Who Buys Jeweled Garters and Why They Return
A New York Sun item notes jewelers display jeweled garters in windows costing 25 cents to 1.50, revived from old elastic leg bands. They are worn above the knee and hidden by clothing, not for display. Buyers are described as men often with money, giving gifts to celebrate winnings or successes. the jewelers could not identify female buyers.
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Broadway
Twenty-fourth Street
Thirty-third Street
New York Sun
One Man They Couldn't Feel at the Bohemian Club
Bill English recounts a prank at the Bohemian Club where a painter hid a wall hole to trick guests. Clunie, a target, sought revenge by accusing servants while others exposed the joke. Amadee Joulin reveals he painted the hole himself, and Clunie continues to berate imagined culprits.
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Congressman Clunie
Bill English
Bohemian Club
Clunie
Red Room
Amadee Joullin
Joulin
Joullin
Red
Clanie
Droullin
San Francisco
How Waffles Made a Man
William Geary, long-time North Pennsylvania Railroad dispatcher at Third and Berks, rose from bakery skills to rail leadership after impressing President Frank I. Comly with waffles. The self-made commotion details his limited schooling, gradual rise, and promise of large future earnings upon switching jobs while remaining until his current term expired.
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Fort Washington
Comly
Philadelphia
Preas
North Pennsylvania
Third
Berks Streets
William Geary
Frank I. Comly
North Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Comly
William
Geary
Impulsive Confidence at a Train Station
A neatly dressed old woman, torn between fear and faith, shares a heart wrenching scene with a stranger awaiting a train. She fears her son in Canada and her daughter in New York City may be gone or ill. The stranger offers comfort as the train departs, leaving questions about the outcome.
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New York City
Canada
The Ninth Massachusetts Soldier Restores Rolls to Fallen Comrade
A Gettysburg account recalls Captain Macnamara describing a starving Ninth Massachusetts trooper who found a dead soldier with a warm haversack of flour rolls. The man returned the rolls to the fallen comrade, drew a blanket over the face, and chose restraint over theft to serve his country in the next day’s engagement.
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Censon
Gettysburg
Ninth Massachusetts
Ross
A Humble Hat Dilemma Becomes Frugal Craft
In a lively vignette from Life and Letters the narrator laments a failed bonnet purchase and turns to thrift. With a dollar and junked ribbon, she fashions a new headpiece from remnants and a curious “Widow Cruse’s oil bottle” stash. She notes pride in a big wash, baking, hopping, cooking, and writing a chapter of Moods.
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Dodge
Cruse
Two Lovers Fight For Love In Prize Ring Tale
A Portland girl with two lovers lets them settle their dispute in a prize-ring match. The smaller challenged the bigger, nine rounds left the larger unable to continue, and the girl chose the victor. Yet a warning remains: a love triangle may haunt the winner after marriage as another rival could reappear in feminine stubbornness.
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Portland
Ore
Chicago Mail
Josh Billings Philosophy Quips on Humility and Blunders
Quotes attributed to Josh Billings on human folly and wisdom from New York Weekly. Observations span humility, morality, religion, and character, noting that even good deeds go unnoticed and experience shapes insight while flaws persist. Includes humorous maxims about cats and Judas Iscariot.
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Josh Billings
Thare
Judas Iskariot
New York Weekly
Depew on Work Ethic and Politics in One Life
Mr Depew describes a schedule blending railroad management with politics and literature. He says he starts real work at 8, ends at 1, then reads writes and speaks. He averages four public addresses weekly and answers reporters after midnight, stressing concise speech over ornate oratory.
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Depew
Richmond Dispatch
Mr. Depew
Born with a Silver Spoon and the Rich Kid Myth
A meditation on wealth and fate contrasts rich heirs with self-made success, noting how enterprise enables a son born poor to gain riches, while questioning whether wealth passes fairly to heirs. Reports from China describe Yellow River floods causing massive suffering and crop loss, with extensive homelessness and deaths. In Pembroke Genesee County New York a panther sighting excites farmers. A Soo Line train incident ends with a deer being killed by a porter after the crew abandoned work. Paris Exposition showcases artificial gems, notably convincing pearls. Nevada California boundary resurvey alters airstrip width. Rome propaganda claims 218 million Catholics.
