Fads Of New York Women And Napoleon As An Editor
Reading from a New York letter, the piece exposes a social column on dressmakers milliners and their lounges offering drinks in fittings rooms with gilded service and aristocratic trappings. It contrasts that with Napoleon Bonaparte’s intolerance of restraint and a dramatic 1813 incident where he threatened editor Etienne over a promised leader.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Austria
Marie Louise
M. Etienne
Journal de Empire
Etienne
Emperor
Baboons Change Tactics Under New Climate Conditions
The Graff Reinet Advertiser notes baboons shift from vegetarian theft to predatory acts like raiding lambs and honey nests. Becomes a food business, with farmers reporting night thefts and a trend toward attacking wild aloe for pith. Poisoning efforts meet clever, wary baboons. arsenic complications persist as farms seek removal.
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Graff-Reinet Advertiser
Carnivora
Peter Booysen
Moonfontein
Mr. Booysen
No Escape from an Inquisitive Yankee
A Connecticut man named Mr Brown in New London tries to deter questions by painting a full fence notice. One morning a neighbor arrives inquiring if he will paint or whitewash the fence, proving the sign did not end curiosity. Sam Sly reports the humorous event.
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Brown
New London
Conn
Mr. Brown
Josiah F. Brown
James Street
Yeas
Mrs Hayes gives him whisky on train with President
The Louisville Courier Journal reports Mrs Hayes allowed medicinal whiskey for a wounded correspondent on a presidential trip through Kentucky. After being knocked senseless by a lumber fragment, the journalist was moved into the President's car where whisky revived him and he urged no water in the next dose.
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Hayes
Theodore R. Davis
Ladies’ Home Journal
Obscure legal wrangle and odd notices in a paper
A sensational exchange features a slander suit demanding 59 000 dollars, with a compromise offer of 25 dollars. It includes an obituary notice for William Jones of Malta township, aged 83, and a note about artificial coffee production in Germany. Also mentions Frank Crone of Erie County marrying his sister's granddaughter, a 65 year old groom and 24 year old bride.
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Chicago Tribune
Ohio
William Jones
Malta Township
Alice Blossom
Frank Crone
Erie County
St Jacobs Oil Calendar 1889 90 offers free music and autographs
A brief notice promotes the annual St Jacobs Oil Calendar for 1889 90 published by Vogel Er Co Baltimore MD. It highlights humor rhyme and autographs of prominent men, plus a Free Music offer. The calendar is distributed free at druggists or by sending a two cent stamp.
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St. Jacobs Oil
Taz Charurs A. Vogeler Co
Baltimore
Honest Opinion of Gen Grant on Europe
The piece notes Gen Grant’s plain honesty when visiting Europe. It cites him telling a friend he would stay outside Holland House with his wife and his blunt Venice remark describing the city as a rickety town with open sewers. The essay praises honesty over cultivated pretensions.
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Europe
Gen. Grant
England
Holland House
Venice
Grant
Atlanta Woman Meets Her Match in Alley Tale
A city encounter unfolds when a polite inquiry about a cook hire reveals Mrs. The old woman contradicts the white mistress image. A swift turn of skirts and a dramatic departure ends the scene, leaving the aunt's warning as the lingering note of caution.
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Mistis
Darky
Atlanta Constitution
Rheumatic Syrup Cures Vast Sciatic Rheumatism
Van Wert Ohio July 11 1889 address testifies to severe sciatic rheumatism with hip collapse and paralysis for over a year. After trying doctors with no relief, four bottles of Hib bard's Rheumatic Syrup of Hines and Son Van Wert Ohio cured the condition completely. We certify the testimonial from RuBert King and the druggists Hines and Son.
