Byrnes and Crooks in a Police Scandal Tale
A New York police story recounts ex-Superintendent Byrnes crediting his detectives while a deputy fire marshal recalls a burglary case. A storekeeper’s arrest over an alleged shop robber hinges on Miss Smith’s precise identification, leading to political pressure and Byrnes’s intervention amid internal tensions.
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New York
Byrnes
Tom Byrney
Vergeant
Brunes
Laader—Call Her Mrs. Jones
The
Hudson
Tarrytown
Miss Smith
Srs. Jones
Miss South
Miss Switch
Bargiir
Suny Ryenes
West One Hundred and Twenty-ffth Street
White Plains
Broadway
Jack
Red Jack
Rogers
Misa Smith
Fair Exchange New Back for an Old One in Oshkosh
Oshkosh resident Mr. Gee Carrick of 197 East Oak street testifies to Doan’s Kidney Pills restoring his family member’s back and kidney function after chronic pain and weakness. He bought pills at BA Horn’s drug store and cites relief after a partial course. Doan’s advertised nationwide by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as sole U S agents.
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Oshkosh
Gee. Carrick
East Oak Street
Davis,Hansen & Co
Notic
Doran
BA. Horn
Foster4Miniburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Doan
Perplexing initials puzzle by visiting stranger
A Washington Star piece recounts a stranger in Washington asking locals about government and postal abbreviations. He confuses U S and other initials, learns they denote agencies and offices such as the Congress, Navy Yard, Library of Congress, and Postal Service while being corrected by a resident. The encounter ends with humor about misread acronyms.
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Washington
Penolthivania Avenue
Ronge
Star
Virginia
U. S.A
U. S
United States Army
Navy
United Stattes Member of Congress
United States Metalic Carriage
United States Marine Corps
Boston
Paval Repryve
National Guard
District of Columbia
U.S. S. HL
Government Hospital
United States
Lome
Boston, Englesne, and Potomac Railroad
Hfe
Postotice Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
OC. L
Pennsysvania Avenue
United States Steamship
Rose
Roger
Ruth
Warhington Star
One Whale With Teeth
A Denver Republican piece recounts a whaler's tale of 27 whale kinds, one with teeth. The whale’s jaw bears 365 bone layers with inch long hairs, filtering a germ called brett. The mouth reportedly holds 26 people and can take in hundreds of barrels of water, while ears sense sounds up to 13 miles away.
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Denver Republican
To the Letter Tailor I think it suits you to a T
Dialogue between a customer and tailor quoted in a newspaper style shows a mercantile exchange about fashion and preferences with references to letters and styles. The fragment comes from old Chicago and Philadelphia papers reflecting light, humorous tone about love and clothes in marriage context.
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Philadelphia Record
Rousseau and His Linen Thefts of 1760
A discovered 18th century manuscript, likely Rousseau’s own hand, details a Christmas 1760 theft at his home. The burglar seized 42 linen garments, including 22 shirts with a K mark and various collars, handkerchiefs, and stockings, prompting Rousseau’s reflected remorse in his Confessions.
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Bagtille
Jean Tucques Rousseau
Rousseau
Hjm
Ap Pears
London Spectator notes early 19th century drunkenness attitudes
A fragment from a periodical discusses a London Spectator comment on how drunkenness was viewed at the start of the nineteenth century, recounting a twins christening, neighbor joy, and a hostess view on convivial balls as social goods and miseries alike.
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Sheffield
London
Local testimonial touts Morrow’s Kidney Remedies in Sheboygan
In Sheboygan William Wits of 719 New York Street endorses Morrow’s Kidney Olds and Liverlax for kidney and liver troubles. The ad claims others from all walks of life in Sheboygan have used the remedies with good results. Yellow tablets priced at five cents a box and red granules at twenty five cents are sold through local drugstores and mail orders. Manufactured by John Morrow & Co. Springfield Ohio.
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B. W. Sperry
Hartford
Conn
Ely
J. C. Olmstead
Arcola
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
Hte
Sheboygan
Willam Wits
New York Street
Pigeon loft origin cited in Meads death tale
Frederick Stanley suggests in a New York Tribune piece that the word Meadhead may derive from theatrical tickets found in Pompeii. The note cites bone ivory and metal tokens and pigeon shaped admission tickets used for free access, drawing a link to the theater gallery called the pigeon loft.
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Meadhead
Frederick Stanley
Naples
Pompeii
Auditori
New York Tribune
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