Unusual Anecdotes and Classical Observations Compiled
A miscellany of pithy tales and literary opinions quotes a hotel owner in Wisconsin bidding during a fire alarm incident while discussing Wade Hampton’s cigar habits and a courtroom exchange. It surveys prose’s role in modern English writing and notes Pueblo cliff dwellers and Peruvian mummy making as illustrative curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Ruskin
Stevenson
Pater
Newnan
Heauty
Andrew Lang
Theocritus
London Academy
Egypt
The
Nile
Arizona
New Mexico
Peru
Dirty Jones and Odd Surrey Notes in Oxford Tale
A fragment describes a jovial Oxford scene with a character known as Dirty Jones and a moral clash with Brown about tidiness. The text shifts to a formal notice about Pima County Arizona Territory bonds, then to advertisements and public notices including malarial cures, Indian Service supply bids, and local business promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Pina County
Arizona Territory
Pima County
U. S
Board of Supervisors
Arizona
Congress
Prompt for fast reliable messenger services questioned
A fragment from the Indianapolis News questions why a bright reliable and speedy messenger cannot be found. The speaker suggests companies avoid offering higher wages to attract such workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
De Witt's Little Early Risers Promote Health
Advertises De Witt's Little Early Risers as the best pills for biliousness and constipation. Claims the pills never gripe or cause nausea and promotes their use by L. Bell & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Bell & Son
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J. Corbett
W. Congress Street
Fred Ronstadt
Geo. K. Smith
Congress Street
W.f. Kitt
Hotograph Gallery
A.M. Feldman
Stone Avenue
Cathedral
F. A. Odermatt
V. J. Corbett
Harry A. Drachman Shoe CO
Jvlivs Goldbauvum
Wheeler & Perry
Pagoda Tea and Coffee CO
Julius Goldbaum
Tucson Citizen's
Citizen Printing and Publishing Company
Tucson Citizen
Stone Avenue and
Broadway
Uct Ans Ae
W. Fr. Kitt
Ofa
Esaaned
Chase Radia
Romma Bowen
M. A. Schell
Russell & Sheldon
Zellner Piano Company
Biggle
N. Church Street
Stone Adenue
ED. Hale
Singer Manufacturing CO
Geo. T
L. Zegrendorp & GO. Purriture
N. Main Street
G. Capo
MAS. E.R. Blome
KIMBALL @ FRANCIS
Gentleman’s Magazine
Wade Hampton
Wade Unropton
Luste
Oilitary Committee
Tharopton
Ohio State Journal
Abernethy
America
Dames
Oxford
Dirty Jones
Brown
Gracie
Chicago Tribune
Little Clarence
Mer. Callipers
Nmiy Son
Judge
Maruina
Delany
Pittsburg
Starry A. Drachman
Pima Co
A. T
Twtoon
Charles T. Connell
West Pennington Street
Virginia
John Charleston
Oyesville
Department of the Interior
O.ce of Indian Affairs
Washington, D. C
Johnson Street
Chicago
Ill
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Wooster Street
New York City
Indian Service
Indian Office
Wichita
Wepament
W. A. Jones
Lyes
A. Schell
Optician
Cape’s
Cafe Goldtree
Goldtree’s Cafe
Uther Sfen
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