Singular Court Plaster Anecdote On A Train
A Western and Atlantic line train from Atlanta carries a young couple whose flirtation is interrupted by a misapplied piece of court plaster moving from one face to the other. The mishap scandalizes the lady, startles the gentleman, and ends the courting as the ride continues. The tale is told with curious detail and a playful, moral undertone.
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Atlanta Constitution
Wells
Atation
Thin City
Tunnel Hill
Tull
Ilia
Fragmentary verse on policemen and diet
A terse, obscure couplet suggests policemen living on a “vegetable diet” and a pun on “turnip.” It reads like a playful, unfinished verse implying waiting for something better, with no clear event or context.
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Leading
Farmer narrates railroad wreck tale at city hall
A mud covered farmer bursts into Detroit style city hall at ten in the morning to accuse a railroad crew of ignoring his damaged wagon. He recounts a runaway horse, cider barrels, and a smashed wagon as the locomotive fails to stop. The chief directs him to pursue railroad officials. The tale shifts through other odd vignettes about roads, stamps, and a Burlington editor report.
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Vienne
New York
Fifth Avenue
University
Palate de Justice
Parliament House
Royal Museum
Germany
Ringstrasse
Graben
Vienna
Virginia
Detroit Free Press
Nichigan Avenue
Dean
Jefferson Avenue
Rules of dining etiquette from Huguette and Olive Logan
The text presents etiquette guidance for table conduct by Huguette and Olive Logan posing as Saït. It warns against faddish napkin tricks and demonstrates proper manners at a table, including how to unfold, wait for the host, and when to drink wine. It notes attitudes toward refilling and perceptions of declining further courses or beverages.
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Olive Logan
Ascot
Beau Monde
Alleged marriage halts ride disruption on railroad car
A nun and a woman entered a New Haven railroad car and found the coach nearly full. A man claimed he and a companion were married, refusing to move to another seat, and offered to let the woman sit elsewhere, prompting a tense exchange as others looked on.
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New Haven
Ile
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver and Liver Pills Claim
Describes liver pain on right side and sometimes left, with shoulder and back pain, loss of appetite, constipation alternating with laxative effects, head pain, memory loss, fatigue, cold feet, and general dread of remedies. Promotes Dr C M Lane's Liver Pills with quinine as a cure and warns against impostors, urging purchase from Fleming Brothers in Pittsburgh with a trial offer.
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C. MP Lane
C. MY Lasu
MY Lane
C. MY
Pieauxg Bros
Dr. C. MY Lasne
Fleming Bros
Pittsburgh
de C. MC Lang
United States
Fleming Dikys
Pitteburg
Testimony on Professor Hamten at Marker Seminary
A lengthy testimony concerns Professor Hamten’s disciplinary conduct while in charge of Marker Seminary. The witness asserts positive character and professional advancement of students, while naming multiple individuals and institutions across Missouri and nearby states in a dated, fragmentary report.
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Han
Marker
Peter E
Satietetin
Ita
Thor OT
Aloe Ad
Ate Raples
Salle Pegtens
Tristers Parker Seminary
Abe
Row
Atkinson
Hamdenshiney College
Vaca de the Holy
Watesom Seminacy
Astley
Missouri
Kev
Uh E. Lavy
Missourig Iow
Rts Smith
Oleh Mill
Montonery County
Misouri Col
Towne di. Hutt
Hoy
Moy Hen
A.V. Mehoo
Troy
Moy
Ehter Willan
Melo
Fister Christa Church
Marni St Charles
Moes
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Georgia
Polleh
Dielowekl
Lua
New York Graphic
Ita Culy
Clalma
Worcester
Ackson
Burlington
Columbia
Table Huguette
C. Mslane
Troy, MO
Frank Wolf
Nilyl
Justhvon
Public and High
J. P. Blanton
F. M. Herlan
J. W. Perkine
Tt. Waddy
Truateca
Eile Woolfolk
Pero
Gireck
Iran
Gibeck
Cleoro
Opathoe
Ontiober
Virgil
Casur
Eno
Henitiee
Warbing
Laclede
W. Wallace Birkhead
W. Ft. Thornli
Girkheal & Thorns Hi
Rede Nohig Palen
Auburn
F. Hudson
Sint
W. Parker
Batty
Daniel JF. Beatty
Washington
New Jersey
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