The Aborigine Wives and a Clothier's Clever Trade
A colorful tale from the New Orleans Times and St. Louis Globe describes Indian brides in frontier markets, Dowry rituals and the price of wives. It follows a Detroit dealer Hoffenstein and a peddler Herman as they barter goats clothes and money in a bustling urban setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times
Herman
Poydras Street
St. Louis
New England
Detroit
Ashe
Mister Jones
Canal Streed
Cenal Street
Hoffenstein
Canaletreed
Guarded Czar at Gatschina and Other Skits
A St Petersburg letter describes the Czar at Gatschina with guards and secret passages to prevent assassination, electric alarms around the palace, and silent entrances. A Western city anecdote follows about a boy, a loose gun, and buckshot accidents. Notes on wine orders in Charlottesville and rising North Carolina wine making parallel a broader market shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Gatschina
Siberia
Wharton G. Green
Tokay
Monticello Wine Company
Charlottesville
Ives
France
Col. Green
North Carolina
Cure for Diphtheria Prompts Public Disclosure in Australia
Reports recount an Australian cure for diphtheria using four drops of sulphuric acid diluted in three-fourths of a tumbler of water for adults and smaller doses for children. Proponents claim coagulation and removal of the diphtheritic membrane with coughing, noting many recoveries when not yet near fatal termination. Turpentine advised to remove ink from white woodwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Greatherd
Bismarck the one-eyed dog with many quirks
An oral portrait of a dog named Bismarck described in humorous dialect. He has one eye or none, three legs from accidents, a scarred back from a cat fight, and a damaged tail. He answers to Shack or Bis marck with a bark, avoids stones, and appears aged yet lively. Observations include his odd gait, a triplet of dwarfed pups, and his keen instinct to sense affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Houssaye de Barnes
Quiberon
Angelique Burlon
Hospice Des Fetits Menages
Paris
Virginie Chesnieres
Louisa Scanazatti
Merietta Giuliami
Herminia Manelli
Garibaldi
Herminia
Custozzh
Augusta Kruger
Bertha We
Spicheren
Zimes
Kacelyevo
Sylvia Mariotti
Bersaglieri
Custozza
Dolores Rodriguez
Oresaa
Cincinnati Star
Vanderbilt
Cyrus
Asia
eAlexander
Claudius
James Gordon Bennett
Tacitus
Nero
New York
San Francisco
Lolla Tanlina
Antony
Tiberius
Caligula
Sothern
Pegellus
Darius
Ileli
Agabalus
Lucullus
Leutalus
Bismarck
Thomas
Legvill
Useful Rules For Financial Calculations And Odd Bits
A collection of arithmetic rules for capitalized ground rents and interest, plus notes on Methodist denominations and population. It includes curious anecdotes about epigastrium and a flirtatious exchange, and ends with locomotive weights for passenger and freight trains.
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Winston
Preston Roan
Geo. M. Mathes
Ube Hoffenstein
America
P. W. Shearer
Pottsville
United States
Great Britain
North American
Elmira
the Czar
Sale and Exchange Stable
R. T- Stedman
Danoatt
Dure
Aler
Winston, N.C. R
Tarz & Co
Augusts
Maine
T. Vogler
Winston, N. C
Main Stree
Merchants’ Hotel
ERETT
Wilson
Averetta
Danville
Virginia
Robert D. Johnston
Kkzeps
Seine
Ting
Har House
Foy
J. W. Foy
H. & Foy & Bro
Wwe
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal South
Oshkosh
Eugene
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