Sea Mystery of a Vanished Crew In Mid Ocean
An old sailor recounts a 1861 voyage toward the Sand witch Islands where a buoyant schooner sailed with no crew aboard. The ship bore no name, had no signals, and all personal belongings were missing. After boarding, the crew found no signs of distress yet no explanation for the disappearance. The vessel later sank during a squall while the brig Henry and William tried to tow it. The fate of the crew remains a mystery despite wide publication.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Caribbean
Europe
Henry
William
San Francisco
Sandwich Islands
William Lansing
Lansing
N. Y. Sun
Sozodont in Vogue Replaces Dentifrices on Tables
Readers adopt Sozodont as a fashionable tooth preservative and breath freshener, replacing traditional tooth powders and washes. Spaulding's Glue ad appears as a humorous note on sticking points and household staples.
Charles Dickens and his mother noted for humor and drama
Charles Dickens inherited a keen appreciation of the droll and the pathetic and considerable dramatic talent from his mother. She was a small, pleasant looking woman with hazel eyes and a good natured companionable presence. She possessed a strong sense of the ludicrous and an astonishing power of imitation. She entered rooms and took stock of contents, later describing anything out of place in a quaint manner and noting friends’ peculiarities.
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Charles Dickens
Rough on Rats ad line prompts pest control sweep
An old classifieds snippet urges pest control by clearing rats mice roaches flies ants bed bugs beetles and other pests. It mentions 150 as a price or quantity and includes terms like druggist and various pests.
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Druggista
Wells' Rough on Corns Advertises Quick Relief
An old ad promotes Wells' Rough on Corns for corns, warts, bunions with quick relief and a claimed complete cure. It mentions a 15e price and suggests relief products for foot conditions.
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Ugm
Coif
Rough on Itch cures skin humors jars 50c
An old advertisement for Rough on Itch claims to cure skin eruptions ring worm tetter salt rheum frosted feet chilblains and ivy poison. Sold in jars priced at 50 cents.
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Barber's
A. D. Tsyon
Batavia
N.Y
Potter Drug and Chemical Co
Boston
Local Oddities and Odd Phrases Reported
Fragments describe offensive odors and unclear events. Mentions Edwin Gooth with $3,000 this season and a protest or denunciation at a location near a former place. Details are garbled and difficult to parse.
Impostor Christ and Apostles Seize Wealth From Peasant
In Obodny Russia a wealthy peasant was visited by three men dressed clerically claiming to be Christ and the Apostles Peter and Paul. The scammer demanded his money saying charity had been neglected. The man surrendered over 500 silver roubles and sent for funds from debtors. Neighbors uncovered the ruse and drove the impostors away.
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Obodny
Russia
Christ
Peter and
Paul
Lydia Pinkham remedy praised in letters and tale of primroses
A letter from W. E. Eaton of Thurston New York details improvement in wife's uterine hemorrhage and prolapse after using Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound. A Pittsburg advertisement cites a mother’s testimonial of healing benefits. A Victorian anecdote recalls Disraeli betting on primrose wreaths and the founding of the Primrose League in Britain.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
W. Eaton
Thurston
N. Y
Boschee's German Syrup Promises Cough and Lung Relief
The ad touts Boschee's German Syrup as a safe, quick remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles. It claims the medicine treats the root cause rather than drying a cough and urges trial with a 75 cent bottle. Also includes unrelated humor and social notes from the era.
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Boschee
A Stivupenat of Womankind In Omaha Trade
An Omaha grocer offers an original poem with every cake of soap, a sign of the literary centre drifting west. A Chicago piece notes the event while Sidney Woollett boasts of repeating over 300000 verses, though no proof is required.
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Omaha
Chicago
N. Y. Tribune
Sidney Woollett
Unusual Sea Flora and Marine Life Wash Ashore Near San Anfre
A submarine eruption is blamed for a strange event at San Anafre where masses of submarine vegetation litter a sixteen mile beach. Dozens of dead fish, including whales, sharks, and sea turtles, dot the shore. One whale estimated at fifty five feet and a turtle five feet long.
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San Anafre
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Dickens
Edwin Gooth
Bern
Emeli
Pittsburg
Pheba C, Hoop
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Primrose League
Kansas
Harpers Bazar
Hood
Elmira
Benin
ST. Louis
de Million
Cyeser
Peabody
Charles McKay
Mass
Mr. McKay
J. McCarchy
Foster St
Peabody, Mass
Hayfever
Ely
USA
ELY Bros
Owego
G. W. Blakeley, M. D
A. I. Frame
Athens, Ohio
Bank of Athens
Washington Street
Nli-V
Walnut Street House
Walnut St
Bet
Cincinnati
Ohio
Alffords
W. M. Tucker & C
Sanford
Addleman
Court Street
West Side
Times
Charles Rice
Mattie Rice
Court of Common Leas
Athens County
Mattie
Charles
Charles Townsend
Martin Fleming
Isaac Watkins
Daniel Fleming
Eva Watkins
Athens County Court of Common Pleas
Iseac Watkins
Olate
Athens
Hocking Coal
Athens Gas Light Company
B.arnold Ik
Farm Machine Co
Bellows Falls
the Bank OF Athens
Athens, C
United States
John Brown
J.D. Brown
Cashier
Presiden
Amuel
Knowles
UA Vwyer
C.S. Welch
Athens,ohio
Harles Townsend
Roe & Welch
Supreme
U.S
John Welch
Welch
J.M. Welch
Comrades OO
W. W. Watkins
John Ring
J.S. Basom
D. D
J. Fe.ldmundson
Phoenix Block
D. G A. Dille
Athens ,Ohio
Orrice—Perkins
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Spruce St
New York
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
U. S. Patent Office
A. Snow & CO
Patent
Washington, D. C
H. P. Hubbard Co
New Haven
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