Various curiosities and anecdotes from early 20th century press
A collage of brief items covers duties on New York baggage checks boosting duties collected, odd habits of workers and vendors, cultural notes on Spanish mentillas, Native American tales, a tour through quirky urban scenes in Central Park and Coburg, and a long confinement story of Joseph Duvuette in Michigan.
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Terre Haute Press
New York
Harper's Magazine
Central Park
Stout
Lartford Times
Wantilla
Dry Goods Chronicle
Eagle Valley
Nev
Buck Teekaboo
Teeka
New York Sporting World
Coburg
Alexander von Rotheneck
Echo
Kennebec Journal
Richmond
Maine Central Railroad
Skowhogan
Lewiston
Maine
Ife
Joseph Duvuette
Michigan
Sanilac
Lion Escape Sparks Farmers Fear At Ohio Circus
During a rainstorm in an Ohio town, Dan Rice’s circus warned spectators that the Numidian Lion had escaped. A farmer and his family prepared a makeshift trap, hoping to capture the animal as crowds fled the tent seeking shelter. The scene blended humor and danger as the crowd dispersed.
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Old Dan Rice
Ohio
Ople
Junk Collar Ad Seeks Rag and Scrap Pickup
I will pay cash for rags free from rubbish papers etc also old rubber shoes and metals during the remainder of the season. Can be found at my room Johnson Este Rost H Johnson.
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Johnson’s Este Rost
H. Johnson
The Married Man Versus the Single Man
A N Y weekly excerpt mocks married life, describing transformed habits and self restraint after tying the knot. It contrasts the married man with the single man, noting changes in dress, behavior, and social perception, with playful satire from the N Y Weekly.
Astor's Real Estate Faith and Social Roundtable Memories
J. W. Watson recalls John Jacob Astor's real estate gamble with dirt that won't run away and a refusal to grant leases. He notes Astor's wealth, ties to Irving Spalding and Halleck, humor about riches, and nightly visits to Billy Reynolds' chop house with a literary circle, while pitying Poe.
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J. W. Watson
Frank Leslie
John Jacob Astor
Philip Howe
City of
New York
Philip
Astor
Thirty Millonaire
William B
Fitz-Green
Billy Reynolds
Thames Street
Trinity Church
Fitz-Green Halleck
Irving
Poe
Bananas Ranked Highly Wholesome Food by Kellogg
Dr J H Kellogg extols ripe bananas as among the most wholesome foods with high nutritive value. A pound of bananas rivaling lean beef in elements, while travelers and Quito residents rely on them heavily. Even market bananas are wholesome if carefully selected.
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South America
India
Quito
J. H. Kellogg
In the Divorce Belt and a Child’s Fly Question
A New York Sun item notes Willie and Jimmie, aged ten and six, playing as one asks how God made a fly. The other replies that God makes flies as carpenters do not, asserting God’s created order with the line Let there be flies and there are flies.
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Willie
Jimmie
Mean Streaks Across Men Reflect Inherent Traits
Observation notes that some men are born mean some acquire it and others have meanness thrust upon them. The result is that nearly every man has a mean streak about him somewhere.
Wade the Mastiff and His Seven Day Plan
A Pittsburgh Dispatch inspired portrait of Wade, a large English mastiff who favors women and children and defends the weak. The piece notes his reserved yet dignified nature, occasional overbearing gestures toward smaller dogs, and a Saturday ritual where he skips breakfast to accompany his master to the railroad station after the butcher’s weekly meat basket arrives.
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Wade
Wade Inece
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Mesmeric Attempt Targets Government Printing Office Clerk
A young Government Printing Office employee, daughter of a Presbyterian minister, recounts an encounter Friday evening with a stranger who claimed strong mesmeric power. The woman tried to control her and followed her toward Capitol Hill, leaving the young woman fearful and wary of possible danger. Policemen were not visible, and the episode raises concerns for authorities and psychologists alike.
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Capitol Hill
Linwile
Pusuluou
Miss W
Washington Post
Her Duel with the Doctor in Vienna Draws Noted Fencer
A nineteen year old Croatian educated in South America challenged a young doctor in Vienna after he refused to apologize to a friend. The duel followed sword rules with a student and an officer as seconds. The doctor fought defensively and retired after the second round with a non dangerous wound. The girl, praised by seconds as the finest fencer they had seen, halted the scene and departed.
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Hoe
Bor
N. Y
Vienna
South America
Vienna Tagblatt
Cleopatra's mummy and wedding breakfast tale
Among wedding banter a guest toasts the groom while guests discuss Cleopatra's mummy as a metaphor and a bride shows displeasure. The ad cites Dr Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters with the pitch of the greatest good to the greatest number and a 25 cent price. Morris Mullen and N C Allen are named as sellers.
