Wagers and curiosities from a late 19th century column
A betting note in New York predicts Maj. Mac Kinley will win more votes than Harrison at the next Republican convention. The piece lists sun time coincidences, oil price highs and lows in 1860–61, a Kentucky bond theft case, a banker’s illness from wetting lips, a Maine lumberman’s purchase, a Crema tion society’s Columbarium with 1000 urn rooms for cremated ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maj. MacKinley
Harrison
Owensboro
C. BE. Brapforpd
Augusta
Wis
Oxp Whipple
Maine
Talmage
San Francisco
Sunlit Remedies and Garden Delights in a Rural Note
A rural tone advises sun protection with a hat and handkerchief, leafy shade, and using a green leaf for comfort. It mentions crooked bones can be straightened by proper manipulation and small lime or juice incidents to quench thirst. It extols outdoor life as therapy for nervous moods and curiosity about blooming roses, pansies, and sweet peas.
United States Postal and Geographic Facts Collage
A roundup notes 2372 postal workers in Chicago handling yearly mail output. Oregon’s historic use of horse meat is mentioned. It recalls Missouri as the longer river and Mississippi’s younger discovery. Key West Florida and Ounalaska Alaska are cited as the most distant U S post offices, 6271 miles apart, with a two cent stamp covering the distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oregon
Missouri
Mississippi
United States
Key West
Fla
Ounalaska
Alaska
New York
Brooklyn
CHAT FOR THE WOMEN
A social guide advises June brides to collect stylish gift boxes and choose a summer role. It warns that athletic effort clashes with cool elegance and notes popularity is cheap, while kindness and thinking others sweet can make one appear lovely.
Gleaned World Facts From An Ambitious Gazette
A dated compilation notes global colonies, wild population estimates, and disaster counts. It cites French Africa’s vast domain, British Empire disappearances, equal land division, New York city population, cyclone deaths, and Belgium’s alcohol revenue plus rising crime and insanity percentages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Africa
British Empire
New York
Wilson
Health Board
Strong
United States
Belgium
Lamb fattening plan to supply market early
Farm Journal urges getting portion of wool carded for comfortables then focuses on lamb growth. It recommends lambs be fed a daily grain ration in a pasture trough to accelerate finish before the usual lamb market rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Journal
Ancient routes and crafts across Asia and empires
The passage notes paper stockings in China, a 2500 year written history in Japan, a 2100 mile imperial canal waterway built over 600 years, and early use of carrier pigeons by the Ottoman state. It also recalls a Baghdad to Aleppo dispatch by horse in thirty days, delivered in forty eight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Imperial Canal of
State Department
Ottoman Empire
Lithgow
Bagdad
Aleppo
Our Common Medicines and Their Origins
Glycerin discovered by Scheele in 1789 noted as soothing oil component. Antimony exported from France Spain and Holland to this country and England. Nux vomica derived from seeds of a tree abundant in India East Indies and Ceylon. Bismuth first distinguished as a metal by Agricola in 1520.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheele
England
France
Spain
Holland
India
East Indies
Ceylon
Agricola
Way Up Jokes About Marriage and Housework
Cartoon dialogue shows a husband crediting his wife with teaching him housework. The exchange, sourced from a St. Louis Republic humorous column, reflects light domestic humor and marital rapport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catterson
Natterson
St. Louis Republic
Procession and Indian Festival Schedule at Centennial Grounds
The program begins 10 30 a m with a procession to the grandstand under Chief Marshal. Highlights include music by Warren Band and Glee Cargess, addresses by Hon Chas W Lub and Hon Chas H Noyes, a council fire with Cornplanter chiefs, Indian dances, archery, lacrosse, base ball, an Indian attack on the Block House, and evening dances and a spelling school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Band
Kummer
Chas. Wlub
Glee Crgess
Warren
James W. Wiggins
Chas. H. Noyes
H. J. Muse
Fife and Drum Corps
Aes
Charles Chase
S. T. Daggett
Warren 1840 Old Settlers Reunion Events Schedule
Activities begin at 10 a.m. with an Indian La Crosse game and continue with shooting contests races and games at 11 a.m. Grand Stand program at 2 p.m. includes band music and a reading of the Warren Act by Hon. C. C. Thompson. A history address by B. F. Morris follows with more music then an old settlers reunion dinner for Warren county residents prior to 1840. Auctions at 3 p.m. feature Shawkey Schnur Yates Crandall. Events include ball game Ezra Hazeltine vs Thomas Cooper, Indian dance foot races rites of tribes, drill by Co. I N. and ceremony dress parade 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. dances with 8 p.m. old time singing school and 9 p.m. illuminated bicycle parade ending with an old time dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
C. C. Thompson
B. F. Morris
Mth
Warren County
Old Settlers
Shawkey
Schnur
Yates, Crandall
Ezra Hazeltine
Thomas Cooper
Co. I. N
Myro
N Waters
Grand Parade opens Warren centennial events at 10 a.m.
