Sea of Galilee steamers tease distant shores
The Register notes future steamboat service on the Sea of Galilee. It also surveys eclectic items from science to travel, including forgeries, Arctic snow, and a New Jersey coast house with sea views, plus historical snippets and rail reform talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Albert L. Johnson
Atlantic
Bay Ridge
Ind
Lables
New York
Loisette
New Xi
Grand Palace Hotel
N. Clark St
Chicago
Court House
Combining Business With Pleasure in a Witty Exchange
Grace doubts Belle would wed Dick Mengott though he is a somnambulist and roams at night. Mabel brushes off the quirk, joking he could carry a baby asleep. Dimmick shows torn clothes from a barb wire incident and Rickshaw quips it looks like a suit for damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Belle
Dick Mengott
Mabel
Dimmick
Rickshaw
Haunting Rural Decay Echoes Through Abandoned Farm
A somber poem describes a decayed homestead with ruined garden and empty rooms. The garden weeds shelter a snake and a spider roams the fireless chimney. A lilac and red rose fade, a leaning barn begs collapse, and quiet ghostly figures threaten the hollow countryside.
The Journalistic Col Tompkins in Ozark Village
A turn of the century tale follows Col Thompkins, a silk-hatted journalist, as Howell County villagers plot a new newspaper. He offers services valued at $100 and pledges support while the town debates start-up costs, finally funding the venture with cash and promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IHI
Col
Tompkins
Thompkins
Howell County
Col. Thompkins
Col. ‘Tompkins
Col. Tompkins
Tam
Mississippi
Delphi
Howell
Globe
Law
Old Jim Fruitly
Cannel
Col.Thompkins
Bill Cunningham
Tm Willin
Willin
Oregon County
Ther Speeri
Old Man
Col. Thomkins
Hardy
Ozark Knoll
Howell County Howitzer
Homer Bassford
Detroit Free Press
Not Insupportable Tiffie and Amy on a bicycle clash
A fragment from Mummsey's Weekly satirically paints a scene where Tiffie invites Amy to ride a bicycle, Amy declines saying she is too heavy. A quip about being as light as a feather appears as a retort from Jack in the parlor, followed by a chaotic traveling farce line about a sleeping car and a porter amid irate remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffie
Amy
Jack
Mummsey’s Weekly
Remarkable Cure Tale From Rochester Doctor Explains Kidney Disease
Rochester physician J. G. B. Textron describes a near death experience from a kidney ailment in 1881. After failing with multiple diagnoses and treatments, he credits Warner's Safe Cure with enabling recovery, gains in weight, and cessation of pain. He warns that Bright's disease causes many deaths and urges early attention to kidney symptoms. He aims to warn others and endorse the remedy publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat
Sir
America
Maine
California
Bright
Foote
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Warner
Sam
Owls
Tonce
J. GB. Textron
M.D. Rochester
Dee. Ee
Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy Trial Promise
The ad touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy with a $500 guarantee on call if it fails to cure. It claims 99 of 100 head catarrh cases are resolved and invites readers to pay 50 cents for a trial, promising a cure or the $500 value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr Sage
Dr. Sage
Dispensary Medical Association
United States
Canada
Shiloh
C. OY
Wales
Bridgeport
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Tar
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Chuckles
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Tus Portucrese
Washington
Alexander Hamilton
the Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
Gen
Henry Knox
Supreme Court
John Jay
Edmund Randolph
Sir William Thomson
Philip
New England
A. M. Cannon
Spokane Falls
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Ireland
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Rio Grande
Texas
New Mexico
Dr. Schliemann
Schliemann
Kansas
Cincinnati Enquirer
Straubing
Bavaria
Abiatia
Servidurum
Abusima
Danube
John G. Whittier
Shindowy Lane
Ozark Mountains
Bludsoe
Simon Cox
Old Man Hardy
Hearn
Meaow
Ciacoss
Maris
Fample
Auderfach Company
Newark
Edine CO
Worth Bullpinc
Shumway
Rockford
Ely
Catarre
Drusgiss
ELY Bros
Warren St. N
Tutt
N.Y
Popham
Trek
Foy
Fovham
Ridge Avenue
Philade
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons & GO
Troy
Chesebrough Mig. Co
State St. N
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