Bad Cigars Smoked How Good Men Will Puzzle Tobacco
A Cleveland Herald excerpt features cigar dealers discussing cheap cigars. They claim many smokers prefer rank, inexpensive blends and that nickel cigars are often adulterated with junk fillings and even trash. Dealers cite examples from elites and workers, noting widespread dilution and poor standards in low-cost products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cleveland Herald
Palmer House
Cuba
Connecticut
Wisconsin
How Wan Man Spread Across the Globe
In a Popular Science Monthly excerpt the author argues humanity originated once and dispersed from a primitive exodus. He notes humans advanced across habitable regions long ago, from Arctic zones to Tierra del Fuego, driven by early fire and rudimentary tools. The piece discusses migration, race variation, and the challenge of tracing ancient paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agassig
Carl Vogt
Bill
Arctic Circle
Terre del Fuego
van Dieman’s Land
North Cape
Cape of Good Hope
Peter
Popular Science Monthly
How to Secure Good Ventilation for a Bath-room
A Bexbury Massachusetts woman, hailed as heroine of a clever coup, reported to city health authorities that a rented house lacked ventilation. The health department found the complaint valid and sent a repair notice to the landlord, prompting a dispute over the defect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexbury
Mass
Anweer
Ventilation Victory In Roxbury Bathroom Dispute
A Boston article describes a landlord rushing into a bath room claiming no complaint, while a tenant exposed a sanitary defect. The door was locked to force acknowledgment, an hour later the landlord conceded, resulting in a better ventilated bathroom for Roxbury.
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Roxbury
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette
Various Oaths in Dark Ages and Across Nations
A Cleveland Herald examination traces how oaths bound by sacred objects shaped medieval and early modern swearing. It notes use of the crucifix and altar, the mass, the rood, and sacred water, with examples from Harold, William the Conqueror, Irish troubles, and an Abyssinian chief, plus German practices of finger signaling to indicate false oaths.
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Harold of
England
William the Conqueror
William
James
Germany
Cleveland Herald
Copper Roofing In Roofing History
The Scientific American notes copper roof prices are rising less. long term costs favor copper. In Boston copper roofs show little deterioration after forty years, replacing galvanised iron for beauty and durability. Copper needs no painting, resists weathering, and forms a blue-green patina. for flashings and roof work it surpasses zinc or tin, with lead solving tough roofing problems.
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Scientific American
Boston
I Know a Thing or Two Moral Tale
A father warns his son away from bad company and the son brashly claims he knows better. Years later the man stands guilty in court and admits his downward path began with disobedience to his parents. The piece cautions youth against pride and disobedience as ruinous.
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Christian Intelligencer
The Hardest Thing Said To Honest Stock Broker
A bank director argues honesty in stock dealing is hard as he concedes soliciting friends risks gambling ruin. The Milwaukee Sentinel notes a reason why a woman never wears boxing gloves and would need smaller size than she can wear, reflecting satirical quips from the era.
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New York Tribune
Taz
Milwaukee Sentinel
Reasohy
The Parson's Mistake and the Sympathetic Parson
Parson Pyne visits a sick parishioner Mrs Squire who has recovered. He claims shared illness to comfort her. Kate enters with a newborn infant, revealing the parson’s own symptoms were not hers. The parson blushes and flees as the tale spreads.
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Parson Pyne
Washington
Kate
Parson
Mason & Hamlin Wins Highest Award in Amsterdam
A cable from Holland to the Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Company reports a Diploma of Honor at the World's Exhibition in Amsterdam. The firm has topped Europe and America’s competitors, continuing a 16 year run of top prizes from Paris 1867 to Amsterdam 1883. A Boston Journal item notes a burglary case where a partial verdict led to sentencing of the head arm and shoulder, while a proverb from Successful Men of Today asserts manhood and service must both bear the penalty.
