08 Feb 1886
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1886
Page
1
A Chicago girl visiting Boston disputes an Eastern journal article mocking Chicago women for slang terms. She asserts Chicago girls rarely use slang compared with Boston belles and boasts she can handle ivory, sing, and elocution while warning the caller she has matinee plans and will cross the river.
Miss Perkins describes men and women swapping rumors over meals, the constant chatter about office hours and gossip, and the irony of male secrecy. A tale from the Boston Gazette portrays how a man teases with a rumor only to reveal a petty detail, exposing social dynamics in a domestic setting.
A struggling woman with failing sight seeks help at a Woman's Exchange. Reassured, she pivots to selling single serving chicken pies, discovering the venture more profitable than prior needlework and painting. Her success grows as the pies gain praise and demand. The piece notes the banker Mr. Psaibekin and a $4,000,000 figure in a separate line.
Anecdotes recount Josh Lillings as a humorous figure in New York social circles. The piece details playful misdirections, comic quips about ancestry, a cat named Willigin later called Fitz-William, and a Yale-town prank where Billings resists a student’s offer for his dog, finally yielding nineteen and a half dollars as the animal’s value.
A telegraph boy cautions another that the papers are not a good paper but rather flash literature, labeling them as the Telegraph Operator's Journals. The brief exchange hints at a distinction between quality journalism and sensational publishing.
A fragmented text questions fruit remedies for dyspepsia and author seeks explanation. It mentions trial of fruit with no improvement and asks what kind of fruit might help. The passage centers on digestive discomfort and dietary hopes.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.