Remarkable Will Fragments And Curious Testamentary Oddities
A long survey of eccentric bequests and strange clauses in wills revealed in Medford Massachusetts and London. Examples include Solomon Sanborn leaving body parts and drumheads for patriotic displays, and Jeremy Bentham’s skeleton mounted in a hospital chair. Additional anecdotes recount oddities from Horatio Onderdonk and Dr Wagner, plus miscellaneous nature and regional sketches of Southwestern Iowa and humorous quips from periodicals.
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Solomon Sanborn
Medford
Mass
Sanborn
Massachusetts
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Agassiz
Anatomical Department
Harvard College
Bunker Hill
Jeremy Bentham
Hospital Museum
London
Wagner
Napoleon Bonaparte
George Washington
Horatio G. Onderdonk
New York
Draco
Mr. Onderdonk
St. Louis Republic
Eighth Grand Semi Annual Clearance Sale Opens January 7
The Leading Dry Goods House of Warren County announces its eighth grand semi annual clearance during January 1890. They offer unprecedented low prices to reduce stock and compensate railroad fare for customers trading $10 or more. The sale runs from January 7 to January 25 with large lines of buttons hosiery gloves corsets white goods embroideries and more.
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Warren County
Warren P.O. Aa
Erie and Philadelphia Rail Schedule Mix
Train times listed with arrivals and departures for multiple services including Erie, Kane, and Buffalo routes. Connections show standard and eastern time patterns with morning and evening departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia & Erie R. R
Eastern Standard
Local Officials and Appointments List
Burgess August Morck Jr leads town council with P J Bayer and others. J A Schofield serves as clerk, A S Dalrymple as constable, Alson Rogers surveyor. School directors include Dinsmoor Knapp Clark and others. Justices of the peace listed as Geo O Cornelius and McPherson.
Postal Cards And Humorous Referents In Newspapers
A collage notes witty lines about cats shows, germs and influenza in cash, and friendships. It cites quotations from Milwaukee Journal Hartford Times and other papers, plus remarks on a pastor's daughter and the choir as a training ground for comic opera.
Notable Authors and Public Figures in 19th Century Letters
Summary of scattered biographical notes on figures such as Flarriet Beecher Stowe Oscar Wilde Joseph Jefferson and Emile Zola. Mentions Stowe's honorary role in New York Authors Club Froude's London elusiveness Wilde's literary shift Pope Harvard letter read aloud Jefferson’s Autobiography remarks on hardship Zola on politics and literature Bestseller lists cite Ben Hur Little Lord Fauntleroy Looking Backward Bancroft works and Polk biography plans by The Critic.
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Flarriet Beecher Stowe
Authors’ Club of
New York
Froude
London
George Ebers
Joseph Mulhattan
Baptist Church
Louisville
Oscar Wilde
Harvard University
Joseph Jefferson
Emile Zola
Ben Hur
Lord Fauntleroy
President Polk
Humorous Quotations from 19th Century Newspapers
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes from papers such as the Liverpool Post and N Y Sun. Includes exchanges about George Washington honesty polonaise by Liszt and worth, a pastor row with the choir leader, a grammar class kiss definition, a cook notice, and a prince who enjoys cigar ashes.
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George Washington
Sammy
Terre Haute Express
Liverpool Post
Annabel
Liszt
Maud
Worth
America
Miss Langham
Mr. de Yank
N. Y. Sun
Blinkins
Puck
N. Y. Ledger
Mr. Green
Richard
Munsey
Style as a mirror of character and life
A Washington Critic quote contrasts style with inner truth. Gilson notes fashion-minded wife reflects how style embodies what a man possesses. The exchange frames style as a defining personal measure.
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Gilson
Washington
Glorious creature and the maid’s reward in song
A lyric scene shows a singer with a lover and critic. The woman calls attention to the risk of judgment as arrows of angry looks fly at the man. She urges the lover to seek another who is not a seeker and who remains meek when his love is distant.
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America
Dime Museum
N. Y
Snaggs
Baggs
Burlington Free Press
Worm
Julius Cesar
Avon
Boarders Lost and Lovers Found at Buttonball Farm
Two nieces Prue and Cherry escape Aunt Stasia's control by sneaking to a real party. The plan collapses when a smoke-house prison is discovered. Calvin Harding and Andrew Allen intervene as the city boarders depart. The girls announce forthcoming marriages to Allen and Harding, ending Aunt Stasia’s tyranny.
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Prue
Cherry
Charity Lee
Prudence
Aunt Stasia
Jonathan
Cis Allen
Calvin Harding
Allen Farmhouse
Stasia
Charity
Uncle Jonathan
Aunt ’Stasia
Trout Brook
Rose
Anastasia
Calvin Arcing
Cissy Allen
Andrew
Herbert
Corliss
Allen
Harding
Button Depot
Andrew Allen
N. Y. Ledger
Close shave dangers and a hotel light misadventure
Medical Classics notes that shaving removes a skin layer exposing vessels and nerve tips, risking colds and throat troubles. In Toledo an Illinois traveler tried to smother an electric bulb with knots and a towel, causing a fire that was stopped by a vigilant night watchman.
