Etiquette Words From A Distant Era
A fragmentary quotation offers guidance on manners and behavior. It emphasizes keeping a steady face at home, valuing promises, and treating others with ease through good manners. It also contrasts impressions of women and young men with ideals of virtue and reliability.
Bill and Jill Eyewitness in Yonkers Exchange
A Yonkers Statesman snippet notes Bill lighting a cigar with a ten dollar bill alleged to be from Gill. Jill questions extravagance while Bill clarifies the bill was given for groceries by another man.
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Gill
Jill
Yonkers
Conversational Playgoer Quips About Opera Knowledge
Miss Hevviswell claims she knows nearly all the operas by heart and Miss Cayenne notes her friend’s ability to follow stage events without missing a word of conversation. The Washington Star records the playful exchange.
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Miss Hevviswell
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Was It a Successful Game Says Faber
A quote from Faber praises a game as the best of the year while noting the rival team suffered injuries. The line includes phrasing about God’s will and repeated reflections on the match’s outcome. No clear article structure or additional context is provided.
In Love Words Hard to Trust
A quoted exchange describes how love makes a man unreliable with words. The woman argues suspicion, while Willie Washington counsels that in love a man often loses track of what he is saying. The dialogue captures the romantic tension and humor typical of the era.
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Willie Washington
Washington Star
Gasoline Remedy Sparks Room Confusion
A humorous exchange references Harold and Percy testing gasoline as a remedy for chapped hands. Percy reports it cured the chapness and notes an odor that led others in the ballroom to think he owned an automobile, per the Chicago News.
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Harold
Percy
Chicago News
Self-preservation as Cell Law in Biology
The principle of self-preservation governs cellular behavior guiding survival, maintenance, and response to stress. It frames how cells prioritize energy, repair damage, and enact protective pathways to endure adverse conditions.
Test of Gold and Doan's Kidney Pills Claims
Historical testimonial notes Doan's Kidney Pills easing back pain urinary troubles and nocturnal awakenings. Advert claims include nationwide user endorsements from A C Arrez and J A Scurasa plus Grand Rapids Mich. testimonials and list of symptoms addressed.
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Mica
Doan
Dean
J. A. Scurasa
Buchanan St
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lottery Ad Promises $198000 Prizes For Literature Advance
A hundred years ago New York State advertised a lottery raising $100000 for literature. Kentucky citizens readied to invade Louisiana if Monroe's purchase talks failed. News from Haiti reported 200 bloodhounds shipped by France to quash the slave rebellion. Advertisements also offered a 17 year old girl for housework and child care.
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Kentucky
Louisiana
Monroe
Haiti
Sails to Africa and other 19th century news items
The Constitu tion sails for Africa to curb slave trade. Louis Napoleon orders war steamers built in New York. Senate funds railroad survey to the Pacific. Reciprocity defeated in Senate. Seven cargos of 666 Africans sent to Liberia by the American Colonization Society. Pierce upholds slavery and fugitive slave law. California gold seekers suffer from cold and hunger, mining losses flood. Electro magnetic motor announced. steam engines may fade. Illinois roads push wood price to 15 dollars a cord. Five hundred sick soldiers found in negro huts near Vicksburg. Grant officers visiting, Gen Fitzhugh Lee and Gen Hampton push a partial push at Whelly's ford. Lincoln rebukes Seward on emancipation stance. Northern alarm over a large Confederate battle in Mississippi reported. New York reports fifty English-built warships for the Confederacy disguised as Chinese fleet.
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Congress and culture clash in Illinois farm price swing
The text notes corn and farm products in Illinois declined in price due to perceived Congressional control by combines and political rings. It mentions a tenth annual convention supporting a religious amendment to the federal constitution and a claim that bribery among Congressmen would ruin their prospects. It also cites fashion changes and sets salaries for Congressmen at $6,500 a year.
