The Story of an Author from the New York Sun
In early 1879 Bartle Campbell, once poor and reliant on friends for beds and meals, rose to fame after a $5 lunch gift sparked his fortune. He wrote My Partner on cheap paper, impressed Louis Aldrich, and won A M Palmer’s backing to stage his play at Union Square Theatre.
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Bartlecobellae
New York
Flo
Newspa
Campbell
Broadway
Bartley
Louis Aldrich
Joaquin Miller
Aldrich
Stamford
Conn
A. M. Palmer
Palmer
Union Square Theatre
Mer
Trength
Cyclone Warns Oregon Couple Races To Cellar
Mrs Kanrer of Sand Hollow Oregon warned her husband as a cyclone approached. He rested on a lounge and said to let it come. The house surged over a hill with plows and boards from a nearby ranch in the west. Mr Harper was hurt but Mrs Kanrer’s advice is noted.
Carey and Carey’s Grave in Port Elizabeth Chronicle
Informer Carey’s grave near St Stephen’s Gazette is marked by a crude cross of flinty rock. An unknown hand rewrites the epitaph as time erases it. The account recalls Carey’s death on the Melrose Castle and the Dublin park confrontation with a revolver.
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Philpotts
South Africa
James Carey
Melrose Castle
Carey
Dublin Park
Enson
Port Elizabeth
O’donnell
Naval Cadet Training Onboard the Constellation
Excerpt from Harpers Magazine describes early days for naval cadets after joining the Constellation. It details drill, masthead routines, sail handling, and the transition to ship life, including anchor routines at Hampton Roads and a decisive abandon-ship drill with crews preparing stores, arms, and boats within minutes.
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Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
High Sea
Lieut
Aelley
Harper’s Magazine
Superstitions on the Rainbow Across Cultures
The rainbow is personified as a powerful being in many cultures. Beliefs span from it drinking springs to causing sickness and death. Ranging from the Zulus and Burmese to Greeks, Mexicans, and Celhians, interpretations vary from benevolent to malevolent with myths of shape shifting and prophetic omens.
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Washington Territory
Burmah
Valhynia
Dahomey
Alsace
Science Monthly
Eskimo Lamp Fire And Reindeer Camp Life
The article describes an Eskimo spring trek inland with reindeer hunters, their two meal portions, and the lamp kitchen setup. A stone lamp fuels a moss wick and seal oil, cooking reindeer meat in a stone kettle over long hours, with grease-rich soup aiding power against extreme cold, as narrated by Lieutenant Schaatke.
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Lieutenant Schaatke
A Fish Story With No Fish In Oregon Pa Pond
Lem Shirk stocked a large pond near Oregon Pennsylvania with black bass many years ago. A mass gathering of about two thousand people came to witness the draining and fishing event led by Paul Reed. After five hours the haul was small with only a few bass caught and most fish being suckers or catfish. Each person claimed three fish as the share.
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Lem Shirk
Oregon
Lancaster County
Paul Reed
Susquehanna River
ALLCOCK’S POROUS PLASTERS PROMOTED BY LONG USE
The advertisement touts ALLCOCK'S Porous Plasters as tested and proved for over twenty five years worldwide. It claims endorsement by medical and chemical authorities and cites millions cured. It stresses the product is purely vegetable, mild yet effective, harmless and warns against imitations.
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Allcock
No title available in readable form
A terse note advises readers seeking light, pleasant and profitable work to write to B. F. Johnson & Co. in Richmond Virginia, using a proverb about labor and reward to frame the message.
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B. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
Tin can decorates a tail more often than a mural
A concise note observes that a tin can is more commonly used to adorn a vehicle tail than to point toward a mural, highlighting an unusual habit or local custom.
Kemp's Palsam Promises Throat and Lung Cure
The advertisement claims Kemp's Palsam cures coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung troubles and offers free sample bottles to convince customers. Proclaims large bottles priced at 50 cents and 1.00 with druggists authorized to provide samples.
Baldness Cure Claim From H A Fechter Draws Attention
A New Haven man H A Fechter claims a sure baldness cure and has issued a free circular describing the method. Reported results are said to be wonderful and several individuals have shown interest in the treatment.
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H. A. Fechter
New Haven
Conn
When 25 Letters Remain and U and I Unite
A whimsical note asks when the alphabet will shift to twenty five letters by merging U and I into a single symbol. It imagines a playful linguistic reshaping and the implications of such a change.
Dr Pierce's Favorite Presents Promise for Women’s Ills
An advertisement for a tonic claims to relieve women’s weaknesses and nervousness with a guarantee of satisfaction. It cites Dr Pierce’s Favorite Presents as the only remedy and notes a legible wrapper guarantee, with the product said to have been trusted for many years by the proprietor.
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Pierce
Drucgi
Father and Mollie exchange uneasy greeting at theatre
In a tense scene a father confronts Mollie in the theatre. The exchange hints at religious and moral tensions within the Calvanistic family as they navigate a fragile morning moment.
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Papa
Hash
Mollie
Satan
Purport of a Patent Pill Advert
An advertisement touts Pallid People Praise Progressive People Purchase and claims Pure Potent Powerful Pills improve strength and longevity. The copy urges readers to try ly Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, promising preserved health and permanent vigor through purchase and use.
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Pierce
Strapped for Cash Amid Crowded Horse Car
The remark highlights many men with plenty of money finding themselves strapped in a crowded horse car as they travel by street railway, illustrating urban crowding and economic contrast.
Broad estate of thrifty cities aids Dr. Golven’s remedies
A promotional piece extols Dr. F Golven Medical as a nationwide healer whose methods tackle disease and suffering. It touts the Golden Medical Discovery as the best blood remedy and claims early treatment prevents organ failures, urging readers to seek the product and avoid alternatives.
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F Golven
Pierce
Night and morning light in a Breezy quip and ad
The remark notes that night colors fade with dawn and then promotes Dr Isaac Thomson's Eye-Water for sore eyes. It also advertises druggists and special rates for newspaper advertising to the publisher of the paper.
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Danapville
Isaac Thomson
Word of Warning on Ivory Soap Counterfeits
The notice warns that many white soaps claim similarity to Ivory but are counterfeit and lack the genuine qualities. It urges buyers to ask for Ivory Soap and obtain the authentic product. Copyright 1886, by Procter & Gambic.
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Procter & Gambic
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Particu Campbell
The
N. Y. Sun
Far Africa
St. Stephen's Gazette
J. Cary
J. Carey
Irish Informer
Grease
Messrs. Procter & Gamile
H. B. Cornwall
Joan C. Green Schvor of Science
ColLege of New Jersey
Princeton, N. J
Merchants, Butchers
Alfskins
C. S. Page
Hyde Park
Vermont
Family Journal
Ladies’ Companion
United States
Horae’s
Brewster Safety
Pium Wabit Foe
Sara Ene Tiamane Ke Ae Co
la Paselles Ind
Sealee
Binghamton
N. Weber
Fifth TH Avenue Cor
L6th ST
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