Warren Hotel Ad Promotes 2 Dollar Room Rate Per Day
The notice highlights Frank Metzger proprietor of the Warren Hotel offering American and European plans with excellent table and food accommodations. Open at all hours and lunch service available. Rates listed at $2 per day. Also mentions J W Clemants at the corner of Liberty and Water Streets Warren Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Wear
Warren
J. W. Clemants
Liberty and
Water Streets
Penn's
New Dress Goods at Low Prices at Buffalo Stores
Coming season samples available. specify color and price. ApaM MeLtorum & Anderson list challies at 8c, 6-4 greys and browns 10c, 6-4 merino twills spring shades 10c, 36-inch ex tra fine Henrietta 22c, 36-inch heavy weight cashmere 25c, 36-inch Sebasto pol 35c, 36-inch Scotch suitings 64 3/4c, 36-inch all wool French beige 37 3c, all wool Henriet tas 37c. Black goods include 44-inch black cashmere 75c, 38-inch black serge 50c, 42-inch black Sicilietta 50c, 46-inch wool Henrietta 75c, 40-inch black merino coupare 75c, 40-inch drop d Alma 60c, 36-inch all wool French serge 37c. Wash fabrics: sateens 25c, ginghams and seersuckers 12 4c, Scottish ginghams 20-25c, canvass cloth 20c, colored lawns 5-12 1/2c, French figured lawns 20c, cambrics 12 1/4c, crinkled seersuckers 10c. Our dress goods stock is more complete and prices lower than ever. visit for samples and selections.
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Adam, Meldrum & Anderson
Main Street
Bufisto
Dry Goods and Carpets at 396 402 Main Street Buffalo
A listing notes a shop at 396 402 Main Street in Buffalo selling dry goods carpets books and stationery. The ad emphasizes a broad inventory and convenient location for shoppers in the city.
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Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Old Book Collectors and Chicago’s Rare Volumes
A Chicago reporter surveys the nation’s antiquarian book market. The piece notes how rarity, provenance, and ownership drive value, cites Burns with Washington’s signature, and highlights Chicago’s prominence as a hub for collecting. It profiles collectors with quirky tastes and marks notable Chicago collections and sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Te Antonal
London
Chicago
Lwncherman
John A. Rice
Wislib
Johnson
Olcoe
America
Chicago Tribune
German Officer Life and Puns in Temple Bar Echoes
Fragmentary text discusses the life of a German officer devoted to service under a harsh system, praising patriotism amid low pay and slow promotion. It reflects on command authority, professional merit, and the morale of troops, then shifts to a discussion of Warren’s pun and the nature of wit as expressed in Temple Bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Tor Reyer
Houk
Warren
Treok
Jackson Yun
Temple Bar
George Bancroft’s Last Ride and End of An Era
The Detriot Free Press notes George Bancroft’s advanced age and dwindling vigor, suggesting his horseback days are over and his history writing may cease. It praises his enduring dignity while reporting Corcoran’s death and Washington’s aging figure, Mr. Kauerots, as the most venerable among prominent locals. The piece quotes Bancroft’s reflective line about eternity and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinés le
Corcoran
Kauerots
Washton
New Style Vinewar Bitters Promoted In Cure Narrative
An advertisement-like vignette describes a man’s poor approach to illness and recovery, criticizing delays in seeking medical help while praising New Style Pleasant Taste Vinewar Bitters. It claims quick headaches respond to the bitter and urges readers to buy the product through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck
Caloun
Appropriately Appropriated Underwear Shrinkage Tale
A Chicago Herald item lampoons a Monroe street clothier whose expanding bulk allegedly forces him to blame shrinking underwear. He jokes his oversized shirts no longer fit, even telling his wife to donate old suits to the Half Orphan asylum because the garments supposedly shrank to fit a single orphan.
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Monroe Street
Half Orphan Asylum
Chicago Herald
Cardinal Tavigerie Gifts Gazelles to Leo NIIT at Vatican
Cardinal Tavigerie brings two graceful Gazelles from Africa as a present to Leo NIIT. The animals are housed in a Vatican Gardens corner and the pope, who imports the vines and shrubs there, stops for a moment during his daily walk to observe the tame animals at their inclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Tavigerie
Africa
Leo Niit
Vatican Gardens
The Book Camera Revealed In Curious Description
An odd item called The Book Camera is described as a seeming book yet suspected of hidden purposes. It is depicted as portable, possibly worn by a traveling figure or used in church settings, with hints of mechanical action and rotation in its plane.
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Aratus
Ereegart
Tagle
Dounal
Spelling debates and diamond finds drift through old notes
Notes quotes Carlyle on spelling in a playful critique and mentions a 40 carat South African diamond found by Jagersfontein United, valued around £12,000, with the Tom Davidson name proposed as its title. Also references a humorous Uncle Ezra line about gals kissing pug dogs and a dry buckwheat flour tip for removing grease stains.
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Toh-i-noor
South Africa
Jagersfontein United Company Limited
Ponter-Rhodes
Tom-Davison
Pall Mall Gazette
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Joseph J. Behofield
Law and Notary Police
Seefeld Block
Merck
Lily
Charles A. Peterson
Stary Public
Oies
Beatty Block
Brown, Stone & Rice
Attorneys AT Law
Offee
Becond Street
First National Lenk
BL. Browk
W.signe
W.E Hicr
M. Schermerhorn
Ofice
Scofield
Haseltine
Altorney AT Law
New
Eachouse Block
Bal & Thompson
A. A. Davis & Co
Posk
Hall
BALL
C. C. Thompson
LAW
Lieck
Hunter Office
Water Street
5 & Son
Chas, Dinsmoor
Wetmore, Noyes & Hinckley
AY Law Office
Second Street
Johnson's Exchange
Wetmore
C. Sayes
W.d.hinceley
Cable
W. G. Trankey
W.Y
J. A. Love
Exchange Block
Short Streets
Br. F. W. Whitcomb
Hickory Street
Aene Trente J. Eld
Prest 1
High & Warren
A. G. McAlpine
Third St
J. Danforth
Second and
Liberty Streets
John Sager
Wise
Carver House
C. Smith
First National Bank
W. A. Greaves
Itnio
Episcopal Church
Court House
BR. W. Sealy
Ely
Vasal
Catares Pi
Ely Brothe
Warren, Street
New York
Carters
Cannen
Garner
Carter Medicayr CO
Apam
MeLtorum & Anderson
N.Y
Mnkstands
Office
Faber
Siberian
Wil
H. Hoskins
George
Cours
George Bancroft
R. H. McDonald Drug CO
Cor
Washington and
Charlton Sts
New York City
Wes Fa
Pope Leo
Baefy
Ther
Malff
Bardg
Philadelphia
Aggird Acai Prog
Jengih
Eouaeleceidant —Associatio
Bingslamton, N.Y
J.B. Arnold
Washington Street
Binghamton, NY
Bucklin
Morek Drug Store
Carlyle
Royal College of Surgeons
Uncle Ezra
Merchant Trav
Fogris
Grea
Cusca
Hduym Helierat
Evite
Ironcen
KE. R. Bumpus
Railroad 81
North
Clarendon, Pa
Keystone Hotel
K. of L
Apaxonabie
Sati Bote W. Orme Oo
Mab Agar
Wu Heny Coe
Slex
Stinson & Co
Box
Beth Inde
Ftland, Kiaine
Augusta
Tye
Seth Arnold
Hiave
Cunninghaa
Botrieken
Penn c
Bright
Phila
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