Odd Occurrences in a Simpleton's Day
A Pennsylvanian elopes with his German mother in law who speaks no English. An 108 year old man in Birmingham Ohio dies after dancing at his birthday. A Sumter County Georgia man kills seven wild turkeys in three shots. In Palatka Florida a skull and a golf watch are found in an alligator's stomach. A long dialect tale of a fox hunt ends with a comic misfire and a catamount collision. Ed Mott recounts the tale from the New York Sun.
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Birmingham
Sumter County
Palatka
Fla
G. Meee
Coatesville
Saccarappa
Sunbury
Greene Street
New York
Wirt Dexter
Chicago
Dexter
Europe
Barbara
Oketo
Kan
James Miller
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Louis
Gabe
Sugar Swamp
Sam Hill
Wuther
Fox
Scroechin
Ed Mott
N. Y. Sun
New York City
Portland
Ore
Persoe
Missouri Penitentiary
Millview
Pensacola
Pla
United States Court
Grand Rapids
Tur
Mexican Pacific Railway
Tonala
Chiapas
Clyde
Viawest
Tulare County
Cal
Supreme Court
Clinton County
Board of Visitors
West Point
Congress
Bowling Green
Australia
America
Council of Hygiene
Paris
Nicaragua
Mosso
Turin
Vasilioff
St. Petersburg
Vasilieff
Geological Institute
Vienna
Jelica
Servia
Morawa
M. Falb
London
Exch & Man
Lancaster
Grand Opening Rich Spring Novelties at D Shears
The ad boasts a grand opening for Rich Spring Novelties Dry Goods Carpets and more at D Shears. It highlights a busy carpet department with Cottage Hall Stair Ingram Tapestry Body Brussels Velvet Moquette carpets and unbeatable prices. It promotes dress goods embroideries white goods spring wraps cloaks wash fabrics silks and a large French and American Latin line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Shears
Hmaburg
Nainsook
London cellars home to sixty thousand families
A long list of world notes reports London housing as cellar dwellings for about 60,000 families. It also mentions a Columbus monument, a Belgian king's bouquet gift, Parliament bill printing debates, and various European affairs.
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London
Columbus
Queen Victoria
Sennacherib
Assyria
Berlin
Vienna
Tur Kaiser
Stanley
Nile
Mississippi
Missouri
Amazon
Museum of Antiquities
Gottingen
Bismarck
Loxpow Industries
Hong Kong
China
Japan
Germany
Algiers
California fruit growers import cubes to boost orange supply
Southern California fruit growers import orange trees from Cube in large numbers. SouthEuRN California projects a coming season orange crop of about 1.5 million boxes. Nearby Hebron New Hampshire reports 8839 topped maple trees and 23333 pounds of sugar produced last season.
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California
Cube
Southeurn
Hebron
N. H
New York
Normandy
England
France
Caen
Kemp's Balsam Promises Cure For Colds And Coughs
The advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a top curing remedy for colds and coughs. It urges inspection of the bottle’s clarity, claims only the best ingredients are used, and notes pricing at 50 cents and one dollar with free samples available.
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Gray Medicine CO
Buffalo
N.Y
Warren
Siegfried & Co
Cor Second
Liberty Sis
Praise for the Colby Piano Co. style C mahogany piano
Theo dore Pfaffin of Curcaco Cotrace Organ Co. praises the Colby Piano Co. Erie Pa for a style C mahogany piano. He commends the instrument’s tone and touch and notes Pfaffin’s long piano trade career.
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Colby
Colby Piano Company
Theodore Pfaffin
Curcaco Cotrace Organ Co
State Street
Curcaco
Ixx
Colby Piano Co
Erie
Pfaflin
Firstlass Instruments
Various Local Notes From Across the States
Reports from Ashland to Pensacola note sky visibility at Ashland, a push in Roxbury to erect a statue of John Eliot, a new cavern in Giles County Virginia, and Chicago forming to promote a Monumental statue of General Sherman. Maine fisherman sells a rare white lobster to a Boston museum for $3, a GranGIA man freed after sixteen years, New York post office tests a stamp machine, and a Portland duel over a widow.
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Ashland
Roxbury
Mass
John Eliot
Giles County
Luray
Chicago
General Sheridan
Penobscot Bay
Maine
Boston
Grancgia
The Silly Bits Show Up in a Chicago Barber Tale
A curious collection of quips and exchanges appears, including a Chicago barber's worth cited at 125000 and jokes about silence crime and clever tricks. The piece zips through reflections on love, marriage, dieting, and social antics with a satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iluspano
Pearce
Dolliver
Mrs. Pongee
Harry
George
Mixed Humor Snippets from 19th Century Papers
A collage of witty exchanges and short quips drawn from periodicals like Boston Transcript Life and Munsey's Weekly. Jokes cover relationships, manners, and social faux pas with brief setups and punchlines, including lines about judging others, hospitality, and faint observations on human folly.
