Quips and Miscellany From a Louisiana Paper
A column features social jests and brief notices ranging from political barbs to personal misadventure. Items include Miss Eva White's breach of promise suit, Mrs. Annie Grossner's jail for posing as a rich widow, and a Michigan man swindled by a Chicago-bound bride. Also notes on a London critic, a colonnade of quips, and a lament on congressmen' antics.
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Eva White
Watertown
N. Y
Robert Begg
Eva
Robert
Spicer
Miss White
Annie Grossner
Newburg
William A. Silcott
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Democrats Declare Free Silver Platform For National Convention
The national Democratic convention adopts a platform favoring free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 with full legal tender status. It attacks gold monometallism, calls for treasury issued paper money, tariff reform, expanded interstate commerce powers, and opposition to centralized banking while urging currency reform and territorial expansion measures.
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National Democratic Convention
Democrats
United States
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Republic
Republics
London
Feeral
Congress
Jackson
Treasury Department
Supreme Court
Waifs and Strays from a Curio Cabinet of 19th Century News
A Florida paper notes a skunk that bit a sleeping cowboy's nose and died of delirium tremens, though the tale lacks authentication. A Boothbay Harbor boy nicknames his kittens Mumps and Measles after recovering from a double affliction. The Boston Traveller maps gambling dens for policemen, including four near the police HQ. Census bulletins count 47 Chinese temples in the U S valued at $62,030 with about 10,000 worshipers. Most are in California, with a few in New York Idaho and Maine.
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America
Florida
Boothbay
Ftarbor
Boston
Boston Traveller
Census Bureau
United States
California
New York
Idaho
Meacon
Scented lingerie and elaborate 19th century gowns described
A Philadelphia Times piece details scented lingerie with toilet water and luxurious gowns. It describes circular lilac and white silk skirts, lace trims, and elaborate garters with cameo ribbons. Night robes for day wear are highlighted, including white morning gowns and negligees seen in private parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Seashore furniture care with kerosene wax finish tips
The article extols using kerosene to clean and disinfect wooden furniture and floors at the seashore. It explains cleaning stains with kerosene, applying hard oil finish, wax, and polishing with cloths. It also describes floor varnishing by a careful chair method and a French shuffle technique, noting humorous European scenes of wax-floor work.
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Europe
Powder box on chatelaine doubles as perfume case
A miniature silver walnut shaped unit combines a powder puff, smelling salts bottle with pin holders, and a tiny mirror. This multi tool on a chatelaine replaces separate scent bottle and mirror and frees space for a stylish young woman.
The Four Leaf Clover Folklore Rhyme
An Irish maiden gathers shamrock and places it in her shoe hoping the first man she meets of her class will be her husband. An American girl finds a four leaf clover and says it grants fame wealth a faithful lover and glowing health.
Brain of an Ant Says Work Is Its Only Reward
The brain of an ant, larger relative to its size than any known creature, asserts that it cannot expect anything in this world without hard work. This unfairly elevates the insect as a parable for relentless labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Atkins
Col. Pattie Watkins
Catarca
Hall
Tall
F. J. Cheney & UO
Free Medical Books Offer From Peruna Company
The Peruna Medicine Manufacturing Company of Columbus offers two free medical books for a short time. The Is of Life covers family medicine and diseases, while Handbook of Female Diseases focuses on ailments specific to women. A third book on Catarrh and Catarrhal Diseases, richly illustrated, completes the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna Ding Manufacturing Company
Columbus
No-To-Bac Cure Promises Quick Smoke Cessation
A vintage advertisement touts No-To-Bac as a miracle cure to quit tobacco quickly claiming over 400000 cures. It urges readers to mail for a free booklet and sample from Remedy Co. in Chicago New York, asserting life and vigor recovery with a week of use.
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Miany Ymin
Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Fiamec
Murray & CO
Hisito
Chicago Board of Trade
AM. National Bank
Cataract Cure Claim and Orthographic Oddities
A reader notice summarizes various items including a claim for Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cure proof, an ad for Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a note about an ostrich stepping speeds. It blends testimonial language with marketing and a curious factual aside about bird locomotion.
A smart Lawyer and a Case of $150
A witty exchange shows a man paying $1,500 for a legal win but being charged $1,350 to settle the bill by a lawyer, illustrating a sharp edge in legal fees. The ad then promotes Casearets Candy Cathartic as a miracle medicine for kidneys liver and bowels, claiming wide health benefits and urging purchases.
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Smith Ins
Stooktyn
Casearets
C.c. C
Indignant Burglar Learns a Lesson in Dipht heria Night
A tale from the New York Sun recounts a burglar entering a house at night in Storkville Centre, Vy with two sick children of Mr Froguip. The thief, confronted by the owner in slippers, complains about alarm bells while the father jokes he could have spread diphtheria. The burglar leaves in indignation at the thought.
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Ata
Vol. Calliper
F Vroguip
Ming
Storkville Centre
Feogaip
Peopie
Mr. Frognip
Diptheria
New York
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Fifty-third Congress
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Bright
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FBI
Stemnga Remedy Company
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