Valcour Aine’s Sevres set and grand New Orleans estate
A New Orleans mansion of Valcour Aine hosted 1000 guests for antbellum entertainments. The Louisiana planter’s wealth and famed Sevres ware, including cups costing over $20, were linked to plans with French revolutionaries. His estate near the Mississippi and 50 acre garden featured marble walkways and floating hospitality.
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Louisiana
Valcour Anna
New Orleans
Valcour Aine
Mississippi River
Gen.Miles
Antomarchi
Napoleon
Mexico
France
Marshal Henri G. Bertrand
Young Ney
Marshal Bertrand
Valvour Aine
Europe
Serres
F. A
New York Sun
Velvet Vest and Brass Chain Sermon Gag
A Methodist bishop jokes after a sermon on dress vanity. A conference member admits velvet vest and heavy watch chain, the bishop quips the vest is cotton velvet and the chain brass, sparking a light laugh in Atlanta.
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Methodist Church
Brother B
Atlanta Constitution
Chicken House Keeps Weston Hotel Dinner Tradition
For twenty five years chicken has been regularly served for dinner at a Weston West Virginia hotel. Traveling men call it Chicken House in a shorthand nickname reflecting the long standing menu choice.
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Weston, W. Va
Health and strength through food and cod liver oil
A vintage health ad promotes Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil as a quick path to better health and appetite. It argues food is the key to strength and offers a sample, with the address Scott & Bowne of New York given for response. Fairfield Missouri notes include local youth events and a bean guessing contest with prizes of a shotgun and china tea set.
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Biddle & Porter
Robert Cunningham
B. E. Boff
Chris Junge
Cole Camp
Henry Cox
W. H. Cunningham
Winans Fruit Farm Leads Quartet of Missouri Orchards
Thirteen miles southeast of Marshfield in Missouri lies the Winans fruit farm a 760 acre apple complex with rows up to two miles long. Adjacent orchards add 486 acres totaling 1240 acres housing over 86000 bearing apple trees plus about 40000 peach and 10000 pear trees. The area was forest seven years ago consisting of black oak and blackjack trees.
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Marshfield
Great Winans
Getting in Trim. Son training for West Point?
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote describes a boy undergoing training to be prepared for West Point. He is coached by an ex prizefighter and a rough-and-tumble wrestler to harden him, with the boast that even a third-story jump would not hurt him.
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West Point
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Transfer line opens with George Rector at Hinsdale barn
George Rector after six years with Hinsdale Transfer starts a new transfer line with headquarters at the Fifth street barn, No 109 West Fifth street. He invites patronage from friends and the public. Orders may be sent via two phones, No 146.
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George Rector
Hinsdale Transfer Company
Fifth Street
West Fifth Street
Courtroom Folly Sparks Old Time Dialect
Dialogue from Harper's Bazar shows Judge and Benedict exchanging a rustic mistranslated exchange about marriage vows and a yellow limb referred to as a misinterpreted bride. Uncle Zeb claims to be headed to the cote to seek remorse from the yarder day.
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Zeb
de Cote
Harper’s Bazar
Love fades as size grows in old marriage exchange
A brief exchange from an Indianapolis Press column shows a man noting his wife has gained weight since their marriage. He cheekily suggests the love has thinned out as she has become "twice as big" as before. The dialog captures.\
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Indianapolis Press
Supplies for Philippines troops include varied rations
The article notes recent purchases for soldiers in the Philippines list items such as chicken tamales sliced bacon chipped beef corned beef hash boneless pigs feet pork sausage and beef tongue. It suggests regular supplies extend the war.
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Philippines
Boy earns 1.25 by collecting recyclables for Cohen's
A boy named Johnnie collected iron, rags, bones, rubber, metal and bottles and sold them to Cohen's at Main and Vermont after calling their wagon and man. The exchange occurred yesterday and the phones listed were 263.
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Cohen’s
Main
Vermont
Clara and Maude clash over a pupil with a professor in sight
Clara declares Jennie a freak while Maude questions the remark. Clara explains that Jennie looks up to a college professor figure rather than a typical pupil, revealing a surprising influence shaping her views.
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Clara
Jennie
Maude
Quotations Highlight a Teasing Exchange on Mind and Beauty
A fragment shows a playful exchange about a woman’s looks and intellect. One speaker compliments her appearance while the other questions her braininess, creating a humorous social moment.
Dyspepsia Talk Quoted in Yonkers Statesman
A brief Yonkers Statesman snippet features a humorous exchange about dyspepsia with a man admitting it affects him, captured in a dialogue-style remark. The gag reflects early 20th century newspaper voice and regional wit.
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Yonkers Statesman
Pehl's Private Stock Aye eight years bottled at distillery
Bottled at the distillery Pehl's Private Stock Aye eight years old packed four quarts per case at 3.00 shipped to any address. If not as represented, return and we pay costs. For medicinal and family use. Peter Pehl wholesale whiskey Anheuser-Busch beers 115 West Second St. Phone 95.
