Townsend's Letter Cancer Cure and Grant Tobacco Habits
George Alfred Townsend recounts debates over cancer cures such as Candurango linked to Dr Bliss, reviews Grant and Garfield medical treatment, and discusses tobacco and cigars in American life. He recalls politics, the Grant era, and social attitudes toward medicine and vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grant
Paris
America
Garfield
Sally
Eneral Garfield
Bliss
Gard
Guiteau
Coneves
Grant Rery
Havana
Cuba
England
Liverpool
General Packard
Packard
Transformation of a Peaceful Atlantic Liner into a War Vessel
An 19th century account details converting commercial steamers into warships for the U S and British navies. The America, a Cunard liner, is described as steel built with 13 watertight compartments and capacity for 2009 troops, armed with five inch guns, sixty four pounders, Nordenfeldt machine guns, and torpedo-gear. Other liners like Etruria Umbia Oregon Alaska are also fitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
American Mercantile Steam Navy
America
Messrs. Laird
Alabama
Etruria
Umbia
Oregon
Cunard Line
Alaska
Guion
The Craze for Confederate Bonds
Charleston reports reveal how Judah P. Benjamin originated a bond craze to fund the Confederacy. Congress backed secret service loans with deposits in London and Paris banks. After the war an $6,080,000 unspent balance was kept from the United States and disbursed to reward supporters, with bonds advertised to mislead about suits against the U.S. and to benefit those who aided the Confederacy.
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Charleston
The
News and Courier
Judah P. Benjamin
Confederacy
Confederate Congress
London
Paris
Great Britain
France
Benjamin
United States
A Cottage Built Man Sifts Texas Lore
A fragment from Texas Siftings notes a cottage-built man described by a local saying. The tale references Jin Smith and Simm with playful linguistic hints about stature, framing a folk-portrait rather than a clear news event.
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Texas Siftings
Jin Smith
Simm
Triple Tragedy in Greenwich A Son Kills Family Then Self
Greenwich Conn. 22 Apr Barclay Johnson 22 shot and killed his mother Nellie and sister then shot himself in a hillside hollow after an apparent fit of insanity. Five witnesses described the rapid sequence and coroner Holt ordered an inquest as authorities reviewed a note found in Johnson’s pencil script.
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New York
Greenwich
Conn
Barclay Johnson
J. Augustus Johnson
Wall Street
Johnson
Eleanor Johnson
Indian Harbor Point
Charles F. Adams
Nellie
Adams
Dayton
Holt
Bridgeport
Barclay
Pople
Yourohnson
Himsel
Syria
Yale Cotlege
Woolsey
New Haven
Porter
Sumner
Young Johnson
Greenwice
Charles Adams
E. Chard
Gon
Hair Pillows and Cooling Methods for Sleep Improvement
A Philadelphia physician offers remedies for sleeplessness drawn from personal trial. Hair pillows reduce head heat, brisk exercise before bed aids sleep, cooling baths or showers, warming feet, and short cold-water practices help regulate circulation. Light meals, nap-free routines, and avoiding indiscriminate narcotics are advised. seek medical causes if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
J. L. Corning
His Peculiar Epitaph Burial In Woodlawn Cemetery
New York lives Robert Gibson, eccentric neighbor to Gansevoort and Washington streets, buried at Woodlawn after a life of odd habits. He left about 50,000 in property around Gansevoort market and asked to be laid to rest facing the setting sun, with a granite monument bearing his own inscription.
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Havana
Key West
New York
Ourorthern
Opermd
Grant
Grace
Maine
Cincinnati
Rman
Ohio
George Alfred Townsend
Robert Gibson
Woodlawn
Gansevoort
Washington Streets
Gibson
Gansevoort Market
Epitaph Protest Sparks Cemetery Base Inscription
Robt. Gibson born 1820 reflects on 60 years of plenty and modest hope for ten more. Cemetery managers protested the odd epitaph but the obstinate man had it stand, and later added an inscription on the base to prevent misunderstanding.
Eager Mortality Marked by Old Friend’s House Funeral
A New York obituary notes Mr. Gibson who loved a drive and often stopped at Judge Smith’s road house. Before dying he asked funeral cortège to halt at the judge’s home both ways to the grave. His tomb faces the west as sunset lit the new mound.
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Frost
Johnson
Yale
Columbia
Hm EA Sedu
Brewster
Mr. Gibson
Judge Smith
Ninth Ward
Landlord and renter dispute over share of crop
A farmer in Schley rented land to a Black man for one third of the crop. Drought reduced yields. two bales of cotton and two wagonloads of corn were produced. The tenant kept the crops, claiming there was no third share to give. The landlord could not refute the tenant’s claim.
