This Date in History Highlights From 1644 to 1900
A compact timeline noting Charles II at Cropredy Field in 1644, Mrs Siddons farewell, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s death in 1861, Meade takes command in 1868, Borah born in 1865, an inland Colorado desert lake in 1891, New York banks easing panic in 1815, Huxley’s death in 1885, and the Oregon grounding near Chefoo in 1900.
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Charles TL Victor
Cropredy
Thomas Henry Huxley
IMO
Oregon
Chefoo
China
Remarkable Cure: Five Doctors Miss Correct Diagnosis
Abraham Brown of Winterton New York describes mixed diagnoses from five doctors heart disease kidney trouble blood poison stomach and liver trouble. After one bottle of Electric Bitters his health improved greatly, touted for blood poison weakness and digestive issues. Sold by Elam Ordway Houser and Scorough Drug Co at 50 cents.
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Abraham Brown
Winterton
N. Y
Elam
Ordway & Houser
Scorough Drug Co
Morganatic Marriage Origin in Medieval Gift Practice
The practice arose from noble marriages where a groom gave his wife a morning gift after the wedding. If a noble married beneath his station this gift served as the wife’s endowment portion. From this custom the term morganatic marriage developed.
A Woman's Appeal for Rheumatism Home Treatment
A notice offers a self cures home treatment for rheumatism and related pains. It claims to remove uric acid from blood, loosen stiff joints, purify blood, and restore energy. Interested readers are directed to write to Mrs. M. Summers, Box 4 South Bend, Indiana, for proofs.
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Sho
Ancient superstition of a cock burned for laying eggs
A historical note recalls Basel in August 1474 burning a cock and its egg to prevent a basilisk or fiery serpent. The tale cites Gross and Vicentius, describing eggs found in the slain bird and the belief that a cock could breed a basilisk from eggs laid in old age.
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Basel
Gross
Kolenberg
Vicentius
Coluber
Government's Fiscal Year Opens With Busy Week
Special to the Star reports the new fiscal year begins Monday with many laws taking effect including immigration and railroad accounts standardization by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The German-US trade pact, Italy's Garibaldi centenary events, Independence Day observances, and the Jamestown exposition week fill a busy schedule with numerous conventions and recognitions.
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The
Star
Washington, D. C
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Army
Navy
Post Office
United States
Germany
American Protective Tariff League
Dieppe
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Copenhagen
Norway
Italy
Gen. Garibaldi
New Haven
Yale College
Amateur Athletic Union
West Virginia
National Association of the Deaf
Mental messages and wireless telegraph thought described
A passage cites Dr Bernard Hollander of London on sensitive people共有 a concept of wireless telegraphy in which distant friends sense each other’s danger. It suggests intuitives project impressions across space especially at night and may cause the recipient to feel fear or anxious thoughts about the absent person.
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Bernard Hollander
London
Pope to Appear in Public for St Peter Feast
Pilgrims gather in Rome for the feast of St. Peter the Apostle with plans for a pontifical mass in St. Peter Basilica. The Pope is expected to officiate and the basilica will feature unprecedented decorations to boost solemnity amid recent controversy over Peter's martyrdom and tomb.
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Rowe
Rome
Peter the Apostle
Prince of the Apostles
Vatican Bath
The First Canton Paddle Wheel Steamer Tale
A historical tale describes the Canton river’s first paddle wheel steamer and local attempts to copy it. Native engineers fitted paddle wheels to a junk but collisions showed tide-driven motion. They tried a Chinese idol and a foreign devil concept, concluding the old junk remained superior.
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Canton
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain, Kidney ills
An Anniston testimonial describes using Doan's Kidney Pills to relieve severe back ache and kidney pain. Eugene Powers, a Dixie Hardware salesman, bought them at J. L. Wikle's and reports relief after prior ineffective remedies. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo markets Doan's in the United States.
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Anniston
Eugene Powers
Dixie Hardware Company
15Th and
Cooper Streets
Dean
J. L. Wikle
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan
Scotland’s Sale of Ground and Gall in Golf Lore
A Glasgow Times excerpt mocks English golf in Scotland with a caddie retort about Scotland’s rocky terrain and shallow soil. The tale features a golfer blaming turf and a witty exchange on the links.
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Scotland
Glasgow Times
Adoration Note Defied by Callous Reply in Allas City Star
A young man unable to make his usual evening call sent a lovers note asserting love defies absence. The adored one answered with a sharp rebuff written across the back, “Ah, splatter.” The brief episode appears in the Allas City Star.
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Allas City
Fragmented Muse of a Wandering Poet
A garbled fragment from a Short Story section features surreal lines about seeking Earth and truth. The text mentions a weary speaker, a distant sky, and yearning for relief, hinting at a surreal, exploratory narrative voice.
Wonderful Healing Case Promises Cure With New Discovery
In Mound City Mrs. FE D Clapp reports her son nearly died from lung and throat troubles. After using Dr King s New Discovery the boy recovered from exhausting coughing spells every five minutes. The medicine guarantees relief for coughs colds throat and lung troubles. Sold by Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co 50c and 1 00 trial bottle free.
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South Dakota
Mound City
FE. D. Clapp
Mrs. Clapp
Dr. King
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Scarbrough Drug Co
Where Fielding Is Buried In Lisbon English Cemetery
The article notes Henry Fielding, the father of the English novel, is buried among cypress trees in Lisbon's English cemetery. A tomb was erected soon after death, found obscured by weeds in 1772. In 1830 a large sarcophagus was added and later repaired, with Latin inscription on the front and a back inscription restored.
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Fielding
Henry Vielding
Lisbon
lLondon
Henry James on marriage and art in New York dinner tale
The Buffalo Enquirer recalls Henry James defending the idea that artists and scientists should not marry, citing a dinner incident where a friend argues study is lifelong and anatomy would be needed to stay current, while Jerome’s wife teases him about late nights.
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Henry James
New York
Manager’s Mumbled Exchange Sparks Evening Talk
Fragmentary dialogue shows a manager and an actor named Magneh in a tense exchange about retaking arrangements for a site. The manager questions a weekly sum of one thousand dollars while the other party quotes about two hundred pounds and ends with a request to close the door.
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Lievd. Bingham
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W. H. McKleroy
A. Davis
D. Wouuvkruf
Y. Onahiea
G. FP. Smith
Ass't Osshieg
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Buffalo Enquirer
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