Life in Lodgings in St Petersburg Reveals Harsh Housing
The Atlantic describes how life in St Petersburg centers on lodgings with thousands of rooms and crowded conditions. Rich and poor share spaces from ground floors to high upper stories, while rent is paid in advance and property can be seized only by inevitable court action. The piece notes a stigma toward lodgers and cites Russian law defending personal rights against landlords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Paris
London
Russia
Atlantic
Editor’s Poker Ruins Career At Boston Club
A Boston editor famed for poker at the Athenian Club in Tremont House era chose cards over copy. A note promising to press blank if the four aces paid out cost him his job when it fell into a proprietor’s hands.
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Boston
Tremont House
Ost
Why the Man in the Moon Laughed
A humorous exchange in a newspaper office features a proof-reader teasing about Smythe’s lack of hair, the editor urging to cut the half column, and a playful moonlight scene with Agnes and Archibald, ending with a garbled Philadelphia snippet.
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William Smith
Smithy
Smythe
C. E
Rochester Herald
Agnes
Archibald
Duffer
Oyste
Eli
Philadel
The Happiness of Elysium and Athlophoros Fame
A feature piece recounts Mrs. Kate Sherman of Streator Illinois claiming relief from inflammatory rheumatism after using Athlophoros. It cites testimonials from Rev Samuel Porter and others noting rapid improvement and ability to walk, plus an offer to ship the remedy from Athlophoros Co New York.
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Elysium
Elysian Fields
Kate Sherman
Streator
Ill
Samuel Porter
Crete
C. Hartley
Huntley
A. M. Blakner
Union and
Green Streets
Decatur
Athlophoros Co
Wall Street
New York
Prizes and awards at the Paris Academy of Sciences
The Academy of Sciences at Paris awards about 15000 dollars yearly across thirty three prizes for essays and memoirs though many papers are found lacking merit. The 1885 December prizes went to Col ladon Geneva for tunneling by condensed air, Edlund Stockholm on atmospheric electrical tension, and Chamberland Pasteur's assistant for a germ stopping chinaware filter.
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Academy of Sciences
Paris
Mons. Colladon
Geneva
Edlund
Stockholm
Mons. Chamberland
Pasteur
Academy
The Thief's Appeal in Court Over Hog Theft
A thief convicted of stealing a hog argued the animal was in poor condition to mitigate the offense. The judge countered with a lighter line, noting the thief's preference for bacon, and sentenced him to two years at Jackson. The piece ends with a Moral remark about unlikely success for the thief's lawyer.
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Sean Bacon
Jackson
Detroit Free Press
A Bashful Lover Letter Advice From Brown Harper's Bazar
A bashful suitor asks how to propose to the girl he loves. Brown Harper's Bazar suggests writing a letter to express his feelings, offering old fashioned courtship counsel in a lighthearted tone.
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Brown
Brown Harper's Bazar
Grand Union Hotel Promises Comfort Near Grand Central
Notice urges travelers to stop at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. It boasts 613 rooms fitted at a cost of one million dollars and rents from $1 per day, with European arrangements. The hotel offers restaurant service, horse cars stages and elevated rail to all depots, aiming to attract families seeking better living at reasonable rates.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
The Antiquity of Color and Its Modern Revivals in Art
A compact survey traces color use from ancient sculpture to modern architecture and painting. It notes Daedalus Dyocenus and Scyllus, Phidias, and Gibson's 1862 Venus as key moments, then shifts to praise Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy against malarial fevers and stomach liver and bowel disorders, touting its botanic origin, health benefits, and general tonics.
