Coins On Walls Display By New Jersey Numismatist
Miss Dentz of Dentzville New Jersey displays a vast coin collection spanning ages and nations. Her ceiling is covered with United States money and four walls overflow with Asiatic European African and South American coins. A hat resembling Hessian styles from the Revolutionary era was found near Princeton by a relative and remains with her. The collection holds valuable pieces that would fetch a sizable sum if converted to current American currency.
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Philadelphia Record
Miss Dentz
Dentzville
N. J
Trenton
New Jersey
Frinceton
Through Tourist Car to California from Chicago
Every Friday night at 1035 p m a through Tourist Car for San Francisco leaves the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Union Passenger Station Chicago via Omaha Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City with stop over privileges at Salt Lake City for all points in Colorado Utah Nevada and California The Tourist Car berth rate from Chicago to San Francisco is 6 00 and sleeping car berths should be reserved in advance Through tickets and sleeping car accommodations can be secured from any agent in the east or at the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Depot or City Ticket Offices in Chicago Send for California folders Ge o H Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago IN
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San Francisco
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union
Chicago
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California
East
H. Heafford
Sleeping car porters' training schools across the country
The Philadelphia Telegraph notes that sleeping car porters are graduates trained in depot schools run by Pullman and Wagner. The bare room simulates a berth with curtains cushions and all. new recruits are tutored by veteran porters in berth making conversion and proper handling before serving the public.
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Pullman
Wagner
Philadelphia Telegraph
Allen’s Foot Ease Powder Cures Foot Aches
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures corns, bunions, swollen hot and sweating feet. At all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
The Reason He Was Absent Tit Bits Note
A humorous exchange shows a pupil missing school due to rain and the principal inquiring about weather caused detention. The punny dialogue reflects lighthearted schoolroom banter from the era.
Chicago Great Western Revenue Rises in August Week
The Chicago Great Western Railway known as the Maple Leaf Route reports a 12341.57 increase in earnings for the second week of August 1899. Fiscal year to date uplift totals 97788.60 since July 1.
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Chicago Great Western
Chicago Great Western Railway
Maple Leaf
Husbands and wives clash over social night plans
A brief quip shows a husband plans to join another club for a ladies day while his wife doubts they will meet again that evening. The exchange ends with the husband affirming their presence in spirit at the event.
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Puck
Faded Glories of Banquet and Marengo Highlight Odd Tales
The article recalls Banquet the famed racer reduced to pulling a hansom in London and a tomb erected after his death. It also notes Napoleon’s charger Marengo living out retirement in England. A Grisons post and chimney sweep competition shows state inspection power with $160 salary, drawing many Italian schoolmasters amid unrest.
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United States
Eseason
London
Marengo
Napoleon
England
Helvetian Republic
Canton of
Grisons
Boston
Italy
The Decline and End of Famous Derby Winners
The piece traces former racing stars from top earnings to faded fortunes. It notes horses shipped abroad to failed campaigns in England and later used for serum production or sold to cab services. It highlights several Derby victors and war horses with tragic or memorial fates.
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England
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Marshal Canrobert
Baron Flint
St. Claude
Auteuil
George Frederick
Gen. Boulanger
Blue Gown
America
Klartkoff
Kingcraft
Fitzroy
Silvio
Copenhagen
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Strathfieldaage
The Sweep in Switzerland and its Official Chimney Sweep
In Switzerland the chimney sweep is an official community employee with a fixed salary. The article notes the public role and recognition of the sweep as part of local administration, a figure familiar to residents and visitors alike.
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Switzerland
Col Barbur and Lorch Miss Ship to Berlin Adventure
In Hoboken Col Charles Barbur of Philadelphia and his traveling valet join Hamburg American Line submissions to Berlin via Pennsylvania vessel. Barbur, unwell and sleepy, delays boarding while arranging funds and care for his companion, Dan Lorch, who seeks Paris expo travel with paid expenses.
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New York World
Charles Barbur
Philadelphia
Germany
Mayer’s
Hoboken
Pennsylvania
Col. Barbur
Fred Lorch
Berlin
Lorch
Hamburg
Bismarck
How Labouchere Helped a Friend
Labouchere recounts a lively episode where a legal friend, fearful of the house of commons, is coached to speak against the government view. He pretends to lecture, the friend retaliates with a sharp, well delivered speech that impresses the crowd.
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Labouchere
House of Commons
Real Thing: Kansas Boy Dreams of Filipinos on Firing Line
A Kansas boy describes apple dumplings for supper and dreams of Filipinos with long knives, noting the dumplings as the genuine thing and imagining a soldier laughing at them on the firing line in a San Fernando report.
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San Fernando
Kansas
Kansas City Journal
Boston’s nine man tricycle: world’s largest bicycle
The Boston Woven Hose company built a weighty tricycle nearly a ton tall eleven feet high. Nine men operate it with one steering and eight pedaling. It can reach over thirty mph and uses rubber tires with ball bearings.
