An Irish Wake and its Notes of Irish Mirth and Music
The piece describes Irish wake customs with neighbors staying overnight by the corpse, pipe smoking, and storytelling. It highlights a nurse’s discursive reminiscences, a hearse driver’s reflections on money and status, snuff etiquette, and the social pressures of sustaining wakes despite clergy opposition. It also includes a Milwaukee anecdote about a dice game and a lost roll of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
London Spectator
Wisha
Thade Regan
Edward
Tim Hoolahan
Tim
Thade
Red Bog
Judy Moran
Judy
Nicholas
Right of Courtship Vindicated by Jersey Judge
The Newark NJ ruling in Morgan vs Wilson dismisses a landlady's $4 claim for wear and tear on household effects caused by courting. It holds the trunk seizure illegal since the right to be courted was included with board, and damages beyond ordinary wear were not proven. The opinion treats courtship as a protected, noble act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Philadelphia Record
Morgan Vs. Wilson
Newark
N. J
Miss Morgan
Beating the Bunco Men in New York City
Hartford financier James G. Batterson recalls a bunco scam in Manhattan where two young men posed as a New Haven “Thompson” and a Connecticut governor’s son seeking a loan to pay duties. Batterson’s wry humor follows the encounter amid a broader Utah clock mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Batterson
Hartford
Travelers’ Insurance Company
New York Herald
Batterson
Madison Square
Mr. Batterson
Mr. Thompson
New Haven
Thompson
Governor English
Connecticut
Europe
Fulton’s unique style ends in cider swindle
A Northwestern Railroader correspondent recalls Johnny Fulton from Petrolia, a quick liar who conned a farmer out of a barrel of cider by staging a party to lure onlookers and drink the stock. The crowd drained the barrel and Fulton vanished, leaving the farmer with an empty cask and bemused taunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrolia
Johnny Fulton
New York World
Kittanning
Fulton
Mr. Jones
Farmer Wayback
Mr. Smith
Tom
Harry
Wayback
Butler County
The coming American Girl prediction
A prediction foresees the American girl of the future as brown haired with dark eyes, smaller in type yet plumper and less angular due to cosmopolitan mixing of races in the United States. The idea frames a changing standard of female beauty and national identity.
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Advertised for Home Use
A Toronto firm promotes a home remedy claiming to cure Catarrh Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness in one to three applications every two weeks. The method is said to be non irritant and not a snuff or ointment. Pamphlet offered for three cents in stamps via A H Dixon & Son at the corner of John and King Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B
A. H. Dixon & Son, Cor
John and King Street
Toronto
Canada
Christian Advocate
Bage
Dr. Sage
R.G. Root
M.C
Pearl Street
New York
Turtle eggs hatched by a caring Meiggs County woman
In Meiggs County a woman hatched turtle eggs placed under her care and treats the young creatures with the gentleness she uses for chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahen
Meiggs County
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad as a Model Trunk Line
Travel critics and competitors alike hail the New York Central as a representative trunk line from the Atlantic seaboard. The Central boasts natural advantages, progressive policy, and a commitment to top service with superb roadway, train service, and equipment. The Terre Haute Express cites its true American appeal and reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Atlantic Seaboard
the Central
New York Central
United States
Medical cures and cures for consumption from old ads
A collage of promotional notices extolling Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Sage's Catarrh Remedy, claims of consumption cures, free bottle offers, and various health advertisements. Includes unrelated quips and product pitches from early 1900s periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Brown’s Bronchatal Troones Relieve Hoarseness and Sore Throat
An 19th century advertisement praises Brown’s Broncal Troones as excellent for relief of hoarseness and sore throat. The note cites the Christian World in London and alludes to the idea that excess talking leads to overconsumption of words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian World
London
Eng
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Sold At Drug Store
The ad proclaims Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a universal blood purifier and liver invigorator. It promises cure or refund for indigestion skin diseases gout and low mood from liver inactivity. The World’s Dispensary Morphan Association of Buffalo publishes the guarantee and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Orld’s Dispensary Morphan Association
Main Street
Buffalo
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Broadway
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Daniel
Jersey
New York City
Springville
U. T
Martha Stevenson
Provo
Charles
Arizona
Northwestern
Catarrke
Rochester
Wuite
Terre Haute Express
Hutchinson
Kan
Tae Epiron
T. A. Suodt
M. C
Oregon
Regon Immigration Board
Portland
Boston Herald
Carter
Hotel Gazette
Baldy
Geppert Medicinum
Tansill
Cincinnatt
Tan
State
Western
Wisconsin
Baltimore
Louisvill
Hood
C.L. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Bryant & Stratton Chi- Business College
Shorthand Institute
English Training School
H. B. Bryant & Sox
Washington St
Chicago
Ulnois
N. O. Picayune
Hale
Pike
St. Jacobs Oil
Sandyville
Ohio
Geo. L. Nixon
THE
Charles A. Vogeler CO
PCL
Gorge Ejemo
Er Natlan
Orney Wye
Ats Ee
Rovingy
Ely's
ELY Bros
Warren
N.Y
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
North Catuoniana
Idaho
Washington
Chas
Lamborn
Gorintiesionen
ST. Paul
Minn
Cranle & CO
Wasilington
Stanley
Will Mayen
Pen, Co
Louis
Stanley’s
Emin
Ali
Hoch
St. Louis
Epps
B. Fy Soinson & CO
Richmond
TILIS
Wau-Ke-Maugihi
Wacke-Maugh Ndian Medicine CO
Paek
Paagerald
Washington, D. & OS
Holly
Dre. Gratigny & Bush
Elm Street
Cincinnati
Buyavt's College
An.k.—E
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