Irish American teller recalls lottery loss and hope
A fragment from a newspaper recounts a young Irish American, Fitzpatrick, who held a ticket for the Louisiana State Lottery. He describes his invested amounts, returns, and plans to continue buying tickets, while the piece notes the lottery’s widespread pull and the steady flow of money into the fund. The report frames the lottery as a persistent lure for poorer citizens amid repeated large prizes and losses.
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Poorta Wiis
Peorta
Ratuntey
Sooey
Amon
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Ate
Btn
Apple Breck
Eellard Fitzpatrick
Corn Merley
St Eadh
Joustana
Ucket Nimer
Pissoe
Prisoner on a Bridge in Smuggling Case
A man attempting to smuggle homes into the United States from Canada was stopped at the Niagara suspension bridge after authorities refused entry. The prisoner remained on the line for twenty four hours while the Canadian side arranged for a transfer. The incident ended with demands and a reward offer for a catarrh cure and commentary from Toledo druggists on remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Noagara Das
Ifte
Perenne
Poe
FJ Cheney &Co
Toleto
F J
Toledo
Watprso
Kixsxax
Manvin
The Charge of the Light Brigade memory revived
An 1854 Crimea battlefield recollection recalls Captain Charteris and Lord Cardigan among the Light Brigade action at Balaklava. The account covers the ridge stand, troop movements, and afteraction reflections, including casualties and comrade Foxed recollections from Colonel John Statien gear. A separate tale from Harriet Phillips describes an Albuquerque school Apache dining room scene and a Santa Fe train reunion years later.
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Calel
Slaude
Mautle
Sebastopol
Calvary
Falaklava
Scarlett
Gans
Charteris
Lord Lucan
Shai
Light Brigade
Yin
Lord Cardigan
Godfrey Morgan
Seventeenth Lancers
Dredegar
Balakta'yn
Nolan
Moreow
John Statien Gear
St. A
London Standard
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Harriet Phillips
Philadelphia
Growth of American Newspapers Through the Census
The article reviews census and directory tallies for U S newspapers from 1840 to late 19th century. It notes Rowell and North estimates, showing 16 519 total papers with 1 494 dailies in Rowell’s directory and suggests today near 19 000 periodicals and about 1 700 dailies.
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Taka
Rowell
North
J'tutt
Howell
United States
Prof
J. Burn
McGregor murder trial hung jury ends after prayer
Atlanta World correspondent reports juror Baker held out four days in Warrenton Georgia in the McGregor murder trial. In a tense moment the jurors prayed for Baker and for mercy to McGregor and his family before reaching a final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Warrenton, Ga
Baker
Atlanta
New York World
Plum
Mr Heath
Bael
Brother Heath
Meath
The Language of Flags and Their Meanings
A concise guide to flag signals including piracy, quarantine, dipping, flag of truce, half mast, death notices, presidential use, defiance, powder handling, and white peace flags. It notes flag officers and square flag designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Franklin's parsimony shaped American thrift mindset
A critical note attributes Benjamin Franklin with instilling a strict saving ethic in the United States. The piece argues his insistence on frugality pressed by repetition of the rainy day motif, leaving many Americans with a persistently material view and a focus on saving for tough times.
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Jen
Franklin
Maxis
Politeness In Mexico From the Borton Herald
In Guadalajara entering a street car you bow hat to unfamiliar passengers before seating then rise at destination to smile farewell to the car shake hands with the conductor and bow to the driver as you leave Guadalajara is described as the Boston of Mexico in a cultural note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Borton Herald
Guadalajara
Boston
Wave Power and Wyoming Capital Boosts
A scanned article references wave power with estimates of ocean force and caps it with a tonic advertisement for Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. It then extols Wyoming’s capital Cheyenne as wealthy, with Union Pacific shops costing 6 000 000 and a real estate push, offering land deals via the Denver office of a land and immigration company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Heyenne
Union Pacilic Railway
Cheyenne
West
Cheyeung
Castoria and products touted in old ads and letters
An assortment of vintage ad lines and notes tout Castoria for infants and children, promoting maternal products and remedies. It includes testimonials, mentions of Mother's Friend, references to druggists in Greenville Alabama, and a few other items like voice strengthening tonics and small-town newspaper outfits offered by Werstgun Newsfarm Union in Omaha Nebraska. The text blends consumer pitches with quoted endorsements from Beecher and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slouxr
Werstgun Newsfarm Uniox
Omaha
Neb
Monse's Shoes and Morse Co Omaha Makers Offer Wide Fits
An old time shoe advertisement touts Monse Shoes from Omaha Nebraska claiming longer, better fitting shoes with wide widths and a fifty dollar reward for any pair containing anything but solid leather. It promotes 150 women girls and children styles plus 150 men styles and mentions Wales Goodyear Rubbers and a physician recommended cod liver oil emulsion product. Also includes a moral line about thieves and fools and ends with excerpts from songs.
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Monse
Arge
Omaha
Nebraska
C. W. W. Morse & CO
Wales
Goodyear Rubbers
Golden Medical Discovery touted as cure for consumption
An appeal extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption also claiming efficacy for scrofula skin and scalp diseases. It markets the remedy as liver blood and lung medicine with no alcohol or sugar, backed by a money back guarantee and a world wide sale. warns against imitators and promotes a Buffalo, New York address for the distribution.
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Ita
Worio
Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
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California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Hmstal
Bmitie & CO
Wees
Nyeteria
Ona Taonth
Mall
Aparece
Ss Hine
Ue 2
Jsedel Amd
Goobhan Dmuug CH
Farnam Streel
Omaista
NEA
Mus
Mongas
Relly & Tasethill
Stanley
French & CO
Chica
Omak Omaka
Ben. Franklin
Castoria
Ledlos
R. A Parve
Drugest
Greenville
Ala
Te Brasfield Reg. Co
Brown
Henry Ward Beecher
Ayer
Dr. J. Co. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
GEEAP
W. Pedford
Neve
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Carter Medici
Ros
Sererdanly
Nas Cosmicel Os
Eaethusel A
Acta
Rsa
Lingrailam
Amsterdam
Pycn
Coo
Chicago
Drugglate
Orthern Pacific
Minnesota
North del Oo
Washington
A.W. Ee
Inventara
Patrick O'Pambell
Washington, D.C
Oman
Amsaterdam
N. Ye
Joseph LL
Hun Telugrou, D
Idder’s Pastilles
Btoweld & CO
Charlestown
Mage
Oregon L Land 1 CO
Albany
Oregon
J. Ly Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
Ge FA
Lastmar
Art Coody
Continental Clothing Mouse
Col. Douglas
15Th Sts
Des Moines
Elkhart Carriage & Harness
Wb. Pratt
Elbbart
Jos
Ladtnate
Ae Food
Druccist
Kim
Chichester
Red Cross Diamond
Ates Longton
Jndies
Mical Co
Madison Kay Pauada
Farfrea
Wiatep
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