St Louis Arrest and a Two-Headed Nightingale Tale
A satirical column recounts a fanciful St Louis arrest as a civic parade with droska escort, mocks New York and Chicago, and riffs on Christine the two headed nightingale show talent. It mixes court lore, social fashions, and a humorous river voyage misadventure over trousers lost at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Rue de Bowery
Chiro
Mr. Riley
Milo
Christine
Nightingale
Illinois
Mile
Friendi Ng
Washington
Runaway Pegasus and Norton’s Treacle Over Curtis
In a charged critique, the author denounces Prof. Charles Eliot Norton for lavish praise of George William Curtis, arguing that Norton's rhetoric degrades letters and ideal pursuits. The piece portrays Curtis as a brave wartime figure while condemning the professor's theater of culture, calling the martyrdom of a journalist both misapplied and self serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Norton
George William Curtis
National Academy
Charles Eliot Norton
Holmes
Norton
Curtis
Mr. Curtis
Cita
Metropolitan Press
Cambridge
Oxford
Jos Lee
Ves
Prof
Pegasus
Peoceeen
Frederic Harrison
Harvard
Franklin Square
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Thomas
Boys In
Blue
Staten Island
United States Mail
Adams Express
Gettysburg
Con
Supreme Court
Printing House Square
Guild of Harpers
Hamintox
Off the Main Line A Dissertation on Depots and Rural Railways
The author comically critiques rural depots and railways, recalling long waits at country stations, poor depots, and farmer desperation to secure stops. He notes only a handful of good depots, contrasts station with depot, and recalls stark examples like a tiny Lawson box depot and generic New England village contrasts with evolving railroad layouts.
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West Penn
Ohio
Lawson
New England
South Eldredge
Tascott
Peasie
San Francisco
Yosemite
Adriatic
St. Anthony
San Marino
Thomas
Sierras
Ocean
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Artesia
France
Iast
Birds of Heaven
The Worry Depot and the Curious Railroads Tale
A humorous travel piece describes rural depots four and a quarter miles from towns with 50 cent mail-wagon fares. It details depots near villages, depot quirks, night signaling with lanterns, and a comically misused train whistle. The essay riffs on narrow gauge lines, long delays, and grandiose yet fictitious railway names from distant regions.
Por Biliousness Use Hernford's Acid Phosphate
Fragmentary advertisement copy touts Hernford's Acid Phosphate as the best remedy for biliousness and indigestion. The dubious claim emphasizes its superiority and universal applicability without exception.
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Hernford
Combustible Architecture and Public Buildings Perils
Edward Atkinson notes in Century that many fires arise in prisons hospitals asylums almshouses and, next, colleges and libraries. 1887 records from New York Chronicle show 45 such institutions burned, averaging four per month, with many lives lost. 126 college buildings and libraries damaged, about 10 per month. 146 churches burned, about 2.8 per week. 62 theaters and opera houses damaged weekly. and 515 hotels affected, about 1 per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Atkinson
J “Strange
Chronicle of New York
United States
The Persevering Peddler Visit Inspires Help at Pittsburg Home
A Pittsburg family hires extra help to handle numerous peddler visits. The husband recalls his wife’s daily routine shifts where a domestic aids with housework while peddlers persistently ring the doorbell, highlighting the humor and annoyance of constant callers.
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Pittsburg
Hopkings
Hicks
Coset
Butler
Milwaukee
Catarrh Cure Promises Free Recipe From New York Professor
A man long tormented by catarrh after years of suffering finally finds a remedy that supposedly cures him completely. He invites readers to send a stamped self addressed envelope to Prof. at 88 Warren Street New York City to receive the recipe free of charge.
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Ef Ae
Warren St
New York City
The Buried River and California's Strait of Carquines
An extract from the 1822 Senate records recounts Richard M. Johnson and a claim about an inhabited Strait of Carquinas linking San Francisco Bay to an underground river. The narrative traces ties to Benton's Abridgment and features dramatic depictions of a buried river swallowed by tides, ending with the author’s assertion of surfacing into the bay after a tidal surge.
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United States Senate
Richard M. Johnson
United States
Scott
Lundy’s Lane
Washington
Northwest Territory
Benton
Thomas H. Benton
Senate of the United States
Senate
A. D
Kentucky
John Cleves Symms
Cincinnati
Ohio
Strait of
Carquinas
Strait of Aquinas
Carquinees
Bay of San Francisco
San Pablo Bay
Strait of Carquinas
Suisun Bay
Golden Gate
California
Humboldt River
Bay of
San Francisco
Sierras
Hum- Tiver
Buried River and Gold Mines in Mammoth Cave Tale
The fragment narrates a historical adventure into California gold legends and the myth of a buried river beneath droughted Sierra beds. It details an old soldier’s contemplation of a subterranean river, the allure of gold hidden in ancient river beds, and early California lore about underground passages and expeditions, interweaving conjecture with reflective history.
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Mexico
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
California
Lauch
Gould
Sierras
Ifornia
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T. Louis
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Himeelf
Robert Elsmere
Waters
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Prue and
Caroline Pettitoes
Jetters
Dan
Talcott
Sonisellen
Ponticoke
Goose Creek Junction
Brushtown
Senezambia
Coisaen
Yoree
Rena Cago
Estern
Perille
Paracelsus
Atlantic
Joaquin Miller
Chapter
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