Curious clippings from distant towns and odd schemes
A mixed bag of notes recounts a Georgia woman disguising as a man to court six girls, a Michigan man gifting tickets to marry a participant chosen by lot, and a West Virginia girl buying a gold watch with trapped animal hides. Also noted are an undertaker buried at Guthrieville, a missing man described to Columbus cops, a Wichita coal theft trial postponed for preaching, Georgetown age reunion customs, Dr. Meisberger's funeral feast will, Juneau merchant coffins for Indians, a buffalo church scheme with a slot machine for donations, and No Man's Land jurisdiction clarified by a Texas judge pushing outlaws toward Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Atlanta
George L. Moore
Guthrieville
Chester County
Columbus
Tyre
Wichita
Kan
Georgetown
Lewis Meisberger
Buffalo
Juneau
Alaska
Portland
Ore
No Man's Land
No Man’s Land
Paris
Texas
Oklahoma
Notable Personal Sketches and Public Figures
A roundup of prominent persons and officials including Schurz, the Prince of Wales, Bismarck’s secretary, Representative Cannon, Mrs Mary Livermore, and Queen Victoria. The items touch on fear of crime, regimens, health, philanthropy, insanity, and aristocratic pursuits in England and Brazil, plus reflections on Duke of Westminster’s longevity and turf success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schurz
Prince of Wales
Bismarck
Representative Cannon
Congress
Mary A.livermore
Boston
Tom Marquise de Galliffet
Paris
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Church of St. Bartholomew
Queen Victoria
Brazil
Homespun Advice Sparks Odd Job Hunt in Alley
A street scene shows Mrs Homespun directing a tramp to a job location behind a nearby street corner. The exchange lightens the mood as the tramp thanks her for help. A separate literary note cites John Ruskin calling John Strange Winter the most faithful render of a British chorister in Boots Baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ruskin
John Strange Winter
Merck Drug Store Free Trials Boost Trade
The Merck Drug Store reports a surge in trade after offering free trial bottles of Dr King s New Discovery for consumption. The ad promises quick relief for coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and other throat and lung diseases with a free trial and a $1 large bottle, all warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merck
Dr. King
Atchison Globe
Ayer
Ernest A. Hepler
Parish Terre Bonne
E. G. Edgerly
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Samuel Griggs
Waukegan
Rodney Johnson
Springfield
Henry, Johnson & Lord, Props
Burlington, Vt
Bowns’ Elixir
Global trade and industry notes from distant ports
A California wine firm received an English order for 54 000 gallons of sweet wine while Montgomery County sent 65 tons of butter to Liverpool. Rhode Island shipped rubber shoes to Austria and South American railways order US locomotives. Ivory prices rise as Sheffield firms pay up to 2000 per ton. American apples set record exports of 1 401 382 barrels, and Canadian US trade exceeds Britain in some metrics. Steam heated piers and peat candle paraffin vznik in Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
England
Montgomery County
Liverpool
Austria
Rhode Island
United States
Callifornia
San Francisco News-Letter
Sheffield
Rodgers & Sons
America
Europe
Atlantic
Boston
Canada
Great Britain
Fioripa
Tampa
Jamaica
Brazil
Ireland
Ancient Knowledge and Modern Advertising Origins
A compact survey traces ancient writing on bamboo slips and early paper to Chinese origins, notes on birthday customs, and posters in Pompeii. It recounts Egyptian embalming cost, Latin's rise and fall, butter use among Spartans, and petroleum lamp discovery via a French improvised lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confucius
Pompeiian
Egypt
Herodotus
Diodorus
Italy
England
Henry II
Henry Til
Western Characters Who Have Forsaken Their Old Lively Ways
A Montana Cor. report in the New York Tribune relates a story from the West about former raiders and rough men who have since mellowed. A Pullman scene shows an elderly veteran who orders a violator removed, recalling his frontier days and former nerve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Rome
Porser
She Porter Asile
Marshall
Hare
Pardner
Express
Black Hills
Montana
The Frolicsome Frog An Entertaining Natural History Chapter
The piece notes the frog as a curious animal able to swim with strong hind legs and a bass voice. It traces its growth from tadpole to adult, mentions changing uses from swimming to commerce, and cites frogs in fairy tales. It ends with a humorous claim that largest frogs weigh six to eight tons and calls them railroad frogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Family Scrap-Basket of Household Tips and Tricks
A Boston Budget excerpt compiles practical household advice. Tips cover ant control with kerosene, carpet care, frosting with aged eggs, stain removal, nail cleaning for babies, lard sweetening, coffee whitening with egg and water, wood furniture cleaning, tea stain removal with salt, chimney cleaning via zinc on live coals, and notes on currant jelly quality and kerosene storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dry Day in North Dakota Cited by Press
A Philadelphia Press quip warns against overoptimism while noting North Dakota’s reputation as very dry. The Springfield Republican laments a threefold crisis of drought prohibition and treasury deficit in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
North Dakota
Springfield Republican
When Are You Paying The Hundred Dollars? Eight-Year Debt
Grabbinger presses Slopeigh for repayment of a hundred dollars borrowed eight years earlier. Slopeigh claims not the borrower, but Grabbinger counters with a scientific claim that a man changes every seven years, thus the debtor is a different person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grabbinger
Slopeigh
Environment shapes conduct behind prison walls
A philosopher notes that a man’s behavior is largely molded by his surroundings and emphasizes how prison walls intensify this effect. The query “Whose Mai are you reading?” adds a literary, introspective angle.
Man Pays Bill With 1864 Shinplasters
A Bradford man paid an $18 bill using old fashioned paper currency shinplasters from 1864 including 10 25 and 50 cent notes. The odd tender was accepted to settle the account in Bradford Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
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WM. Spinner
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Warren
P Greenlund
Frolicsome Frog
Jacob Keller
Efoston Shoe Store
Diamond Block
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Myron Waters
Francis Henry
David L. Gerould
Cashie
Irectors
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Jenry
H. A. Jamieson
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N Parmlee Atcofield
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Geneva
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Young
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Luke Short
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Doctor Ruble
Berlin
Secret Police
Moscow
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Durham
Spain
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Jwman
Christian Smith
Warren County
First National Bank
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W. H. Pickett & CO
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Luburg
Luburcg Mfc. CO
North Eighth Street
Philadelphia
Physico-Financial Science
Sherman
Jewetts
Syracuse
F. O. Pierce
Philad’a
C. A. Wood CO
N. 10Th St
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Rno Choice School
Brooke Hall
Iris
Shortlidge Media Academy
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Fifth Ave
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Washington
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Erie Express
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Chas, E. Pugh
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J.B. Wood
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R.R
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Madepeen Breage Sae Ce
Warren & Farnsworth Valley BB
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Clarendon
Corned
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Wood’s Mill
East Branch Junction
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Garfield
Wood's Mill
Mccalmont
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Northware
Ridgway
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A. D. Wood
John H. King
James R, King
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Teleres
Hallett & CO
Box
BSO
Mane
Stinson & Co
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