Glimpses About Gotham and May at Brooklyn Track
A New York letter recalls the grand scene at Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay during Handicap Day. It contrasts horse racing crowds with baseball's appeal, notes betting intrigue, and reflects on city life, census quirks, aliens, and the rise of Faith Cure among prominent citizens including Richard Ogiber of Tammany Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Jon
Brute
Gitor
Gambia
Hrooklyn
Tine
Gravesend
Sheepshead Bay
Morris Park
Chance
Tor
Lis
Richard ‘Ugober
Tammenn Hall
Habberton and the Ambidextrous Writer Authored Works
A discussion features John Habberton, author of Helen's Babies, describing his ambidextrous writing ability learned during the Civil War. He explains that he can write equally well with either hand, attributing this skill to maintaining focus and avoiding interruptions, influencing his prolific output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poliew
Murray
Jay Gould
Benk Sote
Lower Broadway
Warren
John Babterton
Abe
Ala
Habberton
Clemm
Lef
Petionos i
Early marriage customs and social patterns in ancient times
Fragmentary essay discusses wedding practices across cultures from capture marriages to bride purchases, describing scenes of abduction and forced unions, Egyptian bride markets, and ceremonial transports. It also notes later fears of kleptomania and fashion shifts like jackets and cloaks impacting social temptations and behavior.
Fragmentary political verse from old paper page
Partial dialect verse attacks politicians and decries costs on Mexican markets. Text is garbled with numerous missing letters, offering only scattered fragments of names and phrases.
Things Useful To Know From Old Household Page
A salvage of home care tips includes rubbing salt on the skin to grow calluses, cleaning furniture with walnut oil, and sun drying. It mentions castile soap with water for white fabrics, soap bark for cosmetics, and soap solution for washing wool. A rose water tincture is suggested for an a reaction free face. For croup hot cloths applied to throat and chest are recommended, with blankets kept over as they cool.
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Weiter
Frank Lesiie
Australia
Tourimontes
Hersif
Bos
Texas Siftings Ends In Anecdotal Murk
A garbled fragment from Texas Siftings wanders through disjointed phrases about danger, politics, romance, and advertising. It reads like an OCR scrape with stray quotes and misspellings, offering little coherent fact beyond miscellaneous dated sentiment and unrelated opinions.
Fragmented Local Notes From Old Newspaper Page
Readable snippets cover wide topics. Mentions include 16,000,000 cows to the United States, a 136,000 mile coastline world total, a Mendocino petrified forest find, a temperance crater in Kansas named for Col. C C Boore, and a March or April date for the Easter observance. Also notes a triple wedding feast in Bubewiun village and sawdust building blocks in Germany with ab stapes strength.
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United States
Peter
Globe
Mendocino County
Cal
Kansas
Col
C. C. Boore
Bubewiun
Germany
Wit and Philosophy Punctuation Patchwork
A garbled OCR style collection of quips and misprints from various papers. The items touch on politics, restraint, philosophy and humor with misspellings and odd phrasing, featuring lines about crippie, pelicans, sober second thought, and time versus effort.
Moving Day Etiquette From A Wry Judge
Witty advice on surviving moving day includes sleeping on a mattress or bare floor, restraining profanity, tipping polite cartmen, and delaying repairs. It suggests economizing, keeping carpet costs down, and avoiding telegraphing wealth to neighbors while relocating family to relatives in the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartmen
Advice to the Engaged About Marrying Wealth and Looks
A fragmentary 19th century admonition warns engaged women to consider motives in marriage. It urges marrying for compatibility over money, cautions against marrying for looks, and cautions the reformer approach. The advice concludes with archaic phrasing and an unclear final line.
Rail line schedule and names blur in faded text
Fragmented OCR reveals a list of stations and street names across various cities with times and prices obscured. The garbled text mentions Bethlehem, Reston, Worthington, and New York amid partial fare figures and schedule hints, interspersed with names like Leif and Mallod.
Decorative Don’ts for Home Decor from a Baltimore Gazette
A Baltimore News excerpt advises restraint in interior design. Avoid heavy floor and wall hangings, do not over narrow doorways with braces, skip bright carpets in hot rooms, and refrain from low ceilings with chandeliers. Favor warm yellows and golds, limit color, and curb too many similar decorations.
