Drosky Drivers and Primitive Russia in a Curious Sketch
An 1887 vignette surveys Moscow and St Petersburg from a street level. It sketches drosky drivers, their poverty, literacy, and work, contrasts rulers and censorship with daily life, and notes the persistence of ancient farming tools and slow industrial progress. The piece ends with reflections on modernization and a closing quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Russia
Continent
England
Winter Palace
Peterhof
Kremlin
The Great Remedy at Druggists and Dealers
The Charles A. Vogeler Company of Baltimore presents The Great Remedy offered through druggists and dealers for fifty cents. The label promotes a medical product with a bold price and available nationwide.
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Charles A. Vogeler Company
Baltimore
Peculiar Family Ties Create Complex Relationships
The Madison Journal outlines in playful detail a maze of kinship arising from Mr. L. Osborne's marriage to his grandfather's second wife and their son. It traces how Osborne becomes grandfather, father, brother, and great grandfather within one family, noting the paradoxes and social harmony despite tangled relations.
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Mr. L. Osborne
Mr. Osborne
Osborne
Blake
Henry Blake
Mrs. Blake
Madison
Wis
Old Maids Won't Like It Folding Bed Adage
A furniture dealer jokes to an elderly maiden that a folding bed has an advantage over ordinary bedsteads because you do not have to look under it to see if a man is there. The quip reflects a humorous exchange from the era.
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Drosky
Alexander II
St. Petersburg
Alee
Birds as omens in sea lore and literature
The article surveys sea superstitions about birds including swallows and wrens influencing sailors fortunes and ships. It notes Cleopatra avoiding a swallow omen, Manx fishermen carrying dead birds, a Vanguard Nile battle account, and a Sir Walter Scott tale linking magpies and raven lore to luck or misfortune, citing varied traditions.
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Cleopatra
Isle of Man
Nelson
Battle of the Nile
Walter Scott
Sir Walter
Man Falls From Vessel in Harlem River Rescue Sought
A man fell from a vessel lying in the Harlem river last Thursday. His mate shouted for help and warned the drowning man to keep his head above water until the boat arrives, or he will be drowned.
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Harlem
Pat
Baltimore and Ohio reports new engine 830 in service
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway announces engine No. 830 recently moved from Mt. Clare Shops to service. In tests the engine pulled the Express Train from Baltimore to Martinsburg in two hours and thirty nine minutes at 39 mph, then aided the Piedmont to Altamont limited making 17 minutes for 74 miles.
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Martinsburg
Baltimore
Burg
Piedmont
Altamont
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Jehu
Rome
P. S. Heata
Victoria
New Zealand
Goltp Meedal
Calcutta
Golp Mepal
Cincinnati
California
Louisville Southern Exposition
Golp
Pranchi Cs
SCO
CAL
Aabht
ANA
Maharajah of
Paris
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