Peace Reading Sparks Old-Time Debate in Webfoot County
A public gathering in Webfoot County sees Col. Ladsom called to read the Declaration of Independence. An elderly Dry Fork supporter denounces the document as poison, while the Colonel extols the freedoms it guarantees. The crowd diverges into mirth and menace as a jug appears and discussions edge toward arrest and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webfoot County
Col. Ladsom
Lee
Grant
Dry Fork
Leviticus
Nuster
Podner
Jimnan
Gir
Ark
Man convicted of horse stealing jokes his way to ten year sentence
An Austin judge questions a man found with a large herd of stolen stock. The defendant claims innocence and says he traded stock "in the ordinary course of business" and even sold a mare for seven dollars to a man who would treat her well. He also admits a "mania for trading in stock" and mentions a New York family connection before the judge increases the term to ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
New York
Hog Rooting Uncovered Copper That Built Calumet
Traveler reflects on Keweenaw copper region where a pig wandering eighteen years ago fell into a pit at Calumet. The animal is credited with revealing native copper, sparking the growth of mining towns and vast wealth. Stakeholders benefited as profits from the mine accumulated over decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Superior
Keweenaw Peninsula
Calumet
Elk Hunting in Ceylon Described by Madras Times
A Madras Times correspondent portrays elk hunting in Ceylon as premier sport. Hills rise 5000 to 7000 feet, fever risks low, and a diverse pack aids pursuit. The chase uses foxhounds, mixed-breed hounds, and seizers with deerhounds and mastiffs. The quarry bayes in water, hunted by knife, with elk weighing up to twenty eight stone after runs of two hours or more.
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Ceylon
Asia
Madras Times
Scotch Highlands
Scotland
Continental Advertisements and Mock English Inquiries
A humorous note on continental vendors attempting English marketing. Aix-la-Chapelle touts milk quality, a Paris hosier brags of patent shirt-cutting, a butter seller requests unpaid letters, and a Hamburg firm advertises a field binocular and marine glass. The piece mocks misused English phrases and highlights linguistic farce across shops and signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aix-la- Chapelle
Magestrat
Hamburg
New Yorker Sees Cash Burst at Country Store
A New Yorker in hill country buys a half pound of powder cash down, sparking a remark about the volume of floating currency. The shopkeeper stares as if reading a circus bill, then jokes about paying cash for a half pound and heads to the back to shout.
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Wall Street News
The Child’s Death and a Mother’s Vision of Heaven
A mother recalls her infant son’s severe illness and death, describing the candlelit room, the doctor’s cautious hope, the child’s fading condition, and the moment of death. She envisions the Recording Angel, pearly gates, and the soul’s ascent to heaven, where only her son’s name is inscribed in gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death
A Good Girl from the Alley Endearing Gaffe
A bootblack in the alley praises a girl as very good hearted despite not being stylish or handsome. He recalls she once rubbed limberger cheese on her mouth after he ate onions to spare his feelings, a small act of consideration highlighted by observers in Detroit.
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Bootblack
Detroit Free Press
The Most Obstinate Endemic Maladies and a Remedy
The piece argues sulphate of quinine fails to cure endemic fevers, merely breaking paroxysms. It promotes Hestetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior treatment that eradiates germs, avoids unpalatable effects, and yields lasting, safe relief for constipation, rheumatism, liver issues, dyspepsia, and debility.
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Hestetter
The Penstamon and Elm Limb Collapse at Arnoldtown
The Penstamon shines as a decorative garden plant with large showy flowers from June to September in shades white to scarlet and purple. A big elm on Arnoldtown common, Woodstock, Conn., lost a lower limb likely due to heavy leaf load, a limb spanning about forty feet high. The tree is among those planted on Lexington battle day by Gen McClellan’s grandmother. An Inman joke ends the note about a crowded parlor on Sunday evenings.
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Arnoldtown
Woodstock
Conn
Lexington
George B. McClellan
Careless Artist and Painted City Reds Joke Card
A humorous anecdote from Mrs. Gimlet about Mrs. Auger and her husband Mr. Auger who, it is implied, spent time painting the city red while Mrs. Auger was away. The exchange hints at sarcasm and a light rebuke over the husband’s alleged clumsy artistry.
