Burmah Travel Tales and Ancient Pagodas
A New York Advertiser writer recounts Burma with vivid detail. He describes Rangoon’s bustling boulevards and the great golden pagoda perched on a hill, its steps and terraces lined with palm gardens and wary beggars. He notes the costly upkeep of pagodas, the leprous beggars, and the use of a rattan stick to deter crowding pilgrims, while praising the village rocking pagoda on a granite bowlder and its rope ladder access for priests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burmah
SS. Baldwin
New York
Tangoon
Rangoon
Elso
Gila
Professor Baldwin
Irawaddy
Bon Mots of Dr Holmes and His American Humor
A humorous sketch of Dr. Holmes capturing his wit in Anglo American circles. It recalls his punning start, likens him to Douglas Jerrold, and recounts quips about lawyers, Eve, cigars, and foreigners. Anecdotes describe his levity at dinners, travel remarks, and a Boston ladies’ aesthetic portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer
Ee Torey Witte
Holmes
Yankees
Artumas Ward
John Phenix
Home Journal
Om Hood
Douglas Jerrold
Lord Coleridge
England
Siddons
Statesman
Far West
Exelai
Zoo
Professor Agassiz
Liebig
Boston
Fragmentary Detroit Tribune prose fragment
A distressed speaker debates whether to return to her mother or harm herself. A man with a large neck avoids giving advice as the scene ends with her continuing to wring her hands, the Detroit Tribune fragmentary text preserving the tense moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Fragmented dialogue on fire building and despair
A man glowers and demands action while a woman refuses to rise and light the fire. He reflects with bitter ruminations about dull despair, muttering that the flames of his masculine resolve have gone too far, as reported by a Tribune excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
De‘ribune
Baskin
Cassius
Hamlet
Thespis
Fraulein Sus
Bacon
Penman
Egvert
George
Ada
Mr. Haicede
Bartlett
Wilter
Foncaaste
Pam
Euraltg
Home Rae
Current Levities
A collection of humorous vignettes and quick lines includes remarks about complexion and romance. Jokes involve bicyclists, marriage, flowers, and playful misunderstandings among families and suitors. The fragments read like a newspaper humor page with quick exchanges and cartoonish banter.
A Mother's Story of Recovery and Hope
A Dayton Tennessee story reports Mrs. J. C. Wilson restored to robust health after years of suffering. A Chattanooga press account recounts her tale of back pain, digestive weakness, and renewed vigor from Dr Williams Pink Pills. The article highlights Wilson's respected circuit clerk husband and the widespread community interest in the medical remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whcca
Chittanooga
Tenn
East Tennessee
J. C. Wilson
Rhea County
Dayton
Wilson
Autherto
Dr. Williams
Walt Pilis
Schenectady
N. C
Dr. Williams” Medicine Company
Thieves Buy Cream Puffs Then Clothes in Clever Fraud
A shabbily dressed man used a ruse to obtain a suit priced at fifty dollars by promising payment with a pocketbook left at home. The scam ended when the baker received fifty fresh cream puffs at eight o clock, while fifteen extra puffs spoiled, illustrating the cunning frauds circulating in the rotunda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chariton
Alton
Alf Hayman
Chicago
Selected Clippings from a Distant Newspaper
The clippings weave a patchwork of oddities and crimes. A Newburyport hardware dealer returns a mouse trap after catching a single mouse. John Eissminger, jailed for murder, escapes Waynesburg with a letter demanding money for his wife’s visits. A Royal Society talk places Niagara Falls’ age at 31 000 years plus 1 000 more for the river’s prefalls. A scattered line hints at a cheap summer trip offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbury
Port
Mass
John Eissminger
Samuel McCoy
Waynesburg
Pas
Royal Society of London
Niagara Falls
Lakes
Also Mentioned on This Page
DR. Holmes
Maud
Mabel
Gramps
Mme. Hynote
Germany
Ethel
Johnny
Broadway
Spoonamore
Henderson
Florida
Congregational Church
U. S
Kow
North-Western
Iowa
Western
Minneso
North Dakota
South Dakota
Manitoba
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Gome
Iketsara Sola
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Japan
Chicago Great Western Railway
G.&. A. Coleage
Victoria
Texas
Wouton
Hal
Hansen
Uis Nowa
Sauagun
Sant
Ree
Dee
Iron Hoop
Mares Free
Praca Paneer Normandy
Menen
SYSTE
Ame
Elgin Separator
SvaTew
Atlee
Lespinasse
W. Laxe Sr
Cuicaea
Oklahoma
Ange
Tully
Nacho
Guthrie
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