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Sturf
Baltimore News
Fragmented OCR Text With Miscellaneous Historical Facts
A garbled OCR passage mentions Switzerland's army, a young girl in St Louis who has married and remarreid, and various foreign anecdotes. It notes a sacred river in China, a hypothetical lake water flow rate to Ningare, Monte Cerio stock prices, and an October quotation. Overall, the crowd includes English visitors and scattered data without a clear single event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Europe
St. Louis
Canton
China
Great Lakes
Ningare
Monte Cerio
France
Fraternity and Protection in New Membership Ledger
A fragmented note references a lodge group with payments and dues. Mentions Dewitt and Baird figures, a $100 payment, and a director named Van Westin Cam with related governance terms. Music Hall is noted in passing, with unclear dates or full names due to OCR issues.
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Dewitt
Baird
Bick Beordia
Vai Asarvan
van Westin Cam
Taerth
Toma
Music Hall
Spring Fancies and Erratic News Gleanings
A garbled sheet shows scattered notes on fashion and boxing gear, odd store lines, and erratic mentions of trains and gowns. It references New York impersonators, Louisville workers, and Australian hour debates, with disjointed fragments across pay, unions, and consignments.
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New York
Pine Howe
Louisville Pegrons
Kalinos
Pullman
Steam Ball
Rome Men's Union
Iow
Tors
Southern
Tive
Waa
California
Ye Ancients Ex Gor Nathaniel Berry Of New Hampshire Age Ninety One
A garbled 18th century style notice mentions Nathaniel Berry of New Hampshire aged ninety one as the oldest living. It cites Dane Scrimshaw in Losdos during the reign of eight sovereigns from Elizabeth to Anne and lists various ages and places, including a survivor of a breve bend and references to W. Crawford and destitution. The text is fragmentary and difficult to verify.
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Nathaniel & Berry
New Hampattre
Dane Scrimshaw
Losdos
Soversigna
Elizabeth
Anne
Almmehonne
Breve
Bresoe River
W. ©. Crawford
Mon
Alvareda
Imac Richards
East Mashiss
Patience Rhinstones and the cost of forced cheerfulness
Fragmented notes discuss virtue, apathy, and social expectations, suggesting advice on how people act and relate to friends. The text mentions jealousy, ethical behavior, and the tension between real feelings and outward optimism, with stray references to food, Latin terms, and a sermon-like tone.
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Kispromania
Jedge Waxem
Weilen
Ana
Sepec
Mike
Texas
WIT and Philosophy
Crippie
Galveston News
Hinghamton Republican
Columbus Post
Washington Star
Philadelphia Times
Wien
Deir Exla
Raileone Steter
Cmieas Saltavad
Bastin
Allee Heading
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Allwutown
Mavel Core Iinding Harratiung
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Por Matte
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Willicoomre
Tina
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Okie
Bor Leif Maine Amd Weabington
Neuman Bros
Codmer
A.M. Rumyom & Som
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Avesur
Makiong Evaous
William J. Stephenson
North Avenue
Plainfield
M. J. Coyne
Ra Ag ‘ Me
East Pourth ST
Heniy Goeller
Jit
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G. W. Reamer
Liberty ST
A. Brown
American Steam Laundry
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H. W. Marshall
FCST
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Crose
Axxive
Rm. Boumarats
Eastos, Co
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Aserve
Pr. x Direct
Trenton
Philadelphia
Warrenville
Postoffice
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Lock Box Sinpay Matee
Ores O Me Dé
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Laing
OngProut Bt
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J. Frank Mundy
Cnere
Te Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broadway
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Denna
South Avenue
Biue
Baer
Frerys
Revimel
Vincent W
Nash
Justion
Gouda
Chenass
Surana AM
Manece
Sarre
V. L. Frazee
Groceries, Fruits & Vegetables
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Guttman's
West Second Street
O. M. Dunham
C. Dickhison
Bries
Park Avenues
Helt Ie” Frree Fiver
Taney ‘ Rotart Furl
Mary Tadiabes
Treskian
Bens
Boltar
Collier
Optician
Frea
Wont & Woot
E. H. Holmes
Quality Lehigh Coaj
Madison Avenue
John Johnston
Dime— Saving Institution
OP Plainfield
N. J. Ie
W. Murray
William White
Nathan Harper
Elias K Pope
Hoagland's Express
Pancy and
Stylieh
Seerarate Ant Ad
John E. Beerbower
City Hotel
Pare Ave
Plainfield, HN. J
Lehigh Coal
Sersen
Mason's
L. A
Ag T
Moadway
Woolterymeeters Wintey
Sonsy
Wma
Gaat
Nate Ackson
Coddington
First National Bank Muthting
Piatates
Dunham
Park Avenue
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