Pistol Tips and Pompous Politics from Bit Snort
In a bold satire, Bit Snort recounts an episode with Russ Harrison and Col. Crosby amid Western journalism jests. He narrates gun talk, legal salvos, and a White House scare as strong minded females confront Harrison supporters and a wary observer dodges trouble with quick wit.
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Russell Harrison
Alex. E. Sweet
Texas
Russ Harrison
Col. Crosby
Montana
Russ
Crosbys
Crosby County
Farmers’ Vindicator
Scott
Col
Crosby
Texas Crosbys
Harrison
White House
Weird Sisters
Macbeth
Bit
Syort
Oil on Water and Ancient Tactics for Safe Seafaring
The Philadelphia Times describes how oil on rough seas, studied by Benjamin Franklin, calms storm waves by forming a thin surface film. This mechanical change prevents tearing of wave crests, allowing ships to ride the swell safely despite heavy seas, with no chemical alteration. The piece reflects on life’s worries as it ends.
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Plutarch
Pliny
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia Times
The Little Worries That Wreck A Home
A reflective piece on domestic anxiety contrasts major life crises with everyday fretfulness. It notes how a housekeeper frets over minor faults in servants and meals, how health concerns trigger disproportionate chaos, and how a worried woman imagines illness far beyond reality.
Pronunciation of Vase Rhyme Debate Among Poets
Notes and Queries surveys whether vase rhymes with face and grace were poetic license or standard usage. Cites Pope Byron Moore quotations showing varied pronunciations and argues current usage among literary circles may set the safe rule, with Keats rhyming faces with vases and personal schooling recalling The Broken Vase.
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Pope
Byron
Moore
Anacreon
What We Owe to Society referenced in debt talk
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a light social satire presents Dinguss and Shadbolt debating a magazine article while arranging a small loan. Dinguss asks for five more dollars, promising repayment next week, as Shadbolt laments his own poor collecting. The exchange lampoons debt and business ethics with humor.
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Dinguss
Shadbolt
Chicago Tribune
Springtime Chicago Weather Breathes Poetic Calm
Chicago Weather notes a mild day with south east breeze at six miles per hour. The item evokes spring imagery and the desire to seek quiet, scenic spots for reading, walking, and enjoying nature in a peaceful urban setting.
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Chicago Mail
Uncle Ephraim's Advice on Progress and Racial Attitudes
A merchant traveler recalls Uncle Ephraim explaining that progress is gradual and not instant, urging education and respectability for Black people. The piece includes a quip about a shipboard old lady toyed by sea bathing and a cider drinker with a red nose calling it his apple blossom.
Warner's $5,000 offer for genuine testimonials
A historical notice from H. H. Warner & Co. advertises a $5,000 reward for proving any testimonial about Warner's Safe Cure is not genuine. It cites several testimonials from Iowa City, Camp Verde, Burrato, Newark and Manistique, claiming cures for rheumatism, gravel, kidney disease, and Bright's disease, and urges readers to verify by contacting testimonial providers directly.
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H. H. Warner & Co
Warner’s Safe Cure
Warner’s
Messrs. H. H. Warner & Co
Rochester
N. Y
Iowa
Iowa Ctty
Warner
Sylvanus Johnson
Camp Verde
Arizona
Dolly Mason
Myrtle Ave
Burrato
P. B. McMullen
Newark
Bright
Mandfville W. Pass
Old Man Quits Disturbance Over Ten Cents Bet
A Champlain Street arrest recounts an elderly suspect offering ten to fifty cents to avoid detention, joking about Charlie Ross. The piece riffs on serious trouble and evasive bravado, ending with a tangential ad blurb praising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for malaria, stomach and liver issues.
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Champlain Street
Charlie Ross
Detroit Free Press
Handwriting clues and odd tidbits from old papers
Reader snippets show banter about handwriting, a mock medical claim for catarrh cure, a piano boast, a keyless lock joke, a Texas snakebite remedy, pine root fuel, and a comic note about the Emperor of China and a Boston grocery quip. The items reflect casual curiosity and humorous vignettes from a bygone era.
Card trick stuns guests at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati
At the Grand Hotel in Cincinnati a discussion on spiritualism leads to a wager. Veazey claims he can reveal a drawn card by telegraph, selecting Kellogg to draw four of clubs and summon a distant answer from Emmet Tompkins. Tompkins replies with the exact card, astonishing all present.
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Grand Hotel
Cincinnati
Mr. Veazey
William McCammon
Charles H. Kellogg, Jr
Kopmeier
Kelloge
Mr. Kellogg
Kellogg
Mr. Kopmeier
Veazey
United States
New York
San Francisco
St. Louis
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Office
Emmet Tompkins
Charles H. Kelloan, JR
Mr. Kelloge
Mgr. McCammon
Coreymans
Ohio
Tompkins
Weary
Cincnnati Commercial Gazelle
The Worst Wreck Physically Of Any Man This Country Saw
An 1894 statement from Jackson Michigan details C D Dento cure by Rheumatic Syrup after morphine paralysis from a broken bottle injury. Dento, once said to be the town’s worst wreck, recovers enough to discard crutches and walk with a cane. Frank L Smith endorses the testimonial as credible.
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Jackson, Mich
Theumatic Syrup Co
C.D. Dento
C. D. Dento
Frank L, Smith
Hard House
He Knew How and Hobson Sets Tea Table
Dialogue from a scene shows Mrs Hobson protesting the order of placing white ware, Hector contemplating the arrangement, and Judge noting the customary practice. Hobson volunteers to arrange the tea setup and discuss is questionably about etiquette.
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Hobson
Tobacco’s journey from Nicot to Elizabethan court
The exchange traces tobacco’s spread from JEAN Nicot who named the oil after his herb to Catherine de Medici, and to Sir Walter Raleigh presenting it to Queen Elizabeth, highlighting a royal diffusion of an era’s defining plant.
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Jean Nicot
Catherine de Medicis
Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
The Pope and the Farmer
An Indiana Baptist farmer at odds with the pope meets him and both men like each other. The farmer’s daughter Jane seeks an audience but is barred by dress rules. The pope defies etiquette to see her, sparking commented wonder from Swiss guard and courtiers over a simple act of sympathy between two honest men.
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Cork Examiner
Jane
Mer. Preston
Lane's Family Medicine Free Trial Offer
100 ladies and 100 men urged to call daily at any druggist for a free trial package of Lane's Family Medicine. The remedy, attributed to Dr Silas Lane in the Rocky Mountains, is promoted as a cure for blood liver and kidney diseases and a remedy for constipation and complexion. Large 50 cent package.
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Lane
Silas Lane
Rocky Mountains
Atall
How is business cheerful inquiry and meaning
A short dialogue from the Merchant Traveler about the phrase How is business. The traveling man answers first rate, then asks the same. The other replies I don t find fault. It implies being good natured rather than business success. This reflects a social quip about interpretation of everyday talk.
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Ephraim
Sonny
Positive Cure for Consumption Ad Promoted by M C Slocum
A letter to the editor offers a free two bottle cure for consumption by T A Slocum M C listing 181 Pearl St New York as the contact. The ad promises vast success from timely use and urges readers with the disease to respond via express and post address. The page also contains a quip about tightening waists and a pitch for Oregon immigration highlighting favorable farming conditions. An agnostic quote is included on knowledge.
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P. O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
N.Y
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