Joking about Peel and literary tastes in Arkansas
A Northwestern Arkansas gentleman recounts a Peel joke about professed literary knowledge and congressman reading habits. Judge Pittman pries into Peel’s claims with humor, while a counter tale mocks Henry James as sensational, likening him to an American Dumas and lampooning overanalysis.
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Arkansas
Congressman Peel
Deel
Goldsmith
Goismith
George
Pittman
Congress
Arkansaw Traveler
Henry James
Snibanob
James
American Dumas
Arkansaw
Beer as a substitute for whisky blamed for degeneration
A period overview notes physicians dispute beer as a harmless substitute for strong spirits. It warns of systemic decline, fatty deposits, impaired circulation, organ inflammation, and intellectual deterioration from daily beer use, contrasting with other drinkers and urging caution. It also cites New Zealand agricultural statistics showing wool exports surged in 1884 while wheat and oat outputs fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
New Zealand
Market Report Scrambled by OCR Distortion
Folio text shows meat market notes with hog prices and supply hints. tangled lines mention choice, lambe, and wholesale rates. Slender references to weights and items appear garbled with numbers like 106 and 12 but no clear totals or entities emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han Francises
con mate
ares
Order to Show Cause in Nevada Guardianship Case
The Diathicy Court in Washoe County Nevada orders all persons with an interest in the estate of Charles Lake a minor ward to show cause why the guardian's request for sale of real estate should not be granted. A hearing is set for February 16 1986 at Reno court, with publication of the order required for four weeks in the Reno Gazette. District Judge M Boardman signs the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Nevada
county of
Washoe
Charies Lake
minor
Jane ardian
person Lake
ron Charies Lake
A. B
Reno
Washer county
Nevada
GAZETTE
Washo county
M. BOARDMAN
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JEWELER
Sacramento
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
T. K. HYMERS
Virginia City
Carson
Banyonecoo
New York
Montreal
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Gere
Jane
Sweden
Demme
Holland
Belgium
Rossa
Tay
D. A. Bender
G. W. Mayes
O. T. Bender
Allen A. Curti
A- H. Manning
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DB, DEBERNARTA, D. DeBERNARDI & CO
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THOMAS PRICE
Chemical Laboratory
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA
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Lippincott
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Imperial
Loypixcott
WM. M
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ASSAY OFFICE
J. WING OLIVER
Hooma corner Fourth
Virginia stria
JOHN F. ALEXANDER
Court-House
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Sunderland
West street
Second street
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B. MW. CLARKE, CLARKE & KING
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
State
Festa Courta
Reno — Bunderlane Building
Carson—Cyer b Savings Bank
febitt
PIERCE EVANS
Chambers’ Building
Virginia street
DR. W. BERGMAN
Second strest
Webster
MICHARD EHF
Chamber
Hreader
Roget
morocco
P. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
Market St
Philadelphia
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