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Pehl
Whoclesale
Anheuser-Busch
West Second St
Soubrette Refuses to Fold As Angel Calls Her Bird
A playful exchange frames a soubrette as feisty and defiant, with an angelly figure remarking on her nature. The quip casts the bird metaphor as a lighthearted moral beat in a humorous item from the Syracuse Herald.
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Syracuse Herald
Cabinet photographs for thirty days sale at Latour & Sherer
Latour and Sherer offer best cabinet photographs at 3 dollars per dozen for a thirty day sale. Other cabinet photographs priced at 2 and 2 1/2 dollars per dozen. New style mounts in various sizes available at proportionately low prices.
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Latour & Sherer
Music Lover Seeks Husband Says Adage
A proverb styled remark notes that a music loving woman should acquire a husband. It adds a moral about wronging neighbors harming the self, reflecting a quaint social sentiment.
Monarch Laundry Pianos Offer Wide Selection at New Site
Monarch Laundry announces a new location at 606 Ohio Street with two phone numbers 133. Proprietor Charles Van Antwerp points to a large stock of 25 new pianos including Chickering and Emerson brands. Aiming to attract buyers with a complete piano stock from various makes.
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Ohio Street
Charles van Antwerp
Chickering
Emerson
Helping Her Out Novel Exchange Prompt
Mrs Brush laments her homely china and Mrs Combe offers to loan a new servant for a day or two to help. This brief dialogue showcases a social exchange over household goods and service.
Bridget and Mistress Face Off Over Kiss Offer
Dialogue excerpt shows Bridget recounting a kiss with a policeman, questioned by a mistress figure. Bridget agrees she could not resist the officer’s advance and answers a chastising question with a defiant, terse reply. The scene hints at a tense social or moral confrontation in a historical setting.
Fresh strawberry ice cream and pies at Candy Palace
Readable notes list desserts from Candy Palace and Boston Cafe. Fresh strawberry ice cream and pies are promoted for people's dinners.
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Candy Palace
Boston Cafe
Koeppen Florist Gives Free Blooming Tube Rose Bulbs
Charles Koeppen, a local florist, offers six blooming tube rose bulbs with every $1 purchase of plants at his green house or Ohio street store. Customers may visit Koeppen at Sixth and Ohio or Twelfth and Moniteau or call 195 or 327 for details.
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Charles Koeppen
Green House
Ohio Street
Koeppen
Ohio
Moniteau
Restoring Nerve Health in St Joseph
Nervous disease sufferers seek relief and vigor, with claims of proven success and widespread local trust. The notice offers free advice and invites sufferers to call or consult, asserting strong endorsements from respected residents.
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St. Joseph and
Varicocele News Claims Seven Day Cure by Pain Free Method
A health notice describes varicocele as a widespread condition harming vitality and the nervous system. It asserts remote symptoms like back and leg pain and neuralgia, promises a seven day cure by a pain free method, and offers thousands of references and consultation.
Cure Offered for Wide Range of Ailments in Five to Ten Treatments
An advertisement claims catarrh scrofula syphilis and many other ailments from bronchitis to insomnia can be cured in five to ten sessions. It lists diseases of the heart liver kidney bladder and digestion as well as nervous disorders and mental distress. The ad urges immediate consultation noting delay could be fatal.
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Dr. Pierce
St. Vitus
Electro-Medical Treatment Said To Cure Various Ailments
An advertisement proclaims quick cures for nervous troubles back pain weakness tumors inflammation uterine and ovarian disease through an Electro Medical treatment claiming rapid relief and restoration of health.
Men Perfect cures guaranteed for physical decline and more
Cures guaranteed for impotency prostatorrhoea and youth errors using painless method with seven day cure for varico cele and three day hydrocele cure. No detention from business. Only curable cases taken. Hundreds cured by mail with references and credentials. If you cannot call write.
Lime Accident Burns Two Hansbrough Daughters
Two of M. M. Hansbrough's daughters, about nine and fourteen, suffered severe eye and facial burns from caustic lime during lime prep for whitewashing at Lamonte. A sudden explosion caused the injuries and Dr. Lantz is treating them.
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M. M. Hansbrough
Lamonte
Dr. Lantz
Do you want a shirt waist for men at The Boston
An ad invites men to visit The Boston at 214 Ohio St to view a practical shirt waist design. The offer emphasizes uniqueness and practicality for male customers.
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Boston
Ohio St
Piano Trade In Offer at John N. Taylor
John N. Taylor at 507 Ohio Street invites customers to trade in old pianos for new upright models. The shop will accept a few square pianos as partial payment toward uprights.
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John N. Taylor
Ohio Street
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