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan & CO
E. Cowan
W.cowan
D.cowan
Warren County
D* J. A. Partridge
Market Street
Kfek, Reed
Waters’ Block
Frown Stone
Rick
First National Bank
R. Brown
D. W. Stone
Ke, Rick
En H. Allen
Allenbrock
Corner Second and
Liberty Sts
Warren, Pa
R. Joan Hepburn
Liberty St
Ilbur & Schnur
Hazeltine Building
W. W
WH. Schnur
Cable & Peterson
Attorneys AT Law
Water Street
Scofield Block
C. Dinsmoor
Jas. Cable
A. Peterson
Arren
Thos. W. Arird
Water and
Liberty Streets
Liberty Street
L. Agnew
Market and
Second Sts
McAlpine, A
Third St
M Kk
W. Dunkle, Ad
Postoffice
W G. Trunkey
Attorney AT Law
Judge Scotfield
W. W. Freeman
Hazeltine
A. F. Bole
Wright Block
Centre Street
Corry, Pa
Bowman & Bole
Jouan F. McPherson
Hickory
Porky D. Clark
Verback Block
L. G. Noyes’ Drug Store
Warren Savings Bank
Epeerate Painting
W. A. Greaves
Exchange Block
Crawfore
Forest
Venango
H. J. Muse
Johnson’s Exchange
Etmore
Noyes & Hinckley
Second Street
Hinckley
Notary Public
L. D. Wetmoer
H. Noyes
W.D. Hinckley
Oy & Thompson
Beaty Block
D. I. Ball
Istory
P. Johnson
W. M. Windsey
Parmlee
Citizens National Bank
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
David L. Gerould
Cashier
M. Waters
F Henry
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
Dd. Brown
A. Hertzsi
Geo. N. Parmlee
A. T. Scofield
U.S
Morck Bro
Stewelers
Opticians
Bpeciatoy
August Morck
Optician
J.K. Ronne
Kory Street
Edward Bellamy
Mary A. Mason
Harper's Weekly
Boston Courier
Chicago Post
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Alice
George Horton
Texas
Robert Adger Bowen
Earth
Phrenological Journal
Hite
A. M. Tomlinson
Christian
Wort
Samson
Ben
Hum Tol
Dr. Shear
Rocal Directory
Warren County Farmer's Club
Court House
W. Bb. Acocks
Willis Cowan
B.F. Morris
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie R
West
Erie Acc
Shef
St.Mary's
Oil Express
Lon E Express
Erie Mail
Erie Ex
Kane Acce
West Ace
SUND
Philadelphia
A. KR
Eastern Standard
Dunkirk, Allegheny
Val
Pittsb’y R
R. W.teese
Justices of the Peace
Geo, OU
Cornelius, J. F. McPherson
L. F. Watson
O. C. Allen
C. C. Thompson
W.P. Nutting
Phil. N. Robinson
Scofield
Joseph Clinton
Sheffield
H. T. Russell
Russell
C. H. Meacham
Leroy 8
Strong
Kinzua
Peirce
J. W. Dunkle
Warren, Co
O. J. Gunning
A. E. Pelton
Lottsville
Thomas Mooney
Stoneham
H. M. Putnam
Warrer P
Corry and
Bradford
Dunkirk
Ridgwey
D. A
Sugar Grove
Lander
Cornplanter
Corydon
Onoville
Steamburg
Salamanca
R.A. Love
Eben N.forp
Hall Corner
Liberty and
Water Sts
Ornten’ Council
National Union
G. A. RK
Laban Lonner
K.of H
Warren Commandery
K. T
Library
Warren Lodge
Allen Block
Kossuth
O.O. F
Rosertt Bitum Lopex
Gray
Middle
Napet States
BIA Nursery Company
Rochester
Carters
Inc
Ny &c
Carter
Qabteb Medicine CO
Eafo
Sumner &T
Cleveland
Ohio
Secrest Suitace
Somanes
Ghas
Bal Balto
Mig
N. ¥. Ledger
Toronto
N. x
W. W. Hamilton
Lock Haven
Haines
Golden Specific
Golden Specific Co
Race Street
Cincinnati, O
Mart
Warren P.O
Tue Mart
Science and Industry
Boston Transcript
Idioticus
Cynicus
John
de Smith
Travis
Bloodgood
Burlington Free Press
Washington Post
Chicago Times
Miss Slyppe
Penfeather
Tom
Munsey's Weekly
Daniel Lambert
Harper's
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