Clay at a poker table with Senator Bright in Alexandria tale
An anecdotal Cleveland era account describes Henry Clay and Bright playing poker at 8 o'clock with a half dollar blind. Clay, famed for bluffing, loses heavily over two hours, indebts Bright, and reportedly settles debts with land and bank stock. The tale ends with Clay attending church, though a story of a card spill at the rector’s feet surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
Bright
Mr. Clay
Alexandria
John Hancock
Hancok
Kentucky
Louisville
Gentleman Clay
Endurance in the Water Across Humans and Animals
A historical note highlights remarkable swimming feats as humans and animals endure long water journeys. It cites Webb, a ship second mate who survived off Germany’s coast, Brock who swam thirteen miles after a near catastrophe, and a dog that swam long distances without rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bay of Biscay
Gate of Good Hope
Webb
Felow
Brock
Yarmouth
Noted Difference Between Cowmen and Cowboys Mentioned
A correspondent contrasts cowmen and cowboys, calling the former steady citizens and the latter rough hirelings. It recounts cowboys looting agates from a peddler on a train, then driving him away as his stock vanished. A rookie cowboy slides down snow hills in a copper pan, learning snow friction burns hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Whangdoodle Baxter at Funeral Teases Widow Survival
Parson Whangdoodle Baxter distinguished himself at the funeral of an aged colored man with a flippant remark about his diseased bladder having four marriages and only one widow surviving to witness his head. The Whitehall Times notes the world as a stage with many deadhead passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle
New Zealand
Whangdoodle
Whangdoodle Baxter
Texas Siftings
Whitehall Times
Re Star Cough Cure Impresses Deputy Sheriff
Deputy Sheriff James Brunt of Baltimore Maryland reports a thirty year experience with cough specifics and declares he was completely cured by one bottle of Re Star Cough Cure after a severe cold and cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brunt
Baltimore
Maryland
What a Woman for Wife
Converse and a friend observe a monkey and a female in a glass tank as they joke about ambition and marriage. The dialogue notes a monkey feeding on foliage and a female fish remain graceful at the tank, with one man praising the woman as a wife in a humorous rural newspaper tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Converse
Rockhland
Courier Gazelle
Fragmented 19th Century Advert Reading
A collage of witty quotes and ads touches on love pleas and final partings. It features a coy romantic barbed exchange, medical advertisements for delicate diseases and Pinkham remedies, a rural query on guano, and notes on a roller rink joke.
Horsford's Acid Aids Debility From Overwork In Warm Weather
Dr. G W Collins of Tipton Indiana testifies Horsford's Acid phosphate helps nervous debility caused by overwork in warm weather. He reports good results from its use in such cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mensman
Caswell, Hizzard & Co
Proprietors
New York
Aruggsia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Horsford
G W. Collins
Tipton, Ind
Rural Weekly Promises Bargain Subscriptions
A damaged ad fragment offers rural readers a discount to 50 cents for a yearly Rural address weekly eight-page, forty-column journal. It promotes postage free delivery until Jan 1, 1888 and urges sending for a sample copy to evaluate a bargain from Brown's Bronchial Traddies.
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Indiana
Atoi
Popular Science Monthly
Cowboy
Atlanta
World's Dispensary Medial Association
Buffalo
N.Y
Somerville
New York City
Bagzage
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
C. ¥. Majors, Esq
Rolia
Arkansas
Edith
Boston Transcript
HinguinsThear Galyi
Dior Rey’ Xeare
Chamberlain
Tor
Finn Ea
Morse
Morse Beng Miboatite Wes”toate With’ Ward Poliaus Atfinge
Canda
France
Bobi
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Philo
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
T | Louis
Kansas City
Hosteiter
Roy
Hostetter
Mark
Charles A
U.S. A
Allen
Addison
A. J. Hileman
A. J. Colbom
Hsg
Somerset Herald
Astorla
Ill
H.C. Mooney
Pyle Youra
Burrill H. Davis
Slocum
Pearl&St
R. U. Aware
Pearing
Lorillard
Woodley
Deathdra Street
American Rug Pattern CO
Biddeford
R.S
A. P. Lacey
PAT Nents
Washington, D. C
Seymour Telegraph College
Seymour
Ind
Dustin
Fitzearerox
Mags
Boston
H. D. Slack
Dune Wayne, du Page Co
Faroe
Rance
Dunham
Bonhen
Baitie Pels Ichigs
Irfiel
M. Li Bom
Manger
Tates
Gilobren
Chicago
BT. Louis
CARES
DU. S. Card CO
Centerbrook, Conn
Minneapolis
Sdwood Falls
St.paul
Red Wing
Emme
Watervillas
Tsbuurc
Atchi
Leayer
N. Albert Lea
Steven's
Agscit
Arog
Roint
Quingy
Pal Galway
FiHouxtrd
Ori
McRally
Hgr’é
Torr
Harris & CO
Cinnati
Ohio
All Medicine Dealers
New Hartford
Kennedy
Shicago
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Atlantic
Flue Island
Auburn
Joliet
Seneca
Eerie
Ottawa
la Salle
Genesey
Moline
Rock Island
Linois
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Keokuk
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Eirfield
Des Moines
West Liberty
Iowa City
Avoca
Audubon
Earlaw
Guthrie Center
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Missouri River
Albert Lea
Kankakee
Cincinnati
West
Newport News
Richmond
E. ST. N
J. Bingham, Jorney
Washington, D.C
Cooper
Dresy Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wis
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