Mrs Perkins' Story Continuation at Sun View Cottage
In a late 19th century diary style, Abigail Perkins writes of life at Sun View House in August 1879, detailing social maps, flirtations, Parson Murray’s troubles, and a plotted gambit by Mrs. Howard Fawcett to force Madeline toward a stern September marriage to Carter while Roger Campbell navigates unspoken love and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun View House
Oak Buiurrs
Melvina
Sea View House
Lilie Dodd
John Barker
Dodd
Murray Fail
Job
Mr. Carter
Sarah
Madeline
Carter
Mrs. Fawcett
Roger Campbell
Mecca
Howard Fawcett
Roger
Fred Delamayne
Urely
Rogers
Delamayre
Lee
Fred
Mrs. Delano
Erin
Oran
Joose
Mra. Fawcett
Mr. Campbell
Nothiing
Woman of Worth County Labeled Insane After Union Baptist Meeting
A Worth county woman, after a protracted Union Baptist Church meeting near Albany, becomes incoherent and violent. She baptizes her husband and children, preaches with learned phrases, declares unknown powers, and forsakes sleep for eighteen days while hundreds visit to see the frenzied case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Worth County
Union Baptist Church
Chidren
Sunstroke myths debunked and aging heat dangers
The piece highlights common sunstroke myths and misperceptions, notes that heat is the sole cause, and stresses that acclimatization, temperament, and fatigue influence risk. It cites physician ideas, discusses symptoms, and outlines treatment including shade, cooling baths, hydration, and avoiding bleeding. It also presents eight year death tallies from sunstroke in New York and practical health board recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonyman
Edinburgh Journal
India
Voilin
N. A. Apollogio
Board of Health of
New York
Remarkable Farm Girl Of Western Penobscot
A Bangor Commercial piece highlights a fifteen year old, daughter of Peter G. Kimball of Carmel, known for brisk wood cutting and farm tasks. This summer she worked at Mr. Clayton's in Hampden near Stanley Bridge, then after supper she tied forty five hay bundles and milked cows before bed, showing speed and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor Commercial
Fenobscot
Peter G. Kimball
Carmel
Mr. Clayton
Remarkable Local Woman’s Quiet Labors Impress Neighbors
A Maine locality reports a Kentucky born woman who, in a single day, loaded three loads of hay, stowed them in a barn, pitched a fourth onto a rack, then cooked supper for four, visited Whitney's corner in Newburgh for boots, and returned home before dark. Neighbors say she always comes out first west, and she has only lived in Maine a few years.
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Whitney's Corner
Newburgh
West
Kentucky
Maine
Demoniac Dentist Doctor Dubais Goes Mad After Attack
A Paris region dentist Dr Xavier Dubais faced patient complaints for brutal acts. After an assault on a patient June 30 he fled, later shown to be a medical graduate in high standing. He attacked a police dog in cell, then killed a dog with a pocket knife before collapsing into a trance and being sent to a madhouse.
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Xavier Dubais
Rue Paulinier Doree
Hhis
Dr. Dubais
M. Fleury
School of Medicine
Aline
Dubais
Mann
Devil's plant turns weed into fiber boon for New Jersey farmers
A stubborn weed known as the devil's plant aviculone avicenne is embraced as a blessing in disguise. French expert Emile Le Franc finds the bark of the plant yields a strong fiber rivaling Indian jute, with short fibers forming a new fabric. The New Jersey Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries backs cultivation, aiming to reduce US reliance on imported jute and boost a domestic fiber industry.
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New Jersey
M. Emile le Franc
America
A Ud
National Agricultural Department
Philadelphia
India
M. le Franc
le Franc
New Jersey Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries
Pennsylvania
United States
Bengal
England
Europe
Philadelpha
New York
Cassanca
Purgam-Pernango
Brighton cattle market and fair days in Boston’s Brighton ward
A historical account describes Brighton's cattle market on Tuesday and fair day Wednesdays, noting prices, trades, and the shift from hoof to live-weight sale. It details horse trading practices, signs of reform, and cruel methods once used, including laudanum for kickers and the diamonding cure, with anecdotes of traders, auctioneers, and the social scene surrounding sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Boston
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Midnight Hog Hunt Parody From New York News
A humorous tale unfolds at midnight as Joshua, urged by Maria Ann, pursues a garden hog. The comedian missteps in a blue polonaise, leaping yard to yard, finally cornering the animal in a woodshed after tumbling into a wash tub.
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Maria
Maria Ann
New York News
Joshua
Lam
Sam
A Tale of a Shirt in Olive Street Scandal
A St. Louis merchant recounts a comic yet embarrassing night with a stylish stranger and her aunt at a neighbor’s home. After a rainstorm ruins his shirt, he flees the house and discovers $850 vanished from a $400 cash roll, a loss he keeps secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Custom-House
Toie
Forest Park
Page Avenue
Sea Shore
Sympathetic Stranger Helps at Burial Mystery
In Detroit a man at a gate asks about a sudden death on Baker Street and a sympathetic stranger offers aid at a family funeral. The two move to the back yard where a dray arrives and reveals the corpse is a horse, ending the inquiry with a darkly comic twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Street
Detroit Free Press
Bric a Brac Hen Inventions and Odd Poems
A collage of comic verses and short tableaux from a quirky era. It includes a cussed hen tale about a con man selling a device to help hens lay, a Virginia Express conductor tale with a cork joke, a faux wax poem translation, vacation cat woes, a gimlet salesman tale, a newspaper name mix up, onion party antics in Iowa, and lighthearted vignettes on curiosities and boys letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
Verrill
Truckee
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Parson Murray
Mr. Murray
David
Cromwell
Jonah
Jane An
Jana
Skatin
Widder
Abigail Penkins
Tanglefoot
Nagle
Bureau of Vital Statistics
New York City
LST
Paris
Brown
Smith
Tule
Bobby
Dugene
Henawatha
Virginia Chronicle
Cambridge
Bridgeta
New York Star
Pedler
Cincinnati
Mumblecuock
Mumbilechock
Joan
John
Mumbledhock
Iowa
Ingun
South Africa
New Haven Register
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