Early Riser From Wayne County Farm Reaches City
An old farmer from Wayne County rises at 4 50 am in Rochester and visits a hotel office. He chats with a sleepy night clerk about farm life, local people and roles like postmaster and bank owner. He recalls neighbors milking red cows and vows not to return to the city for such early business.
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Rochester Democrat
Morpheus
Here
Wayne County
Jonathan Smith
Not-Republick
Frank Jones
Peter How
Hell-Boy
Origin of Take the Cake Slang Traced to Cake Walk
A correspondent explains the phrase take the cake arising from cake walks among colored people where prizes were cakes. Contestants dressed elaborately walked halls for judges and admirers, winning the cake as the prize.
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Hoston Herald
Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a tonic
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla for tired and run down conditions. It claims the medicine purifies and vitalizes the body, tones the stomach, stimulates appetite, and improves liver and kidney function. Testimonial by Mrs N A Stanley of Canastota Ontario praises its digestive and blood-purifying effects.
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Hood
Mus
N. A
Stanley
Canastota
Lulver
Hibbard
Mtand
Ibbard
Hibtard
J. Kouarts
Virst
M. RH
Fremont
Mich
Prince
Absent-Minded Senator Lamar Prank Recalled Joke
A Louisville Courier Journal anecdote recounts Lamar in the Senate known for poetry and a pensive walk. He invites a friend to dinner, drifts into thought, and only recalls the invitation near Willard's as they reach his hotel, then insists the dinner still stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
Senate
Willard's
National Hotel
Willard’s
Senator
Louisville Courie- Journal
Stranger orders hot dinner then eats in cooled din
A stranger enters a downtown restaurant and orders multiple dishes with instructions to serve them piping hot. After the dinner arrives untouched he complains that it should be red hot. The waiter burns his fingers serving smoking dishes, yet the man eats and pays, denying any belief in an afterlife.
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Delroitree Press
Bed-Spring Gimmick Puts Wife Out Of Bed For Breakfast
A satirical note from Clyde Park Journal mocks a patent bed-spring device that tips the wife's side upright at a set hour, forcing her to rise and dress for breakfast while the husband rests. The item sits among a miscellany of anecdotes and advertisements on health and crafts.
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Clyde Park Journal
Misfit, Suit, and Neighborly Tales of Old Ads
A mix of snippets includes a New York Sun quip on a six dollar suit, aged bone science from the Arkansas Traveler, Vienna winter hardships with wolves, a domestic vignette about a strict doctoring neighbor, and ads touting Dr. Sue's Catarrh Remedy. Also notes on Scott's Emulsion, hotel scales, and the Great Rock Island Vestibule Express, plus patent medicine promotions and travel lines reflecting period commercial life. The passages sketch daily life, health remedies, and transport ads across cities.
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Chicago
Couneil Blults
Council Blutlys
Great Neck Island
Council Bluffs
Great Rock Island
Omaha
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
Rock Island
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Seine
Peter the Great
Russia
Luin
A.A. Tiken
Utica
N.Y
C. J. Hood & CO
Apthecaries
Lowell
Maas
America
Tropics
Kostetter
Las
Jisurdera
Intellience
Peter
Johnny
Dern
Switzerland
Acron
Agrigenuim
Athens
Greece
Julien Dubuque
Dubuque, Town
Pierce
Chatham Street
Mr. Isaacstein
Dot
Russell Sage
Wall Street
Dot Shetlemans
New York Sun
Arkansam
Austria
Vienna
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Davis
Shakes
Lord Bacon
Sue
Scott
W. A. Winnent
M.D
Salisbury, UI
St. Nickolas
Bsuster Bulletin
Louca
Express
Wells
Jersey City
Lyon
Bob Swine
Cules
Charles A. Wopeler CO
Baltimore
Cabing
LEE & CO
Augusta
Maine
Glark
Qatarah
Ely’s Cream Baim
Jely Bros
Warren St. X
Curesano
Radway
Itim Merit Ag
Ribbard
Rheumatic Syrep Company
Jackson, Mich
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Ann Arbor
Mrunider
M.C.R. Ry
Simmons St St. Hoston
Mass
Brewster Safety Rein Older Co
Holly
Moxie
Evey
Bath
Aesguch
POND
Aurora
Kane Co
Texas
Godley & Porter
Dallas
Pex
A.W. McCormick & Son
Washington
Dlv
Cincinnatii
Kidder
Jose Novelty
Panini
Tor St
Tor
BoRoas
Osgood
U.S
Osgood & Thompson
Binghamton, N. Y
Driuyvista, Glee Co
N. State St
Dryant
Granuau Detective Bureau Co
Owen
Dr. Owen Belt Co
State St
Ohio
Ohl
Loomis &Nyhan Tiffin
Waitt
United States
Detroit
Philadelphia
Orton
Columbia Law
Yale
Wellesley
Oberlin
University of Peon
Michigan C University
Chautauqua
E. Ke
Hicnatty Procton
Hans
W.w.aston
Jehan B. Benjamin
Gineon
Mason & Hamlin
Mason & Haseem
Boston
Tremont St
Wabash Ave
New York
East 14Th St
Union Square
Evans Chemical Co
Cincinnati
CN. DA
G. Wingra Bam
M. D
Amsterdam
Big G
D. RE. Dyche & CO
Drugelate
Reny Covert
Pirrace
Davipv G. Lowr
Eng
St. Agathe
Manitoba
Canada
I. V. Wenner
Yorkshire
Cattaraugus Co. N
Golden
Golden Medical
Columbus
Worth's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
F.W. Wheeler
21St St
Goupen
Solomon Boris
North Clayton
Miami Co
Wartoon F, Clarke, Esq
Summerside
Prince Edward Island
Cousi
Mra. N._W. Rice
Newfane
Vermont
Dr. Pierce
W. R. Davis
Bellville
Florida
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Male St
Buffalo, N. Y
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