A Modest Poet and Etiquette Run Mad in Burlington
A Burlington Hawkeye piece recounts a young poet’s attempt to sell verses to a newsroom editor, the transaction turning into a satire of pay and tribute. The tale follows the clerk’s misuse of an afterword order and a critique of social introductions and etiquette in public life.
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Tonnygon
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Nathwaie
Sagetown
America
Burlington
Marchine
Horses Greeley
A Bird’s Courtship and Death
A resident along Olive Street recalls a chippy ground bird that fell by her window. She nursed it in, fed it, and housed it with a canary. The canary mothered the newcomer, the chippy departed each morning and returned at night, and after several days the bird died leaving the canary mourning.
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Mra
Jadiog
Saya Mra
Seina
Chesterfield
Harvard Journal
Olive Street
Nature's simple remedies praised over costly cures
A column urges using nature’s simple remedies instead of expensive quack cures. It cites opium use in England rising with alcohol restrictions and describes Pittsburgh’s plan to wash smoke from factories with paddle wheel spray to reduce soot.
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London
England
Pitteburg
Fortines
Invaliday Nonsense Ad For Kidney and Bladder Cure
An OCR fragment advertises a so called remedy, claiming a baking product doubles savings and cures kidney and toxin issues. It mentions medicine in liquid form and promotes purchase as a cure for kidney and toxins.
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Chicago
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Great Rock Island
Ant
Burlington & Quincy
Burlington RO
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Kasas Oly
M Joseph Atchison
Ogee Dane
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Missouri
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Icexas
Pullman Palace
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Aleoping
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Gou' Pass
Cgc. W. Smith
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Rodman Avenue
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Moline
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Atkinson Street
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Scourer
TRE
Barnard & Leas Mio. Company
Moline, TL
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Eureka
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