Burglary Prank Leads to Bold Bedside Revelation
A Case farm man recounts a midnight scare involving false whiskers and a wig to frighten a careless servant. She wakes, knocks him to his knees, then calmly informs that she has killed a burglar, revealing the prank as he flees down the stairs. Conversations include political quips from Tom Corwin and an anecdote about a carriage roosting with chickens.
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Mr. Blank
Detroit Free Press
Tom Corwin
John C. Calhoun
Obie
Corwin
Tom
Gov. Brough
England
Brough
Parisian Beauty Turns Sulphide After Medicated Bath
A Paris belle, long using cosmetics, takes a medicated bath and emerges black as an Ethiopian. Her doctor quips that she is now a chemical product, a sulphide, predicting a reaction with sulfuric acid to form a sulphate and a pretty new woman. A remark about an Amnakiseed appears from the Lowell Courier.
Rumors on Civil Service Reform and Senate Rider Interest
A Washington special notes rumors that President may back Randall and Holman rider to nullify civil service law in the appropriation bill while House support grows. Senate likely to defeat the rider though House passage possible with a hurrah.
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Washington
Randall
Holman
Congress
Senate
St Jacobs Oil and Red Star Cough Cure Advertisements
This excerpt promotes St Jacobs Oil as a permanent rheumatism relief and Red Star Cough Cure as a safe non narcotic remedy for coughs and colds. Prices cited are fifty cents and twenty five cents per bottle respectively.
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St. Jacobs
Pension Bills Vetoed. Public Credit and Confidence Questioned
A president vetoes another batch of pension bills while critics urge dismissal of a Pension Commissioner. The note argues the administration risks disgrace if party members lack confidence. Previously quoted lines on work, music, Lincoln whiskers, and cherry pectoral cite varied opinions.
Bribe-Taking Alderman JABINE Sentenced in Nine Years Nine Months
A New York Alderman known as JABINE has been convicted of bribe taking for a twenty five dollar vote and given a nine year ten month sentence. The report includes Barrett’s fiery sentencing language and a historical reference to past convictions. It also discusses a Liverpool liquor prohibition lease clause affecting a large tract and resulting lower death rates and poverty in the restricted district.
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Jabine
New York
Sing Nine
Joige Barrett
Tweed
Genet
Crowley
Fish and Ward
D. Roberts & Son
Earl of Sefton
Liverpool
London
Prohibition
Favorite Prescription for women brightens homes
A promotional notice extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a reliable remedy for female weaknesses and illnesses. It claims quick relief from functional derangements and says the tonic restores the entire feminine system, priced at one dollar.
Orchard tent caterpillar nests warned to be destroyed
A caller urges vigilant work in orchards to locate and destroy tent caterpillar nests. Methods include limb removal or burning nests with kerosene on a long pole. A quoted aside questions Ludwig II of Bavaria losing his property to creditors and asks what remains for him.
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Ludwig
Bavaria
Corn Worth Half a Million Hoarded by Speculators
A quarter of a million bushels of corn are reported cribbed at Hammond Illinois owned by speculators who will store it for up to three years awaiting a price rise. The storage uses twenty two large cribs to hold the quantity.
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Hammond, Ill
Versatile Claims And Quoted Testimonials In A 19th Century Page
An eclectic newspaper fragment features medical testimonials for Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, personal notices, a Pekin Christian mission anecdote, a Thomas electric oil advert, a lightning rod caution, and a noted denials claim about an anarchist hiding under a bed. The tone blends sensational health lore and incidental society notes from a bygone era.
Worldly Hage Times and Italian Living Conditions
The piece criticizes excess wealth in the United States and contrasts it with harsh Italian living conditions. It cites Italian communes with poor water, no drainage, missing housing features, and widespread winter homelessness, noting high army rejection rates for undersize or deformity and severe cholera impacts.
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United States
Italy
Pigeons Pay in Profit for Local Breeders and Kitchens
The column argues pigeons can yield high profits with quotes from squabs and a business plan. It notes a breeder with hundreds of birds, feeding at four o'clock, and claims 500 pigeons could pay a year’s labor. It praises local papers over blanket city sheets and urges supporting the home paper.
Day's Horse Powder and Baby Syrup Promote Health
An advertisement touts Day's Horse Powder for cattle and Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup as a trusted medicine. It also endorses Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills for bowel care and notes a lobster supply boost from the U S Fish Commission.
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Dr. Bull
Baltimore
Public Humour and Inference from a Mirage of Speech
A fragmentary column quotes a Mikado reference about humming in public and manners. It mentions a digression on social polish and the folly of vocal habits in crowds. The piece also records a Windsor anecdote of Ingersoll in Washington discussing religious matters with an elderly colored woman on the dust creation and wet weather mud.
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Bos Ingersoll
Washington
Mustang Jiniment Cooling Lotion Mentioned
An 19th century remedy note lists Mustang Jiniment as a cooling lotion for various hurts and injuries to man and beast. The brief reference highlights its use across ailments requiring soothing oil applications.
Dr Valentine Morr Aims to Treat Hydrophobia in New York
Dr Valentine Morr returns from Paris with samples from Pasteur and plans to establish a New York hospital to treat hydrophobia in dog bite victims, a move expected to quell the hydrophobia craze as people may avoid bites if cure trips to Paris are unavailable.
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Valentine Morr
Paris
New York
Pasteur
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Advertised Cure Claims
Patient from Sandusky City reports rheumatism relief after taking Athlopho ros and one bottle cured. Mention of public figure Jeff Davis hanged in effigy at Harrisville Peon. Claims of blood cleansing by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla for skin diseases.
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J. Gramam
U. B
New Haven
W. Va
Ayer
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
Jeff Davis
Harrisville
Peon
Georgia man dies after bullet lodged near head
A colored man shot in Georgia last February collapsed and died in the street recently. He had carried the bullet near his head for weeks before his death.
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Georgia
Smuggling and Letters Through the Blockade Divide Civil War
A Confederate and Union tension narrative describes smugglers and double-dealing during the blockade. Adventurers bought goods, smuggled books such as Les Misérables, and both sides supplied the Confederates with cash and contracts, revealing cultural and material exchanges across lines.
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England
France
Wideawake
Jes Miserables
Stephens
New York
Philadelphia
Richmond
Atlanta Constitution
Henderson and Minear Endorse Acker's English Remedy for Lung Ailments
The article asserts Henderson and Minear deem Acker's English Remedy the best medicine for asthma croup coughs whooping coughs and all lung troubles. They guarantee it. Senator Berry of Arkansas is noted as the sole congressman in the Senate walking with a crutch due to injuries from the War. He lost a leg at Corinth.
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Ayer
Henderson & Minear
Acker
Senator Berry
Arkansas
Corinth
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Ely
ELY Bros, Druggists
Owego
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Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway
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