Insanities and hoaxes span a curious police past
The New York Sun recounts wild tales of mad claims linking a former Wall Street banker to Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, a Newark hoax of Jesus Christ, and police misdirections. It also notes bizarre encounters with deaf and dumb tricks and a Seventeenth Street steamboat scare, with RSA readers noting Ruskin and Washington monument shells.
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Jesus Christ
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Gleeful hotel rogue flees with altered clothes
A well dressed man registed at the Markham house with a glib tongue. He ran up huge hotel charges at Slick Hotel and later staged a robbery tale to obtain money. He borrowed a clerk s Mackintosh, fled to the Kimball house, claimed robbery, and left town after the hotel paid him 85 to cover the bill. Chattanooga Times.
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Markham House
Kimball House
Markham
Chattanooga Times
Cinquevalli Reveals Least, Most Showy Tricks
The French juggler Cinquevalli notes the easiest trick is often the most applauded while some hard feats receive little reaction. He cites tossing a potato, dividing it midair and catching halves on a knife and fork as extremely difficult yet swiftly done.
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Cinquevalli
San Francisco Examiner
A Terrible Conjunction A Public Reflection
A short reflective piece on the harm of the word but and its tendency to sour otherwise hopeful statements. The author notes examples from markets and personal life and muses on a potential ban, suggesting imagination could reveal new light beyond the cloud it creates.
Wit and Witless Banter in a French Court Witness
A humorous vignette describes a woman on a French witness stand who claims to be 30, then acknowledges likely deception when asked about her age two years earlier. She quips she is not one to change her statements. The piece mixes quips from Youth's Companion and Good News with other light exchanges.
Peruna touted as cure for chronic catarrh across body
A historical advertisement extols Peruna as a universal remedy for catarrh. It explains how catarrh migrates from nose and throat to ears, sinuses, stomach, and lungs, claiming Peruna restores mucous membranes and strengthens capillary vessels. It cites multiple testimonial cases from the United States and invites readers to request a free pamphlet.
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Frederick Bierman
McComb City
Miss
W.D. Stokes
Baton Rouge
J. W. Reynolds
New Lisbon
Columbian County
Ohio
Pe-ru-na
Pe- Ru-Na
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Harvest Home Williams' One Hundred and City Pays Sale
A historical harvest sale notice announces Williams' harvest home on December 1, 1890, offering daily dinners to 100 guests at 25 cents through May 1. It lists extensive goods for sale or order including fatted beef, dairy, poultry, produce, canned items, condiments, and oyster products, with meals like breakfast and supper. The fragment ends mid list.
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