Fifth Avenue Hotel Memoir of a Night Visitor
Bill Nye recalls a night in a New York hotel chamber filled with worn locks torn out to admit a coroner and a sociable chambermaid. He notes the lodger’s nervous air, the smells of fried pork and kerosene, and plans to depart at 2 50 in the afternoon hoping railroads run as usual.
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Fifth Avenue
Napoleon
Minois
Mic
Bill Nye
Boston Globe
Eugene Field
Chicero
Washington
Stilson Hutchins
Nat Goodwin
Mr. Field
Goodwin
Mr. Hutchins
Mrr. Field
Mr. Goodwin
Field
Baxter Street
Chicago
New York Star
Tank near church sparks Methodist compensation claim
A Wisconsin Central rail line built behind a Methodist church prompted a petition for 4900 to relocate the church after a tank blocked the light. The railroad president forwarded the plea to F N Binney who returned it with a clipped suggestion that they sell to Baptists and use the tank.
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Wisconsin Central Road
Chicago
Wisconsin
F. N. Binney
Chicago Mail
Verbal Order Dispute Between Uncle Rastus and Mr Smith
A dialogue shows a Gentleman and Uncle Rastus arguing over whether billing can be settled with a verbal order. The Gentleman insists a verbal order would not be paid, while Uncle Rastus notes a prior warning from Mister Emig about paying only for written orders.
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Uncle Rastus
Endorsement for White Wine of Tar Syrup in Missouri letter
Reverend J D Craig of Miami Station Carroll County Missouri praises White Wine of Tar Syrup for quick relief from a cold and sore throat and states it helps him speak clearly again. He notes the medicine is sold by Crowder and Reed.
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J D. Craig
Miami Station
Carroll Co
Crowder & Reed
Griggs Glycerine Salve Promises Quick Skin Cure
Advertisement touts Griggs Glycerine Salve as a sure safe speedy cure for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and a remedy for piles tetter and skin eruptions. Claims satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded and notes price of 26 cents sold by A. White with Times.
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Grigg
Old Gentleman and Child Exchange Quirky Line
A brief exchange shows an old gentleman asking Freddie his age and the reply from the boy that he is nearly new, not old at all.
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Freddie
The Joke on Sam Collyer at Unity Church
The tale recalls Sam Collyer, son of Rev. Robert Collyer, attending Unity church with a girl and a nickel in hand. N G Withrow, son of lawyer Thomas F. Withrow, jokes by using the collection plate to tease Sam about making change before church.
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Robert Collyer
Unity Church
Sam
N. G. Withrow
Thomas F. Withrow
Hal
Chicago Mail
Homely baby photo stirs a memory about looks
A dialogue on a two year old likeness reveals contrasts between the subject and childhood beauty. Miss Dashaway notes the photo is of her as a toddler and reflects on how appearances change with life and time.
Red Clover Tonic and Abstracts of Title Offered
Credit is due German women and physicians for using Red Clover blossoms. Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic touted for blood, stomach, liver diseases, pimples, indigestion, malaria, and more priced at 50 cents. Abstracts of title offered at 25 cents per page, transfers half price. Barrett & Barrett announce abstracts. Rev Geo H Thayer of Bourbon Indiana credits Shiloh’s consumption cure. sold by J W Hughes Sullivan and T S Bedwell Dugger.
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Shiloh
Bedwell
Dugger
Barrett & Barrett
Geo. H. Thayer
Bourbon
Ind
J. W. Hughes
Sullivan
Hackmetack
T. S. Bedwell
Burdette and the Boy War in a Boarding House Tale
A Brooklyn Eagle reprint narrates a quarrel between a boy with long hair and a resident, ending in a dramatic hair snatch and mistaken danger. The tale blends a comic street brawl with a porkpie echo of wartime bravado and a sister in peril.
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Tam
Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Inquest Costs Follow Mummy Across Towns
A humorous exchange notes the burden of repeated inquests when a mummy is in a traveling collection. Simpson returns, claiming initial profits faded by $30 coroner fees each stop, highlighting comic misfortune from the traveling exhibit.
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Simpson
Texas
Harper’s Bazar
Dr. J. H. McLean's Little Liver and Kidney Pills
Sickness headaches blamed on biliousness may be cured and prevented by the Little Liver and Kidney Pills. Small and pleasant to take they are advertised for biliousness bad taste in the mouth jaundice leucorrhea and painful menstruation. 25 cents at S. A. White city drug store.
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J. H. McLean
S. A. White
City Drug Store
J.H. McLean
8. A. White
A Clergyman Praises White Wine of Tar Syrup
Reverend R Priest testifies that Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup relieves hoarseness and throat and lung irritation after fifteen years of effort. Sold by Crowder & Reed.
Shilohs Cure Promoted By Local Sellers
Local advertise claim states Shilohs Cure will immediately relieve croup whooping cough and bronchitis. For sale by J W Hughes Sullivan and T B Bedwell Dugger.
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Shiloh
J. W. Hughes
Sullivan
Bedwell
Dugger
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L.stewart's Sons’ Insurance Agency
Rh. V. Railsback
Maple & Railsback, Attorneys-At-Law
Crowder
Northside
T. Beasley
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H. Kalley
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W.shelton
Shelton & Bays, Lawyers
Baye
Sullivan County Bank
Geo. W. Buff
11Th Judicial Circuit
Jas. L. Berry
Young
Coulson
T. K. Sherman & Son
Cha Riggs
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Riggs & Berry
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Commercial Row
Stewart's Sons
Sol Goodman
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A. B. Alle
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Southside
Sullivan, Ind
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Burton Bros
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Wheeler
Fort List
Newton
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Palestine
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GOL
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Wo Fff
Riverdale
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Hjaneth
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Linton
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Jos. Euert
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Cincinnati
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Charles A. Vogeler
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Dugge
Donlson
Worcester
Worcester’s Dictionary
A. B. Lippincott Company
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Market Street
Philadelphia
Chicago Daily News
West
Associated Press
Victor I. Lawson
The
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Fifth Ave
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Chicago Weekly
America
U.S. Government
Rand
Little Rock
Thomas M.gibson
Arkansas
Nye
Caliea
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Susan
Bob
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Kittie
Arlo Bates
Harper’s Monthly
the Times
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Sam Collyer
Smallweed
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Richmond
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John
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Edmond Legendre
Sutterstreet
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Cal
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Dr. Bigelow
A. White
Facetia
Tack
Samuel
London
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Adam
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Strand
W. D. Scott-Moncrieff
Harper's Magazine
Wiggins
Spriggins
Milesian Higgins
Fry
Sir Humphrey Davy
Guy Lussac
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