Mermaid Grotto Sailors Veiled by Queens of Rum
In Detroit’s Bowery, a party visits the Mermaid Grotto a rough sailor and a former Detroiter recount a night at Moll the Mermaid. The Mermaid dispenses free drinks and runs a rigged scene with cappers steering sailors to gamble and drink while a row erupts over a dime and pepper. The escape ends with a fake funeral exit as the men flee into the night.
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Bowery
Sheriffin
Gulf of Mexico
Great Guna
Leeward
Moll the Mermaid
Taras
Los Ital
Reese
Xen
Kia
Asilera
England
Quad
Detroit
Presa
Backlen's Arnica Salve for Skin Ailments Sale
Advertisement for Backlen's Arnica Salve claims it heals cuts bruises sores and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction and money back. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by Richarda & Solrbeck.
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Backlen
Arnica
Sa&t
Richarda & Solrbeck
Wake Prank Ends in Saloon Dispute Over Dead Man
Judge Gildersleeve recounts a tale of revelers who tricked a saloon keeper by wheeling a corpse into a wake and seating it at a table. The landlord, unpaid for drinks, struck the silent man with a cudgel, and the group charged him with murder after the corpse allegedly drew a knife.
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Gildersleeve
Paper brick manufacture grows in the West and California
The article notes extensive production of paper bricks in the West, especially California, where fibrous matting yields strong bricks. It says the Chinese also favor selling with paper bricks, likely as a preferred medium.
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Clifornia
Minister Tricks Bride Hoax Ends With Shot and Laughter
A South Arkansas minister, Bill Skittles, staged a marriage as a prank before a revival. The bride-to-be agreed to wed Zeb Munk instead, a confrontation erupted with Zeb drawing a revolver. The ceremony continued after a playful deal, ending with no harm.
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Bill Skittles
South
Arkansas
Saya
Little Rock
Gazette
Bill
Zeb
Monk
Justices of the Peace
Munk
Hare
South Carolina Embraces Cotton Manufacturing Growth
A Charleston News and Courier analysis notes South Carolina now has 17 cotton factories valued at about 2.29 million dollars, employing 7,913 people and processing 36,032 bales of cotton into yarn. The state’s cotton crop has grown by 50 percent since 1870, with only 10–15 percent of its cotton currently manufactured locally.
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Charleston News and Courier
South Carolina
Charleston
South
New England
Goa
United States
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