The Spoil of the Lottery Kings and the Lotteries’ Toll
A critical overview denounces lottery operators led by Dives and the lottery buyers like Lazarus. It exposes high salaries for agents, lavish spending, and the broad harm to poor ticket purchasers while condemning all gambling as unjust, noting the long odds against winning and the oppressive losses to small earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lazarus
New York
Anthony Comanick
Broadway
Sane
yTonn
London shop girls on the embankment moral plight
An observers letter from Boston Journal comments on London shop girls along the embankment near Blackfriars and Westminster. It describes crowds of working girls unescorted at night, mingling with beguiling crowds, with harsh judgments about their degradation and exposure to danger, and questions the moral influence on London’s future mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfriara
Westminstr
Tadle
Europe
Vienna
London
Hongea
Suoriae
Metropole
Embankment
Walla
Cleopatra's Needle
Boston Journal
Sandwich Island ads show civilization creeping in
The excerpt surveys Honolulu and the Sandwich Islands ad scene twice over, noting how native life is displaced by white trade and modern goods. It lists firms selling American pianos, sewing machines, furniture, tools, kerosene, and grocers, with occasional blunt commentary on pacific life and tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Sandwich Island
Po Jonius
Boston
Willie
Remi Ded
New England
New York
Laura B. Burnham
Frederick
Viels
Europe
Paris
California
Palace
Vulcan
Fort Street
Pianoa
Civilization 18
Howauno Furniture Manufactory
Batiafartien
Custemnera
Islands
Ianrance
Bosto
Philadelphia
Bremen
San Francisco
Hamarv
Switzerland
New Zealand
Aix-la-Chapelle
Joseph Kawaia
Conda Stig
Atore
What the Dog's Fault in a Civil War Era Grievance
A man confronts Eph with a claim over a dog bought for hunt. Eph defends the dog as a learned hunter and criticizes expectations, noting the chickens were alive and that the purchaser misjudged the animal. The scene ends with the man leaving, cursing the dog and the ill-fitting promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eph
Faw-starred Miss of Seventeen Sums Marital Tales
A fragment notes a seventeen year old woman who marries a prominent man as her first husband and a younger partner for a second marriage. The passage hints at fashion changes and rebuilding wardrobes as social life shifts.
Sawdust game counterfeiting scam ends with busted plan
An Ohio man traveled to investigate a counterfeit money scheme offered by a benevolent contact in New York. He traded $190 for a box claimed to hold $2,000 in fakes, only to find old papers inside after returning to his hotel. The con artist failed and the police were alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
New York
Terma
Buckeye
Money and Marriage in Paris Reveals Social Pressure
A Scribner's excerpt recounts how Parisian marriages hinge on money, forcing poor families to borrow for gowns, carriages, and entertainments. The narrator recalls a officer’s daughter whose suitor with $8,000 yearly hoped to solidify a union despite poverty. A shawl with lace becomes a costly tactic to appear regal while debts mount and fear of reception bills looms after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louiss
Scribner's
Hagan’s Mac oil balm promises pure complexion
Ladies are urged to try Hagan's Mac Oil Balm for a flawless skin tone. It claims to remove sallowness redness pimples blotches and skin diseases while reducing heat fatigue and excitement. The ad asserts effects are natural gradual and undetectable making a thirty year old appear twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagan
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London Shop Girls
Bocklen
Arnica
Richards & Subibeck
Moline
Moline- Wagon Company
Moline, Illinois
Sandwich
Uncle Eph
Rascal
Bts
Philadelphia Times
Dr. Marshall
Dental
Perry Street
Davenport
Man
Else Rony
Rince
Beast
Der
Clark
Carcago
Cturer
Aliour
Toy
Mark
Moli
Wagon Oy Company
Lae
Illinois
Victor Standard
Moline Scale Company
Sherman
J. M. Christy
Steam Bakery
Rock Island, Illinois
DR. McAffee
New No
Iowa
of the Age
Cure
Urrice
Ra Atoll
Ali Ewerd
Eve
Yolly-M
Lars
Vin
Jy R
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