Differences In Dollars And Miscellany In 19th Century Gossip
A collection of brief items notes currency quirks with a Mexican silver dollar heavier yet worth less than a US dollar. It also mentions cross border pricing in Texas rail lunchrooms and a belittling critique of Russian court reforms. Newspaper clippings include anecdotes on fashion dullness and a court mace tale, plus humorous vignettes about a dog theft reward scheme and a race war joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude N. Bennett
Mexico
United States
Bennett
Texas
Pronunciation curiosities and bearded wonders of old print
A collection of quirky notes and anecdotes from a past era. It discusses the word Liaothony and the muddled pronunciation of Llanthony, Curran's retort on jury trials, a decorated Parisian woman Jane Bonmere, and Louis Jasper a bearded freak from early American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Curran
Mor
Paris
Jane Bonmere
Crimea
Rome
Gravelotte
Orleans
Chicago Herald
Fragmentary World of Hidden Passages in a Reception
A garbled World story fragment depicts a tense scene with a finger shake and exclamations about kissing. Dialogue hints at a misheard warning and a young son moving quickly in a reception area, suggesting a domestic or social moment captured in shorthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
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St. Petersburg
London Standard
Otho
William
Hastings
Jim
Atlanta
Joubin
Philadelphia Ledger
Dallas
Cme
John Lee
Wadsworth, Nevada
George Herberth
P. Russak
Cent’s
ARM and Hammer Soda
Carrie
Church & CO
New York
Arm and
State Lodging House
Derot
Go Wadsworth
Carl Wallstar
E.olinghouse
Main Street
Wadsworth, Nev
Louis Jasper
Virginia
Ben
Nevada
William Donaldson
Wadsworth
STAGE
Stillwater, Churchill Co
E.c.sessions
John Sunderland
Virginia St
Reno
New
R. Garries
Paragon
Gregory
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