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Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Company
C. C. Bender
Holland
Amsterdam
Mason & Hamlin
Europe
America
Paris
Vienna
Santiago
Philadelphia
Milan
Boston Journal
Kent
Bugs in a Bedstead A Brooklyn Second Hand Deal
A buyer in a Brooklyn second hand store questions bugs in a bedstead. The seller explains the piece came from his family after his brother Moses left, and jokes about it being bug free. The buyer is assured, then the punch line reveals the piece came from a respectable family despite the bugs. Moses was a head clerk in Rochester and the seller has twenty seven years in business according to Wall Street News.
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Brooklyn
Brudder Moses
Moses
Rochester
Peesness
Wall Street News
J. W. Money
Buffalo
A Large And Respectable Caucus Story
A Boston Herald anecdote recalls Hannibal Hamlin in Maine with a two-person caucus where the chair labeled the attendees large and respectable, and Hamlin noted the empty room matters. The piece also mentions a Missouri butcher relieved by St Jacobs Oil, and a historic alabaster clock passed among Bonaparte Lafayette and Washington.
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Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
Reublicans
Missouri
Jacobs Oil
Blake
Bays St. Jacobs Oi
Return of health urged by bitters in convalescence
A lengthy illness is followed by joy at recovery with convalescent optimism. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is advised to stimulate digestion, aid assimilation, and defend against fevers and malaria. It is praised for aiding constipation, dyspepsia, liver complaints, and rheumatic pains, and to lift despondency from indigestion.
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Harriet Bailey
Putnam, Conn
Hunt
Vintage Patent Remedies and Chicago Gault House Adverts
The column imitates late 19th century ads touting Brown’s Iron Bitters and Hood’s Sarsaparilla as nonheadache tonics, plus a joking remark about “Rough on Corne” and facsimile “T4res FOR THE MARINES.” It also promotes a theatrical advisory and a Gault House hotel offer for travelers in Chicago near Clinton and Madison streets.
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Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depol
H. W. Hoyt
Blood Poisoning Alarming Discovery
The Journal of Health notes an alarming blood poisoning issue with half the people affected and many deaths. It cites kidney and liver diseases as principal causes and recommends GermanHop Bitters as a potential cure.
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Journal of Health
Menamiuxn
Brunswick
Merryman
Hunt
Sam
Personal!-To Men Only Tur Vorfarc Bert Co
Danish era style medical and patent remedies advertise trials and tonics for nervous debility vitality and sexual vigor. It lists Dr Dye's Electro Voltaic Belts Puss Cod Liver Oil Wells Health Renewer German Hop Bitters Hood's Sarsaparilla and Scovil's Sarsaparilla as cures with price notes and promotions. The page mixes medical claims with vanity tips and product endorsements.
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Tur Vorfarc Bert Co
Marshall, Mich
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
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Lyon
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Tample
N. H. Rheum
of Hood
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Merchant, Warner
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Beovill
Charias A. Vorder Co
Smacsanors de A. Vodel
Agenae
Sorera Icturea
York
Ottawa, Inn
T. A Smurr
Brown
Agan
H. Haruett & Co
Portland
Sradvees Tavz & Co
Augusta
Louie
Alo
Valentini Bros
Janesville
Wis
National PonLisaine Co
Best Commercial College
C- BayLixs
Dubuque, la
Agrents
Reb
Jay Bronson
Micw
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A. W. Morgan & CO
P.O. Box
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Carmen
Yean
F. L. Pond
Aurora
Kuna Co
Wisconsin Central B. E
WN Reese
Milwaukee,wis
Wiriscon
Nsrmn
Hares
Loomis & Nyman
Tierie
BR. Lindelom &Co
N.G. Miller & CO
5 & 7 Chamber
Broadway, Commerce
St. Louis
Milwaukee
ROBT
Lindblom & CO
Omicago, Ill
C.n.y
Dominic
Zehring
Codorus
Mr. White
Rock Hill
S. C
Perry Davis
Green B. Raum
U. S, Com. In
Nltig Machine Co
Tremont Street
G. Nettleton, & Co. Chicaga
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