Napoleon’s child portrait reveals unguarded humanity
In Miss Evay Balcombe’s recollection from Napoleon’s St Helena visit, a harsh image softens as the emperor speaks and smiles. The piece records his pale, sunken features, sharp physiognomy, and charm in conversation, with playful cruelty toward attendants and a rare warm, almost childlike, humor.
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Hercules
Louis Napoleon
Napoleon
St. Helena
Evay Balcombe
Lonnwood
Miss Balcombe
Iittie
Fie
Mixes Balcombe
Europe
Russia
Petersburg
Moscow
Miss Betsy
Mle
Las Casas
Hoyden
Miss Balcobe
Betsy
Costoxtian
Hudson Lowe
Tiis Child
Fatal Chloroform Dentistry Case Shocks Brooklyn
Miss Julia W. Doolittle 31 of Hudson Avenue Brooklyn died after Dr. G S Little administered chloroform during tooth extraction at Brewster's dental office. Four drachms were given as ten teeth were removed and pulselessness ensued despite restoratives and galvanic treatment. Coroner’s inquest pending.
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New York Sun
Julia W. Doolittle
Hudson
Fulton Avenue
Brooklyn
R. C. Brewster
Fultes Street
Miss Doolittle
Connecticut
Despard
Portland
Myrtle Avenues
Jones
Struggle on for victory against despair and vice
A moral exhortation urges perseverance despite drunkenness pride theft and deceit. It contrasts self deception with honesty and endurance, urging readers to seek righteousness and overcome prejudice while noting a school master’s critique of a moneylender and a lawyer's insomnia as examples.
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Earth
Hell
Marrying a Woman for Beauty Mirrors Nightingale Eating
A terse aphorism compares marrying for beauty to eating a nightingale for its singing, suggesting the pursuit of aesthetic charm yields hollow reward and neglects deeper qualities. The line uses vivid imagery to critique superficial choices.
Ringing Rocks of Pennsylvania A Curious Hill’s Echoing Stones
Exploring the Ringing Rocks near Pottstown Montgomery County the unusual boulder field yields stones that chime when struck with varied tones akin to bells and anvils. Report notes differing weights strange hoof and heart marks on rocks and suggests hollow spaces beneath.
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Pennsylvania
Pottstown
Montgomery County
Ceedare
Oaks
Wife joins traveling show then stranded 200 miles from home
A Cincinnati wife left her husband for a traveling show. The troupe dumped her 200 miles away with no money, forcing a forced walk home while she searches for her husband. In Kansas two women start law practice and plan to become sisters-in-law, tying to partnerships.
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Cincinnati
Mr. Stanton
Kansas
Warning to merchants about traveling imposters from New York houses
The American Grocer warns country, and Southern and Western, merchants to beware of traveling salesmen posing as reps from well known New York houses. Imposters Eddie Helme and Willie Fountaine present forged letters, sell goods at attractive prices, and lure firms into authorizing drafts for traveling expenses. Certificates on NY house letterheads are easy to forge, and cashing drafts follows.
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South and West
New York
Eddie Helme
Willie Fountaine
New
Auction goes awry as bystander interrupts in open air sale
An outdoor auction of miscellaneous articles faltered when a bystander advised the auctioneer to rethink the next item, creating confusion and halting bidding. The incident shows the volatile mix of spectacle and crowd control at street auctions.
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Omaha
North Platte
Omaha, Neb
Perons
John Perkon
Dorr & Co
Moreen
Athens
J. W. Scott & Co
Nelsonville
W. Cornell
Savanah
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Athens. Business Directory
M. M. Laas, M. Dd
Wilson & Lash
Physicians and Surgeons
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Yorr
Wile G. Oooley
Pomeroy
Charles Townsend
Red Golden
Olden & Townsend
Ohio
W. Bparrow
Olu
Ailvus
Meat Market
John Farrell
Stedman House
Stedman
Nibus
Omar
Rhea Perenne
Ona
Marcada
John Perkins
E. March
L. Sweet
Yelsonville Business Cards
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W. Scott & CO
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Tsenod & Nelson
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Nelson Ville
Walnut Street House
Walnut Street
Gavia & Tucker
Inited States Hotel
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Columbus
L. A. Bowers
W.B Brooks
Ge Tee
LE Bowman
Veird Street
Otto
Neason
Jay
Reed, Jones 4 CO
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Thord
Columbur
Cyrus Rose
Blodwies
Crawford
Siath
Warnay
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Athens Messenger
K. M. Moors
Athens County
T. H. Smeldon
Tresidert
R. Dastiiugr
Athens, Oule
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State Bank of Ohio
United States
Messrs
Decher
New York City
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Mason & Hamlin's
George A. Prince & Co
Buffalo
Taylor & Fairey
Mass
Reading
J. & T. W. Vanilaw
John Q. Mitchell
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Charles A. Cable & Co
Chara Trand
Les Oney
Cail
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Chas. A. Cable & Co
May
Therm
the Singer Manufacturing Co
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Over & Rukerewing Machine Co
Weed Sewing Machine Company
Wilcox & Gibta Bewting Machine Co
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Florence Fewing Machine Company
Bhoe
Davi Brothers
Court Street
G. D. Selby
Union Pacific Railroad
Hemen
America
Nebraska
Great Platte Valley
B. J
Ican Saeed
J.e. Babe
Erebant Tatler
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Sundiamapeolin Railway
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Terver Olumbus
Pulnis
Cleveland
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Dunkirk
C. Wand Hov. R.or
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Springfield
Springfeld
Erie
New York Central
Welock
Mekers
Linse
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Ohto
B.S. Flint
James Patterson
Eugene Ford
Ferrersees
Allen
Albany Nursery
John Q. Matchele
Lee P.O
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Boness
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Aleo
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Justice OF the Peace
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West Fourth St
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Cincinnati, Ohi
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Raney Printing
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Pinymate
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California
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Kisappy
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Mortinouy
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Joseph Jefferson
Harrisburg
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Blake
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Masry
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Ephraim Jones
Eure
Thomas Brown
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