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Chelsea, MA: The Telegraph and Pioneer, 1877. 52 x 68 cm. The only paper published and printed in Chelsea, MA. Long report of a fire at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, damage estimated at over $1,000,000. According to ex-President Grant, the late lamented Charles Sumner did not follow in the footsteps of the Father of his country for veracity. Post 35 of the G.A. R. in Chelsea is getting funds together for a cold winter, and a long and dreary winter facing widows and orphans of deceased comrades. Story of horse and buggy accident involving two drunk black barbers. News of a new explosive bullet; demonstration in New Orleans. ""Larrikinism"" in Australia explained. Adv for East India Rheumatic Remedies. . Catalogs: Newspapers/Humor.
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Chelsea Telegraph and Pioneer, The; Saturday, September 29, 1877
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Chelsea Telegraph and Pioneer, The; Saturday, March 10, 1877
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Chelsea, MA: The Telegraph and Pioneer, 1877. 52 x 68 cm. The only paper published and printed in Chelsea, MA. Indignant report about the lamp contract that has just been awarded to Globe Gas Light Co., involving ""hocus pocus""--Editor lapses into lines from Othello to describe the scene, which involved overlooking valid bids. Story about John Ar Sin, a celestial dealer in fruit, who was victim of a sucker game with a lottery: The Chinese man received a large gold watch, and said ""Heap large..me like him!"" but then learned it was worth only $15. Ladies' Gossip column offers chatter about latest styles and fabrics: ""Debeges are no longer plain or merely twilled, but are imported in stylish small figures, stripes, armures..."" News about a Frenchman opening an ""Hymenial Academy"" in Kentucky, in which young ladies will be taught the marriage service, with all the proper sobs, sighs and hysterics, in three easy lessons."" . Catalogs: Newspapers/Humor.
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Chelsea Telegraph and Pioneer, The; Saturday, March 10, 1877
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Chelsea, MA: The Telegraph and Pioneer, 1877. 52 x 68 cm. The only paper published and printed in Chelsea, MA. Indignant report about the lamp contract that has just been awarded to Globe Gas Light Co., involving ""hocus pocus""--Editor lapses into lines from Othello to describe the scene, which involved overlooking valid bids. Story about John Ar Sin, a celestial dealer in fruit, who was victim of a sucker game with a lottery: The Chinese man received a large gold watch, and said ""Heap large..me like him!"" but then learned it was worth only $15. Ladies' Gossip column offers chatter about latest styles and fabrics: ""Debeges are no longer plain or merely twilled, but are imported in stylish small figures, stripes, armures..."" News about a Frenchman opening an ""Hymenial Academy"" in Kentucky, in which young ladies will be taught the marriage service, with all the proper sobs, sighs and hysterics, in three easy lessons. . Catalogs: Newspapers/Humor.
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