Gladstone Undergoes Delicate Cataract Operation
The aged statesman underwent a precision cataract removal performed by Drs. Nettleship and Haber in London. The 15 minute procedure used no anaesthetic, aided by cocaine, and left Gladstone in confinement for several weeks to heal. Doctors note future eye care may be needed, but call the operation a triumph of surgery with minimal death risk.
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Mr. Gladstone
Lord Rendel
London
Gladstone
New York
Cataract Operation Described in Ancient and Modern Terms
A detailed account explains cataract causes, detection limits, and natural history. It covers ancient practices, risks, and the modern surgical method, including anesthesia, instruments, and step by step removal of the lens with the eye restored to clear vision.
Perilous Buggy Crossing Over a Railroad Trestle
A Pittsburg Dispatch interview recalls a 19th century Mer cer county ride with L W Ormsby. While crossing a recently altered trestle over a creek the horse stepped carefully from tie to tie. The buggy and men escaped certain disaster when the animal stayed upright and reached solid ground.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Hickory Township
Mercer County
L. W. Ormsby
Sharon
Ormsby
The Rustic in the Palace sermon on Joseph and Jacob
Rev Dr Talmage’s sermon on Genesis 45 28 keeper of faith in parental attachments and the reunion of Joseph and Jacob. The aged parent yearning for the son returns to the palace and finds joy in family faith and celestial reunion.
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Joseph
Moonshiners Much Overrated Says Local Gentleman
A Louisville Courier Journal quote labels moonshiners overrated and describes them as a minor threat. The speaker argues deputies face few mortal risks from moonshine production and notes reports often exaggerate danger. He cites personal investigation challenging sensational newspaper depictions.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Louisville Courier- Journal
Monkeys as Pottery Makers in China
The North China Herald reports a tribe of Chinese monkeys near the Great Wall that craft their own wine and vessels. An American-sourced anecdote cites an old Chinese writer describing feasts for the monkeys, their jars stolen by villagers, and the jugs allegedly of money manufacture with wine inside.
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North China Herald
China
Great Wall
McGowan
le Cheun
Not Reading Newspapers Says General Booth
General Booth, commander in chief of the Salvation Army, states he never reads the newspapers. The Suez Canal Company votes an annual pension of 5,000 francs to De Lesseps and thirteen children. Ellen Terry's first husband was George Frederic Watts, an eminent veteran Royal Academician, still living and past seventy. Dr. John Contee Fairfax of Maryland is the only English peer who is an American citizen and has never taken his seat in the Lords. General Greely believes there is ice land near the North Pole based on iceberg observations. Lord Rosebery quotes Gladstone calling him “the man of the future” and muses it is easier to be the man of the future than the present.
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Brooklyn
Talmage
Antipodes
England
Lord Bacon
Joseph Crele
Pennsylvania
Jacob
Joseph
Rachel
Egypt
Jim
Millard Fillmore
United States
Washington
Daniel Webster
Millard
White House
Capitol
Theodosius
Greenhorn
Pandanaram
King’s Palace
Jesus Christ
Porphyry
Goshen
Earth
Mother
Richard Baxter
John Bunyan
Young
Gray
Cotter
Heaven
Padanaram
Emerald Castle
General Booth
Salvation Army
Suez Canal Company
de Lesseps
Ellen Terry
George Frederic Watts
John Contee Fairfax
Marysland
House of Lords
General Greelyelieves
North Pole
Lord Rosebery
Mr. Gladstone
Manchester
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