In Picturesque Budapest Night of Bathing and Music
A lush scene in Budapest is described with perfume and damp air as bands play under a pavilion and crowds stroll along moonlit walks. The author notes the glamorous season drawing diverse national costumes, a city citadel visible in the distance, and a drifting boat on the Danube alongside wry riddles and quips about trains, teachers, and carpenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Bb. Aldrich
Scribner’s
Budapest
Danube
Evdie
Notable Author Labels From A Chicago Times Herald List
The Chicago Times Herald lists humorous author labels naming Samuel Smiles Howells Longfellow Hawthorne Pope Tickell Gay and others. The piece parodies literary fame with superlatives for cheer noisiness height flowery holiness amusement happiness and talkativeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howells
Longfellow
Hawthorne
Life lessons and a woman's medicine in one page
A morality essay praises life learning and resilience then shifts to a testimonial for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The letter from Mrs. Mary Murdock of Topeka describes ten pregnancies and a healthy daughter after using the remedy, urging others to seek the common sense medical adviser from Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Topeka
Kansas
Lipton Sets Sights On Tea Cups After YACHT CHallenge
English nobleman grocer Sir Thomas Lipton shifts from yacht racing to tea sales promising broad blends. He touts Big Four blends including Ceylon India Blended Formosa Colony English Breakfast and Ceylon Green and introduces 5 Oclock Blended with satisfaction guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
Grocer
Odd Facts From A Sedalia Grocer Ad
A pasted excerpt lists diverse figures such as 3 960 stitches in boots and 1 200 000 seafarers afloat. It notes life expectancy differences, heartbeat rates, soap film thickness, and a French professor owning 920 heads. It also cites coastal losses, illiteracy trends, balloon acoustics, and global birth and death rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Africa
Ten Thousand Chess Problems From Uncle's Will
A young man inherits ten thousand chess problems instead of money when his scholar uncle dies. The pile of problems, clipped from various chess columns, becomes the nephew's unexpected legacy, leaving him to confront a lifetime of puzzling disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squallop
Some Points on Friendship and Wit in Social Circles
A reflective note on friendships enduring when we feel unpresentable. It likens wit to a razor and foibles to a shared stubbie, and humorously suggests a barber never has himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Street
People’s Shoe
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Samuel
Pope
Thomas Tickell
Chattaron
Aike
Gide
Chicago Times-Herald
Fluyssen & Holm
Courtney
Ceylon
India
Formosa Colony
Sedalia Grocer CO
Ohio St
Victoria
Qhueer
Ohio St. Poth Phones
D. Sangree, Henry Lamm
Sangree
LAMM
Ership
Lawyers Office
Sedalia
Q. C
Hasbroucke Lamater
East Seventh Street
Hoffman Building
Sedalia, Mo
W. L. Jones
Telephone
Queen City No
Sedalia Steam Dye Works
Soub
Lamine Street
Queen City
L. C. Snell
West Third Street
West Main Street
J. B. Holdner
J. A. Kreamer
Arkansas City, Kans
Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Plaza Barber Shop
Third Street
Frank Ramp
Warrensburg
Allen L. Russell
Coal & Wood
W. F. Mucke
Main St
B. Youn
Osage St
Foley
Doc Gross
Pettis County Realty
J. H. Bothwell
Sedalia National Bank Bldg
Machine and Agricultural
T. K
West Main St
George B. Goodrich
Marvin
Bell Telephone
A. J. Tucker
Kentritz B’ld
Sedalia Mo
Helfert & Raiffeisen’s
West Main
J. W
Easley
South
Osage Street
Evans Chemical Co
U.S
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