Lager Beer and a tale of Eleanor Gray in a free country
A column of mixed verse and prose rails against excess beer while recounting a rambling tale of lager fueled escapades. A Detroit style mock epic describes a Dutchman in a lager saloon, a courtroom gag with a sheriff, and a narrator named Bob who temptingly pursues Eleanor Gray, only to be jilted and learn a moral about desire and folly. The piece blends humor, satire, and social observations with other brief notes on editors, currency, and speculation.
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Montieth’s
Tom
Eleanor Gray
Bob
Frank G
Robert
Necessary Extravagances Stop Spending to Save for a Library
A narrator lectures Harry Spendfast on hidden wastes in daily spending. Diamond studs, cufflinks, cigars, papers, and fashion items tally to about two hundred dollars yearly, preventing the purchase of a desired library. The tale urges independence from imitation and urges restraint on superfluous luxuries.
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Harry Spendfast
Harry
Mr. Spendfast
Ulster County
Micawber
Elephantine Musings From Murphy's in California
An essay style piece from the San Andreas Independent presenting reflections on Murphy's, mining news avoidance, and the pioneer spirit. The narrator contrasts rustic American progress, nature's beauty, and contemplations on creation with writerly pride and a lyrical digression about forests, skies, and the love of the beautiful attributed to human reverence.
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Isaac Rosenfeld
Harris Lang
Rosenfeld & Lang
Main St
Murphy's
Havana
C. Bax
General News Depot
San Francisco Bulletin
Alta California
Sacramento Union
Golden Era
Wide West
California Free Press
German Journal
Hutchings’ Magazine
San Andreas
Frank Rosixsox
North Branch
Hall & Robinson
Samuel McKee
Mihe
Hall
Broadway
Kinderhook
Independent
Murphy’s
California
Cause of IT Delirium Tremens Warns Dr Staats
Dr Staats says delirium tremens is more unmanageable due to heavy strychnine use in whisky production. He notes distillers gain about ft per cent more liquor per bushel of corn. In Ohio, widespread strychnine use led lawmakers to pass a law punishing the crime with years in the penitentiary.
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Staats
Ohio
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