The Matchmakers Plot for Kittie and Peter
Clem and Tom devise a plan to pair Kittie King with Peter Layton to salvage their reputations after gaffes with their sisters. They manipulate flirtations and invitations, orchestrating a sequence of visits and letters that culminate in Peter falling in love and agreeing to marry Kittie at the county fair. The two conspirators later pledge support and attend the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Clem
Tom
Lottie
Mary
Kittie
Mame
Pete
Norton’s
Pete Layton
Miss King’s
Miss King
Scott
Tem
Whisky and Coffins and the Buenos Aires Vendor
The excerpt recalls Captain Slocum and his voyage around the world in the Spray. In Buenos Aires, memory lingers on a unique whisky and coffins shop, where barrels stood beside coffins in neat rows and the proprietor sold cider from damaged Malaga raisins and mineral waters with questionable purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slocum
Buenos Aires
Malaga
Pusher and Usher Exchange Brief Slipper Compliment
In Stray Stories Pusher-Gusher calls Miss Gumms slippers immense. Usher asks for reaction and receives the remark that the slippers are immense, prompting a puzzled response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusher
Gusher
Usher
Miss Gumms
Muscles Of The Human Body Declining Through Disuse
An article notes that the human body contains many muscles and that control has diminished over ages of neglect and disuse, reflecting on physical decline and atrophy.
Cascarets Health C with a Tail Ad Sparks Curiosity
A old time ad describes Cascarets Candy Cathartic with a C tail as a health logo that brings laughter and vitality. It markets laxative benefits and liver, bowels, blood, and brain benefits with 10c to 50c prices and mail order offers. It warns against imitations and lists patent sale contacts and distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Papua
Sterling Removat
Chicago
Montreal
Can
Newark
Orwig's Weekly Patent Office Report
Patent No 114672 issued May 9 1871 for a thread based envelope opener. Leckhand Adair Indiana gains for an acetylene gas generator. Retort water tank linkage allows water flow stop while cleaning carbide pans. gas keeps burning. Des Moines Oct 7 1899.
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Orwig
Patent Office
T. H. J. Leckhand
Adair
Thomas G. Orwig & Co
Des Moines
Iowa
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CCC
Vive Camera Company
Eastern Paper Bag Company
Hartford, Conn
Western Union Telegraph Co
New York
American Pulley Co
Pennsylvania
Eagle Pencil Co
Singer Manufacturing Co
New Jersey
Asphalt Paper Pipe Co
Los Angeles
Cal
Sanitas Nut Food Co., Limited
Battle, Creek
Mich
Carnegie Steel Co., Limited
Pittsburg
Waitehead-Hoag Co
Stover Manufacturing Co
Freeport
Bridgeport Brass Co
Bridgeport
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