Various Historical Anecdotes and Misconceptions From Ancient to 19th Century Times
A collage of curious claims detailing ancient and medieval practices from iron use to quarantines, plus 19th century notes on Irish coinage, a Rome welfare count, and famed military figures cited as the Rock of Chickamauga and Rock of Ohio. It treats diverse topics in a conversational, cautionary tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
William the Conqueror
Linnaus
Hanerxas
Arras
France
Trojan
Rome
Europe
Convent Garden
Arundul
Dominian
Elizabeth
Iags
Ivany
Ceylon
Janes Jr
Ireland
Garrreip
General Thomas
Tennessee
Chickamauga
Garfield
Ohio
Sailor Disrupts Olivette Show For Borough Crowd
A seafaring man pushes to a primo seat at Olivette, harasses a meek youth, demands the program, and boisterously taps to the music. Ushers eject the rogue, while the sailor remains defiant and resumes chewing tobacco as the blonde youth exits. Brooklyn Eagle reports the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Sonny
Usher
Brooklyn Eagle
Open air restaurants in Mexican towns at night
Open air restaurants highlight town life in Mexico with venues under portales and covered streets surrounding plazas, especially prominent in larger cities as night markets and social hubs.
Frugal Mexican Meals Priced From Cents to Nickels
The report notes that from sundown to sunrise one can obtain a meal of fried chicken tortillas and coffee for 12 to 25 cents, while a smaller meal starts at 3 cents. It highlights how Mexicans live at an astonishingly low cost.
Wyoming Wants Women Yet Prefers Practical Applicants
The Wyoming note rejects sentimental suitors and poetic never-do-wells, urging practical women who can cook and sew. It scorns extravagance and calls for sturdy, sensible arrivals to a growing territory. The piece mocks flowery verse and emphasizes cooking skill and hard work over idle ideals.
Old Letters and Forbidden Corsets in Rural Missouri
Long readers urged to treasure old letters as precious relics. Amicus praises memory keeping. Bow Hounrer, a large resident of Fern Ridge, Missouri, entwines with Matilda Henderson over a corset purchase. When denied, he pulls a revolver, but the merchant fires first, wounding the would-be groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amicus
Cincinnati
Bow Hounrer
Fern Ridge
Missouri
Matilda Henderson
F. M. Wright
Bob
Wright
Encore Nuisance Draws Fire From Theatre Souls
Turf Field and Farm laments the encore habit in theatres describing it as a nuisance that resurrects staged murders and disturbs sensitive audiences. The writer urges newspapers to denounce repeated curtain calls for dead or resurrected performances and calls for restraint on audience demands.
Women Dominate Telegraph Work in England
England's telegraph labor has shifted largely to women with about 700 at the Central Office. The Clearing-house Check Branch is composed entirely of women who manage telegraphic tasks and financial affairs. Some savings bank branches and the dead letter office are also in their hands. Many applicants seek vacancies, but major posts remain held by men deemed more competent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Telegraph Clearing-house
Savings Bank Department
A Condemned Man Hears Final Daughter's Words in Jail
In the St. Louis jail a prisoner faced execution while his little daughter Mary spoke of gratitude and hope. Her touching remarks, urging acceptance of his fate, contrasted with the looming hanging.
Well Indorsed by Our Own Citizens
A collection of testimonials from business and railway figures praising St. Jacobs Oil for rheumatic pain, neuralgia, and injuries. W H Stearns, A B Taylor, J B Weston and others claim rapid relief and healing, citing factory workers and relatives in several cities.
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W. H. Stearns
Conn. River
Boylston Street
St. Jacobs
Springfield
Mass
A Mexican Salutation and Social Customs Described
The piece details a delicate street greeting among Mexican women as white mules pass, describing a quick two finger gesture from carriage to balcony. It notes regional differences between Morelia and the capital, and contrasts beauty with social intimacy in these gestures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morelia
Prominent Letter Praises Golden Medical Discovery
Rev Isaac N Augustin reports his 18 year old daughter feared incurable by doctors but improved after taking Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery. He credits rapid recovery to the remedy and asserts she is now well and strong. He signs from Sereman Illinois addressing Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sereman
Ilinois
BR. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Isaac N. Augustin
Drugyste
Cure for sick headache and memories lost a Hartford tale
A Connecticut tale recounts a Hartford citizen at American Hall who, during a Wyatt Theater funeral scene, was told to exclaim Stand aside and let the coffin pass Instead he roared Stand aside and let the parson cough The moment sunk his career in the view of friends and spectators
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Thero
Wyatt
American Hall
Hartford Times
A Physician Warns Against Overreliant Cathartics
A physician criticizes harsh laxatives for constipation noting temporary relief and eventual worse digestion. He advocates Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a permanent cure to purify blood and strengthen the body, urging readers to avoid growing dependence on cathartics. The article mixes instructional health claims with humorous anecdotes and reader letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysett
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure Advertisements and Humorous Snippets
A May 24 1881 Omana Nebraska clipping shows letters praising H H Warner Co kidney and liver remedies and a trade card for Lupra E Pinxuan's Vegetable Compound. Humorous lines jab at German papers and funeral processions punctuate reader text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omana
Neb
H. H. Warner & Co
E. D. Kirron
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nestorical
West
Wyoming
Saratoga
Laramie City
Boonierang
Women and the Telegraph
Papa
Apa
Mary
St. Louis
Brown
Fogg
Post-Dispatch
St. Jacobs Oil
J. A. Henderson
Cleveland
Pierce
Womip
Likre
Johannie
Johnnie
Mr. Sissex McNanxy
New Richmond
Tyre
Mr. Textual
Rheumatic Hketiet
Tux
Dallas
Texas
Times
D' Bulls
Prise
Rohm, Erle
Gaia Tae & Oy Raguars
R-Hunter Seds Kaptatest T
Chicago
Sre Free
G. Rush Wilson
Fall T River
Maas
Tinh Bros
B. Janeaville
G. W.isgran AM & CO
Boston
Masa
Lebanon
Bastnese
Best
Ita
Dateaue Ia
Ween
Sudrdes Vay Bronson
Detral
Ties
Aultman & Taylor OO
Mansiiald
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Wilert
Eilert
Mans. Saran J. van Buren
Uncle Sam
Tur Howe
Borden, Selleck & Co
Avants
Spring Tobacco
Sas Jackson
Mick
J. H. Bufford's Sons
Art Publishers
Broadway
Agers Tatetti Frank
Jesse James
Outfit Inc
C. B. Beach & Co
8 Baker
Mintfalos N.Y
Orbv
Firlee
Paul Minneraaip
Queen City Suspender Company
Gecen
Osi
Meini
Theca
A-Reed & Sons
A-Reed & Sons’ Organs
Joan
Reed’s
State St
Catcaco
Bok
Francis €. Willard
Sheridan
Kent
Johnson & CO
Macs
Bangor
Eggleston Truss Co
Zulis
St. Jacos
Jacobs
Gilmour
Hip
PITTS
Chicago Pitts
Black Hawk
Ean di
Tagat
Pitts Sons Mfc. CO
Jefferson St
Ibhe
A Zac
Wells, Richardson & Co
Prop’s
Burlington
Shane Wronderfald
Will Harter
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