Various Brief Notes On Deaths Fashion And Inventions
General items cover an array of topics from a Carmelite nun burial in Baltimore with a rough pine coffin to a Missouri River pontoon bridge costing 20000 dollars. Notes mention New York city subsidence in 10000 years, Queen Victoria funding Gusbec fortifications, and a Nantucket hotel growling protest. Also included are a Massachusetts college fire company of girls and a judge’s alcohol license proposal in South Carolina. The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad grants Centennial favors to workers and families.
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Baltimore
Missouri River
Omaha
Java
Biscay
Japan
New York
Proessor Merriman
New York City
Queen Victoria
Gusbec
Duke of Kent
Fanny Kempre
Laramie
Col. Donnellan
Boswell
Mr. Sickles
Wellesly College
Massachusetts
Nantucket
South Carolina
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Antoinette Sterling
Charles Kingsley
Eversley Vicarage
Daring Young Highwayman Captured Near Independence
A bold, unmasked highwayman roamed near Independence Missouri last week, robbing farmers then charming two girls at a Brookingtown farm. After a church visit his capture followed a pursuit through Independence. George Demasters, about 22, is held on $13,000 bail, believed from Lafayette or Ray counties.
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St. Joseph
Dick Turpin
Vasquez
California
Sontheey
Independence
Silas Gibson
Polk Rose
Edward Hallar
Blue Springs
Sun Hills
Hallar
Harrisonville
Brookingtown
George Demasters
Lafayette County
Wellington
Ray County
Two Men Die After Carbolic Acid Gin Laced Drink
A Des Moines letter reports James Smith and a man named Hubbleton visited a Monroe Iowa drug store. They ordered a bottle of liquor, drank from two bottles on the counter, and later died within an hour from carbolic acid poisoning, the bottles mistaken for whisky.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Monroe
Jasper County
James Smith
Hubbleton
Scott Garrison
Smith
Man Caught in Bear Trap Near Mattawamkeag
A Merimac Indian named Newell Alexander, 69, traveling from Quebec toward Houston and Woodstock, was trapped Friday night by a trap set near Mattawamkeag on the old military road. Rescued Monday, he survived with a wounded ankle and dehydration after using a dipper to reach water. He is at 5 B Gates's, convalescing under a doctor’s care.
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Bangor
Maine
Newell Alexander
Quebec
Houston
Woodstock
Winn
Alexander Me Ain
Mattawamkeag
Military Road
Lam
Monnday
Edward Hamel
John Savard
Home Interests Raspberry and Currant Jam Recipes
Recipes and methods for preserving fruit including raspberry and currant jam, lemon jelly cake, tomato catsup, rhubarb wine, currant jelly, and chow-chow with detailed steps, ingredients, and notes on techniques and safety.
California Grazing Shifts as Sheep Market Signals Change
The Alta California notes California grazing faces a turning point due to railroads, settlement, grain expansion, and rising sheep numbers. A potential winter drought could worsen pasture shortages, with wool prices low and muttont demand weak. Demand may shift to mutton and Europe-style fencing, altering breed choices and livestock composition.
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Alta California
California
Arizona
Colorado
Europe
Barbarity of Indian Warfare reported by The Cheyenne Leader
The Cheyenne Leader recounts a brutal scene after the Rosebud battle where Crow warriors mutilated a wounded Sioux. The victim crawled out asking for water as six Crow rifles felled him, his body then hacked and dismembered. The account condemns plains Indian atrocities and notes Sioux tortures as equally barbaric.
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the Rosebud
The Stomach Bitters for Digestive Ills and Dyspepsia
The passage extols Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a cure for stomach rebellion from overindulgence and dyspepsia. It claims quick relief, improved digestion and bile regulation, restored appetite, soothed nerves, better sleep before bed, and recovery of flesh and spirits as chronic symptoms fade.
Decline of Health Warned by Old Descriptions of Liver Disease
A historical notice describes chronic disease symptoms affecting liver stomach kidneys and blood. It claims Sifter Extract of Roots cures such cases when taken with supervision and lists A. J. White of 319 Pearl Street New York as seller and announces agents wanted.
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Ple
Dr. Schenk’s Sea Weed Tonic touted for debility relief
The advertisement urges use of Dr Schenk s Sea Weed Tonic to combat debility from heat illness and illness overexertion. It claims the tonic and Mane Pills build appetite and strengthen the stomach and notes the product is useful for travelers and those leaving home. It states a wineglassful after meals will aid digestion and nourishment and recommends buying from local druggists.
Withert's Toxic Chill Tonic Promises Easy Cures
Unfailing and infallible chill tonic claims to cure chills without doctors or prescriptions and without large bills. It touts affordability and safety for both poor and rich, marketed by Friday & Co. of New Orleans and sold by all druggists.
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Fratay & Co
New Orleans
Patent nostrums and Cuba epidemic warning
Advertisements tout sine we saver Regul Wyre as a top remedy with wide city sales and drugstore availability. The note urges families to keep a bottle for bilious attacks. A new epidemic named Bemiber spreads on Cuban plantations, mainly hitting negroes and Chinese with facial swelling and heart palpitations leading to suffocation.
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Cuba
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Constantinople
Assan
Home Interests
Josers Lawrer
Milan
Tenn
Tirrr
H. Keinsteplen
Louis
H. Harnie
M't
Ott-Ochgais
Prange
Key West
Postare
Ardresa Haskell & CO
Boo Washington Street
Reaton, Mass
Uu An
Wheeler & Wilson
Wheeler & Wilson Wfg CO
N. Sth Street
Sena
Geairebie New Articurs
J. Capewell & Lo
COE, Fonge & CO
St. Louis
Seidlitz
Jay Bronson
Detroit
Mich
Pa‘ Oan
BA Araeivaeas Ans
AUGER
Auger Co
W. K
LAN Theale Pealtimore
COUL
TER & CO
Chicago
J. Worth & CO
F. E. Marsh
Quincy, Mich
Petats Pfree Empire Pub
House
New
York
Fourth Street
Ian Taney
Aerhiemare Dr
Ion
Washington
Eliza Young
Msselay Ekar
ARS Nti
Nanaeevsseee
E. Baker
Agents Reali
ST. Louis Midland Farmer
Ddress
G. W. Mathews & Co., Publishers
North Sixth Street
Hopmann
Scammell & Co
BP. Lous, Mo
Carpa Se National Publishing
Lou Ar. Utr
Ren
Boston Weekly Globe
Cosets
Couls
New York Weekly Witness
Ao Fe
Eiroutay
Simm
Riadiatur
Jay
Alexaxper
Jan
Heapitara Amt
Simmons’ Liver Regulator
Lewis G. Wender
Pysiumester
Beilin & CO
Simmine’ Liver Regulator
Philad A
Vibrator
Bes
Ards CO
Su Panaes
Speers
Ieee
Battle Creek
Liniment
Agic Touch
Mary & Valuable Horse
Etament
Tandit
Hig
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Montague & Lillibridge
Davenport
Seltzer
Adress
Wicker
Walnut Street
Sip
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