Niagara Falls Blizzard Visit Turns Wild and Humorous
A Niagara Falls blizzard trip from Buffalo to Goat Island unfolds with rain, wind, and danger as the traveler humorously recounts mishaps, encounters with a John Darm, and a mix of Indians relic traders, boxing about the whirlpool, and a playful satire of local figures, ending with reflections on fame and folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls
Reading
Niagara
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
John Darm
Goat Island
America
Congress
Cee
John Daris
Cohoes
Mr. Blizzard
Connecticut
Monsieur
Rue de Main Street
Bazar
Pocomoco
Tam
England
New York
Waterbury
Conn
Bostdeford
Bowery
Chatham Square
Bill Nye
New York World
A Confiding Wife Publishes A Surprise Poem
A humorous tale presents Lobelia McSwat revealing her plan to publish a poem in Century Magazine. Her husband Billiger reacts with mock disbelief and envy, promising a diamond gift if the poem earns publication, while a prankish twist and a cautionary note about magazine temptations close the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billiger
Lobelia
Jubilee
Next Century
A. Rider Haggard
Billiger McSwat
Lobeliat
Bilger
Preston
Dennis
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York Ad
Fragmentary OCR shows The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York with scattered numbers and addresses including Victoria British Columbia and a person name. Content is garbled and lacks coherent event or context.
Arrival Notices from Great Britain and Shipments
Arrivals from Great Britain include a 100 ton vessel with 26,000 fire bricks and Portland cement by Kirkman & Sons. Pianafortes are described as a chosen assortment. The ship NO LANDING is associated with the ex "GITANA."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Caska Portland Cement
Kirkman & Sons
Pianafortes
Gitana
Crowdled Pranks and a Hog Bet Snag the Town
A varied page of comic sketches and anecdotes unfolds from a New York village. A Red Nosed Man seeks a leading actor for 150 weekly in a tank drama. A bibulous tale of a drover's hog bet ends with the crowd skinned by clever bluff, while a bishop and boy parable probes faith and miracles in brief dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Street
Booth
Chicago Herald
New York
Vna
Cy Attia
Liberty
New York Sun
How She Distinguished Her Pies in New England Town
An old woman famed for pies creates mixups by marking mince and apple pies with crust cutter marks. She jokes she can tell them apart now, saying T M marks mince and T M for the other, illustrating a wearying yet humorous kitchen quirk from Philadelphia era papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
T. M
Philadelphia Press
Notice to purchase 320 acres near Alberni Canal
Notice declares intent to apply to the Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 320 acres on the west side of Alberni Canal starting a post three miles from the canal head. Describes parcel boundaries along west 40 chains north 80 chains east to the canal and along the shore to St Victoria dated April 29 1889.
Bald headed barber brushes for sensitive patrons
A Detroit Free Press tale shows a boss barber scolding a shaver for not brushing a bald customer’s head. The head was as bald as a bone, making the customer feel slighted and vowing not to return or recommend the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boo
Detroit Free Press
Bachelor’s Eggs Prank Turns Boiled Egg Battle Oddly
A Scranton bachelor bored with stale eggs buys fresh ones and tests hotel cooks by asking soft boiled eggs. Each attempt ends with eggs as hard as rocks or bullets. A practical joker lodger boiles all eggs hard and hides them, leaving the bachelor determined to retaliate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milinary Department
Satan
New York Sun
Chlorodyne advertised as universal remedy by Dr J Collis Browne
A Victorian advertisement extols Dr J Collis Browne s Chlorodyne as the supreme cure for coughs consumption bronchitis asthma and many ailments. It claims rapid relief from pain epilepsy hysteria neuralgia and cholera related diarrhea while warning against imitation and touting Symes & Co as trusted London chemists and Davenport as sole manufacturer in Bloomsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Collis Browne
Inte Army Medical Staff
Symes & Co
Pharmaceutical Chemists Medical Hall
Simla
J. T. Davenport
Great Russell Street
Bloomsbury
London
Deas
Collis Browne
Pharm, Society of Great Britain
Viceroy
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NYE
New York Weekly
Texas Siftings
Matt Ransom
North Carolina
Ransom
Jean Mountaineer
Northampton County
Hoss
Mountaineer
Washington
New York Tribune
Griswold Street
John Smith
Theo
Sonta
Thaye
Millicent
Mr. Stalong
Goodfellow
Miss Smart
Scribner's Magazine
Seay Faulk
Detroit
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
the Mutual Life Insurance, Co
Asnots
Bryan A
Atgeines Ete
Dane Tagg
Generil Elicitor
Rain
British Columbia
Husergawan & Co
No. 8
Baation Street
Victoria
B.O
G. W. Bigger Victoria
B. O
Pacific Coast
York
Belle
Sally
India
Jack
Dewdrop Inn
Lphia Record
Victoria, B. C
Lfe
Jas
G. Fairburn
Boot & Shoemaker
Hilbert
Columbia - Carriage - Works
Hastings Street
Carroll, Ee Las
Wellan
A.T. McNabb & Co
Garesche Green & Co., Bankers
Government Street Victoria
B. C
U.S
San Francisco
Canada
Europe
Ireland
United States
Wells, Farge & Co
Fort Strheat
Graham Waters
Kich
C. Cver
NES , Dickson & CO
Land Intent Agen
Thomas Allsop
Henry
Mason
Cuyler A. Holland
A Ie
Ors
Erce's
W. Page Wood
Freeman
Times
Sole
Don
Wymond Walkem
M.D
Province of
East Messaeay
T. Davis, M.D
C.M
Smith's
Ug * Commercial Street
Nanaimo
Comox
Amelia
Nanaiamo
Pam
Vam
Shawer Ratynow
Arriv
Westminster
Comox & Nawally
Rosen
Dupstain
Cowax
Nanaino
New Westminster
Welling
Nansimo
Wellington
Vostal Service
Aine
Alberni
Way
G. H. Blakeway & CO
Commercial Street
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