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Mrs. Auger
New York Graphic
Three Foot Garden Trellis From Gilded Branches
Create three identical branches about three and a half feet long and three fourths of an inch thick. Dry, prep bark, bind a foot from the top, and gild or paint green or mahogany. Add a basket and a bowl or fern pot in the crotch, with ribbons for stability and a gilt chain for decoration. An inexpensive pretty ornament.
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Atlanta Constitution
There Shall Be No Alps and The Golden Medical Discovery
A fragmented clipping mixes Napoleon on crossing the Alps with praise for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for blood and lung diseases. It touts remedies for consumption, pimples, and tumors, claims quick cures, and cites the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Napoleon
Italy
Alps
Simpion
Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N.Y
Acid phosphate seasick cure and portraits spark interest
A Prof Ott states acid phosphate eases seasickness during voyages and notes symptom relief. A reader asks if quality or quantity affects baby show premiums. Lydian Pinkham sends large portraits by mail to various ladies. A Rochester man compares himself to Rip Van Winkle and praises long police service.
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Reprathp
Lydian
K. Pinkham
Larse
A Serious Mistake in Reading Tar Curioaco Lender Offers
An advertisement urges readers to subscribe to Tar Curioaco Lender offering eight stories for one dollar per year with sample copies. It also promotes Dr Williams Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs and a trial offer from YouTraic Brey Co to restore health, vigor, and manhood with a thirty day trial and illustrated pamphlet.
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Tre Groaer
Chicago
Wm. Hall
YouTraic Brey Co
Marshall, Mich
Oer
Grand Union Hotel Advertises City Stay Deals
An invitation urges visitors to New York City to use Bayence Express and Carriage Hire and stay at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. It touts 600 rooms, daily rates around one million dollars scaled, and amenities including elevators and a restaurant. Families are urged that Grand Union offers better living value than top city hotels.
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Maron & Hamlin Company
Beaton
New York City
Bayence Express
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Islevator
Grand Union
Grand Chicago Gault House offers first class rates
A fragmentary ad lists the Gault House in Chicago at Clinton and Madison, near Union Depot, with first class elevator service and rooms from 42 to 2.50 per day. It promotes H W Horr as proprietor and mentions nearby central city location and affordability.
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Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
H.W. Horr
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Pig’s Hole
Cleveland Leader
Inman
Puck
Foehester Courier
HorsforwWs
Adolph Ott
New Eee
Rochester
Rip van Wiikle
Norristown Herat
Dra. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Philadelphia
Price
Stoper Bowie
Athiophoros Co
Wall St
N.Y
Caligaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
A. L. Fuller
Danby, N. Y
Nature
Ely
Franklin, Pa
Thia
iFrom
Indianapolis Times
Harry W. Olmstead
the Times
Indianapolis
Ind
David Kennedy
Indiana
Jeremiah Wiiant
Marion County
W.va
Allen
Wa. CO
Drinks
Bowling Green
Vin
Aik Meriter
Canseo Lernon
Marxvorre
Cincinnati
Vvenshouy
Kinston & Co
Latalett
National PoxsLisHine Co
Tine Bros
Janesville
Wis
Ali’ys
Washington, D.C
Globe Mutual Life Tis. Co
Newspaper Union
Franklin Street
Joerg
Smith & CQ
Imperial Gold Ine Co
Rosendale
Mason & Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano CO
Boston
Tremont
N. York
Wabash
Atarrea
Wil Ieam
Wil
USA
ELY Brothers
Rey Xupgriste
Owego
N.V
Frazer Creater Printers
Nebraska
Dakota
Tue Sioux Crrr Nunsaraver Union
Douglas Street
Sions City
Iowa
Mousy
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons & Co
Troy, N
Geo. E. Brown & Co
Ackora
Ull
Clevedland Bay
Anglesea
Exmoor
Fara
Europe
United States
England
Holland
Loomis & Nyman
Tifin
Ohio
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Chivage, al
O.N.A
Henting
A Rossineracak
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Health and Happiness
Detroit
Mr. Deveraux
Lonia
M. MB. Goodwin
Christian Broniter
Cleveland
Bright
Frank Wilson
Pasbody
Maan
Phillip C. Ballou
Munkton, Vr
Iecury Ward
M. Talimege
Milwaukee, Wia
Staworth
Sgam
Hodges
Williamstown
West Va
Nelson Fairchild
St. Albans, VI
J.tee Oeey
Uc Flat
Oregon
W. C. Kline
Goo
H. Horst
M. Bank
Myerstown
Elbridge Malcolm
West Bath
Maine
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