The Hackett Dolls Controversy in America
A London scene shows Miss Hackett and Mrs Hackett with three people upstairs, as American customs officers break a doll head and body from a hacked doll meant for the export trade. The tale follows the dolls, Santa Claus gifts, and a child named Josie, ending with a kitten fed properly after two girls mistake food for a pet.
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Dollis
Aniam Hackett
London
Miss Hackett
Art
Hacketts
Pourboires as Plague in Cafes and Restaurants
A critique of tipping practices describes waiters exploited by proprietors via jetons and forced deductions. A Paris cafe scheme allegedly splits tips, with owners extracting payments from staff and customers, risking miscalculated change. The report notes tipping as a revenue tool and hints at widespread abuse.
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Egypt
Garcon
Place de l’ Opera
Garcons
Vermont Leads Nation in Maple Sugar Production
Vermont produces 8 to 10 million pounds of maple sugar annually, ahead of New York which yields about one third less, followed by Ohio at roughly half New York’s output. Illinois Indiana New Hampshire Michigan and Wisconsin each produce about one million pounds per year. An advertisement promotes Dr Ball's Cough Syrup for coughs colds bronchitis hoarseness at 25 cents.
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Vermont
New York
Ohie
Illinois
Indiana
New Hampshire
Michigan
Wisconsin
Dr. Ball
MOODY
Northfield
N.Y
U. S
Mohammed
George Sale
Tribune
Deacon and Oxen Learnings in the Wilderness
A Detroit hunter in Antrim County encounters a settler once a deacon who now works a yoke of oxen. The two talk beside a log as the settler vents with fierce language and odd vows claiming his Christian calling while keeping the oxen moving.
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Detroit
Antrim County
J’ree Press
Wadleigh Endorses St Jacobs Oil for Neuralgia Cure
Edwin A. Wadleigh of Boston Massachusetts as Clerk Superior Court adds his name to a public endorsement of St Jacobs Oil. He certifies the remedy as a cure for neuralgia and rheumatic pains in his family citing personal experience with the Great German Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Boston Daily Globe
Edwin A. Wadleigh
Fsq
Boston
Mass
Jay Gould Eyebrows Lost in Supreme Court Drama
The tale recounts Jay Gould’s reaction to a Supreme Court decision on Union Pacific stock. After the ruling affirmed the lower court, Gould collapsed in relief then suffered a long illness with hair loss including his eyebrows, a dramatic episode tied to vast fortune and public notoriety. Akron merchants praise Samburg Drops for strong demand and proven merit.
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Jay Gould
St. Louis Republican
Union Pacific
Supreme Court
Washington
Gould
New York
Mr. Gould
Fifth Avenue
Akron Beacon
E. Steinbacher
Akron
Manitoba State Of Extremes Described In Canadian Letter
A Cincinnati Gazette Canadian Letter portrays Manitoba as a harsh land below Greenland’s latitude. It notes blizzards, frozen winters, spring floods, scarce timber, and tough conditions for horses and cattle, contrasting brief summer productivity with unreliable spring access.
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Greenland
Manitoba
Cincinnati Gazette
Obscure Health Claims and Personal Announcements
A mixed 19th century advertisement fragment touts War ner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and VEGETINE as health remedies for pain and cleansing the blood. It also references a fiancé’s witty remark about piano skills and promotes WilHart's Fever and Ague Tonic and H. B. Bryant's Chicago Business College.
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Selief
Warner
Liver Remedy Promises Health From Du Sanfonv
Advertises Du Sanfonv s Liver Ixyiorarom as an absolute vegetable cathartic that acts on the liver to cure bilious diseases. Offers address for orders at 162 Broadway New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanfonv
Broadway
New York
Voltaic Belt Co offers thirty day trial of belts in Marshall
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan will send Electro Voltaic Belts to the afflicted on a thirty days trial. See their advertisement headed On Thirty Days' Trial. VeoErInc The great success of the Vreez Tine as a cleanser and purifier of the blood is shown by the many who have taken it and received immediate relief with remarkable cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
New Ibera
Northe
Pacific Coast
Claus
Chicago
Josie
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Mos Lgo
Ey Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Rae Nately
A Chasm Between Friends Over Local Politics
Jones confronts Brown about a rift in their friendship rooted in a county convention vote. Brown, insulted by the implied betrayal, insists he relied on friends for support, while Jones recalls past talk of possible nomination. The exchange ends with tense disengagement as Jones walks away rigidly.
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Brown
Jones
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Ana
Harry
Bertie
de My
Illiam Hackett
America
Santa
Josie Hawley
Mamma
Dolly
Hackett
Custom House
Master Hackett
Mr. Hackett
St. Nicholas
Kitty
Lulu
Bridget
Thim Childer
Ella
Feeing
Wilhart
H. B. Bryant
Chicago Lusineas College
Lyon
New York Witness
Portland
National Copying Co
West Madison St
H. Haluettt & Co
Address Tour & Co
Augusta
Louisburgh, Union Co
Jay Bronson
Mich
OUNC
Guaran & Pa
Ation
R. Vaalertine
Jansaville
A. Gornton & Co
Commerce St
Phila
T.G
Ladger, Morrow
Pute N St
Outfit
Vickery
Maine
Garfield Hancock
Momakin
Cincinnati
Gonzales
Main
Lyon & Healy
State Sty
Hershey Scifool
Hershey Music Hall
Iil
Preas
Clairence Evdy
R. Sykes
East Madison St
Chicago, IL
Opticians
Spencer O. M. CO
Maiden Lane
Ohio
George Kelemon
P. O. Drewer
Daniel F
Rhe
Perry Davis
Phgatolaie
Missionaries
Minteters
Mechanica
Ospitals
Penn
Ing Co
Red River Valley
Patl
Minnepals &Mantle
McCosh
Putnum
State
Monroe Sts
All
Sewing Company
Co. Goodrich
Church St
Worcester
Hoyne Ave
Cerman Reed
St. Jacone
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
Wats
Steele
Care Newspaper Union
Naples
Grettarte
Lyon & Wealy
State Street
J.estey
Brattleboro
Ncyclopadia
National Publishing C.O
Ill
Sect
Celine
Philad+Ip
EC Aly
Ste
Howarth & Ballard
Utes
All Drugeiste
Dinter 6
Yaks Pn
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