Gotham Girls and the high cost of courtship in New York
A lively Gotham vignette in a special New York letter tracks love and money. bachelors rail at marriage costs under $2500 a year while elites flaunt wealth at Broadway salons. a wandering advisor sketches social rules as couples navigate engagement and status in late summer city life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vand
Ng Long
Carrie R
Gothan
Broadway
Carrie
Misa Carrier
Ias
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Marcy
Union League
Sam
Lotus Club
Grey
English New Year Superstitions in Country Traditions
Notes and Queries recount rural customs for New Year Eve and Day. Pairings involve kissing at parties, door rituals with bundles of money bread wood salt, open doors at midnight to let good spirits in, and rules about first visitors and entering the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Devoverly
John Smith
Edward Thompson
Holderness
Love and Gravitation Dispatch
A fragmented verse reflects on love and gravity as the driving forces of the world. The text toys with the idea that affection and physical attraction are linked, echoing a whimsical urban newspaper mood.
Political life wears heavy on health and wit
A New York scene shows a doctor noting a public figure near deafness yet witty about politics. The tale mentions Senator B. K. Bruce praising a wonder drug Warner’s Safe Cure, while colleagues marvel at his recovery. The piece ends noting the Globe’s claim of an overwhelming defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fim
Fifth Avenue
New York
James McCauay
U.S
B. K. Bruce
Dr. Within
Warner
Bruce
Globe
Draining Ponds for Carp in Central France
The high plateau ponds or etangs stock carp in autumn. Workers open sluices to drain mud beds, catching fish by gills, weighing them for sale to nearby towns, then boxing and transporting them to tanks for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Law and Wife's Age Standoff At Bliffstick's Census
A municipal census taker questions Bliffstick about his wife’s age. The exchange leads to jail for contempt, but he reveals he once told his wife’s age. A separate note describes a rocky coastal feature, Bierrag, with cliffs and a broad flat near an extinct volcano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaxman
Indy
Gotham
Adirondacks
Havn
Bliffstick
Bliff
Interesting Interview on Muscle Training and Hoptonic
The article profiles George Livancha known as the Marine and trainer Patsy Sheppard. It describes intense workouts and diet, noting uses of Hoptonic as a nutrient stimulant to build strength and improve sleep and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fior
George Livlanche
Pete McCoy
Jack Dempsey
Dominick McCaffrey
Byss
Patsy Sheppard
Livan
Sheppard
Rass
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Offers Vitality Boost
Feeble frames and nervous and stomach woes arise from poor habits and diet. Regular use of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is recommended to correct stomach acidity, regulate digestion, and lubricate the digestive process, leading to improved vigor, appetite, sleep, and overall health. Constipation fever rheumatism and kidney ailments are said to yield to the bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graely
Hostetter
Oardanner Hook
Hunt
Hospitality in a Kentucky Ohio encounter
A tramp in discussion with a Walnut Hills cook recounts Kentuckians as very hospitable, noting they treated him with kindness and even offered pie. The tale ends when the tramp exits as the cook shatters a pitcher in a fit of anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowington
Walnut Hills
Kentucky
Ohio
A Noted Ladies Seminary at Notre Dame
A Notre Dame near Baltimore Maryland claims its Sisters say Red Star Cough Care cures colds and throat troubles in pupils. The medicine is free of poison and costs twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Baltimore
Maryland
Red Star
Fly's Cream Balm
Ely Bros
Owego
Ngae L
Bain
Emanuel Meyers
Winfield
S. J
Ely
Clarence L. Huff
Biddeford
Radway
Married Life and the Burdens of a Large Family
A humorous exchange contrasts a bachelor and a married man with six children. The bachelor asks if kids keep him awake, the married man explains the endless cycle of rent and bills. The dialogue highlights the financial pressures behind a crowded household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M
Tom
Sam
Bachelor
Boston
Fragmented Prose and Advertisements from a Historic Page
A collection of short excerpts from a 19th century page includes a domestic scene about a working man and his wife, cautionary sayings on habits, notes on disease and blood purification with Dr. Pierce’s products, and advertisements for Cod Liver Oil, Juniper Soap, and Frazer Axle Grease. The tone mixes moral reflections with commercial pitches.
Patent remedies and goods advertise across old notices
The fragment promotes Dr Pierce Pleasant Purgative Pellets for liver and stomach issues and mentions attractive sales at Keeler Co. in Boston. It also touts Top Plaster for pain, fresh hops and balsams, Lyon's Heel Stiffeners, and Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water, noting druggists sell them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon
Isaac Or. Thompson
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Gotham Girls
Cholly
Twenty-third Street
Lucifer
Madam Juvee
Meestair Thaxman
Miss . Linton
Asto
Saratoga
Newport
Capeay
Miss Linton
Miss Linton, Or Mrs. “Yes Mr. Thaxman
Mrs. Devlin
George Devlin
Kitty Wayland
Witty
Kitty
Jim
Mr.Thaxman
Ashbury Ark
Mme
Jersey City
Spinto Gentil
Kitiy Wayland
Tean Fa
Vaitisburg Dispatch
Bierrag
Americas
Ladies’ Seminary
Boston Courier
Pierce
Kossuth Stil
United States
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Mae
Caswell, Hazard
Wilf
Norway
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union Hotel
Scovill
Jericho
Cilley
New England
Hood
CiLiEy
C. L Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Maen
Batiala
Bernstadt
New York State
Keeler & Co
Washington St
Cor
Elm
Daveewrs Axp
Charlf
Eaee
CT Jacobs
ERMAN
Dragoists
Charles A. Wodeler CO
Swift
Johng A. McDonald
Atlanta, Ga
Rapway
S. Y'S
Gorris
Slocum
Zine Mutual
W. A. van Raanen
Hunt's Remedy Co
Providence, R
M. Ber
Tee
Awson
Mass
Taft
Drugg’sts
H. G. Root
Pearlst, New York
the Chemical Co
Cincinnati, Ohio
Murphy Bros
Paris
Tex
A. L. Smith
Bradford
Trice
Wilson
Powle
Wilson Bros
Euston
J. C. Hoffman
Jefferson
Wisconsin
Byland
Our
Test
Une
Atjowe
Descrip
Abel Wyetel
Ellaworth & Yantias
Pit Nt
Washington, DC
Lambert Ay Wu
Bu Ton
New Brighton
Staten Istarst
N.Y
Express
Mers
Ik Free
Marth
Quincy
Mich
Shing
P. G
Cians Ahorstons
Lees
Conmaenies
Vrke Particulara
Wtasherd
Silverware Co
PTT
R. U
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