A Favorite and Other Humorous Snippets from City Life
A New York wag James O Connor Roach narrates a club story about being “a favorite with the company” on a Fourth Avenue car night. The piece jumps through gags and quips from various sources including chestnut jokes about Merimee and a tale of a rooster broken back tied to Governor Fitz Lee.
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James O'Connor Roach
New York
New Zealand
Roach
Fourth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
N. Y
Detroit Free Press
Governor Lee
Executive Mansion
Lynchburg
Gen
Fitz Lee
Taunton
Mass
David Kennedy
Old Colony
Fall River
Lowell
Kennedy
Edy
John Layton
Boston
John
Daniel Fitts
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine Promises Beauty Cure
Advertises Gilmore's Aromatic Wine as a universal remedy for female weakness, debility, and nervous exhaustion. Features testimonials from unnamed physicians and various individuals across multiple towns, claiming cures for malaria insomnia and digestive issues. Promotes 128 doses for $1 and urges purchase through A. W. Merck & Co.
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Gilmore
W. Fisk Reyna
Auroras
Harris Peck
Pavillion
N.Y
E. J. Whitney
Clarkson
Cartmore
Gilali
Ale I. Hf. McIntyre
Daggetts Mills
Comet Hunter seeks prize for parabolic discovery
A Boston man writes to an astronomy prize about discovering comets with various orbital shapes. He claims a 61st sighting, requests rewards for parabolic and small comets, offers to sell a shotgun and a tiny “chestnut comet,” and asks for payment instructions and manuscript handling.
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A&bebtall
Corner
Ne Plus Ultra Kidney Calmer
Jasperville
N. J
Drag Sie
Cassablanca
Doc
Herschel
Nye
Milky Way
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der Deutscher
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Katrina
Schneider
Maype
Merimee
M. Viennet
Academy
Leipsic
Timothy Dodd
Galveston
Skeeters
Texas Siftings
No6
Chicago News
Texas
Paris
Texans
3. E. Corley
Dr. King
A. W. Merck
Br. Geo. W. Willing
Manchester
Mich
Rondout
Troy
L. G. Notes
Buck Inn
A. G. Noyes
INE York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad
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Minnesota
Dakota
Nebraska
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Kansas
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Jamestown
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Ohio
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O City
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Lidioute
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Tidioute
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Buffalo
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Gatchell
J.A. Fellows
Exchage St
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Itsburgh
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Nteene
Ind
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Ivy
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Casada
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Dunkirk
Lake Shore and Erie Railways
Jamstown
D. Thayer
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Ming
East India
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Power's Block
Rochester
Ely
Spirit of the Times
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Hartford
Conn
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Aker
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Slowad
Castoria
Unatoria
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Elba
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Iuducer
H. B. Emell
N. Sass
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Altman & Phillpott Mig Co
Wm. Spinner
S. Warren, Pa
Diamond
Warren, Pa
Adam
Meldrum
Buffalo, N. W
Adam, Meldrum & Anderson
Emory Department
Parsons
Powan
Main St
Buffalo, N.Y
Russia
Pfaelzer Bros. & CO
Market Street
Philadelphia
Ayer
J. C. Ayer & Co
Maas
Williamson
Rochester, N. Y
HOP Plaster CO
Washington St
Lindsey Su
Sellers
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Massachusetts
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Albany Evening Journal
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