Faldetta Fashion Among Maltese Women Described
A Hartford Courant feature discusses the faldetta worn by Maltese women in church and on streets. It explains the hooded veil over a black apron and bodice, concealing the face except the eyes, and notes its Moorish origins, visual appeal, and that European fashions are spreading among the upper class. It also mentions discomfort in warm climates and potential hair loss from wearing the garment.
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Malta
Ami
Sina
Gibraltar
Hartford Courant
Fix me His Horse to Win
A jockey recalls a famed race plan at a Winter Palace dinner in St. Petersburg. The rider admits using goggles and hastily altered gear to mislead rivals, including magnifying lenses that distorted Stevens’s view, steering Ruth er ford to a false sense of distance while securing a dramatic victory for the narrator’s horse.
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Rutherford
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
True Blue
Katie Pease
Thad Stevens
Rubhy
Stevens
Thad
Sen
Express
San
Paris Conservatoire and Odeon Hearings From Circumlocution Office
A fragmentary text recalls the Paris Conservatoire and the Odeon with notes of a bell signal for the curtain and a demand for restitution of curtai n cues. It mentions youths at the opera and the balance of performances and scheduling in a vague historical context.
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Paris Conservatoire
Odeon
Roze
Tannhoauser
Pitas
Verdi Allowed to Occupy Conductor’s Chair After Maneuvering
After extensive maneuvering Verdi was finally permitted to occupy the conductor’s chair, with consequences predicted by observers as events unfolded.
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Verdi
Mummies Trade From Ancient Egypt to Modern Collectors
An excerpt discusses mass mummification from BC 2000 to AD 700 and estimates up to 731 million mummies. It notes high prices for full-sized and infant specimens, references a royal mummy sale, and explains Theban trade focused on officials. It also portrays the Theban mummy business as a hereditary occupation for the local Fellah.
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B.C
A. D
Harper's Magazine
Rameses II
A Fisher Caught in St Jacobs Oil Cure
A Canadian Globe clipping quotes Mr Arthur Fisher of this paper recounting a bad cold that became rheumatism. He bought St Jacobs Oil and after two weeks used it, leading to a full recovery.
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States
Arthur Fisher
St. Jacobs Oil
Toronto
Canada
Globe
London ladies petition for seats in shops
The piece reports on London ladies signing a petition to dry goods store managers asking for sliding seats behind counters for salewomen to rest during busy work. It notes the plan has yielded swinging seats in several shops and cites Detroit Free Press as the source. It also includes an advertisement for St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism.
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London
Detroit Free Press
The Girls Are Good Enough Boomerang Cartoon Quote
A Boomerang remark defends the character of women against frequent shrill criticism. It notes hooray for today’s women and mocks men who belittle the gentler sex as nincompoops.
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Averiege
It Will Never Do Warns of Urinary Drain Dangers
An elderly health warning cites symptoms of ill health and decay in the urine and urges immediate strengthening of the kidneys and urinary system. It advocates Dr Garantie Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla to halt drainage and prevent collapse, plus a medical quack claim about sun-irradiated water curing diarrhea and helping nervous debility. Navan, the young Queen of Servia, is described in flattering terms amid a stray tennis racket reference.
Famous rulers who frolic with children in private moments
The piece recalls Lord Chatham and Lord Macaulay enjoying playful games with younger relatives, and even Napoleon on St Helena joining a child named Elizabeth in a game of blind-man's-buff. It notes Napoleon's attendants feared the scene as the Emperor knelt begging for life while the girl waved a sword.
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Lord Chatham
William Itt
Lord Macaulay
House of Commons
Napoleon
St. Helena
Elizabeth
Leading Chicago Millinery House Boots August Trade
C R Keith and Company markets fall lines in millinery notions and dry goods, reporting August 1882 sales doubling August 1881. The Chicago house, trusted by the public, buys for cash to keep bedrock prices. A humorous anecdote from Augusta closes the piece.
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Chicago
O. St. Kerrn & Conran
New Principle Purnasis Painless Corn Extractor Described
A novel method for corn treatment claims the Purnasis Painless Corn Extractor works on the external skin rather than the corn itself, removing pressure and offering a radical cure without pain. Presented by Lord, Stoutenburgh & Co. Chicago for wholesale. Also a brief quip about Alaskan gratitude and streetcar etiquette from Cincinnati Saturday Night.
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Corp
Putnam
Lord, Stoutenburgh & Co
Chicago
Vennors Predictions and a Train Crossing Scene
The Detroit Dispatch notes Vennor predicts 1882 will be marked by high mortality. An exchange aboard a Michigan Central train shows a brake man shouting Ponter's crossing while a sharp elderly passenger retorts, dismissing concerns as others listen with quiet amusement.
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Vennor
That Husband of Mine Grows Three Times Stronger
A fashion reporter cites a belle with fairy boots as she exits, while the humorous line about a husband using Wells Health Renewer hints at renewed vigor. The feature blends social commentary with light gossip about attire and personal reform.
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Welts
Jersey City
Warner kidney and liver cure testimonial from Julius Beyer
A 1881 letter from Julius Beyer of Butlerville Indiana praises H H Warner & Co Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for relieving a severe kidney and liver disease. The note appears in a local publication with a separate, unrelated California panther joke from Whitacres News.
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Butlerville
Ind
H. H. Warner & Co
Julius Beyer
Burdock BLoop irrens Unrivaled for Dyspepsia and More
Unrivaled cure claims for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and blood impurities with a price of 1. It extols burdock bloop irrens as a medicine eradicating humor from ulcers and kidney disorders. The text shifts to photography noting horses as noble but modern instant photos may render them contemptible, and ends with a harsh remark about a kangaroo resembling a horse with a broken back.
A jumble of quotes and oddities from a 19th century note
A collage of stray phrases about cures, household scenes, and odd sayings. Mentions Tomas Eollectric Oracured and Carbo line s dvodorized extract of petroleum, with snippets of family life and a boy asking about Angela. The fragments mix medical claims and domestic vignettes without a single coherent event.
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets Replace Old Rail Era Pills
A fragmented account notes the quick abandonment of huge cathartic pills after railroads rise, praising Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as sugar coated and seed sized. A bystander asks about a mule's kick as a man recalls leaping through a barn roof, joking that he would not ask the source again.
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Dr. Pierce
Draggiste
Meay Queen and Patent Medicines Talk
A fragmented advertisement and verse fragment discuss Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female disorders and general debility. The text links beauty and health myths with product pitches, plus a Josh Billings quip about reputation and cracks in a public eye. The tone mirrors a late 19th century newspaper mix of poetry, satire, and medical ads.
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Tennyson
Dr. Pierce
Alarming Health Claims and Quack Remedies
Fragmented page item cites alarming health claims from a Journal of Health style, promoting German Hop Ditters and Mimat's Extract for colds, consumption, and debility. It notes quackish tonics by Caswell Hazell Co and Hop bitters as superior tonics, with assorted jokes and stray medical anecdotes, all in a dated 19th century voice.
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Journal of Health
Calisaya
Caswall, Hazard & Co
New York
Old couple recalls mellow aging at Mr Smiley's
In a Sunday evening scene at Mr Smiley's a couple shares memories of aging. Ichabod's pipe proves difficult yet the talk stays warm as Hannah prods him to rise and keep life lively. The pair, their son and his wife visiting, drift toward dawn with quiet affection and domestic chores.
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Ichabod
Hannah
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