Marriage lottery raises dowries for virtuous couples
A Pall Mall Gazette report exposes a long standing Jewish charity, the Society for Allowing Mr. Boos and a Pure fon to Young Men and Virtuous Girls, which funds dowries and marriage fees for about a dozen couples annually. The process involves candidate couples, committee inquiries, and a vote system tied to subscriptions, with one striking case cited of three members who started life with dowries from the society.
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Hupne
Towers
Azuindveland
Boos
Tague
A. Swaab
Hatton Garden
London
England
Amnan
Pall Mall Gazette
Great Rio Grande Western Rail Way Offers Three Scenic Routes
Travel ads claim speed safety and comfort on Rio Grande Western Railway with three route choices and famed scenery. Customers urged to send 25 cents to J A Bennett in Salt Lake City for a copy of the illustrated book Utah a Peep Into the Mountain Walled Treasury of the Gods.
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Great Rio Grande Western Railway
J. A. Bennett
Salt Lake City
Utah
Treasury of the Gods
Trunk scheme cited in Chicago Tribune fiction snippet
In a dramatic scene, McSwat seals his wife Lobelia in a trunk to evade detection and warns her she has three quarters of an hour to reach the depot. The trunk is strapped and luggage prepared for transport to a railway station. The exchange is terse and tense as they discuss tickets and timing.
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McSwat
Lobelia
Pianos and Organs King Beats Odds to Build Beatty Empire
Hon Daniel F Beatty of Washington New Jersey, known as the great organ and pianoman, rose from penniless plow boy in 1870 to selling nearly 100000 Beatty pianos and organs. He overcomes obstacles, plans to sell 200000 more in ten years, creating a potential 20 million dollar business.
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Beatty
Pianos
Amt Organs
Daniel
Washington, New Jersey
P. Surrm
Towanda
Ayer
Dr. J. 0
Ayer &Co
Lowell, Maas
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N.J
Sal Ee
Kinil
Kitty tale sparks bootjacks and lessons from comics
A recalled Washington Star item recounts a child asking for borrowings from neighbors and a cat named Kitty. Willie suggests tying the cat to the woodshed before bootjacks rain down, prompting Gertrude to collect the tools and plan using the cat again after the bootjacks are burned.
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Little Gertrude
Willie
Gertrude
Washington Star
Tough Texas Beef Jests and Senate Gossip
A satire collection notes Texas beef and landlord toughness with a hotel guest quip about a carpet beating shop. It also recalls Kate Foote saying senators adjourned before a night session and Mr Stewart being teased like a tired minister who preached long hours to a rose born congregation.
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Texas
Austin
Senate
Kate Foote
Mr. Stewart
Stewart
Argonant
Cause For Thanks In A War Or Football Tale
A compilation of quips and scenes contrasts war courage with sports glory. A Spartan mother’s warning to her son in armor echoes in a jest about returning with shield or upon it. The miscellany includes exchanges about Florida, humor from Mr. Noodle, and a railway patient’s discharge.
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Tate
Denison
Puck
Test of Years fragment shows humor from contributor
A fragment from Hui Simo titled Test of Years features a contributor joking about the manuscript pieces on the desk and reflects a playful exchange quoted with Washington Suir present.
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Hui Simo
Washington Suir
Reward of Patience Excited Husband and Joyful Wife
A telegram reports an old uncle leaving Henry a fortune of $100,000. Joyful wife replies they can buy a new clothes basket now. Published in the Chicago Tribune.
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Claribel
Henry
Chicago Tribune
Keeping Up Appearances and Futlites Contract Chat
Washington gossip column notes a contract dispute between Futlites and Wiggs over weekly pay. Wiggs questions his receipt of seven cents last Friday as Kato Field narrates the exchange.
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Futlites
Kato Field
Washington
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Kini
T. Golding
Main Street
Wadsworth
Nevada
Wm. Pierson
Runici
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Dan’ L Ftty
T. V. Julien
Reno, Nevada
Bes
Beatty’s Organs Soupe Wart
Daniel B. Beatty
Nicholls
W.N. Liniment
Bane
Toprins
W.simmone Bosten
A. Fowler
Actwr
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Beau Washington, N, J
Iencep
Tal
Beatty’s Organs Pianos
Willy Wud
Leeds
Mansfield
Florida
Mr. Noodle
Miss Caustique
Crank
Lesa
C.a.snow &Co
Orrick
Warmington
D.C
William Donaldson
Proquietor
STAGE
Stillwater, Churchill Co
Herman
T. G. Herman
J. M. McCormack
Reno
Otto Swanson
Wadsworth, Nevada
Mr. Swanson
Kenown
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