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Nineveh
Egypt
Karnac
Luxor
Daedalus
Dyocenus
Scyllus
Minerva
Phidias
Jupiter Olympus
Gibson
United States
Tropics
B.Q. McDonald Drug Co
Washington St
N.Y
Clydesdale
Q. E. DePuy
Ph. G
Detroit
Mich
Hops & Malt Bitters CO
Detroi
Kansas
Neal. & Alvord
Reece
Greenwood County
Etiquette contrasts at home social duties and fashion rules
A discussion on At Home etiquette contrasts with ball and luncheon manners. It notes regreats are inappropriate, bonnet etiquette varies by city, and Boston and New York practices differ at lunches. The piece cites Boston Traveller on bonnet removal and Windsor and Victoria luncheon norms. It also mentions opium concerns, a cough medicine, charity spending in New York, and a spinal injury recovery tale with St Jacobs Oil.
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Boston
New York
Windsor
Victoria
Vendome
The Sailor and the Shark Moral Tale
A sailor thrown overboard in a shark filled harbor is rescued unscathed and thanks the sea folk. A shark answers that gratitude is unnecessary, claiming they were busy on a dead horse. The tale ends with the moral about not counting your hangman’s gratitude before escape.
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Detroit Free Press
Two Ways of Looking at It at the Opera House
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph remark notes a young man praising rare acting after an opera-house moment, while a young lady agrees it was well done, then they fall silent for two minutes. The passage blends dialogue with era advertisements and humorous quips on cures, fashion, and products.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Consumption cures and patent remedies hype
A volatile ad collage extols Dr. Pierce and Dr. Jones tonics and pills as cures for consumption bronchitis and dyspepsia. It touts Golden Medical Discovery Purgative Pellets and Vinegar Bittters with claims of thousands of cured cases and calls for mail orders and endorsements from William J. Coughlin of Somerville Massachusetts.
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Pierce
Free Remedies and Patents from 19th Century Ads
An assortment of medical advertisements touts Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup free offers for ministers lawyers doctors and teachers, Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and hay fever, Athlophoros for rheumatism, and Caswell Hazard cod liver oil. Testimonials claim relief from coughs colds and chronic catarrh with bartering orders and mail purchases.
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Warner
Holy Land
C. D. Warner
Chicago
Ely
Ely Wros
Owego
N. Y
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New York Sun
Commissioners of Charities and Corrections
Dr. Foote
John Gemmill
Milroy
Mifflin County
Penna
St. Jacobs
Sailor
the Shark
Ennuil
St. Paul
Ayer
Hall
Cabwell, Hazanp & Co
Amy Man
Lyon
Palmeyr Journal
New York Morning Journal
Witxhourt
Boston Transcript
Dr. Bigelow
Asiong
Peter W. Schmidt
Pete
Golden Seal Bitters Company
Holland City
William J. Coughlin
Somerville
Mass
William Hall
Tron
Rior
Frost & Hatch
Cleveland
H. B. Millard
Thin Avenue
Stahl & Son, Manufacturers
Quincy
Ee N. Pent
JOHN _H
Woodbury
Albany
R. H. Shumway
Rockford H
Dederick
HAY
P.K. Dederick & CO
N. Ye
Indies
Addrens
Hartford
Conn
Mnecar Bitters
America
Chicago Fair
New Orleans
Royal Society of England
Galbraith Bros
Janesville
Wid
H. G. Root
Pearl Ft
New Yorks
Becaue
Faylor
Caswell, Hazard & Co
E. W. Warner
Hudson St
Rochester
John Wagner
Larrabee Street
Ely Bros
Edmonson
Coup City
Neb
Isaac Thompson
Druggista
Allen
J.N. Harris & CO. (Limited
Props
Cincinnati
OFIO
Mosdy
Hitetraes
Broadway
Ohio
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
GHIO
James A. Perr
France
James A. Perry
Riverview Stock Farm
Wilmington
Alt Ornments
Walter & Taylor
Atlanta
HW. S. Green & Sons
Aleep
H. H. Green & Sons, M. Ds
Jones Avenue
A. J. Flower
A. P. Laory
Washington, D.C
Jerrill # Co
Dr. Ward & CO
Louisiana, Mo
Dr. Dye
Oltric Belt
Marshall
Michigan
Pleo
Couba
O.N, AG
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