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Illinois
Toledo
Market Quotations of New York Heiresses
A table lists numerous heiresses with estimated fortunes from 250000 to 22000000 dollars. Names include Miss Sallie Hargous, Miss Mary Leiter, Miss Jennie Flood, Miss Teresa Fair, Miss Gwendoline Caldwell, Miss Celeste Stauffer, Miss Havemeyer, Miss Helen Gould, Miss Florence Pullman, Miss Marion Langdon, Miss Helen Beckwith, Miss Eva Morris, Miss Marie Terry, Miss Iselin, Miss Lillian Nathan, Miss Alice Seligman, Miss Shafer, Miss Grace Wilson, Miss Louise Shepard, Miss Edith Kip, Miss Sallie Hewitt, Mrs. Frederick Neilson, and others. Values span 0 to 22 million, reflecting vast family fortunes tied to New York society.
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New York
Sallie Hargous
Mary Leiter
Saaw Aeneres
Jennie Flood
Teresa Fair
Gwendoline Caldwell
Huntington Aehressenda
Celeste Stauffer
Havemeyer
Helen Gould
Miss Morgan
Florence Pullman
Marion Langdon
Helen Beckwith
Gerry
Eva Morris
Maude Jaffra
Florence Hur
Margaret Schieffelin
Marie Terry
Estelle Schuyle
Iselin
Lillian Nathan
Alice Seligman
Shafer
Scocecesereres
Grace Wilson
Ansbret
Remsen
Louise Shepard
Martin
Bradley Worcot Brete
Green
Hetty Green
Fond Father and Harry Debate Emotion in Miss Watson Case
In a quoted Epoch dialogue, Fond Father urges Harry to marry Miss Watson after a year of waiting. Harry counters she is not emotional enough, while Fond Father jokes his head is bare as a billiard ball and recalls his wife as emotional, highlighting a comic domestic squabble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam’s B. Shipler
Paragon
Indiana
St. Jacobs
Harry
Miss Watson
Scott
No Tips for Girl Waiters In Clark Street Restaurant
A Chicago Tribune report recalls a Clark Street restaurant where a female waiter says tips are not allowed and that she has never received a gratuity in decades of working in major eateries. She notes men commonly receive tips, while women typically do not, and this instance was the first she observed a female worker refuse.
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Clark Street
Philadelphia
Chicago Tribune
Eye of Man and the Cat Family in Predatory Encounters
The essay discusses belief in the human eye intimidating wildlife, noting unarmed tests with big cats are unreliable. It warns against attempting such encounters with bulls or bears, but suggests cats like lions and tigers may respond differently, detailing the feline hunting method and the instinct to strike from behind. Forest and Stream.
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Rocky Mountains
A Pointer for Train Robbers from a Boston Traveler
A traveling representative for a large Boston machine shows a bulging pocket-book filled with greenbacks. He claims the money is to be carried west of the Missouri River to avoid destitution and says the bills are outlawed antebellum green goods kept for protection against robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Machine Works
Missouri River
Boston
Points in writing and the danger of misread letters
A Farm and Fireside note warns young writers to insert proper points. It cites printers and readers misreading a sentence due to bad punctuation, changing meaning from a prayer request for a seafaring husband to a request for prayers for a man visiting his wife.
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Massachusetts
Domestic Strategy and the Indian Wife's Influence
In this excerpt from Household, the author argues that a wife often copi es with a irascible husband through flattery and deception. She uses her power within the wigwam to steer domestic affairs while maintaining harmony. The piece suggests male tyranny drives women to employ subterfuge for practical ends.
Qualifying for His Profession
A humorous Life quip traces a career path from policeman to night watchman and finally to breaking into banks on his own account, highlighting streetwise ambition and irony.
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Centre Street
Corry, Pa
Bowman & Bole
Jouan F. McPherson
Hickory
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Verback Block
Ay N. Yates
L. G. Noyes’ Drug Store
Warren Savings Bank
W. A. Greaves
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Forest
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Johnson’s Exchange
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Second Street
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L. D. Wetmore
D. H. Noyes
R.n & Thompson
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Ball, Notary Public
Op. I
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W. M. Lindsey
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M. Beecher
Cashier
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Local Directory
Warren County Agricultural Association
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Railroad Guide
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Sec’y. Orient Council
National Union
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Carver House
North Star Lodge
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Carroll Lodge
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Father de la Roque
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Young Men’s Christian Association
Hoffman Block
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Elliott Shepard
Washington Post
Norristown Herald
Baltimore American
Santa Claus
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Boston Commercial
Springfield Republican
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Wall St
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Carter
Carter Medicine CO
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EYE
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