Corporal John and the Bushwhacker Watch
Captain Duval assigns Corporal John to hunt ambushers as Mexican brigands threaten his men. The wary American veteran recalls bushwhackers and sharpshooters as he leads two soldiers into a dense thicket to pursue a suspected hidden threat.
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Captain Duval
Algiers
Foreign Legion
Bazaine
Mexico
Maximilian
Sonora
Corporal John
Rio Grande
John
Duval
Prisoner Rescue and Parisian Duel Tangle
Corporal John spares a lone Mexican youth and frees a senorita in Sonora, then in Paris reflects on past duels and a Mexican embassy cafe quarrel. Senor Gomez later apologizes and reveals the senorita is John’s wife after a prior rescue. A vivid period tale blends frontier action with European romance.
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Conway
West
Paris
Legation
Sanor Gomez
Gomez
John Conway
Senor Conway
Senor
Senor Gomez
Corporal John
Sonora
Blaine
John
Painting Mishap At Grand River Grocery
A small Grand River avenue grocer hires a boy and paints a telegraph pole and front door. A passerby complains he is now covered in paint, while the boy jokes and the shopkeeper offers soap to remove the paint for 14 cents a cake, two for 25 cents.
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Grand River Avenue
William
Days of the Week Reflections on Tuesday to Thursday
The piece muses on Tuesday as an early week holdover with a hint of urgency. It notes Wednesday’s identity mainly by exclusion and contemplates a food mnemonic, while Thursday signals end-of-week pressure and marks the height of productive effort.
Recognizing a Portrait Unex pectedly
A Philadelphia boy visiting Baltimore inspires a photographer to capture a laughing portrait. A cotton mill manager buys five thousand copies as a trade mark for muslin prints. The boy’s father, a dry goods firm member, discovers the misuse and the remaining images are surrendered and destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Never Saw One of His Children
A Yankee tells a persistent inquirer that he has a wife and six children but never met any of them. The visitor presses with more questions, and the man reveals each child was born after he left New York.
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New York
Journal Office Delivers First-Class Job Work
The Journal reports on high quality work completed at the Journal Office. The notice highlights efficient service and attention to detail in newsroom tasks and printing duties.
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Journal
Groom and Bride Take the City Pace to Depot
A tall lanky groom with watery blue eyes and a mustache and his bride in silk dress and plush cloak walk from Clark and Madison streets toward the depot. He urges a streetcar ride while she insists on walking to save a fare and reach the pump at the meader. The couple quickly decide to trot to the depot.
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Cleveland
Clark
Madison Streets
Sarey
Mercy
Steven
Meader
Sally Wiggins
Chicago News
Absent Minded Women In City Attire And Store Mixups
A Chicago Journal reporter recounts anecdotes on female absent mindedness, noting outfits misaligned with necessity. One matron wore a gingham apron over a silk robe, another walked without head covering after milliner visits, and a shopper mistaken for wearing a store bonnet pattern hat reflects on memory slips.
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Chicago Journal
State Street
Kidney Disease Declared Major Health Regulator
The Brompton Hospital report claims inactive kidneys precipitate most diseases, including consumption, urging scrutiny of kidney health. It links uric acid in blood to systemic harm and promotes Warner's safe cure as the primary treatment to restore kidney activity and remove poison.
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Brompton Hospital
London
Warner
The Missionary Penny Joke
A mother asks her son what he will do with two pennies. He plans to give one to missionaries and buy candy with the other. Later he loses one penny and says he lost the missionary penny. The story ends with a moral about grownups.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised for wide range
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as the best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions. claims to cure piles with money-back guarantee. Price 25 cents per box. sold by J. Eisenhuth.
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J. Eisenhuth
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