Sham Mendicants and the Rise of Fraud on City Streets
A scathing report exposes street impostors in cities like New York Boston and Toronto. It details types such as the limp paralytic the blind faker and those who mime injury for alms. Descriptions name aliases and schemes used to cheat the public and evade punishment.
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New York City
New York
P. P
Florida
Boston
Toronto
Dutch Harris
St. Louis
Joe
Chi Slin
Lim
Lis
Frozen Oregon Lakes Mirror Crystal Clear Ice
Fr. G Harper recounts two Oregon lakes in Laker county that stay frozen year round. Discovered by a hunting party in the Panhandle mountains, the lakes are small in size, one about 150 feet across and the other under 1,000 feet in diameter. The ice is solid enough for riders to cross on horseback and remains unmelted due to perpetual shade from surrounding peaks.
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Oregon
Fr. G Harper
Wortland
Laker County
Panhandle
Washington Star
Sapodilla fruit praised as tropical and versatile
The piece relays a fashionable fruiterer praising sapodilla or sapadilla for its soft sweet pulp and tropical roots. It notes many spellings, a Mexican name cochitzapotl, and American nickname noseberry, with usage in desserts and as a tree native evergreen plant. A Chicago anecdote about wooden shoes follows.
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Mexico
Philadelphia Record
Chateau d If Sinks at Auction Bound to Marseille Captain
The Chateau d If on the small rock island was built and fortified by Ivanouis I and once housed Mira beau in 1774. While famed for its role in fiction via Alexandre Dumas Count of Monte Cristo, it recently sold at public auction for 5500 francs to a retired sea captain from Marseilles Philadelphia Record reports.
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Chateau Dif
Chateau d'If
Little Rock Island
I’vanois I
Mirabeau
Alexandre Tumus
Monte-Christo
Marseilles
Philadelphia
Witness recounts Burr era from Brooklyn matron
Mrs Henry Chadwick of Brooklyn aged eighty four recalls Aaron Burr and counts her kin, being grandson of Benjamin Botts who defended Burr in Richmond 1807. She near Jamaica Long Island farm ties to Burr and notes Burr at seventy seven with piercing eyes prior to his 1856 death. She also knew Chief Justice Marshall.
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Aaron Burr
Henry Chadwick
Brooklyn
Benjamin Botts
Bue
Richmond
Jamaica
Long Island
Burr
Colonel Burr
Chadwick
Marshall
Sturgis to Enter Visitation Convent in Georgetown
Miss Mary Tyler Sturgis of St. Paul plans to join the Visitation monastery in Georgetown D C as a postulant. The former society leader, educated at Maryville and famed for wit and drama, will take vows after an eight day guest period and a two year novitiate.
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St. Paul
Sturgis
Georgetown
D. C
Mitchell
John D. Lawler
Mary Tyler Sturgis
Miss Sturgis
Visitation Order
Order of the Visitation
Visitation
United States
Jane de Chandal
Virginia Avenue
N. S. Dousman
J. D. Lawler
Samuel Sturgis
St Paul
St. Joseph's Parish
Collar and Cravat Do's for a Slim Look
A haberdasher notes how collar and cravat choices affect appearance. The four in hand tie drawn tight slim faces, high closed collars slim the look, open fronts widen. Fat men should avoid horizontal ties, while thin men gain from closed high collars and avoiding open ones. Broad scarfs have little effect.
Smuggling in England A Century Ago and Language Notes
English smugglers operated boldly a century ago with Samuel Pellew confronting corruption at Falmouth. A smuggler’s gun battery and a sloop of war clash illustrate peril. The piece also contrasts the words seems and appears, explaining inference vs presentation of truth.
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England
Samuel Pellew
Falmouth
Pellew
Iman
First Type Cast In America by Christopher Sower
Christopher Sower made the first punches and matrices for type in America and cast them on an preserved anvil. He printed a German Bible in 1743—the earliest Bible published in any European language in the colonies. The price was 18 shillings in plain binding with a clasp, but the poor would have no price.
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America
Christopher Sower
Iohn the Baptist
Hrist
Jesus
Sower
Laundry Patron Seeks Neat Finish After Burdened Bundle
A customer complains the last shirt was ruined after being ironed and bundled. The clerk assures the current shirt will be properly finished and ready for pickup, with both parties commenting on prior service.
Auctioneer Sparks Ripple of Conversation on Train
A Philadelphia Ledger quip notes a train passenger clashing with a conductor then boasting he enjoys retorts because he is an auctioneer. The exchange highlights a humorous clash over dialogue in a crowded transit setting.
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Philadelphia Ledger
After a Bargain, The New Woman Applies for License
A Chicago Post line notes a witty exchange where a woman, after a bargain, asks for a marriage license fee of two dollars and jokes about buying two silos. The piece uses a businesslike tone to lampoon price expectations.
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Chicago Post
A Puzzle to the Last
A reflection on how a woman signals her thoughts to a man revealing what she wants him to believe. A Johnson quote notes imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence, from Somerville Journal.
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Somerville Journal
Johnson
Equine Puzzle Solved And Humorous Exchanges Across Papers
A playful collage of jokes and quips from historic newspapers. Fathers answer why pistols are horse pistols, a sheriff figure looms in a family tale, and a child ponders heaven with a quarter joke.
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Small Elmer
St. Louis
Cole's Carboni Soap Promoted as Purely Vegetable
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Cole's Carboni soap is not carbolic but purely vegetable and healing for tender skins. It claims a user will keep using it after one trial and urges purchase from all druggists.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cole's
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Chicago
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Holland
George
Paris
Wright
Point de Milan
South Dakota
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Point de Esprit
H.d.butterfield
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Chicago Tribune
Margaret
Dorothy
Puck
H. Noble
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