A Bargain Marriage on the River Ferry
Stanton confronts conflicted feelings as Esther Thorndike helps finalize a staged wedding with Dr. Borden. As midnight nears, a life settled by a two minute window saves the fortune but leaves Stanton spiritually unsettled and bound to a wife he did not fully choose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Stanton
Judge Russell
Ehid
Dr. Borden
New York
Esther Thorndike
Judge Russell's
Busess
Lin
Robert
Sam
Indies
Stanwee
Heaven
Brooklyn
Dr. Atwood
Sean
Dr. Borde
Miss Thorndike
Muan
Fy Stanton
Clergy and Lawyer Tie Legal Knot Afloat on a Brooklyn Ferry
Stanton, a lawyer, helps a cleric marry John Olmstead's nephew aboard a ferry boat in New York. Witnesses are arranged and the clergyman conducts the ceremony swiftly, driven by legal propriety and urgency, ignoring other concerns as the scene unfolds on the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
John Olmstead
Robert
New York
Brooklyn
Brown
Cleresantin
Cape Town to Southampton travel and trade notes
A mosaic of 19th century facts and figures spans travel times, banking, farming, and industry. It notes Cape Town being 22 days from Southampton, 219 national banks in Illinois, oyster farming gains, olive crops in southern California valued at 100000 dollars, and a range of curious stats from pin manufacture after 1812 to shifts in fruit tree composition and linguistic diversity. The fragment also mentions advertisements and remedies, including Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Allen’s Foot Ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Cape Town
Southampton
Leeland
London
Christian
Texas
England
Nales
New Jersey
Africa
Greece
California
France
Eliot
Harvard
Europe
Paci
Constantinoply
Vorber
Trishnen
South Africa
Renyarkiulie
Great Brit
United States of America
Ghadifone
Hells of Hawarden
Governeur Morris Finance Talk Stirs D A R Curiosity
A club woman recalls the D A R meeting where Prof Sparks discussed Governeur Morris Financier of the American Revolution. The anecdote shows how little some attendees knew of Morris, yet how his role as financier was explained and appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R
Sparks
University
Morris
Sparke
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Fragmented Punchline and Pattison Jokes Go Untold
A collage of jokes and anecdotes fills the page, from a diner misadventure to a trolley car altercation with a brass-buttoned conductor. Included are quips about eating, a humorous dessert of toothpicks, and a tale of a professor challenging a conductor over changing cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menderstrott
Pittae
Burgh
Notlce
Meeuly
Good Aid
Working Women you have painful backaches or serious
A terse note appears to discuss women's health, mentioning backaches and serious conditions and urging action or awareness. The fragment hints at a public health angle or advice column without clear attribution or full context.
Peruna Featured As Cure In Catarrh Saga
A judge credits Peruna for curing a nine year catarrah suffering after 18 weeks of use. The testimonial claims permanent relief over two and a half years. An advertising pitch urges readers to obtain Dr Hartman’s book Winter Catarrh for updated treatment info. Columbus Ohio contact given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murimants
Car Forth
Ia Grippe
Hartman Sanitarium
Hart+man
Columbus
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
P, Lippincott Go
Stanton Loftem
Dr. Norden
Torden
John Cloverend
Terry
Avi
Tom
Florida
Urs
Mall
J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. Z. Cheney
Want & Tous
Toedo
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Battingtoa
Mme
Rudyard Kip Sing
Chiccago Chronicle
Dave
John A. Salter
Crome
Wis
Eof Mureli
Rudin
Pelens Wachelor
Allen
Leroy
N.Y
Alice
Detroit Free Press
Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
Tnek ‘Etriew
Mthweat
HC. Townsend
St. Louis
Hale
Atchison Globe
Diso
W. Picker
van Bielen
Blake Avs
Bushawe
Rts
Berr
Tee Rae
Ie Yglion
Pau Beene
Tate
Slater
Gilson
Bron Gentaurant
Willete
Maine
Apicago Great Western Railway
Pune
Chicago Evening News
International & Great Northern Railway
Mexico
Teretory
Eda Howe
Joe Ville
D. J. Price
General Paasenger
Malentine
Harlem
Publius Syrus
Lydia E. Bene
Mrs. Pinkham
Lynn
Peruna
Gatarrh
George Kersten
Geo. Kersten
Fish
Ero
Ereseringen
Tun
Erie
Ucovery
Ives
Iver Wallblow
Western
Canada
Otoe Fo
Ganado
Paul Mine
Faye
Albirta
Biba
Padieds
Alee
Winchester
Leader
Anita
Ikon
Reute
Biagant Wetsley
Deughitel Climsly
Bealing
Jerem
Lola
Westretet Et Companys
Per —Wengee
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