The Blue Light Drug Store and Ikey Schoenstein
In a Bowery tale, Ikey Schoenstein the night clerk at the Blue Light Drug Store crafts a morphine powder for Chunk McGowan to win Rosy’s hand. McGowan feigns a plan to elope but Rosy marries him after a chaotic night, while Ikey’s drugged scheme backfires when McGowan secretly poisons Rosy’s guardian.
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Blue Light Drug Store
Bowery
First Avenue
Ikey Schoenstein
Blue Light
Ikey
Pat
Chunk McGowan
McGowan
Rosy
McGowag
Mr. McGowan
Riddle
Losin
Chunk
Tim Lacy
Lochinwar
Mr. Riddle
Morpheus
Riddle’s
Advertising and Fashion Roots of Modern Dress
A brief quip contrasts advertising with old fashioned attire, noting a man should not shun promotion merely because his grandfather avoided knee breeches and a queue. The line hints at evolving norms in self presentation.
Women Outeat Men at Luncheon Says Providence Tribune
A Providence Tribune observer notes women, though teased for eating choices, are more restrained than men at public luncheons. He recalls three mid aged women ordering two portions of fried fish and bread and butter, stopping after the main course.
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Providence ‘Tribune
The Doctor's Gift and the Magpie Trust
Dr Glynn Clobery, a King's College fellow, receives a magpie as a gift from a grateful patient family. The doctor promises to pay half a crown weekly for the bird's upkeep while it remains in the care of the patient’s bearer who brought it to his rooms.
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Robert Glynun-Clobery
Cambridge
King's College
Margjse
King’s College
The Blackstone River Powerhouse of Industry
The Blackstone River, though small in drainage and length, yields 23,000 horsepower across 43 miles and represents about 25 million dollars in capitalization. Its waters power nearly 100 mills from Worcester to Woonsocket and Pawtucket, cementing its status as a major industrial artery.
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United States
Blackstone
America
Worcester
Mass
Woonsocket
Pawtucket
R. I
Technical World Magazine
How to Trap Wild Animals 40 Page Picture Book
An illustrated 40 page trap book lists 46 wild animals in natural colors. It doubles as a fur and hide calendar with gun and trap catalog details and prices. Sent postpaid for 10c stamps of silver or free with shipment or purchase from N. W. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis Minnesota Fur Dept.
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Fur Dept
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
What He Looks Like and How Eskimos Live
A portrait of Eskimos notes their small stature and coppery skin, flat faces, and long dark hair. It describes dress of sealskin, habits, attitudes toward Europeans, and lack of religious tradition, plus customs around family, funerals, and marriage as told by Nordenskjold via the Exchange.
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Nordenskjold
Greenland
Whistling and Weeping Trees Curious Arboreal Oddities
The article surveys two remarkable trees: the Nu bia solar tree that emits flute like sounds when winds pass through it, debated as spirits or insect bored holes in branches, and the Canary Islands weeping tree that pours water from leaf pores during dry spells creating a water pool at its base.
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Nubia
Canary Islands
Chicago Journal
Irish Gooseberries and a Droll Tourist Exchange
An Irish fruit seller corners a visiting American’s joke by correcting his misidentification. The old woman remarks with gentle pity that he cannot tell apples from gooseberries, implying his ignorance of Irish produce.
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Ireland
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Endorsed
A historical advertisement urges readers to rely on Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds, warning against substitutes. The message is signed Q. W. Frost and promotes brand recall for the remedy.
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Foley
Q. W. Frost
Dean's Regulates Billions at Tacks
An odd brief notes a claim about billions and a wake up call after dinner with a bitter tongue coating and sallow complexion. It mentions 25 cents at any drug store as a detail.
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Dean’s
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Love Philber
C. Henry
McClure, Phillips & Co
Mr. MecGowan
Chunk Mngowan
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LaFollett’s Paper
U. S
R. M. LaFollette
Washburn
Bayfield County
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