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Henry Baxter
Mandrake Bitters
Morris & Mullen
N. C. Allen
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the Marven Mail
Trushel & Co’s
Kate Thorn
Flossie
Papa
N. Y. San
Moble
Washington
Puck
M.D
Oxford S
Brooklyn
Tux Czwrawn Company
Murray Street, N. Y
Kopf & Henry
Kopf & Henry’s
Warren, Pa
Nelson Greenland
W. H. Pickett & CO
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Offerle & Son
Barrett
McClure & Co’s
Wm. Richardson & Co
Locke
Water Street
Struthers
Struthers, Wells & CO
Warren
Olldom
Parshall & Sill
E. W. Parshall
W. Situ Warren
General Agents
First National Bank
L.D. Wetmore
M. Beecher
Cashier
Warren County
Nara Low of
Weten
Ui Chess
England
Ireland
Scotland
Europe
National Line of Iron
Liverpool
Ueenstown
Antwerp
Hamburg
Brementavre
Paris
Gothenburg
Christiania
Copenhagen
P. & E. Railroad
Ayer
Ayers
F. J. Oliden
Salto
Buenos Ayres
F. Adams
New Gretna, N. J
Dr. J. C. Ayer & CO
Lowell
Mass
Christian Smith
Arizona
The
Great Journal
Arizona Kicker
Siberial Thompson
Register of Deeds
West
Ifo
ServLep
Kicker
McCall
Knight
Lone Tree
B. B. Belinger
Royal College of Medicine
London
Earth
Belinger
Detroit Free Press
Freddie Lehman
Miss Lehman
Mr. Piggin
Yosemite
Boston Post
Losa
N. S. Tribune
Bed Rock
Sherman
Jewets
Gale
Pittsburgh
Syracu
F. O. Pierce
Jacob Keller
H. S. Thomas
Wood & Thomas
Third Street
Liberty
Warren, la
Colby
Ww. L. Darling
the Colby Piano CO
Colby Company
CORRY
Ridgway
Shepeler
W.S. Morgaster
Mr. van Aiken
DU Bois
Capt
Truxal
John E. du Bois
Charles Barrett
M. I. McCreight
Cashier Deposit Bank
Reynoldsville
A. Clark
DuBois Bank
G. W. Sykes
Sykes Woolen Mills
Sykesville
J. B. Sykes
Lumber Mills
Spartansburg
Susie Reno
Allegheny Conservatory of Music
Clarendon
W.H. Whitling
Minnie Gandy
A. J. Armagast
Stoneham
J. H. Bines
A. Baldensperger
H. Briggs
Chas. Fischer
Struthers & Wells
S. Leffard
P.& E. Railroad
John J. Nesmith
Lake Hail
Mary Albrecht
M. Kopf
John Knupp
Henry Knupp
Dave Siggins
John Binder
John Fulmer
W.C. Russell
A. W. Nickle
Union City
J.W. Sproul
Erie
Misa
A. E. Scott
W. L. Scott
Lillian Roth
A. L. Lane
Lake Shore Road
C. F. Allis
2Nd National
L. Blass
Brice
B. T. Queens
J. H. Luys
J. G. King
Boots
B. P. McKean
Observer Publishing Co
H. C
Franklin
Merta Smith
Saup
Venango County
Berlin
Eclipse Oil Co
Stratton
Turner
Sandy Lake
Ashtabula
Stebbins
John Belnap
Weisel
W. L. Darling
Prospectus OF
Rhe Weekly Dispatch
Dispatch
Pennsylvania
Florida
Daily Campaign Dispatch
Daily Dispatch
Boggs &Buhl
Federal Street
Allegheny, PA
Warren Savings Bank
Arren
Marriea
A. J. Hazeltine
C. W. Beaty
Geo. B. Ensworth
M.B. Dunham
A.J. Hazeltine
L. R. Freeman
Jas. Clark
L. B. Wood
C.W. Stone
F. H. Rockwell
H. Noyes
Costas
H.Q. Root
M.C
Puan
St. Rew
Haines
Golden Specific Co
Race Street
Cincinnati, O
G Castoria
Dr. Pierce
World's Dis
W. Davis Willis Cowan
F. K. Russell
Treas
B. F. Morris
A. Dunn
F. A. Cogswell
W. D. Ridelsperger
D. W. Pee Ghesiarr
W. Cc. Arthur
V. Davis
Willis Cowan
Man
Anedhatish
Henry, Johnson & Lord, Proprietors
Barlington
Morris & Mullen, Warren and
N.C. Allen
Glade
Sheffield Express
Sheffield
Ridgway Express
Oil Express
Erie Mall
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Phila
Williamsport
Kane
Erie Mail
Erie Express
Warren Rkomu
Eosee
Ashington
Warren Express
Mm. Oli
Warren Accommodation
Whetheld
V. M. Chas
E. Pugh
Gen’l Man
J. R. Wood
Gen’l Pes. Agt
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
South
Dunkirkar
Fredonia
Casadaga
Sinclairville
Wees
Joss Mill
Ma Kaleoner
A &Gwcraig
Frewsburg
Fentonville
Ackley’s
Russelsburg
M. Warren
Jackson
Arvington
Youngsville
Pittefield
Garland
Torpedo
Grand Valley
Titus Ylelv
Lake Shore and
Erie Railways
Jamestown
Bradford
C. H. Ketcham
L. T. Brsuer
Western
Penna
R.R
Kinzua
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Irvington
Idioute
Tionesta
Oil City
Oil City Express
W.S. Leffard
R. Bell
J. A. Fellows
Pass
Exchange St
Buffalo, N
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