The program begins with a parade forming at Market and Water streets and marching under the Chief Marshal to Hickory and Water streets. It continues with 1 p.m. entertainment plans to be announced, 2 p.m. grand stand program with music and five minute speeches, 4 p.m. chorus, and a benediction by Rev. Dr. Trabert. Evening features include a river illuminated fleet and a grand fireworks display featuring Alladin's Jewelled Tree, Sapon Chain, Falls of Niagara, and Grove of Palms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market
Water Streets
Warren
Hickory
Benediction
Trabert
Alladin
Niagara
Grand War Relics Fair With Indian Encampment and Fireworks
Grounds will showcase relics and curiosities with an Indian wigwam camp set on site. Night lighting, free tract access, and 25 cent admission outline a varied daily program including bands, fifers, drummers, and a Paine fireworks display led by a New York expert. Railroads offer low fares with after-show return trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Ground
Paine
New York
Pennsylvania
Dav&p
WNY& P
Kane
Ing Hall
Nickel Plate map promotes Boston convention hall and sleeping car line
Nickel Plate Road publishes a Boston map showing the Christian Endeavor Convention Hall and State Headquarters for the 14th International Convention from July 10 to 15. It also touts its through Drawing Room Sleeping Car service between Chicago and Boston. Copies available from Nickel Plate agents or General Passenger Agent B F Horner. Farmers urged to seek good feed at right price from Allegheny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Boston
Mass
Christian Endeavor
Chicago
B. F. Horner
Erie Lines ticket sale for Christian Endeavor meeting
The Erie Lines agency announces tickets on sale July 5 to 9 for return travel by August 1. Passengers may choose one route with a separate return route. Erie offers through cars to Boston daily at the lowest rates. Contact Erie ticket agents or F H Garfield at Jamestown NY for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thousand Islands
Warren
Rochester
N. Y
N. Y. Central Station
Clayton
Alexandria Bay
S. B. Newton
Exchange Street
Buffalo
F. H. Garfield
Division
Jamestown
Topeka visit saves life with Cholera remedy
In Topeka last March E. T. Barber of La Cygne Kansas survived a severe cholera morbus attack after a hotel night clerk gave three doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy The ad endorses the product for all homes and notes 25 and 50 cent bottle prices from Morris Mullen druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
E. T. Barber
la Cygne
Kansas
Chamberlain
Morris & Mullen
Clockwork Mystery in Passenger Satchel on Train
A porter on a train notices ticking from a passenger satchel carried by a man. Conductor and others suspect clockwork devices, but investigation fails until a swinging satchel lock reveals the hidden mechanism causing the ticking. The crowd relaxes as the mystery is explained.
Monkey Brawl Ends When Cat Spits At Window
In a downtown window cage six young monkeys attacked each other in a riotous brawl. Crowds cheered as the fracas paused when a neighboring restaurant boy waved a cat before the glass. The cat hissed and spat, and the primates immediately ceased fighting and scattered to the cage’s far corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Thomas Cat
Proof Positive and Sharp Wit Across Papers
A collage of old jokes and quips from Northern and Southern papers. Bits mock regional pride and marriage scenes while a Chinese treaty joke frames a light political jab.
Bride learns of monthly payment in neighbor gossip
Dialogue suggests Mrs Hicks struggles with a sharp monthly expense of twenty dollars. Bridget Broker taunts with a neighbor’s tip as Mrs Hicks questions the source and timing of a visit.
An Exceptional Case Featured in Brooklyn Life
A dialogue notes certainty behind a bill, citing unseen influences and the adage money talks, reflecting political intrigue and persuasion in a Brooklyn Life context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Asking the Impossible and Fashionable Quips
A collage of humorous quotes from 19th century columns. The servant laments coal shortages while the mistress reacts. Separate items note Mrs Lake side’s fashion following and satire on fashionable timing. A joke about cold baths and a quip on a pneumonia cure round out the selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Hopeful. Algie and Ethel Marriage Temptation
Chappie recalls Ethel saying she would marry if her dog were to die. The New York World reports the odd moment as a light social note about romance and whimsy amid pet fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algie
Ethel
Chappie
N. Y
Convincing Proof and The Honest Man
A dialogue fragment asserts confidence in Dilson’s integrity. The speaker questions Dilson’s honesty and notes a striking sign of respect from both his tailor and his florist who bow to him. The excerpt hints at social influence and perceived character.
