Inside the Thieves World A Talk on Recovery of Stolen Goods
A veteran detective explains the four tiers of thieves, including put ups, fences, workers, and town associates, and details profit splits from a $5,000 haul. He notes rewards before concluding the crime economy is dog eat dog. Also featured is Ole Bulls rise from childhood violin to fame with anecdotes of early mischief and noble patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Lewis
David Whitney
Chicago
Toledoo
Cleveland
Detroit
Fe Hue
Detroit Free Press
Monomaniac coal oil cure joke in Newport society
A dry wit turns a coal oil cure all tale into humor as Newport ladies tease over cures. An elderly Newport woman insists coal oil will heal any ailment from knee swelling to facial pain and even domestic fuss, sparking laughter among friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Johnny
Sarah
Jennie
I Did Lean on the Lord and Gained Weight
In Teras Siftings a Reverend chides a male parishioner Mose for spiritual thrift and bodily fat. Mose explains his diet of sermons and self reliance, claiming the preacher supplies the "gigion" while he fattens himself by effort. The tale humorously contrasts religious reliance with personal responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whangdoodle Baxter
Mose
In the Licker Business Stamps Lick Tax Joke
A lad at a large firm tells his mother he is in the licker business by licking stamps for letters. She asks if he has given up his job to sell whisky. He explains he merely stamps mail. He closes the door to end the exchange.
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Ole Bull
Longfellow
Wayside Inn
Lucca
Naples
Dohler
Duke
Joliet Penitentiary
Chicago Tobacco World
Tea House Cast
San Francisco
SAN Francisco Tea CO
State St
Chicago
Irm
Ss. H. Wood & CO
Chamber of Commerce
M., Crain & Stock Brokers
Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Chamber Commerce
St. Paul
S. 4. Woon
Northwest
Solid Comfort and a Dirty Face
A conversation between Maria and Develop at breakfast pivots on appearances. Maria rejects being handsome, preferring solid comfort in a dirty face over vanity, insisting she won’t be a slave to appearances. The piece reflects attitudes toward image and independence.
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Maria
Carl Pretzel
Stomach Bitters Promised To Cure Broad Ills
An 19th century advertises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for a wide range of disorders linked to indigestion constipation fever and liver upset. It claims diseases arise from poor digestion and nerves, and that the bitters can cure from onset through mature stages though recovery may take longer with advanced illness. It mentions dyspepsia constipation biliousness kidney complaints and intermittent fever as illnesses yielded by the tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Fairy tale of Triste the Sad and the liberating Fairy
In a grand castle three sisters live while Triste the Sad languishes in a windowless top room. A godmother frees her with a bottled Fairy, curing her deformities and fears. Triste becomes Rosabel, gains beauty and courage, and reenters life with her sisters in joy, while the Fairy departs the bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Maud
Maud Marian
Triste
Rosabel
Rosatel
Tri
Rosa
Hosahel
Dr. Pierce
Hardl
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promoted by Sufferers
The World's Dispensary at Buffalo promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pellets as remedies for chronic liver blood and lung diseases. Testimonials claim many hard cases recovered after expensive medicines and doctors failed, though results vary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Koumboum
Buddha
Caution to Dairymen on Butter Color and Imposters
Caution to dairymen to request Wells Richardson Co Improved Butter Color and no others as imitations may spoil butter. If unavailable, write Burlington Vermont to locate it without extra expense. Claims include thousands of tests proving superiority and a note on mortgage debt not reducing. Also mentions Samaritan Nervine cures for fits and a remark about orchestral performance and paralysis cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Too Well Educated and the Tea of Education
A Kentucky legislator resists education talk as “too eddicated” and work from literacy, contrasting with a friend’s push for educational reforms. Also notes a Burlington mother’s claimed miracle cure for smoking via laying on of hands, and mentions remedies Tosacca rEra for worms and plants, Dr Weaver’s Cordate as a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Burlington
Advertised patent cures and tonics line up for health claims
The column touts The Secret of Living Scovill s Sarsaparilla and Blood and Liver Syrup as cures for scrofulous taint rheumatism white swelling gout goitre consumption bronchitis nervous debility malaria and other blood diseases. It also promotes Dr Richardson s Sherry Wine Bitters Piso s Remedy for Catarrh Perry Davis Vegetable Pain Killer Dr Banford s Lover Invigorator and Piso s Cure for coughs offering certificates from physicians ministers and heads of families endorsing these products.
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Jooaxr Strrckin
Maryland
Tevus Siftings
Henry Knee
Verrilla
Jenn
Proprietors Samaritan Nervine
Weaver
Dr. Richardson
Perry Davis
John Potter
J. B. Fry
Brookline Station
Susan E. Fry
Allen
Mother Swan
Wewls
Nell Liubricating
E.F. Divrertenrs
Big Payze
Termstree, Taylor Bros. & Co
Ohio
Narionan PurvisHine Co
Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wis
C.O.D
E. Burnham
State Street
Stam Tor
Ngham
Washington, D.C
E. Moliver
Holly
Patie
Queen City
CIA
Reem City
Cinna
Gruvan
Little Falls
N.Y
Bon Ton
BON Ton System CO
Canton
Middlesex
Middlesex Company
al Leading Clothiers
Wendell, Fay & CO
Franklin St. Reston
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Hop Plaster Co
Boston
Mass
Atatatstate ReeSes
Hawley
Herve
ST. Vitus
Dr. S. A. Richmond Med. Co
St. Joseph
Lord, Stantenburgh & Co
TRAD
Uwe
Hops and Malt Bitters C Co
Detroit, Mich
J. A. A. Bent
Wheaton
Rae R.S. & A.B. LA
Washington
Co-Operative Ace CO
Greenfield
Ines Express
P. O
Roberts
Lax
Twombly
Tremont Street
Maas
Blind 5 & 7
Broadway, Commerce
St. Louia
Milwaukee
Bronte
ROBT
Lindblom & CO
Chicare
Blom & CO
N.G. Miller & Cig
Catarth
C. R. Sykes
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