How Pickwick Sold and Put Dickens in Fame
A London Spectator note traces Pickwick’s long afterlife from its 1836 bow to today. It cites Chapman and Forster on original payment and current editions, then records 1886 sales highs and penny editions, noting Pickwick remains Dickens’s most beloved work with enduring collector appeal.
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Pickwick
Chapman
Dickens
Forster
Dickeris the Younger
Messrsheby’s
Frederick Burgens
London
London Spectator
Tramp Seeks Loan Then Vanishes After Window Reveal
A Detroit Free Press note recounts a tramp asking a desk clerk for a loan and being refused. The man’s inquired superstition fades when the window’s gilt inscription reveals no credit negotiations. The scene ends with the gentleman vanishing into the street crowd.
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Detroit Free Press
A Disgusted Dreamer in a Bangor Cash Heist
A city policy player, known for late night mince pie and Welsh rarebit dreams, used a dreambook to convert dream objects into numbers and bet large sums. He stole 31,700 dollars by falsifying books, enriching fellow policemen and draining his employer’s treasury. Now jailed, he endures a disgusted, hopeless prison life.
Wonderful Insect Vitality
Entomologists marvel at insect resilience in Arctic cold. Milkweed butterfly larvae endure artificial blizzard chilling to 68 below zero then thaw and move within minutes. Butterflies observed at extreme latitudes, mosquitoes in Alaska and Greenland noted as exceptionally healthy.
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Alaska
Greenland
St. Louis Republic
Novel Steam Jet Ventilates Pennsylvania Mine Shaft
A new device uses a small steam pipe at shaft top to create an air current, negating the need for a fan. The steam jet reportedly displaces 6,604 feet of cubic air per minute at the shaft outlet, according to a New York Telegram travel note.
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Pennsylvania
New York Telegram
Facts and Follies From a Bygone Era Bright with Details
A fragmentary collection covers milk quality tests, early women’s colleges, mendable granite ware, a New York woman’s odd fondness for murderers, women physicians’ hospitals, home remedies for burns, etiquette about seating, Edison’s female staff, the Empress of Germany as a violinist, and a Chinese term for bound feet.
For Sale Buckeye Binder Good at McNutt Co Williamsport
For sale Buckeye binder good condition advertised by G A McNutt & Co Williams burg Ohio. Regular advertisers and subscribers note five cent per line rate. If first attempt fails, try again.
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Buckeye
G. A McNutt & CO
Williamsburg
Henry Ballizer
Stonelick
O. Jn
Amelia
J. R. Hicks
Milford
Ohio
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Earth
Elissa M. Moore
Kate Field
Washington
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New York Times
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Pranche
Washington Star
America
Durin
Ladies’ Home Journal
George R. B. Hayes
Pratt
Hayes
San Francisco Examiner
India
Europe
Russia
Norway
England
Philadelphia Press
Dante
Jinks
New York Weekly
Bertha
Mr. Scribbler
Mr. B Scribbler
Queen Victoria
Peru
Montana
Amazon
West Coast
Globe
Courtenay de Kalb
Harper’s
Sansom Street
Jim
Jake
Twelfth Street
Philadelphia Record
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Hood
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Edison
Empress of
Germany
Castoria
Eaceee
Ambrotype
Suerte
Eclipse
East Randolph St
Chicaco
Ile P.S
Reninus
Ancinnati
Dayton
Louisalamanca
Ft. Wayne
Indianapolis
An Arbor
Toledo
Buffalo
Peoria
Cleveland
Ara Fala
Pola
Cincinnati
Bamilton
Uae
Ohio Steam Dental CO
W. 1Th &T
M.C.A
Cincinnat
Weers LE Smith & CO
Gue & Price, Kruse & CO
Mala St
Enxcells
G. A. Frazier
Wm. C. Warden
G. M. Rust
Owensville
Jewell
William R. Walker
Batavia
Hulick
Tabasco
G.ard
George F
SWAIN
James G. Cooper & CO
West Third Street
Central Correspondence Bureau
Pittsburg
Clermont County
Eureka Business Exchange
West Fourth Street
HN Nichols
Corner Fifth and
Walnut
Mortgree Security
A. J. McNair
Law
Notary Public
Siacye
Sur Reyes
Callono
Griff Is
Tavia
W. W. Prather
Nichols & Nich
Steward Chemical CO
Batavia Eer & Loan Company
Gent's
Temple Bar
Court House
Carden
Barden
J. Chas. McCullough
Ud. Winthrop
Hheemeet
New York City
Tes Cewrave Company
Munnar Stexsr
New Yore
Twoboys&cirls
United States
Wu Plant Co
Ill
Guwrieman
Ewin Dannman
BIY Western Pearl CO
Bighton
Weermax Print Co
Til
Bey
H. A. Day
Leo Day
Wraith
Dearborn Street
Multner’s Exchange
Southwest
Ninth and
Walnut Sts
California
Tokay Wine
Klein’s
California Wine House
W. Court St
Bet
Market House
West Court Street
Dishing & Moore
Batavia, O
Deering
Malta
IWE
Stirling & Moore's
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