A Colorful Train Car Tale of Alleycat Gators and Gloves
A humorous New York Tribune narrative describes two men aboard an elevated train. A bold Savannah visitor boasts of Savannah health cures and huge alligator tales, while a coal-black Southerner listens, then wittily proves the boaster’s pretensions with practical fishing lore and a hearty, infectious laugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Caishan
Georgia
Chile
Jersey
New York Tribune
The Favorite Waltz of a Lamented Admirer
A description of a beloved queen who faced resistance from Spaniards but inspired devotion through annual Holy Week acts. Her humility on Maundy Thursday, charity to beggars, and dramatic mercy showed a complex public image, including a jeweled headpiece gift and a notable clash over a pardon for Ristoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Wesk
Ristoria—Gentlemans Journal
Arabian Baby Rites Reveal Harsh Eastern Customs
A memoir excerpt outlines royal Arab infant care from birth to early childhood. It describes swaddling for forty days, ear piercing and gold rings for girls on day seven, head shaving on day forty with large witness ceremonies, protective charms, and pervasive perfuming with jasmine amber musk and attar of roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Strauss Waltz Ordered for Viennese Lady's Funeral
An old Vienna lady willed that a Strauss waltz be played at her funeral with each orchestra member paid a ducat. The heirs feared religious objections but the will stood. Strauss and his musicians formed a circle around the grave as the coffin was lowered and the waltz played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strauss
Vienna
Funers
Moonlit Dish Turns Up In Village Fountain Joke
An old European tale explains a prank between neighboring towns Lournaisis and Veron. A man seeks a gold dish in a fountain, drains it with friends, finds no dish, only a moonlit pool, and calls it a clever trick attributed to local wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Revue Des Traditions Populaires
Lournaisis
Hainault
Jean Dindon
Death of a Messenger Boy in Wall Collapse
A messenger boy on two main streets is crushed when a wall collapses. Bystanders rescue him after a half hour, but he remains unconscious and dies. In his last moment he speaks in a calm messenger voice, saying he did not run. He is buried promptly.
Odd Tales and Evidence of Winter, Church Wardrobe, and Rail Ventillation
A scattered fragment mentions Mrs Skimphlint debating Johnny's old trousers and coat for church wear. It also notes winter fish behavior with tench and eels surviving freezing. French railway carriages gain a new dust reducing ventilation amid fast travel. An English anti gambling league forms led by the Earls of Aberdeenshire. A York Creek mouse suspended by a spider’s thread is freed by a household. Bishop Mackenzie’s burial follows his wish in a blanket at a grave line kneeling.
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York Creek
Advantages of Telegraphy In News Reporting
A reporter skilled in telegraphy gained a decisive edge by forging into a closed office at night to send twelve hundred words by wire before 2 a.m. The act involved breaking in, wiring a switchboard, and composing copy in the dark to beat time. He then left quietly and returned to observe the river moonlit over the Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbs Ferry
N.Y
O. K
Bsen
Hudson
Uninvited Blood Purifier Claim in Local Ad
Testimonial from Frank Wallace of West Lebanon Indiana praises Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup as the best family blood purifier. He states six bottles used, noting notable health benefits for his wife. Ad claims the remedy expels poisons and taints from the blood and is sold by all druggists. Prepared by The Charls Wright Medicine Company, Detroit Michigan.
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Hibbard
West
Lebanon
Ind
Frank Wallace
Charls Wright Medicine Company
Detroit
Mich
How Generals Are Made in Germany
A Prussian officer begins five years as a lieutenant, then three years at the War Academy founded in 1810. In 1872 the academy came under the general staff, studying tactics, history, fortifications, geography, mathematics and languages to reach staff and command roles up to major general.
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Chatter
War Academy
Great General Staff
Germany
The Lady Next Door and Health Cure Advertisements
A discontented wife envies a neighbor and learns she is healthy thanks to Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The piece shifts to sales pitches for Dr. Prence’s Pills and Halow’s Catarh Cure, with notices of German military costs and modern dress reform in Japan influencing women’s clothing choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. W
Lorraine
Russia
Interested People Promote Kemp's Balsam for Coughs
An advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam for coughs and colds with free samples from druggists to entice trial before purchase. It notes bottle sizes and prices, suggests it may guard against consumption, and includes other sales pitches for soaps, Dabbin’s Electric Soup wrappers, and Piso’s Cure for Consumption.
