile London Edinburgh Fidelity and Casualty New York. E A Lilly Agent.
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London
Edinburgh
Fidelity and Casualty
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