Havana the City that Enchanted Explorer Describes
A reader recounts a travel sketch of Havana from Knight’s Key to Morro Castle. He details Prado and Malecon beauty, colonial landmarks, and the mingling of eating and drinking in open air cafes. He praises Havana women and contrasts Latin life with American habits.
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Christopher Columbus
Habana
Ilavana
Columbus
Plymouth Rock
Havana
Old Spain
New World
Jacksonville
Emporium
Florida
Knight’ S Key
Knight’s Key
Gulf of Mexico
Cuba
Marconi
Morro Castle
Moro Castle
Cabanas
Maine
Manana
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington City
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Grand Boulevard
Chicago
New York
Prado
Colon
Columbus) Park
India Park
Parque Central
Central Park
Jose Marti
Schubert
Strauss
Verdi
Wagner
Mercedes Cathedral
Old Cabanas Fort
Columbus Park
Columbus Cemetery
Minneapolis
Minn
Boston
Obispo
O'Reilly
Women fight for ballots in Jamaica as West Indies push grows
The British West Indies fight for women’s suffrage. In Jamaica the legislature narrowly defeated a bill allowing women to vote. Undeterred, Jamaican women vow to continue the struggle for the right to vote for at least a century more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British West Indies
Jamaica
Jamaicez
Fractured Banter Over Revenue and Hostage of Wit
A quirky exchange pokes at income sources as one character mocks turning a Mrs Tooter into a sale while the other vows to bill her and rent her for nervous prostration in a satirical skit.
A Cure for Fits Epilepticide Promises Noted
An advertisement touts epilepticide as a cure for fits and nervousness. It offers free literature and testimonials from the Dray Laboratory at 548 Pearl Street New York City to any writer. The fragment includes an unrelated hotel anecdote and a 1886 Hall’s Catarrh advert with legal affidavit and product claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dray Laboratory
Pearl Street
New York City
Coaxing the Brute and Early Advertorial Tricks
In a dated vignette Eve contemplates feeding Adam to secure a new dress as the piece hints at satirical domestic scripts. The second note urges sending for a sample Garfield Tea from Garfield Co. of Brooklyn New York promoting a herbal remedy for constipation and liver and kidney ailments.
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Eve
Adam
Nature
Garfield ‘Lea Co
Brooklyn, N. Y
Mutual Convenience Mutual Promise in Marriage Bargain
A humorous exchange ends with parental approval for a daughter's hand in marriage. The ad promotes PETTY'S EYE SALVE for sore eyes priced at 25 cents, available at druggists or Howard Bros in Buffalo New York. A separate line offers a moral pledge about avoidance of mean thoughts.
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Petty
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Ball Blue Advert: Red Cross Brand 2 oz Package 5 Cents
A vintage advertising line promotes Red Cross Ball Blue with a claim of quality. It contrasts men fighting with fists and women fighting with tears, highlighting competing appeals in a concise pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
The Shoe for Luck custom during departure
The bride or groom should not pick up the tossed shoe at departure and may see it thrown back by participants. The shoe is traditionally thrown by the bride's father and avoiding mishandling is considered unlucky.
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Plelkur
Ghos
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Cliga
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Toledo
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Frank J. Cieney
F. J. Chenry d& Co
Halls
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
Fall
Dodds
Picker & Beardsley Commission Company Wool
ST. Loui
Mississippi River
Thompson
Samuel
the Centaur Company
Castor
Bears
Castoria
OTT
Seattle
Great Northwest
Central Business
Frank T. Hunter
Trustee Company
Central Bldg
Wash
Mper
Spohn
Gil
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen
Ind
U.S.A
National Lead Company
Trinity Landing
McIntosh
United States
Canada
Hastings & McIntosh Truss CO
Walnut&t
Philadelphia
DE Deere
Plow Co
Western Canada
Alc
Government of
Western
National
Bor
Linnigration
Ottawa
J.S. Crawford
W. Ninth Street
Kansas City
Missouga
Cascaret
Cascarets
Ker Parker
W.N._U
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