Sullivan's shoe sale and local notices from 1897
Local ads list Sullivan's Shoe Co price cuts on ladies hand welt and regular shoes, mens boots, and a wide range of discounted goods. Mentions of court actions, a political club event, and civic notices tied to area residents, with dates and various prices.
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Mire
Murphy
St Mary's Street
Frngress Council
Orter
Chosen Friends
Will
Gran Ding
Henry Vernor Adiot
Porky Fifi District Court
Francis :Saith
Hogy
Columbus Davis
Charles
Rictuint McDonald
Dimiuit
Correspass
Migsey’ Phoee
Paire Sullivan Shoe CO
Walton
Southern Pacific
Houston
A. Chapa
Tel Rio
Aa. Vas
Democratic’ Club
Scbesey
Dongola
Sullivan
Bullivan Co
San Pedro Springs
Jared
Chile
Ailppeta
Bullivan
Miscellaneous items from distant files and notices
A mixed set of curiosities includes Imvid Coulter a Kansas prisoner accused of murder in Topeka. London's lord mayoral fundraising over 20 years near £20 million for charity. San Jose shows average life expectancy around four percent. Indianapolis arrests youths for shoplifting and a club plot. A Dordogne cave reveals 490 feet of ancient wall art, while a Wasco man presumed John Campbell dies under unusual circumstances after changing name. Mile Cedledon the prophetess draws attention after Paris cyclone. predicted fires and storms near Montmartre September 20 fail to materialize.
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Imvid Coulter
Kansas
Edward Alston
Topeka
London
California
San Jose
United States
Hive Boys
Endianapolis
Dunenloo” Club
Department of the Dordogue
Riviere
Ben
Wasco Twunty
Ore
John, Campbell
Houe
James Liolt
Dufur
J. Hurnhener
Peatenrille
Col
Mile
Colledon
Paris
Wersnevess
Champa Elysees
New York Expressions Shaped By City History
A survey of language roots notes New York City as the birthplace of many common expressions drawn from Dutch, porter houses, and urban life. The piece cites phrases tied to the Tenderloin district, porters, and the porterhouse steak, alongside a quirky note on the cocoanut crab and Darwinian observations.
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Charterhouis
Lorling Slyoss
New York City
Leorn
Wil- Ham 3
Tweed
Timmerman Bass
Yorter
London
New York
Harper’s Weekly
Polar Bear Cubs Born in Barnum and Bailey Circus
The Barnum and Bailey Circus in Bridgeport Conn reports the first white polar bear cubs born in captivity. The twins weigh about 47 pounds each and are the first of their kind seen in captivity. The mother defends the cage and is dangerous, while the cubs’ appearance may yield a substantial profit as polar bears cost about 1000 dollars each.
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United
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Bridgeport
Conn
Ashe Beard
Arctic
Benaver
Bailey
Defective armor plates tested for battleships Kentucky and Kearsarge
Newport News dispatch reports Carnegie steel plates for the Kentucky and Kearsarge tested by a board appointed by Secretary Serbert. A private Portsmouth test cracked a plate one inch thick under 1800-ton weight from varying heights. officials claim the shipyard will use the best plates per specifications while denying loss making substitutions.
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Carnegie Works
Newport News
Kentucky
Kearsarge
J.J. Woodward
Serbert
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Newport New
White House Etiquette Observed by the Dredéeet’s Family
An 19th century note describes presidential carriage seating with the president on the right and his wife on the left, guests facing away when others are present, and the wife’s restricted social access. It cites Mrs. Cleveland’s failed attempt to place her mother opposite the president and mentions Mrs. Arthur’s social limits and table etiquette in cabinet contexts.
