From Edinburgh to Anne and a Park theater comedy
A sentimental fragment recalls a voyage to Edinburgh and a lost love Anne with memories of the old Scotch city. The piece shifts to a theater anecdote in Philadelphia about two railroad telegraph operators in the balcony and a witty exchange. the Florin coins history is traced from Florence to Austria and Holland and its adoption as a monetary unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Park Theater
Philadelphia Record
Florence
Onita
Austria
Holland
Europe
Italy
Chicago Tribune
How Savages Came to Use Knives
A compact compilation of antiquarian anecdotes and cheeky quips on knives, dining mishaps, ancient ships, and curios from period journals. It blends essays on tool history with light humor about society and household scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
A Few Health Remarks From Tom Hall In Life
A humorous health column offers light admonitions on staying well. It jokes about hiding health, avoiding colds, eating wisely, and wearing warm clothes. It quips on breathing less, sleeping eight hours, and drinking to support government revenue, ending with a witty note about changing addresses.
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Tom Hall
Hood's Sarsaparilla Saves a Life in Cortland
A Cortland woman recounts severe illness with bloating and weakness healing after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla for six months. She regains appetite and strength, resumes daily activities, and remains well for four years, praising the remedy as life saving. Savory testimonial from druggists Messrs Sawyer & Jennings supporting her statement.
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Mise Lettie Huntley
W. S. Huntley
Cortland
N. Y
Hood
C. S. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Huntley
Death and Dying in Russian and Folklore Epics
A mosaic of brief items recalls Tolstoy’s stark view of peasant death as serene release, a lawyerly quip about de jure and de facto, druggist ads for Dr Miles remedies, curious cases of hand malformations, and a legend of Saint George slaying a dragon. The fragmentary text blends obituary tone, medical ads, and folklore with regional outlets.
Much Married Woman Mrs Fowler Says Sulphur Bitters Saved Husband
Mrs Fowler of this city has wed six times, with five late husbands dying exactly two years after marriage. Her current spouse, ill with chronic jaundice, revived after Sulphur Bitters, and he jokes that a seventh bride may wait.
A Colored Love Letter From Matilda Snowball
A humorous vignette from Texas Siftings where Matilda Snowball asks her employer to write a letter to Sam Johnsing. The note states she was at the corner at the appointed hour and he did not come, and adds a consoling line about illness keeping him away and professing her true love.
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Matilda Snowball
Sam Johnsing
Texas Siftings
Not Easy Going in a Suggestion Style Exchange
The scene features Snimpkins asking if he is truly lazy at 11 30 p m Clarissa replies he is not easy going but not hurried either The Elmira Gazette fragment hints at a humorous exchange from a piece titled A Suggestion The New York Sun quote shows a rug sale and a playful nursery plan with an ironic age claim.
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Young Snimpkins
Clarissa
Elmira Gazette
New York Sun
Incinnati
Portsmouth
Virginia
A.M
AIT. A.M
Cincinnati
Idlewild
Elsmere
Mornington
Red Bank
Batavia Junction
Newtown
Batavia
Cinccinnati
E. F. Gray
Samuel Hunt
J. C. Gleason
Incinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth Railroad
Wades
States
Land Bank
California
Lick Run
Mt.Washgun
Brachmann’s
Cedar Point
Fruit Hill
Forestville
Cherr Grove
Mt Summit
Clough Pike
Tobasco Jet
Mt. Carmetl
Summerside
Glen Este
Willowville
Olive Branch
Brazier
Judd
Amelia
Hamlet
Wiltse
Fair Oak
Halington F
Bantam
Swing
Bethel
Jerusalem
Yankeetown
Hamersville
Feesburg
White Oak
Gilletts
Tracey’s
Georgetown
Lve
Pennsylvania Lines
Columbus Be
Cavnanes
West Jefferson
London
Beso
Chaleston
Ache Selina Oaene
Cogarville
Milberforce
Ase
Kent & Far
Valley i
Lgg
Morrow
Eng
Lebanon
Loveland
Milford
Milford Ry Loveland
South Lebano
Fort Ancient
Waynesville
Lee O Roxanna
Pring Valley
Wilberforce Heros
Cedarville
Selma
Charleston
London West Jefferson
Alton
Columbus
Springfield
Xenia
Dayton
the Westwas
Richmond
Pullman
Pittsborough
Pittsboro
Union
Baltimore
Logansport
Joseph
FORD
Sornavace, Ramen
Pennsylvania
Igen
Hooke, Agt
Not for Office Either In Father’s Shadow
A brief Washington Star quotation shows a daughter advising George to avoid standing with his father. She suggests he should run rather than align with the father figure. The exchange hints at family tension and potential political implications without detailing the broader context.
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Silence
England
Jeptha
George
Cappadocia
Washington Star
Brown's Iron Bitters Promoted for Women and Children
An old Chicago Tribune clipping touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic for ladies and children, claiming it cures malaria indigestion biliousness liver complaints and neuralgia. It also recounts a conversation about Shillaber praising a man deemed a scoundrel and how perception differs.
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Edinburgh
Bonny Anne
Anne
Longimne
Gentleman’s Magazine
Chambers’ Journal
Little Dick
New York Weekly
Rocky Mountains
Missouri River
Etruria
British Museum
Cassell
New York Journal
Leo Tolstoi
Octave Houdaille
Jasnaj- Pojana
Detroit Free Press
John Bunn
Miles
Mr. Casar
Herefordshire
Berlin Academy of Sciences
Paramaribo
Globe
St. Louis Republic
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, Ga
Shillaber
W. B. Cord
Walter A. Woods
Ave A
H. A. Ancusa
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Suion
Dantos Manryn
D. D
New York City
Bloomingdale Reformed Church
Enwin F. Parvaz, M. D
the Winthrop
125Th Street
7Th Ave
Tos Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York
Transportation
Transpuration and Daving Company
E. Lounseer
H. B. Olmstead
Franklin Bank
Wade Cushing
West Fourth Street
Chicago
West Fourth St
Hanauer
Walnut St
E. C
Merchant Tailue
Drahman & Ennering
TAORS
Pearl and Sycamore
Parisian Dyeing and Scouring Company
Xaiwn
Sorth & Bennett
inGinnatiys
St.louis MD
Assurity Nursery CO
Geneva
N. A
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