Mary Jane Travels Through London in May Weather and Royalty
Mary Jane and Dickey tour London in rain as the author critiques English weather attire and street life. They observe hats, gloves, and dress norms, meet the queen briefly, compare prices, and joke about royalty while noting public mood and fashion in a vivid, period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
England
India
Palace
Barnum
Prince of Wales
Princess of Wales
U. S
Dickey
V. BR
Victoria Regina
Queen Victoria
A Western Railroad Man Riley W McKeen
Special Correspondence from New York June 28 reports on Riley W McKeen the Vandalia line founder whose Vandalia system was sold to the Ives Brayner syndicate. The portrait notes his Terre Haute start in pork packing and banking before railroading, his 1867 leadership of the Terre Haute to St Louis line, and his politics religion and three marriages. He has long been popular among soldiers and railroad men and was nearly the party nominee for Indiana governor in 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley W. McKeen
New York
Vandalia
Ives- Brayner Syndicate
Indiana
Riley McKeen
McKeen
Terre Haute
Busieneness
Riley W. Weeen
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Logansport
Crawfordsville
Mé@Keen
Vigo County
A. D. Streight
H. G. Porter
Rogues Gallery Counterfeit Checks In Washington Letter
A Washington letter describes counterfeit coins and checks raised in value. A check drawn on Winslow Lanier & Co of New York dated November 23, 1876 was raised from 451 pounds to 26068.75 dollars and paid after the signature remained genuine. The forger erased the original writing with acid but was never caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rogues’ Gallery
Winslow, Lanier & Co
New York
Hole in the Wall Tale Moves From Myth to Shore Reality
Special Wspondence from Havana June 15 recounts a narrator’s voyage toward the Bahamas and the famed Hole in the Wall at Abaco Island. The piece blends tropical allure with tall sea yarns, detailing gulf weed, pirate legends, and sailor brag as truth fades into memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Nassau
Gulf
Bahamas
Bermudas
Abaco Island
Great Stirrup Key
Bahama Banks
West Indies
Jess
Cuba
Encar L. Wakeman
A Novel Idea Hat Law Sparks Mock Debate
The Toronto Telegram notes a idea imagining a law forcing citizens to wear white plug hats at mass meetings to prevent riots. It adds a ribbon bonnet invention that theatre patrons can carry flat in a pocket without damage.
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Toronto
Kaskine Claimed Cure for Malaria Prostration
The advertisement touts Kaskine as superior to quinine for malaria and reports cures by F A Miller of New York, Gideon Thompson of Bridgeport, and a Jersey City mother’s case. Letters from users offer testimonials. price is $1 per bottle and orders can be sent by mail.
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F. A. Miller
East 157Th Street
New York
Kaskine
Gideon Thompson
Bridgeport, Conn
T. A. Salmons
Halliday Street
Jersey City
Harry
Kaskine CO
Warren St
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Mary Janes
London
Tennyson
America
Imenners
Hyde Park
Staimary
Mary Jane
Regent Street
Piccadilly
Bond Streets
Oxford Street
Windsor
People’s Palace
Beatrice Battenberg
Hoz
Western
Bahama Islands
Hayfever
USA
Druggieta
ELY Brothers
Owego
Pittsburg
Eastware
Pittsburh Parker
Poxburg
Franklin
City
Lw. Ar Vy
Bradford Ay
Kinz
Stan
Wotrkun
Yorker
Rew
Rat Oal South
Garodton
Vandalia -Alleginuny
Olean
Kainzua Tren
Irvineion
Tionesta
P. Ob
Ioket Agt
Offio, N. N, Pu
W.s.l
Mwa
NTAG
Atarag
Menthol Catarth Snuff Co
Danxing
Brother & Thomas
Pemneylianis
York
Mr Wnl
TRE
hampithEath
Peter Greenland’s
Water Street
Episcopal Church
High Street
Hazel and
Laurel
Grehriwluitd
W. H. Pickett & CO
Post
H. A. Jamieson & Co
Sherman ’. ‘Jewett’s Stove Ranges
Syracuse
Gale
American Saw Co
Warren
Hargalin Sale OF
M. C. Holmes
M. C Holmes
Savings Bank
L. G. Noyes
Warren, PA
Boston Shoe Store
Reynolds & Eddy
Ladies Fine Slits
Rogers
Grapoline
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