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Illinois
Congress
New York
House of Representatives
Controversy over coeducation and women’s rights cited
The Rev Morgan Dix warned in a Trinity Church lecture that coeducation and higher education for women threaten the social order. Georgia’s Alexander H Stephens, a former Confederate VP, died in Atlanta. Van Voorhis faced expulsion threats in New York for insults to Congressman Pate. David Davis resigned as President pro tem of the Senate. Edmunds replaced him.
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Trinity Church
New York
Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Atlanta
van Voorhis
N. Y
House of Representatives
Pate
David Davis
United States Senate
Edmunds
Gladstone win on Irish home rule discussion in Commons
Gladstone secured priority for Irish home rule debate in the British House of Commons two days each week as Down Grover notes. Cleveland was inaugurated for a second term as U.S. president. The Chicago World’s Fair appropriation was reduced by congressional conferees to 932600 dollars.
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House of Commons
Grover
Cleveland
United States
Senate
House
Hingtox
The Automat Opens in Philadelphia With Novel Dining Concept
Plans describe an Automat style restaurant in Philadelphia featuring food from glass compartments. Coins trigger dish delivery and receipts signal kitchen prepares meals instantly. Silent dining encouraged with quiet cups and tables while staff clear dishes.
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Philadelphia
Nero laughs through history and butterfly migration noted
A Washington Star exchange mocks Nero with a joke about hair and fiddling. The piece mentions the annual migration of butterflies across the Isthmus of Panama, with thousands filling the sky by mid July.
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Isthmus
Panama
His First Year of Law and a Quip on Practice
A Chicago News piece notes a young physician asked about his practice, answered domestic economy, and mentions Byron’s fondness for ham and eggs causing indigestion yet he often enjoys the dish. The excerpt blends humor with personal quirks about appetite.
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Chicago News
Byron
Syrup of Figs Endorsed as Superior Family Laxative
A lengthy promotion extols the value of Syrup of Figs as the best family laxative produced by the California Fig Syrup Co. It cites quality, manufacturing uniformity, and physician approval, urging buyers to demand the genuine product with full company name on the package.
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California Pig Syrup. Co
Ite
California
Fig: Syrup: Co
He Went West and Prospered
Harp er County farmer N H Mead left Clarence New York thirty four years ago for Kansas where he prospered, harvesting over 140 acres of wheat last year. Kidney and bladder trouble troubled his health for years but Dodd s Kidney Pills restored his health with quick relief and complete cure as he states.
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Harper County
N. H. Mead
Clarence
Kansas
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Dodd
Not a High Price and Pancake Flour Ad
In Washington at a charity event Senator Patterson donated ten dollars to the cause. Miss Alice Roosevelt priced a rose at five dollars and noted Patterson paid twice that for a forget-me-not. Also advertised is Mrs. Austin’s famous Pancake Flour with grocer delivery.
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Patterson
Alice Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New York Times
Office Boy Suffered Smallpox in Municipal Hospital
In the Philadelphia Record quote Nye says the office boy who used to steal items is now in the municipal hospital after contracting smallpox. The line notes the turn of events and location of treatment.
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Hook
Nye
Philadelphia Record
Butter Market Sees June Tint Tops Prices
June Tint Butter Colon leads market butter gains with top pricing as buyers seek quality dairy. Local producers report strong demand and steady shipments amid tight supplies.
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Teething
A humorous fragment recalls a prankish exchange about impression and respect. The ad copy then touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain, claiming gum softening relief and wind colic cure with a scented bottle.
Distant Relative Dialogue Turns on Refusal
In a brief comic exchange a character learns a sly family tie. Tom declares the pretty girl they just passed is his sister by refusal, prompting amused disbelief from Jack and a sharp witticism about kinship.
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Jack
Tom
Orchard of world class size grows in Kansas
A Kansas orchard spans 800 acres and is planting 65,000 apple trees, aiming to become a premier fruit growing site.
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Kansas
Cha Creek Nation March issue promises frontier ventures
The fragment describes Ime dian Territory opportunities for farmers and artisans, mentions cheap lands and growing towns, advertises deceptive literature, provides an address in St. Louis, notes boiler pressure ratings, a breakfast suggestion with Pancake flour, and claims most South African ostriches are incubator raised.
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St. Louis
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