Allerton Praises Hot Springs Health Waters
Chicago capitalist Samuel W. Allerton praises Hot Springs South Dakota waters as superior for rheumatic and skin ailments after visiting with Star reporter. He recounts his wife’s relief, lauds climate and scenery, and predicts Hot Springs will become a premier health resort with increased visits.
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G. D
Samuel W. Allerton
Chicago
Star
United States
Spencer
Here
Mia Allerton
Ben
Hot Springs
Arkansas
An Obliging Stranger And The High Wheel Incident
A young man in an adjoining county learned to ride a high wheel bicycle with help from a stranger who offered instruction after a brief chat. The stranger mounted and dismounted several times, praised the bike, then rode off into the distance never to be seen again, leaving the youth puzzled and amused.
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Utica
Traveling tip on syrup of figs for health
On travel use syrup of figs to aid kidneys liver and bowels guarding against fevers and headaches. Sold in 500 ml and 1 dollar bottles by leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Noting the proverb he avoids many inconveniences by not noticing them.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Beneca
Regis Leblanc
Notre Dame de Stanbridge
Quebec
Baschee
Boschee
R. R. R.adway
Radway
Humorous Selections From Various Comic Exchanges
A collage of witty one liners and jokes from preachers lawyers doctors editors and others. It teases digestion with after meal reading and parodies social scenes from dinners whist games and hotel life, featuring exchanges about actors heavies and a World’s Fair trip.
Silly exchanges and quips from the fairground displays
The clipping compiles jokes and captions from vaudeville style exchanges in Machinery Hall and a roadside carnival mood. It mocks overheard chatter about parrot talk, editors, romances, detectives, and a police inquest with wry humor.
Congressman-Halfcent coin bill pledges reelection
Congressman I plans to introduce a half cent coin bill. He says passage would secure his reelection. A friend asks how, and he cites church voters in his district as the key support.
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Puck
Quips and Quarrels Sketched in Newspaper Snippets
A collection of brief, witty exchanges from various papers shows moralizing, stock speculation, cross words with judges, and humorous misunderstandings. Dialogues touch on work, crime, improvement, and social quick takes, reflecting period wit and everyday press chatter.
Oldest Inhabitant Frog Found in Wyoming Coal Mine
A miner in Simpson and Watkins Mount Lookout Colliery near Wilkes-Barre found a large frog hidden in a coal chamber 300 feet underground. Joseph Johns trapped the fossilized specimen in an airtight jar and after hours it revived, showing a nearly black back with two rows of tubercles along its spine, unusually long legs, and delicate feet.
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Simpson & Watkins
Mount Lookout
Wyoming
Wilkesbarre
Joseph Johns
James Ottis
Philadelphia Press
Trials of a Preacher in a Poor Appointment
A Methodist minister recalls his Delaware County assignment with a $100 salary and scant provisions. A wandering elder humorously exposes the single white shirt crisis during a meal when oysters appear in abundance, ending in shared embarrassment and laughter at restraint.
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New York
Methodist, Episcopal Church
Delaware County
Elder
Dominife
Dominic
New York Herald
Fattest Fort Monroe girl causes commotion at scales
In a Washington Star tale, a crowd at Fort Monroe watches the fattest young woman reach 179 pounds, a auburn ringlet girl adds fifty pounds to push the reading to 202, sparking quarrel and parade-era humor as a waiter calls the scales hobby-weight.
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Fort Monroe
Washington Star
Weighing Machine Encourages Hotel Sufferers
In a humorous exchange a hotel guest and a black porter discuss a weighing machine named Day as a superior instrument. The porter explains it is designed to encourage invalids staying at the hotel, noting ten to thirty pounds of encouragement.
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Yaas
Time Lost In Domestic Life By Misplaced Objects
A Bazaar writer notes many hours and temper wasted searching for small household items. Scissors buttons latch-keys and pokers vanish into hidden places only to reappear later. The piece urges bulk purchases of common tools to save time and preserve harmony for larger, more valuable pursuits.
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Diozens
Nervy fare evasion on Main Street trolley ends with exit
A crowded 6 o'clock Main Street trolley nears six cars long when a nervous young man from Tupper Street tries to escape fare by pulling cords and claiming his fare is registered. The conductor confronts him, the man insists his payment is on the dial, then exits as the car slows.
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Chippewa Street
Buffalo Express
Prof
Olmstead
What In the world do you want coal for in church
A Detroit Free Press humorous note recounts a church collection during a cold spell. A sharp parishioner refuses to donate, joking he is “on to” the minister’s ploy to pass the hat. The anecdote ends with the man quipping that the church is heated by steam, not coal, undercutting the need for funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Beecher
Detroit
Dominio
Chinese Neighbors Know Everything in a Vast Relatives Web
Rev A H Smith recalls Chinese life where kin networks extend to hundreds, keeping watch on all affairs. No secrets exist as relatives track land, debts, weddings, dowries, and even private letters, giving China a culture of constant scrutiny and gossip.
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China
A. H. Smith
Arras
Wave Tossed Voyagers Benefit From Stomach Bitters
An advertisement extols Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters for seasickness, malaria, nervous complaints, constipation, and biliousness, claiming it revitalizes appetite and sleep, counters exposure effects, and boosts general health for sea voyagers and rail travelers alike.
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Hoatetter
Atlantic
The Clever Dog and the Cairo Gazette
An English reader recalls a tale from Youth's Companion about a smart Russ Husk dog in Cairo. The dog always paid with a coin for the Gazette arriving from Alexandria, but one day returned with the coin and no paper, having detected that all English copies sold out and refused a French substitute, using its sense of smell to distinguish newspapers.
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Egypt
Pitan Gazette
Cairo
Gazette
Alexandria
Newsdealer's
A Delightful Way to Be Entertained
A list of varied entertainments offers books for twelve cents each by mail and a full set of ten titles prepaid for $1.20. Include requests, payment, and address to Jas G Ponp, Wis Cent Lines Chicago, with envelope marked Advertiain Department. Also notes a hay fever cure via witch hazel and cocaine wash. Headlined items include works by Hawthorne Verne Zola and Bertha M Clay, and a note on Duffin family longevity in Lincolnshire.
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Lne
Wisconsin Central
Mall «Kreb
Miss Mulock
Bulwer Lytton
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tom Brown
Thomas Hughes
Dora Thorne
Bertha M Clay
Hari Cash
Charles Reade
Jules Verna
Emile Zola
Bertha SL Clay
Jas
Ponp
Tkt
Wis Cent. Lines
Chicago
Advertiain
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Lake Maitland
John Weinstrom
Lancaster Hotel
Lexington Avenue
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Ferris Wheel
Armour & Co., Packers
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Berlin
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Lexington
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Mathew Smith
Angelo
Raphaz
T: Reversible Dollar Co
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Hilefeans
VF. Smith & CO
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ELY Bros
Warren St. N
Kowins
Princeton Hotel
Sixty-third Street
Princeton Avenue
Englewood
F. W.jox&s
USA Co
N.Y
SP. Simpson
Washington
Catty
Guida
Eisseries
Jefferson ST
Chicachill
MN. U
Math
Ti. T. Hageltine
Warren, Pa
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