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Schley
Cuffee
England
Great Britain
Ireland
Mulhall
Europe
Poland
Russia
Turkey
France
United States
Hungary
Australia
United Kingdom
Why She Couldn't Move. Danbury Landlord Notice
A fragmentary notice from the Danbury News discusses a change of mind by a contracting renter and the impact on a landlord. The text includes garbled phrases about rent, winter illnesses, and a scrambled advertisement for Cod Liver Oil emulsion.
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Danbury News
Tam
Sissopaine
War and Wheat How the England Russia War Helps America
The article argues that global trade links bind England and America, with England shifting to a world workshop and the U S a world granary. It analyzes wage effects, wheat prices, and farm productivity, concluding a war between England and Russia would raise wheat prices, boost American farmers, hurt Russia, and benefit the United States overall.
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England
Russia
America
Birmingham
Iowa
London
Tower of London
San Francisco
Lombard Street
Minneapolis
Afghanistan
Asia
United States
Carroll D. Wright
Massachusetts
Lancashire
Eglish
Farr
United Kingdom
United Kuadem
Lord Derby
Fungland
Liverpool
Great Britain
Whist Problems and Club News in The Globe
The Globe reports on starting a new whist club with the Boston Chess Club and invites problems and inquiries from whist players. It notes a solved New Orleans Times-Democrat double dummy problem and lists a companion baffler from T. W. L. of Providence, with a published solution by Fellington and G. W. Petites of Longwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Chess Club
Wrexty Globe
GLOBE
Globee
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Cavendish
Providence
R. L
New Orleans
Fellington
G. W. Petites
Longwood
Cured the Lumbago by Porous Plasters Nightcap Mishap
A New London Telegram excerpt describes a veteran whaler who uses six porous plasters to treat lumbago. He groans through the night as one plaster slips and travels up the pillow like a nightcap. Two hours of scrubbing and hot suds remove the plaster, yet the remedy is linked to a dramatic cure.
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Lumbago
New London Telegram
P. O
New England Medical Institute
Tremont Row
Boston
Mass
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Townsend
General Grant
Dr. Bliss
Washington
Ponca
Roel
State Department
South America
South Amsica
American Car College
Senate
Ind
Gorham
Iself
Washnem City
J. Bliss
Foataes
Cunditran Hadeen
Grant # Ward
Tera
Noth Pars
Business and Politics
Robt
Sumter
Scott
Ealing
Fort Pas South
John Bull
A. J. Wilson
Chiris
Sam
Imethod
Huttle
Komaroff
Uncle Sam
Colon
New York Graphic
Academy
Savannah News
Athens
Ayer
C. Johnson
Hicks Sr
Broooklyn
N. Y
E. R. Henry
4Th St
Lowell
Saparilla
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
John W. Starr
Laconia
Heaven
Chicago Times
Indiana
Charles Cassa
Charles Dunn
Greensburg
Tuto
Washington, D.C
National Board of Health
Liebi
Voltaic Bet Co
Marshall, Mich
Foreign Art and Loan Exchange
MLW
Sixth Street
European Art Exchange
Winchester
Winchester & CO
Marston
Hi. Treskow
14Th St
sSuWe&wyly
James A. Bliss
West Concord St
Dsuwytt Upl
J.h.reeves
Chatham St
Galery
Monarch Novelty Company
Arcade
Kbuilding
Fowler
Moodus
Ludwig
Jans
Continestal Copying Co
G. A. Gladwin
Meriden
Nold
Lake Superior
Marquette Gold Co
J. W. Spear
Marquette
Mich
Empire Copying Co
381
Canal Street
J. H. Nicholson
Clinton Pl
Este
H. G
Hampton
R.pry
University Chem
St. Phila Pa Tey
DR. Ward & Cos
Louisiana
K. H. Kane
eQuinceyome
M. Kane
East 14Th Street
Newark
San Luis Park
Col
Homestead
Colorado Loan and Trust Co
Denver
Talight
Globe Mfg. Co
Asa Say Oni
Pladelphia
Penn
Sala
Nolo Oe
LROS
Garner Wall
V.hathaway
Jas. E. Whitney
Nurseryman
Rochester
Bacher
Bosved Pictures
Aggnv
Franklin
Jones & CO
Nassau
Grover Cleveland
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