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van Wear
Ohio
Rheumatic Syrup Co
Jackson
Mich
GryTs
Hibbard
Hines & Son
van Wert
The Value of the Willow Trees for Stream Banks
The Willow trees protect stream banks from washing away by roots and sods, but may spread too far. Willows are easier to manage than repairing flood damage, says the American Cultivator. Hostetter’s Almanac for 1890 is promoted as a valued annual, with free copies from The Hostetter Company. A palm leaf fan upholstered parlor suite in Philadelphia is noted, modeled after Paris Exposition designs, and a new elastic horseshoe patent from Wisconsin is described. Maine reports a tall clock owned by Dr J T CwasrF in Hallowell that still runs accurately.
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Hostetter
Hostetter Company
Pittsburgh
Brefer
Market Street
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
New York
J. T. Cwasrf
Hallowell
Maine
A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Bear Attack Near Wallendorf Aided by Dogs
Advocate Forster recalls a near fatal bear encounter while hunting roe deer with friends in the Hungarian mountains. After an initial shot felled the bear, it rose and attacked, biting through his boot before dogs and companions intervened. he sustained only minor injuries and the bear was killed.
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Wallendorf
Hungary
Advocate Forster
London Standard
Engineer Returns From Black Hills Dance Mystery
A Buffalo civil engineer recounts joining a dance while on a surveying detour in the Black Hills. He claimed forty miles by pedometer but the officer noted forty four miles after the event. He recalls dancing until midnight before completing the detour.
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Buffalo
Black Hills
Buffalo Courier
Syrup of Figs Promised For All Entitled Homes
Entreaty urges every family to have the best remedy Syrup of Figs to cleanse the system when costive or bilious. It sells in 50 cent and one dollar bottles through leading druggists. A play snippet contrasts a housemaid quitting after discovering the kitchen entrance faces the street, fearing a policeman sweetheart may intrude with a roundsman likely pursuing him.
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Araggista
H Ud
Deafness Cure by Constitutional Remedies Promoted
A medical ad claims deafness from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It offers $100 for any case cured by Hulls Catarrh Cure and invites readers to request circulars. Separately, news notes that the Hotel Brunswick in New York replaced all kitchen equipment with gas appliances for delicate cooking.
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Hull
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Thz
Brunswick
New York
Scott
Centre
Chicago
C. T. Churchill
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for catarrh and lung diseases with a money-back guarantee. Also features Kemp's Balsam promotion and notes Spezia as Italy's fortress with extensive fortifications. Includes a New Orleans Picayune quip about Niagara Falls coverage.
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Dr. Pierce
Local Patent Remedies and Advertisements Parade
A collage of 19th century remedy pitches and product notices. Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills promise safety for adults and children and claim superiority in treating headache, constipation, dyspepsia, and biliousness. Dobbins' Electric Soap is lauded for quality, while Brown's Bronchial Traches offers immediate cough relief. Whiskey consumption is noted as steady amid common intoxication.
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Hibbard
One Night Out to Florida via Monon Route
The Monon Route shortens Chicago to Jacksonville travel to thirty seven hours and twenty minutes with options via Indianapolis or Cincinnati or Louisville and Burgin through Kentucky. Pullman vestibuled through cars connect Chicago to Jacksonville and other southern winter resorts with seamless transfers. Four daily year round trains run from Chicago to the South, with routes offering historical scenery in Chattanooga and Gulf coast cities. Inquiries go to ticket agents or James Barker, General Passenger Agent, 185 Dearborn Street, Chicago.
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Florida
Monon
Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Burgin
Kentucky
Pullman
Thomasville
New Orleans
Why He Couldn't Hold Him horse anecdote
In a Munsey's Weekly style quip a dialogue reflects a horse slipping from ownership due to a chattel mortgage. The Inquiring Friend questions where the horse is, while Short Purse explains the animal had to be let go because of the mortgage held by Isaacs.
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Old Isaacs
Munsey’s Weekly
Oregon Immigration Board Ad Pitches State Bounty
Advertisement proclaims Oregon as a paradise for farmers with a mild climate and abundant crops, urging readers to contact the Oregon Immigration Board in Portland for full information. Also promotes Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Tansill’s Punch Cigar, and Dr Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water, with pricing and usage claims.
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Oregon
Oregon Iamigration Board
Portland
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