The Covilles and a Singing Clergyman in Madness
A long humorous tale recounts a clergyman visiting an insane asylum who calms a violent maniac by singing. Later Mr Coville’s son Phillips attacks a neighbor, leading Coville to recall the singing story and perform a rousing rendition of Life on the Ocean Wave, ending with Phillips assaulting him and Coville being carried home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee & Shepard
Boston
Master Coville
Mr. Coville
Phillips
Phillip
Coville
J. M. Barry
A Prudent Sufferer Chooses Coffin After Burdened Buy
A Danbury undertaker, Phipps of Phipps & Hodge, narrates a tale of a widower who weighs coffin options. The visitor prefers a modest, affordable choice but hints at unseen flaws to lower the price. The talk ends with the man accepting an eighteen dollar coffin, warning that neighbors will misread the bargain as riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee & Shepard
Boston
Phipps
Phipps & Hodge
Danbury Undertakers
Mr Phipps
Mr. Phipps
Baxter Plain
Tye
Permanent Cure for Chronic Catarrh Promised by Peruna
A long testimonial praises Peruna for chronic catarrh after twenty years of illness. The letter from W. D. Williams, Probate Judge of Clinton County, claims partial relief from one bottle and a half, then a full recovery, and urges persistent internal treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Luigi
New Viesna
Custom. Co
B. Martman & Co
Litfave
W. D. Willrams
Clinton County
Caturra
Putting Up a Stovepipe Comedy in Domestic Playful Misadventure
A lighthearted piece describes the perils of assembling a stovepipe with a wife offering sharp, humorous commentary from the ground. The scene shows soot covered mishaps, a chair, and a chaotic pipe fit that provokes mock despair and playful marital banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les & Shepard
Foston
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MR. Covilles
Danbury
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Learing
Wm. Spinner
Oneida Valley
PENN
Ayer
Benjamin Harper
Wrymouth
Montserrat
W. L
Emma Keyes
Hubbardston
Mass
Robert K. 3
Orchester
U.S. Sledge
Weimar
Texas
J.C. Ayer
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Osaoon
Lowell, Mass
Sam
de. J. F. KixcHeneg
Conway, Ark
Castoria
T. A. Anceer
Mit Se
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Children’s Department
Castort
Geston
Masa
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York
Y. Cures Wee
Pennsyania
Warren
Front Street
Peter Greenland
Warren, Pa
N.K. Wendelhoe
N. K. Wendelhoe’s
Liberty Street
N. K. Wendelboe
Wendelboe
Gowanada
Wiard
Bissell
Amora Plows
Eferse
Robison Elorse
R. Edmonds & Son
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