A Man Who Saved Five Cents on a Streetcar
A Washington streetcar tale recalls a passenger with a Congressionally known name who could not locate a five cent pass. After repeated insistence and a loud name reveal, the conductor feigned deafness until the fare dispute became a public spectacle. The episode ends with the passenger paying the fare and exposing the mockery of five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Capitol
New England
Philadelphia News
Sanitary Work and Early City Density Effects
The piece notes sanitary science reducing deaths amid rising Birmingham density, valuing lives saved at £2,516,687 and urging public health as a primary gain. It also mentions Michigan Central Railroad ferry plans to traverse ice with dual screws, a Paris lightning rod committee for the Universal Exposition tower, tall NYC houses fifteen feet wide, and the long wear of a garment called the ulster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
Farr
Tur
Michigan Central Railroad
Aummer
Straits of Mackinac
Paris
The Witch and Fate in Old Times Prejudice
A reflection on past witchcraft fears and the shift in public opinion. It argues that medical misdiagnoses and sensationalism shaped beliefs, while endorsing Warner's Safe Cure for kidney diseases and noting a $5000 reward for falsity. The piece ends praising the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versons
Warner
Bright
New York City
Dirand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union Hotel
Iowa Ghost Hoax Recalls Graveyard Lights Tale
Davenport Gazette recalls an Iowa tale from Horse-Thiefree where locals claimed blue and white lights rose from graves each Friday night. A peddler investigating with a pistol found two pranksters using a rope and lantern to create eerie effects, counting on crowds’ fear to remain unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Gazette
Iowa
Mackintosh Cherokee Chief Delivers Harsh Justice Tale
A Cherokee chief named Mackintosh is described as unusually just but blunt in actions. The tale recounts a horse theft where a mistaken punishment for an innocent man led to another's execution, followed by a corrective judgment drily noted by the chief. Also included are light vignettes about a newsboy, a minister, and a hotel guest praising rheumatism cure with the Occidental Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackintosh
Europe
America
Prenson
Seabury & Johnson
New York
Embarrassed Boarder Warns of a Rough Night on Michigan
A traveling man recounts his shame after a boarder arrangement on Michigan avenue. He admits delaying rent for weeks while the landlady’s daughter, shown polite restraint, refused after the daughter asked him to purchase tickets and supper. The tale ends with the man debating moving. A Red Star Cough Cure ad follows, touting vegetable, harmless relief with a Brooklyn Health officer’s endorsement.
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Michigan Avenue
Brooklyn
Board of Health
Practical Education and the Value of English Speech
A Philadelphia columnist criticizes colleges that overemphasize Latin and dead languages. He argues general education matters and favors students who master English and practical skills. He quips that learning to speak well is as important as knowing classics, and jokes about Greek drama without real American acting talent.
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Philadelphia
Cali
Stomach Bitters Heralded as Liver Remedy
The piece extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a benign, rapid remedy for biliousness and liver complaints. It claims it purifies the blood, eases nausea, headaches, and constipation, and strengthens the weak, while also conquering kidney and bladder issues and aiding convalescence from wasting illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Remark About Miss Rose Cleveland and Dr Johnson
A Boston Herald remark praises Miss Rose Cleveland as a woman of talent while doubting lasting literary recognition. The Chicago Mail recalls Dr Samuel Johnson noting that much can be made of a Scot when caught young, linking to the Cleveland comment.
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Boston Herald
Rose Cleveland
Samuel Johnson
Chicago Mail
Southward settlement boosts farming claim across the South
The piece notes rising Western land prices and harsher Northern winters driving settlers to the South. It cites agricultural conventions in Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana proving diversified farming can profit more in the South. Rail lines link Chicago to New Orleans with stopovers at Jackson Mississippi Hammond Louisiana and more to ease Southern land sales.
