Class A ELYERS Highlight Madison Square Garden Racing Stars
Article reviews top class A riders Arthur Porter of Boston and W A Barbeau of New York City as they push for professional ranks. Porter sets world road and indoor class A records in Waltham and Boston meets while Barbeau posts multiple indoor marks at Madison Square Garden and Philadelphia. Riverside Wheel men and manufacturers discuss cost of Class B. Porter may stay in Class A or move to semi pro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Porter
Boston
Porter
Massachusetts
Irvington-Milburn
Waltham
France
Riverside
W. A. Barbeau
New York City
Riversides
Barbeau
Madison Square Garden
Philadelphia
Camel labor spans Australia and early American rail history
The text notes at least 10000 camels used in Australia and mentions the first railroad west of the Alleghenies running from Lexington to Frankfort Kentucky in 1831.
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Australia
The
Alleghenies
Lexington
Frankfort
A Disappointed Mother and Jeannette in the Conservatory
A mother questions her daughter Jeannette about a supposed kiss in the conservatory. Jeannette deflects, saying the sound came from the dining room as the door stood open. The scene showcases anxious, judgmental social tension amid church remarks and a wry quote on appearances and charity.
Vocation and civic wit from Texas humor pages
A college graduate debates a business path and a barber career. A police judge quips a prisoner about a failed election and a rough night, while a Sunday school boy jokes that wicked people end up in law and then the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Siftings
Austin
Texas
Christian Intelligencer
After Dinner Speaker Lamp Delights with Bright Illumination
A witty exchange shows a dealer presenting the banquet lamp named After Dinner Speaker Lamp. The lamp is praised for brilliance when its reservoir is full, prompting curiosity from a lady about the odd name.
The Absurdities of English and Small Town Court Tales
A collection of brief clippings features a foreigner lamenting English quirks such as fast meanings, a Clark son youth seeking marriage despite freckles, and a humor trope about a meat of a deceased town planning a mausoleum with an architect offering plans.
Valuable Books and Other Historic News Notes
A Chicago dealer weighs the value of an allegedly oldest Dutch book from St Joseph Missouri. age alone rarely adds value as many 17th century volumes sell for small sums. Other items recount deafness remedies, Mohammed II’s siege artillery, and the Lachish discovery in Palestine with eight ancient towns beneath Tel el Hesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
America
Chicago Record
Massachusetts
New England
Hawthorne
Whittier
Chicago
Amsterdam
Armour Institute Library
Mohammeds
Mohammed II
Scutari
Albania
Mohammed
Chambers
Lefroy
Rhodes
Palestine
Lachish
Orient
Joshua
Petrie
Tel-el- Hesy
Pickles and Patriots in Holmes Versus Public Taste
A friend recounts Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes reading a children’s manuscript with no edits until a single line about pickle consumption. The anecdote ends with pickle avoidance in print and a note on Americans miscounting stars on the flag, describing the flag’s four-year changes and rectangular arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dr. Holmes
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery touted for stomach and nerve health
The article promotes Dr R V Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a digestive and blood cleansing remedy. It claims to cure dyspepsia biliousness and nervous ailments by improving stomach function and feeding nerve cells with proper blood. A Chicago reader testifies to improved appetite digestion and strength after two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
A Reasonable Expectation
Buyer and jeweler argue over payment for a watch. The buyer contends payment shouldn't be cash yet the jeweler asserts payment is required. The exchange hinges on the expectation of time in a purchase.
Random 19th Century Advertisements and Notices Collage
A collage of 1890s promotional lines and brief notices includes seed and crop claims from John A. Salter Seed Co and Giant Spurry samples, travel inquiry from North-Western Line, political intrigue about John W. Foster, medical endorsements for Piso's Cure and teething remedies, corporate tax skepticism, a patent product Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve, life expectancy statistics, a memorial claim by Hegeman’s Campmortem, and a humorous Colorado legislative hat question attributed to an agitated member.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Spurry
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Yaas
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Mrs. Binks
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Texas Sistings
Judge Ragsdale
Clarkson
Sal
John
Atlanta Constitution
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Turkey
Royal Baking Powder
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Washington
Idaho
Wyoming
Golden
Bes
John Milton
A. S. Fielding
North-Western Line
Lincoln
John W. Foster
Joan
G. W. Patterson
Inkster, Mich
Man WixsLow
Senator Quay
Hanson
Hegeman
UG. Clark Co
New Haver
Colorado Legilature
Inventor Edison
Cordovan
W.L. Douglas
Colchester
Colchester Rubber CO
Louisiana
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L. WU
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