Wild Ham on a Wire Tour Through Chicago Streets
A grotesque chase follows a bogus ham strapped to a wire and hooked by fish hooks as it slides from Madison Street to Green Street and beyond, striking bystanders and attracting a saloon keeper who finally swipes the ham from the line and ends the prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bomummall Hoya
Madison Street
Halsted
Green Street
Jim de Meyer
Loomis Street
Italy
Incoln Street
Chicago Tribune
Cold Neglect of an Artiste in The Times Note
A New York letter notes a Times notice on a Baroness Jane and her play the morning after an exhibition. It praises the clever satire yet laments the omission of the baroness name and the icy silence surrounding the event. The piece mocks selective attention and silent contempt.
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Times
Jane
New York
Old Post Office memories and Washington inauguration notes
Venerable Boston postoffice veteran Charles Brigham recalls 1838 mail handling with steamers and wheelbarrows, 20 hour days, and $200 yearly pay. The piece also mentions Pew building cornerstone in 1871 with Grant, Mrs Miller’s family history, and Washington committee leader James L Norris shaping inauguration preparations and local Democratic ties.
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OLD Post Office
Charles Brigham
Boston
United States
Massachusetts
Central
Pew Building
Grant
Cleveland
Washington
James L. Norris
John E. Norris
Ocratic Association
Chicago
Rock Creek Park
National Bank of Washington
Franklin Insurance Company
Arts and Letters Snippets and Publicities
The notes cover varied topics from art and literature to sculpture. Mentions include James Whitcomb Riley’s painter apprenticeship, Victor Hugo’s attributed quote, F Seymour Haden’s cremation objection, Andrew Lang on fairy tale credibility, Amelie Rives earning $1000 for The Quick or the Dead, Barbara Dering and the Indiana soldiers and sailors monument statue atop a shaft, plus a description of the Indiana statue with torch and crown imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Victor Hugo
F. Seymour Haden
Andrew Lang
Amelie Rives
Barbara Dering
George T. Brewster
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ian
Woronn
Cvrand
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Proris
Veortantes
Candies
Brooks McCane
Main Street
Wadsworth
Nevada
Fowler
Actnr
Beatty
Dan F. Beatty
Washington, New Jersey
Pioneer Dairy
T. G. Herman
State Line Mills
S. A. Hamlin
Reno Or
Marmol, New
Beatty's Organs
Daniel F. Beatty
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
James Samuels
Dubuque
Cuba
Santiago
Covington
Ind
Yaphank
Long Island
Weeks
Pacific
Great Northern
Java
Essex
A. L. Marden
Young
Pairer
Cor
Helena Dent
Harrison
W. H. H. Miller
Gertmde Bunce
Ohio
Vernon
N. Y
Miller
Fort Wayne
W. B. 8. Miller
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Lodge
John Schwandt
N. G
John
SCULT
P. E
Pyramid Lodge No
P. Knights Pythins
Wm. Molen
S. E
W. T. Golding
Caas
S. J. Hodgkinson
Pdrucs
Reno, Nevada
Washington, N. J
Wm. Pierson
Jady
Pacific Self Helper CO
San Francisco
Price
John Lee
Bob
War Orth
NEV
Tts
Wanamaker & Brown, of
Philadelphia
Reno
F. A. Bonham
Justice Court
Dispatch
Wadsworth Dispatch
Wadsworth, Wasnor County, Nevada
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