Fakirs Exchange in Ann Street Inspires Urban Mystery
A New York Recorder sketch details a crowded, secretive exchange of peddlers in Ann Street near Theater Alley. Traders split between bargain sellers and novelty hucksters, led by a famed frog guardian Crusoe, with the street scene shifting as new goods arrive and demand shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mani
City Hall
Park Tow
Broadway
Wall Street
Fakira
Aun Street
Park Row
Theater Alley
Robinson Crusoe
Crusoe
Ant Street
Banieart
Honiewrr
Ann Street
New York
Tts
Exchange
New York Recorder
Democracy Debate Echoes From Castelar Forum
Fragmentary notes quote Emilio Castelar in 1899 forum praising democracy as both free and parliamentary while discussing governance and public participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilio Castelar
Forum
Loveland’s Ingenious Box Car Move to New Farm
D P Loveland of northern Vermont moved to Sheltie with a houseful of goods and live stock. He chartered the largest box car and packed the household items, wagon, plows, livestock, and poultry in one trip. He occupied the car for five days with stove and hammock, and his animals emerged unharmed.
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D. P. Loveland
Vermont
Sheltie
Boston ‘Transcript
Hat fashions and flowers dominate spring bonnets and cravats
The article describes hats and bonnets with green foliage and flower sprays, detailing straw varieties from plain to fancy, colors like green yellow heliotrope brown and red blue white, and trims with jet, spangles, ostrich plumes, and velvet ribbons. It also notes large black hats with bold decorations and a sample bonnet with a white frame and gold wire aigret. It shifts to a New York City note on lost children and Memorial Day origins with General Logan in 1868.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
UI Cnollat
Silent Lovers Echo in a Shore of Time
Fragmentary verse recounts quiet affection and mortality the speaker notes a distant wheel and a broken bridge while a beloved is carried away by memory and time the poem hints at love surviving beyond death in a dreamlike Seaton and Savrtolie imprint with archaic spelling and elusive imagery
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Anon
Mary A. Savrtolie
Seaton Trangéript
Cleaning Advice Against Carpet Moths From Old Homemaking Guide
Sara Bolgwich offers household tips to deter carpet moths including keeping rooms light, sprinkling salt under carpets, scrubbing rattan chairs with hot milk and sun drying, and pantry cleaning. The article recommends borax mixtures, glass powder sprays, flour and water paste, and wallpaper cleaning tactics to remove stains and prevent infestations.
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Sara Bolgwich
Good Housekouping
Justice at the Stocks in a Colonial Tithes Tale
A Winter night traveler faces punishment for a profane word kept in the historical record. The magistrate, aided by his son, convicts the guest and places him in the stocks as a teaching device. After an hour, the host rehosts him, and both depart with a caution to guard words in future discourse. The account, attributed to Youth's Companion, reflects early manners and punitive customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhiemiriieraine
Conscientioua Pyrite
Unclear Field Report Of Duck Hunting Incident
A fragmented diary style account describes duck hunting near a pond with stealth and caution. The narrator notes observing ducks and a companion named Jack, detailing movements through willows and a late evening arrival. The text references a broader hunting setting and moral commentary on the event.
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Bpale
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Grand Army of the Republic
Tme
Logan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ube
Columbia
Deould
Leonld
Wien
Deane
Dvecey Ducka
Connlitelons
Penelope
Jack
Pieres
Atrepeth
NeAt
Aldi
Mownlin
Mrut, Neal
Pierce
Guarantes
Gure
VIOLA
G. C Bittner & Ca
ToLeoo, Co
Tole
Matthew Uros
John H. Pholp
Samuel Pitcher
Castoria
Excel
G. C. Osaonn
Lowell
Mua
Santora
J.P. Kiveneior
Conwy
Ark
Trettinisi
Ancurn
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Castoris
Boston
Mass
Atimy
Sutra
Pres
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Nets Rev Ave Westores Vital
KME
Titan
Addrae SE Medicine CO
Alvar St. Chicadd
Matthews Brie
Mettha
Gebees Feollaye
Lenaivade Rae
Rteons
Digita
Cores Bullesi
SSA
Adie
Tato
Jean Aya
TNC
AVERY
P.P.P
Mrerna
Areas Rito
Rewtos
Aberdeen
Crown County
J. OD. Jolusica
Teailmono
Dipsas Peries
Caesere
Algestt
Tava Apt
W. M. Rust
Atvermount Laws
Ali
Dhuogiste
Lippman Bros
Mopman
Bicci
Saranunk
Commonwealth Ltd
Scranton, PA
Moosic and
Rushdale Works
Lufiiin & Rand Powder Co
Fuso
Fafaty Fawn
Repauno Chemical Co
Heart Lake, Susquehanna Co
U. E. Chorur
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Batchen Mantrow
Sork Fon
Montrosg
Gadkawinna
Alto
D. la & Weile
Ine
DC Pey
Wgeni
Oxford
Ave
Ghigago
Peroni
Lytus World
U.S
N. Y. Tribune
the Flour Awards
Chicago
Washburn, Croaby Co
Washburn
Minneapolia
Ecranton
F. P. Washin
Goldsted Bragators
Aveneat Dumnore
F. P. Priva
Lignmery
P. D. Murlay
Hyde Parr
Carson & Davin Wanhlarn
Jsup A. Mears
Main Avenue
Brat
L.spencer
J.T. Metals
Providence
Fenner & Chappell
J Gillespia
W. Markot Atroot
Olyphant
James Jourdan
Peckville— Katter
Eifeer
Jermyn
C. C. Winters & Co Sporaatvo Aventaine Toner Stopeau & Co
B. B Clark
Bratt Lonendale
L .N. Fowter
M. BF
Lavelle
Rai Mg. Waverly
BM. Bon
Pactoryville
Chari Se
Ae Bot Pina , Riau &Son
Louis B. Smith
Capouse Avenue
Iron and Steel
TOE Cale Tire
Sonnt
Norway
Spikes Wiley & Russell and
Wells Bros
Lilienbenter &Co
Scranton
Mercereau & Connell
Lackawanna
the Bichards Lumber
Commonwealth Building
Dupont
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming
Wyoming Ave
Third National Bank Building
Agrncthé Ber FM Ae Bn Ace
Mike Rae Hegents
Paine Pany’s
High Explosives
Mt, Pleasant
Aires
Wyoming Avenue
WM. T. Smith
Eureka Laundry CO
Cor
Linden St
Adams Ave
Count Hover Squau
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