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Dilson
Steels
N. Y
Dangerous Thing Dialogue Sparks Courtship Challenge
A brief stage style exchange shows a clash of affection and wit as a man and woman debate love and learning in a short moral vignette. The line from Yon kers Statesman frames the dialogue with a playful back and forth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
The Reason He Had
A brief comic line from the Detroit Free Press features a punchline about a married reason for not joining a club. The exchange contrasts a lack of motivation with a humorous marital justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tother
Detroit Free Press
Odd World Facts and Humorous Vignettes
A miscellany notes Americans spend 300 million a year on hats, Bible letters totals, Vesuvius lava bricks to build a New York London city, and a New York horse census of 69 212 equines. Also includes a cigar shop anecdote and wedding night quip from Latter-Day Luxuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yong Hatter
United States
Vesuvius
New York
London
Board of Health
Animals Talk Like Balaam’s Ass, Judge Notes
At a social gathering Gus Smith declares animals can talk and cites Balaam’s ass. Old Judge Peterby agrees, remarking on the idea as a humorous aside in Texas Siftings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baalam
Gus ‘Smith
Balaam
Judge Peterby
Texas
Naturally Suggests Itself And Other Humorous Fragments
A collage of quips and light jokes from various periodicals. A postal clerk muses on an unfinished address for Lame Bear, Esquire, Col, and the postmaster jokes about Cripple Creek. The collection includes brief humor about a melancholic humorist Zaggles, parenting remarks, country life, and a quip about losing one’s mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flere
Making Room Through Sharing Ice Cream
A brief verse from Town Topics depicts a man gifting ice cream to his beloved as she consumes, the act sealed by her heart giving way to make space for another plate in a tender, lyrical scene.
Tur crocodile egg size noted and other curious items
A list notes a crocodile egg comparable to a goose egg, the Rose of Belgium diamond valued at 150000, a single wooden shoe factory in Pella Iowa, and three tall men in Linton Indiana. Also reports a Trappist monk fleeing Rome with community funds and a Garfield era bullet wound survivor in Independence. Dr Charles Montezuma comments on civilizing Indians through direct white contact.
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Tur
Belgium
Iowa
Pella
Marion County
Linton
Ind
Cleld B. Close
Lewis
James Jackson
Tre Fontane
Rome
Independence
Garfield
Charles Montezuma
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
the Far East
Pitcher’s Castoria
Allegheny
Northern
Heabler
Indianapolis Journal
N. Y. World
Europe
Jinks
Mr. Zaggles
Binks
Outers
Dudeley Canesucker
Boless
Texas Siftings
Maud Edith
Producer
Consumer
Kopf & Henry
Grocers
Water Street
American Tobacco Co
Cornell
Lafayette
Yale
Marlbury
Richmond
Imperial
Princess Royal
Piccadilly
Monte Christo
Fehlman Bros
Daily World
Odeon
Paris
Vienna
Nicholas of
Montenegro
Prince Arbanet
Cettinje
Tsaritsa
Balkans
Post
Clara
N.Y
M. M. Fenner
R. Fenner
Dr. Fenner
Mjetn
Colle Dy Opoose
Tyson Minu' Res
James J. Hilt
Great Northern Railroad
St. Paul
Pennsylvania Road
Huntingdon
Union
Columbus
Manitou
Col
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak Cog Road
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Dispensary Medical Association
C. Smith
J. K. Ronne
Merchant Tailor
Wanamaker & Brown
Hickory St
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Pullman Ceean
Erie
Williams Pric
Ice
Pullman
Williamsport
Renovo
Ridgway
Sheffield
Ray Warren
S. M. Prevost
J. KR. Wood
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central
Hudson River
R. R
Sun
NORT
Cytacuse
Niagara Falls
Seeeeeereens Bumaio
Ee Lyv
Dunkirk
Fredonia Weseee
Lily Dale Cassad
Falconer
Falconer Junction
Titusville
Epson J. Weeks
Xsbener St
A. Kercham
Gro
H. Daniels
New York City
D. C. Moon
Fifth Ave
New York and
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Irvington
Tidfoute
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburg
Oil City Express
Lepeane
R. Bell
A. Fellows
Exchange St
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Howland
Gar
Jerry Crary
Cincinnati
St. Louis
East
West
F. H. Garf
Blackburne
Siegfried & CO
Sada Acme Cycle Company
Elkhart, Ind
W. B. Puart, Sec’y
Frazer Axle
THE
Americar 1 Company
USA
W. H. Drouen
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