Washington Cranks and the White House Oddities
Washington is the cranks mecca with daily arrests by a sanitary officer. The piece profiles White House visitors, including a pension office clerk living in a pine tent dubbed the Airy Castle, a padded man who mimics a statue, religious maniacs, and Mary Walker in men's clothes. It notes cranks flock to Washington from across the Union, drawn by presidential events and fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Union
Cleveland
Garfield
White House
Congress
Capitol
Sergt. Dinsmore
Dinsmore
George Washington
Patent Office
Wennessee
Pindhever
Ashington
House of Representatives
Mary Walker
Vince Albert Coas
Lagny
Louise
Virginia
Ana
Howe
Pension
Frank GronGe Carpenter
Rail line timetable and service details from Garfield area
The notice outlines P. and E. R. R. schedule from Clarendon to Erie with morning departures, Garfield layovers of about three and a half hours, and through tickets from Ridgway to Erie. Freight delivery points include Vanderarift and Dunham's Mill. Through passenger options and station connections are described, with A. D. Wood as General Manager.
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AESES
Farnsworth
Nortil
PVM
Clarendon Ax
Cottete Vyesns
Underwood's.McCalmont
Wood’s Mill
Garfield
P.& E.R. i. Jimsengers
Oil City
Titusville
Garland
Ridgway
Erie
Vanderarift
Dunham’s Mil
Dunham’s Mill
Clarendon
A.D. Wood
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promoted by Medical Profession
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is praised as powerful enough to expel hereditary scrofula and endorsed by the medical profession with attestations from around the world. Francis Jewett hails it as the only preparation that does lasting good. Prepared by Dr. J. & Ayer & Co. Lowell Massachusetts. Sold by all druggists priced at one dollar, six bottles for five.
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Pierce
Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
Kansas
Eulieine
Crates
Bee
Mae Pats
Seice
Ma. H. EwaNve
Brookfield, Mo
Europe
Theobold
Taiso
Col
Nearet
J.D. Waitr
Bloomsburg Pa
Mg. White
Oni
Saancheary
Pfaelzer
Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Burdock Blood Bitters Promoted as Liver and Blood Tonic
Burdock Blood Bitters are advertised as a strictly vegetable preparation from Nature's remedies. The promoter claims it cures diseases from torpid liver to broken down body, promising a permanent tonic effect. Sold by druggists with a refund if not benefited.
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine touted as cure all for women
A promotional notice extols Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a universal tonic and cure for female weakness debility nervous exhaustion and related health issues. Testimonials claim improvements in blood vitality and beauty with several endorsements from residents of New York and Virginia. Sold by A. W. Morck Co.
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Alold
Nerous
Power's
Emoll
Pavillion
Salmoe
Gilmore
Gilmoe
Res. W. Fisk Reyna
Aurora
Uve
Harris Peck
Pavillian
N.Y
TF Cleeriwily
Oto
Gino
Flmore
Fooj. Whitney
Ef Clarkson
Galmore
J. A. McIntyre
Daggetts Mills
A. W. Morck & Co
Isobel Reid’s London Letter on English Dress and Men
The writer extols London’s allure while criticizing English fashion, praising dinner table elegance over street wear. She contrasts English women’s gowns with Englishmen’s vigor, noting gaslit dinners, opulent hotel settings, and public dining decorum amid sharp winds and bustling streets.
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Crentide
Apthus Decofferte
Sears
Cesar
Amernca
America
Isobel Reid
London
San Francisco Chronicle
A Mummy in a Cellar
Dr Brouardel reports to the Paris Academy of Medicine on a young woman's body found mummified in straw in a cellar unopened for eight months. Preservation is remarkable and attributed to long centuries of varied eggs embedded in tissues, per Brouardel and Megnin.
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London
Paris
San Francisco
Royal Academy
National Gallery
Brouardel
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Jonah
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Ream Bain
CA Tarre
Bryant, Stratton &Smith
WELLE
ZG Whit
Meadville
Allegheny College
Adville
Pratt
Geneva
Brigke
Bisadder
Jelphia Railroad
Pittsburg
Div
Pittsburgh - Parker -Foxby - Franklin
Thompson v. Ksineton
Warren lv
Kinga
Bradford An
Wolf Run
Quaker
Kied House
Salamanca
South Carolito
South Vandah
Alleghany
Pittsbure
Geo. S. Gatchell
Fellows
Leffard
Leives Rinzua
Irvineton
Ncket Agt
Sulfulo
Am. Ba
Yee Asae Co
Andral Kilmer
M.O
Binghamton, Bly
Invalids
Kime
Ategiter
Ivy Hashana
Pytaln
Tomele Dusen
Emhamton
Ale Bruggises
Surdock Blood Butters
Foster, Milburn & CO
Progs
Buffalo, New York
Maizria
Ter
Saiza
Thomas
Lers
Sellers
Big Sandy
Ste
Walt “Nowmigia
T. Loomis
Elba
Allegheny Meirk
Pittsburgh
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Laona
Assadaga
Sinclairville
Vermont
Fog
Rosa
Mill
Vineton
Youngsville
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Grand Valley
Warren
Glosup
England
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