Notable Figures and Anecdotes From 19th Century Letters and Music
The text notes Clara Schumann, 76, in Frankfurt with paralysis and no recovery expectation. It recalls Sir Andrew Lusk recounting a letter from an Essex woman thanking him for sentencing cruelty to a donkey. It mentions San Francisco welcoming Prince Hilkff of Russia in September to inspect the American railway system and Paderewski’s early engagement for £20. It cites Mascaqui and Loucavallo as pupils in Buenos Aires, not Naples, Gav Rial Rusticava’s first South American performance, and Sir Henry Irving’s train seat surprise at Kings Cross. It ends with M. Sardon building houses and a 40,000-pound foundation project near Maidboron on the outskirts of Nice for a palatial residence.
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M. Sardon
Boror
Mice
The Bat and the Weasel Fable Turned Moral Tale
A bat falls to the ground and pleads with a weasel not to kill him. The weasel argues a bird’s life, the bat insists he is a bird, wings are removed, and he is captured again. The tale unfolds with misfortune and a caution about deception.
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New York
Bobby
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad Promises Universal Skin Cure
Bucklen's Arnica Salve offered as the best salve for sores ulcers boils and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee of satisfaction. Price 25 cents per box sold by B Burr Jr.
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B. Burr Jr
North Carolina Tobacco Crop Outlook and Industry
North Carolina plans another crop year with prospects for higher output. Last season growers produced 182 million pounds at about nine cents per pound, supporting roughly seven million dollars in factory value. The state hosts 250 tobacco manufacturing establishments, 76 warehouses, and 229 stemmeries and related facilities, with over twenty six million dollars invested.
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North Carolina
Tobries
Virgina
Kentucky
Isthawoll
New York Evening Post
Venice a Delusion: Englishman Describes Disillusioned View
An English observer writes to The Westminster Budget detailing Venice as decayed and unsanitary. He describes ruined walls, foul water, and pervasive stench with peeling plaster, broken balconies, and squalid conditions. he notes night music as poor and repetitive with harsh voices and shrill singing.
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Venice
Westminster
Why He Gave the Good Cigar Away
A man explains why he passes along cigars he receives, insisting the best value is the ten dollar per hundred brand from Nassau Street. He resists higher priced cigars pushed by a Nassau Street dealer, gifting cheaper samples to friends to avoid paying more, while claiming the better quality is expected to justify cost.
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Nassau Street
Sone
New York Tribune
The bicycle dethrones the horse as sport’s favored mount
The piece notes the bicycle gains dominance over the horse in sport and society. It describes the modern machine as orderly and irresistible, while traditional riders reluctantly yield status and some practice riding the new invention, even covertly.
Rest and Bermuda Plan for Mrs Bellefield
Dr Morus, after examining Mrs Bellefield who called by telephone, prescribes rest in Bermudas for six to eight weeks. The exchange notes bargain days and remnant sales in dry goods stores ongoing for about four months. The dialogue carries a humorous tone about gender and medical advice.
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Morus
Dont you ever get tired of doing nothing
A short dialogue exchanged in the Philadelphia Call features two unnamed speakers debating idleness. One asks if the other tires of stillness, the response admits weariness and confesses a plan to rest as a solution to fatigue.
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Philadelphia
The Voice of May Inspires the Soul and Imagination
A lyrical meditation on May’s beauty and its effect on mood and creativity. The speaker evokes springtime scenes from blue hills to starry skies, praising May as a force that lifts sorrow, fuels dreams, and invites fantastical journeys through moonlit landscapes and celestial realms.
Night in Paradise Voices in the Rome Tribune
A reflective night scene unfolds as waters break in a lichened bowl and moonlight cloaks the earth. The speaker imagines petals and honey distilled from rare flowers while hearing May’s songs and heavenly bells, finding solitude with God as the dream drapery rises and words drift.
Indian Women and the Cheerful Strength of Tribes
A description from the Post Dispatch notes Indian women as truly strong and persevering, carrying their babies on their backs and enduring days around confinement. It mentions a weed used to make medicine and vows tied to female medicine in their culture, with reference to J. H. Blackburn.
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S.gouis
Ms. Post Dispatch
India
J. H. Blackburn
Adjutant General Issues General Order on Uniform Changes
Adjutant General Kelilas issues a general order affecting all branches of the Georgia volunteers. Officers and enlisted men may keep serviceable uniforms and need not obtain new ones until designated by the adjutant general, with changes to be completed within one year from April 17. Commanding officers must ensure full equipment across all units.
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Kelilas
Unifimo
Georgia Volunteers
Free Pills and Street Newsboy Invention Featured
An 1890s ad talks up Dr Kings New Life Pills for constipation malaria and liver troubles with a guarantee of safety and vigor. It also describes a metal automatic newsboy for selling papers though it struggles with current six to three cent papers. The piece ends promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla for boils and pimples from impure blood.
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H. BE. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. Kings
B. Burrer
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Clara Schumann
Frankfort-v-Min
Andrew Lusk
London
Ladywin
Tim
United Kingdom
San Francis
Hilkff
Russia
Vladivoscvck
Sepember
Paderewski
Wis
M&dame
Sir Henry Irving
Kings Cross
Rwn
Sir Henry
W. A. Wriaur
Bucklen
John Wedderburn & CO
Washington, D. C
John Gavin
Dayton
Ohio
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Macon
Georgia
Schofield
Gullett
Magnolia
Hancock
J. S. Schofield Sons., & Company
Macon, GA
Hunter
Scribner’s
Ennui
Mav
Tao
Col
Moon
Red Mars
Pleiades
May
Paradise
Mig
Rome
Fearline
James Pyle
Alabama Experiment Station
Kainit
Nassau St
Rocey Mountain News
Denver, Colo
West
People's Advocate
Mississippi River
Ozzzonis
Scientific American Agency For
Wunn & CO
Broadway
Idest Bureau
America
Scientific American
MU & CO
New York City
Parker
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