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San Venleo
Lone Star
Juartz
Woeilts’s
Gembert and
Ball
Gerliner Verein
Stowers
Wai. Catroll
Sullivan Shoe CO
Sullivan Bhoe Co
David Erter
Wits
Spvin Nueth
Scullern
Sexter
Purnitime CO
Pat Burke
Eerie
Tab Southern
Rosa Infirmary
Sullivan's
Marion Macker
Rohus Dnail
United Pos Lay. S
South Islands
Poon
Darwin
Dredéeet
Cleveland
Folsom Ax Aha
White House
Washington
Arthur
Supreme Court
Calve and Eames Reunite On Stage In New York
Opera rivals Fanna Calve and Himma Eames made peace on the Metroopolitan Opera House stage in New York after three years of discord. Calve kissed Eames with bouquets, then embraced her as the audience roared and cheered, laments forgotten, in a dramatic display of reconciliation.
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New York
Fanna Calve
Himma Eames
Metropolltan Opera House
Twan
Mme
Calve
Mme. Eames
Eames
Ben Jose
Arul
Willing Body for Science Declined by Howard Trustees
The late Dr Caroline Brown Winslow left her body to Howard University for dissection by a woman medical student to advance anatomy. If declined, her skeleton parts would be wired for a normal school display. The university reportedly declined, and the body was cremated. ashes to be buried in Fort New York ballot area.
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Caroline B Wisdlow
Howard
Caroline Brown Winslow
Washington
Howard University
Minor Normal School
Myrtilla Minor
Winslow
Marriage Ends In Knife Throw Threats
A Detroit Free Press item describes William and Mary Williams in a troubled marriage. He became irritable, hoarding knives and tools, and one night threatening self harm after a confrontation about his drinking. Mary tries to calm him as he locks away cutlery and vents fear he will kill himself.
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Detroit Free
Willian
Tla
Fareible
Willism
Bed of Beds in Forest Camps Described as Comforting Rest
A prose sketch extols the hunter and camper bed made from spruce and balsam twigs. It notes its springy comfort and soothing scent, used in Blaine Canada and other northern camps, but laments modern hotels replacing rustic bough beds. Includes brief quips on a child’s court tale and a Spain Spainish note.
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Blaine
Canada
Jose
Free Cure Foundry Offer Sparks Curious Inquiry
A Kalamazoo resident claims to offer a free prescription intended to cure nervous debility by restoring strength and vigor. The notice asks readers to write to EH. 9, Olds, Box 78, Kalamazoo, Mich, and states responses will be prompt for those seeking to trial the remedy.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Holling
Kelamazoo
Curbing a Cold Claim in 1227 DBam Ad Offer
A fragmented ad suggests a cure offer from Mr Olds for a cold in one day with laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a money back guarantee. The text references a 1227 DBam code and requests readers to write for details on the writer.
Unreliable servant and child go missing after outing
A South Heights household servant took the baby for a walk and failed to return with the child. Search parties found the girl dancing in a hall near a creek, and the child was later recovered around 11 o'clock while the servant did not return home.
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Servan L
South Heights
Tye
Nera
Calghy in lhe agn Marlins and a disorderly case
A garbled report from Medline street details a man tied to a warehouse site on Rule street and hauled to the police station in a wagon. A charge of disorderly conduct is filed and to be heard by Recorder Stickls tomorrow with a $15 fine noted.
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Calghy
Marlins
Alexivean
Rule Street
Anyfrel
Piceve
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Mieses
Aize
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G. A. Stowers
McDuuiet
Afissouri
Lus Tile
Alfred Paine
Depu
Pobukowaki
Vale
Slyott
G. Graves
J. H. Poor Et
Justice Court
Cor Glaintitt
Words
Polar Bear Cubs
Brest
Corvars
Wistar
Barnum and Bailey
Galve and
Fort New York
Saya
Tittaburgh Chronicle
Seow
Spain
Porkey
Indus
Michigan
J. Lobert
Pres
I. L. Steele, Seo, TY
J. Lobert CO
West Commerce Street
Areneus
Olds
Olda
Mesautrea
Fort A. Stowers
Dickerson & Brown
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Ballinger
Commerce ST
Wagner
Chabot
Dover
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