President of the Maine steamboat line revealed as a hidden traveler
Passengers aboard the Maine line steamers frequently spot in the pilot house a tall gray man resembling a retired captain. He chats about ships and weather and hints he is Charles S. Baley, President of the line and wealthy oil cloth magnate. He guides guests to luxuries and favors, while keeping a low profile in business.
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Maine Line
The
Hine
New York
Maine
Portland
Cushting’s Island
Ottawa
Dailey
Steamship Line
Bailey
Charles S. Baley
Buffaloes on the Cars Stampede Engineer Bulls Herd
Buffalo herds proved stubborn at the cattle yard as workers and riders struggled two days to load wild Western buffaloes onto cars. A massive adult bull led a stampede, maneuvering behind the herd to urge the front ranks forward, finally driving the others onto the gangways and into the cars before escaping back through a board fence.
Keeper of the great seal and a Parisian miser tale
A veteran State Department clerk guards the great seal, with a history of seals and hawkers law. A separate tale follows Parisian miser Dubosique whose hidden wine cellar is revealed by soldiers during the Franco Prussian War.
Widow's Cry Over Orphaned Children Echoes 1950s Tale
A Chattanooga Times fragment recalls a widowed woman lamenting her children will grow up under a stepfather after her husband Dick Talbot dies from a hunting accident. Neighbors console, but she says she cannot bear the thought. The piece blends anecdotes and old jokes about wives, mothers, and marriage.
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Dick Talbot
Chattanooga
Make Soap At Home With Lye And Grease
A Good Housekeeping writer explains an easy home soap method using pulverized lye from a druggist or grocer. Dissolve lye in cold water, heat briefly, melt grease, combine, then set in a warm place for 24 hours to form bars. It costs about 15 cents and needs no boiling.
Rheumatic Syrup Co testimonial from Hastings
In Hastings Michigan on April 22 1899 J Kenfield reports twelve year rheumatism struggle. After failing with several physicians and months of confinement he tried Hibbards Rheumatic Syrup and says he was cured. He recommends the medicine and urges readers to ask their druggist for it. Signed J Kenfield and Druggist Yrepv L Hearh confirms authenticity.
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Hastines
Mich
Hibbard
J. Kenfield
Hood
Lost Hand Severs on Rail Line After Freight Crash
A distressed man named William Cable of Hartford, Conn., woke with his right arm severed near a Boston and Maine rail line in West Tayn n. He wandered bleeding along the tracks unaware of the loss until discovered by Officer Wells. Cable, 24, had been drinking but seemed sober, and Christopher Gatten observed him singing earlier. The incident follows a separate note warning of kidney disease risks and praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for preventing renal trouble.
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Lynn
Boston and Maine
West Taynn
William Cable
Hartford
Conn
Chistopher Gattner
Cable
Boston Journal
Conscience and a Resigning Justice of the Peace
A merchant sought a governor appointed justice position but found oath conflicts with personal habits. He resigned rather than abandon activities he deemed against conscience. Includes a quip from the Loston Herald and a sample medical testimonial on Scott's Emulsion. Also features brief oddities and a dialect anecdote from Harper's Bazaar.
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Loston Herald
Man’s curse pipe leads to fatal stroke and eerie find
Patrick Gallagher wished the Creator would paralyze the man who had his pipe. A sudden stroke followed as he searched for the missing pipe, ending in death afterTransfer to the Home for the Aged Poor. His family later found the pipe inside his coat lining, fueling superstition.
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Patrick Gallagher
Gallagher
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Guarantee
The Best Testimonial Yet proclaims Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery guarantees a cure or money back. It claims to treat torpid liver and im pure flood related conditions and lists skin eruptions sores and swellings among its cures. Also mentions Sage’s Catarrh Remedy at 50 cents by druggists.
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Dr. Pierce
Boy’s outburst ends with fall after stern warning
A small boy cried out in emphatic terms when a man halted him and warned that such words would not help his case. The man then struck a loose plank causing the boy to stumble and roll off the curb, triggering the boy to question if the words helped the man now.
Hibbard’s Rheumatic and Liver Pills Promise Relief
Hibbard’s Rheumatic and Liver Pills are scientifically compounded and uniform in action. They claim to ease griping pain and suit adults and children with safety. The makers guarantee no eye irritation and recommend them for silk headaches, constipation, dyspepsia, pallor, and as an appetizer, claiming superiority over other preparations.
An Alleged Wife and Other Oddities in Ad Snippets
A brisk collage of quotations and advertisements notes the term alleged wife in a social quip, cites Kentuck y State Journal style lines, touts B F Johnson & Co wonders, mentions Mrs Society and Mrs Elite jokes about alimony, notes Queen Isabella of Spain as harpist, warns about cheapening articles, praises Dobbins Electric Soup, praises an old salt in company, and mentions Alec’s smoke for 5 cents from Tansill’s Panch.
Remarkable cure for sore throat and lung ailment
A Mississippian man, Ben Riley of Meridian, reports relief after using 5.8.5. Four bottles cured a malignant throat and mouth sore, once treated by doctors for three years without success, with the illness reaching the left lung.
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Ben Riley
Meridian
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