Napoleon's Watch and a Duke's Croker Conversation
In this excerpt from Crokers Conversations with the Duke of Wellington, the narrator discusses Napoleons pettiness over a Breguet watch he had ordered for the Spanish king. He recalls Vittoria news and mocks Napoleons countermand, noting his will legacies and lack of funds.
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Napoleon
Bonaparte
Breguet
Paris
Spain
Edward Paget
Paget
Vittoria
Dresden
Batttle
Joseph
En Espagne
Aldgate
Duke of Wellington
The Modern Shakspeare: A Coy Exchange of Words
An excerpt from Vonkers Gazette features a witty dialogue where Andromeda and Sir Apathy spar over affection and flirtation. The pair banter about kissing, love, and temper with playful high diction and ironic humor. The scene reads as a period piece of theatrical prose.
Paying Inspector in Construction Folly
A humorous dialogue questions the value of a paying inspector on road work. The inspector, paid to observe, largely does little: he appears, nods, paces, and sighs at $3 daily, offering minimal input while the contractor acts on instinct. His presence delays progress yet adds no real efficiency.
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China
Trafic
Mab
Johnnie Jarphly
Jarphlys
Johnnie
John
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Fragmentary Detroit Free Press Quote On Pay Conclusion
A clipped Detroit Free Press line notes that tremendous mental and physical labors are concluded except for drawing his pay, signaling a formal end to a worker’s efforts with final compensation remaining.
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Detroit Free Press
American Restaurant Owner Becomes Millionaire Heir
An emigrant ran a small restaurant in a South Australian stock country town frequented by a taciturn old Scot. A recurring joke with a rich, dying cowpuncher ends when he reveals his true wealth. A lawyer later informs the American proprietor that the Thompson range millionaire left him one million dollars.
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United States
South Australia
States
Thompson Range
San Irrancisco
Morales the Divine Painter and a King’s Pension
A historical note on Luis de Morales born in 1505, praised as El Divino for religious works, later favored then impoverished until Philip II granted a pension of 300 ducats annually after a court encounter. The piece also recalls a humorous scene with Johnnie Jarphly and a tale of an accommodating drummer who rents a merchant a $40 cellar.
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Luis de Morales
el Divino
Morales
Philip II
Philip
Badajoz
St Jacobs Oil Wins Gold Medal at World Fairs
The public should note that the only proprietary medicine to receive the supreme Gold Medal at international fairs and expositions is St Jacobs Oil. After extensive tests in hospitals and elsewhere it triumphed over competitors and was declared by judges and eminent physicians as the best pain curing remedy.
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St. Jacobs Oil
Meklng
Chicago Post and Courier
Morriven
Why They Wear Long Hair by a Cowboy
A cowboy explains three reasons for keeping hair long on the plains. He says shaving is hard in remote trails, long hair keeps ears warm in winter, and it signals bravado to others.
Broad range tonic and political musings in a mixed page
The text blends medical quackery for digestive and liver disorders with excerpts about Napoleon from London Truth and assorted notices. It discusses Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, Napoleon’s bulletins, a Buffalo World’s Medical Association appeal, a Grand Union Hotel promo, Horsford’s Acid Phosphate, W H Holcombe’s endorsement, Mrs Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and a Connecticut man’s invention of a paper carpet.
Low Inauguration Travel Rates Promoted in Pittsburgh Area
Commercial notice announces reduced first class fares over the Pennsylvania lines to Washington for President Cleveland's inauguration on March 4. Chicago to Washington round trip 320, solid train service with Pullman cars. appointments coordinated by C. W. Adams, assistant general passenger agent, Chicago. Also includes health ad copy urging use of Ely's Cream Balm with testimonials from Chas. S. McMillen of Sibley Missouri and Col. C. H. Mackey of Sigourney Iowa about catarrh relief.
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J. A. Ford
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Washington
Cleveland
Ford
Chicago
C. W. Adams
Gene
Clark Street
Chicagoe
Remedies for colic and coughs in 19th century ad copy
An advertisement-style paragraph extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for liver cleansing and bile regulation, claims anti-bile properties, and promotes Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart-Weed as a remedy for colic, cholera morbus, diarrhoea, dysentery, bloody flux, fevers, and colds. Also touts Brown's Bronchial TROCHES and Ely's Dream Balm as safe throat and nasal remedies with prices given.
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Pierce
Allen's Lung Balm Sam promoted as pure throat remedy
An advertisement asserts the health and life of a person rests on proper guardianship and promotes Allen's Lung Balm Sam as a twenty five year trusted, opium free remedy for throat and lung diseases. It urges readers to keep a bottle on hand and read the accompanying "Who?" feature.
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Allen
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Andromeda
Socrates
Angel
Vonkers Gazette
Drummer
Dallas
St. Louis
Denis Bingham
London
World's Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Horsford
W. H. Holcombe
New Orleans
Connecticut
Haus
Sturkey & Pulen
Ued St. Phil
Ely
Chas $. McMillen
Sibley, Jackson Co
C. H. Mackey
Infantry
Sigourney
Europe
Ely Bros
Owego
N. Y
John Bull
Bull
Smith
Main St
Louisville, KY
David Kennedy
Rondout
Kennedy
Houdout
BEAL
Bitters CO
Holland City
Mich
Gista
Card CO
Centerbrook
Conn
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wi
Sendstam
Bingham
Washington, D.C
Corcias
Howe
J. Ma Tay
T & CO
Dearborn Street
Chico
Chicago Ledger
Latern Newa Co
Franklin Street
A.reed & Sons
Appison
A.J. Hileman
Addison
A. J. Colbomn
Esa
The
Somerset Herald
Alilen
Astoria
Ills
H.C. Mooney
Burrill
H. Davis
J. N. Harris & CO. (Limited
Cincinnati
Ohio
Missouri
Intel
J. Worth
Ill
Hoder
T Turner
Flat Rock
YALE
Hops & Malt Bivpers CO
Detroit
Maryland
C. L. James
Beltsville, Prince George Co
M. VW
Dunaam Wayne, du Page Co
France
America
Leo
Trench
Up We Dunham
Kon Bonheur
Pohl
T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
New York
John A. Salzer
la Grote
Ghloxgo Post and Courier
Triad
U.S
U. S
Hoys
Canada
Chicago Peat and Courier
Suubur
Chésage
Fas
R. U
Lorillard
Hagan
Lebanon
C.nlu
Man and
Beast
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