Little Boston dancer asks to share leftover boy
A bright girl at a Boston dancing school faced repeated exclusion as boys and girls formed pairs for dances. After patiently waiting and feeling wronged, she appealed to Miss May with a meek request to include any leftover boy next time, earning a sympathetic response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Miss May
Syrup of Figs Promotes Gentle System Cleansing
A description of Syrup of Figs notes it is produced from laxative and nutritious California fig juice with medicinal herbs. It acts on the kidneys liver and bowels to cleanse the system, dispel colds and headaches, and cure habitual constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Man Sentenced to Six Weeks for Kiss Incident
Robert Herd, a young man from Lotness, embraced a maid who did not reciprocate. She filed a complaint, and he was tried for misdemeanor. The magistrate sentenced him to six weeks at hard labor, and he remarked that the kiss was worth it. Eugene Field's London letter.
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Robert Herd
Robert
Ugene Field
London
Protect the System from Malaria and A Bavarian Cavalry Escape
A historical note extols Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a remedy and preventative for malaria and fevers, praising professional endorsements and its use in western southern regions and tropics as a substitute for quinine. The second item recounts Lieutenant Von Barby of the Twelfth Hussar Regiment surviving a mishap when his horse bolted, leaping calculations and a saber striking the animal as they fell, but the officer remained uninjured.
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Tropics
von Barby
Twelfth
Hussar Regiment
Germany
Merseburg
Heige
Colorado Cities and Places pamphlet from railroad
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway issues a 60 page guide with Colorado cities and resorts, 52 engravings from photos, revised hotel lists with proprietors and rates, mailed free with 4 cent postage.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Colorado
John SeEpBas- Tian
Crew‘l Ik't & Pass. Agt
GR. TL & P. Ky
Chicago
Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pill Ad
An ad touts Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pill as scientifically compounded and safe for adults and children. It claims relief from rheumatic pain, indigestion, headache, constipation, dyspepsia, and biliousness, presenting a testimonial snippet and noting skepticism about its efficacy.
Dishonest Dining Tricks and a Doll’s House Purchase
A Philadelphia man details restaurant scam tactics where a patron uses duplicate checks to obtain expensive meals for little payment. The writeup notes the trick’s rarity and risk, then mentions a Philadelphia father who paid 5500 dollars for a doll’s house for his daughter.
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Johnny
Swainson
France
England
Earls of Aberdeen
Mackenzie
Ain
Haluw
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Japan
Texas
Cragin &O
Philada
U. S
Canada
Trix
Tansill
America
Ely
Canterbury
Stephen Langton
John
Tur Maine Savings Bank
Portland
Hood
Sarsapavilla
C. I. Hood & CO
Lowell
Mass
Valentines
Janesville
Bruceates
Atroey At Law
Washinston, D.C
Frewort
Aca
Peckerey
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Kissinc
J. ¥. Smith & CO
Scott
Ayer
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
F. A. Lehman
Washington, D.C
Baby Gauminias
Unite Aatndiena
TVA
Arlestown
Asthma
Dieret Foi
Levi Spencer
Faeto
Ap Ming
Stevens
Isa Ide Bah
Poultry & Veal
Reliable Commission House of
Devine & Bermincham
South Water Street
Salt Lake City
Brent
Utah
Chamber OF Commerce
Arcest
Calandardines
Binchamion NY
Smith & Wesson — Arme
Smith & Wesson
Bistapon
Springfield
Mase
Jee
A.w.ee
McCormick & Sons
Cincinnati
Fox
Patrick O'Warrell
Weshington
D. C
Printers’ Ink
Americen
Witte
Pallms' Ine
Adérens
GEO. P. Rowell & CO
Spruce St
Wilcox
Evans Chemical Co
Ohio
Chichester
Red Cross
Anle
Dale
Noother
Particulsara
Hellef
Mall
Iablebeater Chemical Co
Madison Sa
Big G
Piso
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