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South
Tennessee
Mississippi
Lousiana
North
Creamerica
Ilinois Central Railroad
Chicago
New Orleans
Iinoia Central Railroad
J. I. Merry
Manchester
Iowa
Cure advertised in Buffalo medical pamphlet
A Boston boy’s stomach is praised as always in apple pie order in a note from the New Orleans Picayune, while a Health Association urges young and middle aged men with nervous debility to send 10 cents for an illustrated book detailing cures. The address cited is 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Worlkl
Dispensary Medical Association
Mainstrest
Buffalo
Boston
New Orleans Picayune
The Newsboy's Ward started in the Chicago Ledger
A March 16 start for M C Varley's new tale The Newsboy's Ward in the Chicago Ledger, continuing over three months. Subscriptions are invited at 1 50 yearly with sample copy offers. Also noted are advertisements for Rough on Dirt laundry aid and Wells' Health Whizzer pills, among other products and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Ledger
M. C. Varley
Chicago
Newsboy
Ledger
Ledger Company
Franklin Street
Spring Medicine Benefit Claims For Seasonal Health
The passage urges taking spring medicine to boost the body’s susceptibility to benefit, arguing the season heightens the need for remedy. It claims impurities in the blood should be expelled and the system strengthened before the heat of warm weather brings prostration.
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Hood
Public thirst and cures thread through old notices
A Locan candidate notes that public office is a public thirst. Dr Prence's Favorite Prescription is advertised as curing diseases peculiar to females and easing stomach and heart reflex issues. References to a Boston firm publishing A Girl's Room and trades for coughs and colds appear, ending with a quip about men like anchors buried.
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Chicago Times
Olster
THE
Jimmy
Rainister
Somercile Journal
Jacob Gry
One
Hallett& Co
Portland
Maine
Tso
Dick Turpin
Broadway
Westminster
London
Wells
Buchu-Paiba
Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Harter
Teske
C. G.cox & CO
New Insurance
Milwaukee
Wis
New
Leo
Plenne & Co
Irmiers
Washington, D.C
Ma Stephens
Leboneon
Ohio
Gogebi Biron
Ateliaide
Mil Mining
Milwauker
James River
Mancha
Claremont
TEP Rires Co
Epium
Andress Brewster
Holly
Alice
Sampres
Gerald & Powell
U. S
Indiana
Alis
Ind
Marsh
Quincey
A. P. Wacky
Patent Attorneys
Carpee Stretcier
Bird Street
Milwamee
Wenina
Suvantisans
Nebraska
Timate
Ma Sunpsan & Cashelman Bros
Hay Sprainge
I. F. Liepsner
A.M
Olivet Baptist Church
EL Ms AM
Bain
TRAV
USA
Owego
N.Y
E. A.gile
North Clark St
Board of Trade
RL Oliver & Co
Rialto Bid’g
Chicazo
Adven
Tisseed
Randolph St
Lord & Thomas
Standard Silverware CO
Mass
G. Heetle
Minier
al Blentg
Queen City
Cincinnati
Ile
H.W
Buciel
Rockford
M. Etl
Dsus
N.clarg St
U.S
Wisconsin
Minnsoti
Dakota
Torus
Audress Cramer
Amlens & Cramer
Prospectua
Mr. Noctarn
W. Astor
Dudau PY Ben.amin
Drs. Minor
Woop
Mente Free
Ly Rof
Loisetts
Fifth Avenue
Willames
Price Fe
St. At
TLS
Storrs & Harrison CO
Painesville
Eyat Meate
FISIC
Simmons
Procter & Gamble
Harter
Bret
ST. Louis
Cheri
L. Ellwoon
United States
DE Halb
Ill
Chi-aca
Omaha
Wizard Oil
Hamlin
Hogelt
Wizard cL “Company
Gen
Grant Bee
Grant
Donelson
Vicksburg
Wilderness
Adirondacs
Er Penne
Tha Wat
Bogard
St Aa
Atatas
Baie Uise
Ted Portant
Weater
Adureay Cramer
Aikrens & Cramer
Win
Ed Soto Teal Kidder's
Dr. J. Rexwear
Peru
Eien
I Seat SreTik Au Ul Ee
O.R. U
Pierce
New Haven
Brown
O. U. Watkins, Walton
Dna
Boston Transcript
Ely
M. R. Mirus
H. A. Smith
Fulton Ars
Davenport
Town
Lena
Jane Andrewe
St. Helens
DABLA
France
Ross Bonheur
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