Stuttering Wit of William R Travers Gains Fame in New York
A profile in verse on William R Travers, noted New York financier and humorist. The piece recalls his genial nature, Wall Street circle, and stammering quips that have circulated in the Metropolis, with anecdotes from the Stock Exchange and social scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wall Street
New York Athletic Club
William R Travers
Travers
Baltimore
Broadway
New York
Stock Exchange
H. G. Stebbins
Trayers
Stebbins
St-Stebbins
Brooklin
Montague Street
Montage Terrace
Mrs Winslow’s Teething Syrup Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children Teething as the cure for crying, pain from cutting teeth, dysentery, diarrhoea, wind colic, and stomach issues. It claims universal availability through druggists worldwide and prices at 25 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
United States
Traveling man and Texan face mob in Texas hotel scare
A traveling man from the East with a Texan companion stays in a Texas town, where at 3 a.m. a mob seeks a New Yorker who allegedly ran off with four thousand dollars. The Texan jokes about pretending the traveler is sick to avoid harm, while the New Yorker fears capture and vows to avoid Texas again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New York
Traveler
Powerful Water and Local Works Highlight Journal
Benton county resident Uncle Zack Baker seeks a constitutional amendment to probe a mineral spring. Anecdotes tout the water as cure-all from rheumatism to yaller fever, while Millheim Marble Works display refined monuments. Deininger’s Tax Receipt Book gains public favor at 40 cents in the JOURNAL Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zack Baker
Benton County
Alf Wilson
Alf
Arkansaw Traveler
Deininger
Journal
Ynell
Henry, Johnson & Lord, Props
Burlington
Spigelmyer's
Miliheim & Madisonbug
Penn Street
Millheim
W. T. Mauck
Guns and firearms advertised with varied prices
The ad lists guns and breech loaders with prices from $1.00 for a single shot gun to $10.00, double B L shot guns from $13.00 to $35.00, revolvers up to $1.00, Winchester Model 73 rifles at $18.00, and muzzle loading shotguns from $2.50 to $17.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L
Winchester
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William R. Travers
Metropolis
Henry Clews
Mr. Clews
Mr. Clew
Clews
Wallack
Mapleson
Abby
St. Paul’s Church
Harry Jennings
Worthy
Jennings
A.C. Musser
Little Giant Gang
Tath & Picket Mill
Bowlby & Co
Sunbury Pa
E. H. Zimmerman
Millheim, Pa
Wilmot Castle & Co
Rochester, N. Y
Goshen
Goshen, Ind
D. I. Brown
Tinware &c
Main St
Albrights
JSC
Theodore Deshner, Prop
Great Central Gun Works
Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Cisvei and
Steam Gauss Se
Watson’s Portable Forge
N.H. Downs
Watson
Holt
Buckers
MRL Gallery
North St
Benson
A. Simon & Sons
Main Street
Lock Haven
Simon Brothers
THE
Boss Clothiers
Lorillard
Climax
Rese
Man
Henry, Johnson & Lord, Proprietors
Burlington, Vt
Spigelmyer’s
Madisonburg
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
America
H. Hallett & Co
Kchurn
Curtis
Mason's Power
Cornish
Curtis & Greene
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Fateh
Fioral
Vick’s
Vick’s Illustrated Monthly
Pb Bonick
Harpers Monthly
Harper 'S Monthly
St. Nicholas
Vick Vick
James Vick
Rochester, N
Sod
Mgos
Brated
Terry
Nes
New Haven
Fiverybody
Millheim Journal
Bill Heads
Horton Wf’g CO
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Henry Baxter
Mandrake Bitters
Henry, Johnson & Lord
Props
jAway
Address National CO
Dey St
N.Y
Spigelmyess
Miliheim
Madisonburg, Pa
Stafford
Dr.scott
Broadway St
Coresres
P. W. Zeigler & CO
Philadelphia
Issa
Carpe Pear
W. H. Fay& CO
Camden
N.J NJ
BR. John Bulls
John Bull
Smith
Bull
Louisville
Land
Allrene Lonumishi and
Tetaee McKay Eos
Brookside Fiaarenn
COL Ip
Ea Proprietors. & CO
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