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Boston
Boston Woven Hose Company
Definition of Professional Golfers and Amateur Status
Harper’s Weekly explains amateur eligibility rules for golf. It defines professionals as those who use golf to promote mercantile business or journalism and disqualifies players who have competed under an assumed name. It aims to preserve the integrity of amateur sport by limiting business-driven participation.
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Harper’s Weekly
Sans Souci Park Opens as Nationwide Sensation
Open air theater Sans Souci Park in Sans Souci Park Chicago debuts as the largest costly amusement resort in the United States with over a hundred attractions and an electric fountain. Admission is 25 cents for vaudeville outdoor performances and concerts. More than 13 400 visitors on opening night amid daily crowds. officials predict more parks of its caliber in major cities.
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Sans Souci
Chicago
United States
Big Ten-Acre
Safety In Flight Witness Questioned By Judge
The Chicago News recounts a courtroom scene where Larry testifies on the murder case. The judge asks the precise moment of the shooting while Larry offers a cryptic reply about his location and actions during the event.
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Larry
Chicago News
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised as foot relief
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure swollen burning and sweating feet coins bunions. It claims a free sample and lists 25 cents price, available at druggists and shoe stores with mail order from LeRoy New York.
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Perfection Bottle Holder Co
Old Town
Maine
Misnomer Amid Ironies in Baltimore News
A newspaper snippet recalls a clerk’s laughter at a joke about Mrs Newblood and a pound of tea. It notes W H Iams recently re elected Baltimore and Ohio railroad treasurer, with forty six years at the company and since May 1866 in that role. It also mentions a Baltimore parade in 1828 celebrating the B&O railroad cornerstone laying on July 4 1828.
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W. H. Iams
Baltimore and Qghio
Baltimore
Batnore and Ohio
Thirteen at the Door in a Humorous Anecdote
A humorous verse recounts a reunion in Deming New Mexico involving John Gray and Bess Moore. Thirteen guests arrive including twins, with playful references to the unlucky number and a May wedding date. The narrator notes John’s silence when asked about May 13.
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John Gray
Angler Shouts Amid Perfect Cast and Rise
A Punch magazine quip captures a fisherman's boast as he warns onlookers to stay back after a sharp hook up. The brief scene highlights a vivid fishing moment and the humor of patience by the water.
Willie and Tommy Break It Down in the Hammock
A woman warns two boys, Willie and Tommy, about breaking down the hammock as Mr. Smithkins visits. The exchange shows playful family tension and a close neighborhood scene described in Stray Stories style.
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Willie
Tommy
The Worm Turns
A Chicago column features Mrs Peck quizzing her ailing husband about advice he once ignored and jokes that his refusal would have kept her from becoming an old maid. The exchange turns on health and wit, revealing social humor of the era.
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Chicago
In the Fourth Grade. Birds proverb miscue
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a fourth grade scene where a pupil attempts the proverb The early bird catches no moss after the teacher prompts for a familiar saying. The exchange highlights classroom humor and student effort.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Yommy Tucker
Table Chat First Guest The Chicken Kill Cruel
The dialogue notes express that the man who killed the chicken was cruel and showed little respect for old age. The exchange highlights a harsh incident and opinions about treatment of the elderly.
Opinion on Wagner's Works Mentioned in Chicago News
In Chicago a musically inclined woman asks for opinions on Wagner's works while noting she has never seen them. She contrasts his with Pullman's, a mention that anchors Chicago News coverage but provides no clear verdict.
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Chicago
Wagner
Pullman
Chicago News
Cause for Rejoicing in a Quick Witted Exchange
In a brief cartoonish exchange the man asserts honesty amid a quarrel while the woman retorts that a single two faced demeanor is excessive. The dialogue hints at social satire of duplicity.
G A R National Encampment Travel Offer
Chicago Great Western Railway announces low round trip fares to Philadelphia for the G A R National Encampment in September 1899. Multiple routes with stop overs permitted, through chair cars to Philadelphia, enabling visits to the National Capital and other sites. Inquiries to Chicago Great Western agents or F H Lord, General Pass and Ticket Agent, Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Chicago Great Western Railroad
National Capital
Great Western Road
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Lord
Chicago
Matrimonial Quip Highlights Independent Fortune
In a witty exchange from New York Weekly a man notes he married a woman with an independent fortune and the reply flips the idea, saying he married not a fortune but a fortune with independence. The quip plays on money and autonomy in marriage.
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Blinkers
Winkers
New York Weekly
With the Hunting Set
Quotation from Brooklyn Life notes Miss Chase the sporting widow who has had near wins many times and left fortunes with each close call as Miss Hunt comments on her persistence in hunting set circles.
Letter to Mrs Pinkham Helps Woman Restore Health
A testimonial from Mars Salina Archambo of Charlemont Mag says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after two years of fatigue dizziness backache and digestive issues following childbirth. She credits the medicine along with Lozenges Liver Pills and Sanative Wash and urges others to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice. The ad notes Mrs Pinkham's long experience and offers free advice by letter from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mars
Salina Archambo
Charlemont
Mags
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