Ancestral Feasts and Courtly Tables Across Eras
A playful tour of historic dining customs highlights lavish medieval menus from Valencia in 1334, Italian Renaissance feasts, and royal banquets. It notes how ancestors used forks, napkins, and table manners, then shifts to fan symbolism in Mexico and England, including Queen Elizabeth and a grand ceiling fan from 17th century Italy.
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Valencia
Saint Jangon
Hranne
Burgundy
Hoek
Mexico
Mary
England
Elizabeth
Jean de Balzac
Italy
Louis XIV
Kemp's Balsam Cures Coughs and Related Ailments
An advertisement claims Kemp's Balsam is the best cough cure for coughs colds bronchitis grip asthma and consumption in early stages It emphasizes it contains no alcohol opium morphine or narcotic harmful drug.
Real Estate For Sale or Rent In Nicollet County
For rent After May 1st several storefront and flat spaces along Broadway including a store room occupied by Model Drug Store and a flat above Pfetterle's Grocery. For sale Albert Jungquist farm 200 acres in Nicollet County Mulligan Township sections 10 and 16 with Bond soil and valuable improvements priced at 45.00 per acre. Inquire Albert Steinhauser.
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Albert Steinhauser
Get What You Ask For In Advertised Remedies
Advertising claims tout genuine goods and urge consumers to demand the real article. A Gedur Grove reader reports Ulvetrin Bitters cured liver and kidney troubles after poor relief from other remedies. Local druggist O M Olsen sells the product for 50 cents, with other medicines like Kenney's Luxative Cough Syrup and The Etude music journal promoted by local retailers.
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Geo. H. Parris
Gedur Grove
O.ml Olsen
The Stone Was Not Thrown and Other Wit
A collection of short humorous excerpts includes Genevieve's pulpit scene and a quip about sin in a religious setting. It also features a child friendly take on optimism and a joke about a malfunctioning watch.
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Genevieve
New York Globe
Garrick Prologues and Epilogues In Bodied Fare
Fragmentary quotation from a Baltimore American item on Garrick attempting to abolish prologues and epilogues but facing audience resistance. Mentions humorous exchanges about heredity and a joke about fond papa and a dyspeptic uncle.
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Baltimore American
Garrick
Fay
Burro Drivers in Mexico Carry Lighted Candles
In Mexico all vehicles must carry a light at night. Burro and mule cart drivers wrap a candle in newspaper to shield it from the wind and carry it in their left hand. The candlelight starkly highlights their faces as they travel home after dusk.
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Mexico
English jurors' pay compared across courts and duties
Chambers' Journal notes the English juror pay system is uneven. A common juryman in civil cases gets 5 shillings per day for a view but nothing otherwise. courts often add small fees, with 1 shilling in high courts and 8 pence in counties. Special jurors earn more, and county court fees vary by court.
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England
Mayor’s Court
London Sheriff’s Court
Chambers’ Journal
Lives of Old Violins Rediscovered by New Masters
The New York World recalls how Stradivari and Guarneri violins often rest in velvet cases for years before a new owner discovers their extraordinary voice. A fresh master or mistress then begins a new chapter in the instrument's long life.
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George Lehman
Strad
Guarnerius
New York World
Calcutta’s Jungle Villages Describe a Vast River Bank Settlement
The Calcutta scene is depicted as a sprawling congeries of huts along the Hooghly River. Described as not a town but a vast, jungle village complex, it relies on central commerce and politics and houses a great population.
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Calcutta
Hooghly
Tommy Knew the Number Story
A humorous memory scene centers on a quiet boy named Tommy during a family meal. After dessert, the father tells a funny tale and Tommy, delighted, asks for another. The moment captures a playful family dynamic and an eager child seeking more stories.
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Tommy
Papa
Puzzle dialogue clues last page publishers title line
A brief humorous exchange centers on a reader checking the last page or the title page to infer the novel’s ending. The wit highlights publishers’ names and the mystery of the book’s outcome.
At Cross Purposes on a College Track
A Plain Dealer quip notes Ole Pongborn toils to fund his son's college dream while the son struggles to avoid expulsion, highlighting family tensions over education and misbehavior.
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Ole Pongborn
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Known Composition Promise in Dr. Pierce Medicines
The ad touts Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines as clearly labeled and tested, claiming no alcohol, glycerine as extractor, and known composition. It warns against substitutes and urges buyers to demand substances with a forty year record of cures and recognizable ingredients.
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Dr. Pierce
Nature
Sages
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Loca*tor Publishing CO
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Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture
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John Garrett
North Mills
Burns
O. MM. Olsen
DeWitt
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Kenney
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J. H. Porster
Etude
Ulm
A. Danielson
Weather Bureau
Washington Star
Atchison Globe
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House
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Minnesota Street
Ulm Music Istore
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Rochester
Crosby Pa
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St. Louis St
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Dr King
Doc
UM Olsen
Winchester
Matt J. Johnson
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