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America
Theras Siftings
Determined Not to Let Them Get Ahead of Him
In a humorous episode, Mrs Mushroom confronts Mr Mushroom about a tale from a club banquet. She claims he stopped after the tenth course and offered to pay the rest in cash, implying he could not eat further to prevent others from getting ahead. America.
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Mushroom
Mr. Mushroom
Phineas
America
Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup testimonial sparks hope
EpWarp Baker, a master mechanic and blacksmith of 202 Jackson Street in Jackson Michigan, shares a long illness story. After years with stomach disease and a three year verdict of incurable, he credits Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup made by the Rheumatic Syrup Co. of Jackson Michigan with his recovery following thirteen bottles.
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Hibbard
Rheumatic Syrup Co
Jackson, Mich
Jackson Street
A Puzzle on Arsenic and Rats in a Patent Medicine Pitch
A witty dialog with a druggist about arsenic for rats and cheese, reflecting on why grown men ignore small health issues. The piece extols Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a preventive tonic, claiming it strengthens constitution, circulation, and brain and stomach function against ailments and malaria. The Peters counteract malaria, rheumatism, and kidney issues.
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Dundréarg
Esquiman Marriages in Greenland Traditions
A Greenlander describes Esquiman marriage customs where men abduct partners, women resist then reconcile, while men hunt seals and stay lazy at home. Women manage sewing, spinning, clothing, and child care, with early marriages to secure seal skins and clothing maintenance.
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Greenland
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
The ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, taken internally to affect blood and mucus surfaces. Proponents offer $100 if it fails to cure and invite readers to request testimonials, with address in Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
A. Addresal
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druzgists
An Astonished Judge Emerson and the Move On Incident
An amused account from Minneapolis Tribune recounts Judge Emery’s encounter during a street car strike. A special policeman orders a group to move on. the judge invites friends into a doorway, the special ejects them, and later fails to recognize the judge on the bench, leading to a stunned reaction. The tale ends with the man admitting he did not know the judge.
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Emery
Nicollet Avenue
Nicollet House
Minneapolis
Entitled to the Best Family Remedy Ad
All are entitled to the best that money will buy and should have Syrup of Figs now. A bottle of the best family remedy cleanses the system when costive or bilious. For sale in 50c and 1 bottles by leading druggists.
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Hood
Wisconsin
Neillsville
Wis
Charles Hannan
Christie
Clarke C
Isaac Thompsons
L. Thompson, Sons & CO
Troy, N
Not So Tough as That Dinner Party Banter
A light social exchange features Mrs. Youngwife and Harry planning a dinner party with roasted ducks and currant jelly. Eleanor worries about carving, but the speaker insists the ducks will be tender, noting she avoided canvass backs. The Utica Observer source frames a domestic scene with humor.
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Harry
Eleanor
Utica
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Guarantied Cure
The public quickly understands that medicines must have real merit to warrant guarantees. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is sold with a positive guarantee to benefit or cure or money refunded. It is advertised as a specific for blood, skin and scalp diseases and all scrofulous affections.
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Pierce
Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills Ad
An old-time advertisement touts Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills as scientifically compounded and safe for adults and children. It claims relief for sick headache constipation dyspepsia biliousness and serves as an appetizer while noting seasick passengers prefer to heave out of sight. Also promotes Asx Browns Broncuran for coughs colds and throat troubles hailed as the best by Henry Ward Beecher.
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Hibbard
Asx
Brown
Henry Ward Beecher
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Bayan?’s Business College
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St? Kidden
Zelgler & CO
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Lt. Ross & CO
Pt Eporcs
WACO
Carpenter
St.zand
Capagli
Bradfield RI
ALL Drug
THE
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American HY. of
Madison
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Lebanon
C Dy Co
Omaha
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Roder
Gravaan
Gravuan
Gravnan Detective Bureau CO
Cincinnati
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LOW Price Railroad
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Adaho
Washington
H.H. Green & Sons
Atlants
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Shit & Wesson
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Smith & Wesson
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Aa. J. Tower
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