Elsies Life and a Charity Sermon at the Church
In a church funeral scene Moore confronts truth about Elsie nee the murdered woman. Lord M arrives with calm authority, delivering a moral charge on collective guilt and the cruelty of public judgment. The narrator meets a young man who may be the son, while Lord M reflects on the enigma of human nature and fate.
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Onapter
Joshua
Elsie
Mr. Willard
Moore
Flo
Rie
Fielding
Washington
Boxlistiner
Lord M
India
England
Krosicrucimus
New Hampshire
Mme
Engand
Rey
Willard
Foreign hostility to hogs history of European prohibitions
Secretary Frelinghuysen presents a historical review of European bans on American pork and explains U S efforts to counter claims of health risks. He notes 1879 1881 prohibitions by Italy Hungary Germany and France with varying continuations and calls for awaiting the pork commission report before further U S action while defending meat safety.
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WaAsnincton
House
France
Germany
Frelinghuysen
United States
Europe
Italy
Cincinnati
Hungary
Austro-Hungarian Empire
America
Turkey
Greece
Austria
United States Commission
Pork Commission
Congress
Commission
American Mechanics Praise for Yankee Invention and Education
W Mather, English commissioner on American education, reports that U S art and technical schools influence manufacturing but emphasizes the drift of youths from skilled trades. He notes many boys leave school early, outlines apprentice practices at Altoona and Pennsylvania railroad shops, and argues tariff protection harms industry while universal industrial training could raise wages and national wealth.
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W. Mather
America
Canada
England
Frap and Steel Works
Agar-Thompson Steel Works
A Ae Tonga Steel Works
School of Mines
Columbia College
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rce
Europe
Mississippi
Ohio
Pittsburg
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
Meena
Ber
Sketch of the New Mahomet and the Mahdi’s Rise
A translated personal description from the Revue d Ethnographie portrays Mohammed Ahmed born at Dongolah as a frail, devout man in his forties who grew up near Khartoum and Aba. The account notes his small frame, copper skin, black beard, three facial scars, and ascetic lifestyle as he allegedly passed himself off as the Madhi to regenerate Islam.
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Mahal
Monca Peney
Revue d’Ethnographie
Mahdi
Aba
White Nile
Mohammed Ahmed
Dongolah
Abdellahla
Aud Amina
Ahmed
Mussulman
Khartoum
el Gourachi
Abd-el Ayim
el Tayeh
White River
Ohammed Ahmed
A Phenomenal Kicker Lampoon From Texas Sittings
A bell boy reports to a Texas hotel clerk about a troublesome guest in room forty. The clerk directs absurd remedies for towels pillars and head support, ending with a lantern and a quip about frying the earth on one side.
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Texas
Cyrus
Kursheedt M r G Co Free Embroidery Offer for Ladies
Ladies interested in fashion and economy are invited to write to Kursheedt M r G Co New York City for a free sample catalog detailing embroideries braids skirts and tuckings delivered to any address without charge.
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Kursheedt M’r’g Co
New York City
Samates
Peck's Bad Boy And His Pa
A groceryman chastises Peck for rough pranks on his father. The tale reveals how Peck and a friend devised a rabbit hunting joke that dramatizes the father’s fragile pride and the family bond. The prank ends with the minister and chaos as the boy heads off whistling to May queen duties.
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Masons
Elmira Poet’s Rhapsody on Cupid’s Bow and Tongue
A fragment from an Elmira verse mocks a bride to be by joking about Cupid’s bow and a wife’s tongue. The speaker questions how a mouth over a foot wide could be managed after marriage, suggesting comic peril in marital life.
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Cupid
Why It Is Called Loan Year in Old Europe
A historic note claims leap years got their name from ancient Europe where only maidens of good repute could pose the annual question to the king every fourth year. It argues four-year cycles were linked to marriage alliances and satirical humor about the “dudes” of old.
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Europe
Salem
Lynn
Em Bey
Cook
Life at Sea and the Beneath the Waves Caves
An aged sailor recalls wild voyages from 1848 racing the J G Speedwell and Tycoon to underwater wonders off Cuba and New England. He narrates cave networks lit by strange marine “owls” and the sea cow’s breath, plus memories aboard a lightship and encounters with buccaneer myths and ghostly depths.
Eureka self motor promises revolution in power machine
Boston report describes Charles Brown presenting the Eureka self motor a device he claims will run endlessly with minimal oil and that could transform dynamite theory and planetary movement. He outlines four balance balls on a main axis and a hope to fund a company with capital over 20 million dollars once a working model is shown.
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Charles Brown
Germany
Polytechnic Institute
Karlsruhe
Brown
Reat
Boston
Pneele
Ess
le Ausbor
Warner's Safe Cure Credited With Cure Of Brooklyn Man
A Brooklyn man, Robert Graham of 77 Penn Street, credits Warner's Safe Cure with curing six years of severe urinary and bladder pain after doctors could not help. He recalls immense agony before using the remedy and attests to complete relief and ongoing health. A physician named Dr. B P Starth confirms treating Graham and noting rapid improvement after Warner's Safe Cure was added. The article presents bold endorsements from both patient and physician.
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Brooklyn Times
Robert Graham
Penn Street
Brooklyn
Q Tl. Smith
E. P. Smith
F. N. Otis
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York
Feliege
Doty
New York Hommopathic College
Warner
B. P. Starth
Nawa
Nostrand Avenue
Mancock
Kin and the lightship tale on the coast
An old mariner recounts life aboard a lightship where keeping a watch, ducks and snipes arriving with the tide, and the dangers ashore mix with talk of guards and prisons. He notes men aboard the lightships live well on hard tack and game, and jokes about making prisoners keep lightships instead of prisons.
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Alfey
Alboy
Sleeping Uninterrupted by Eighteen Months
A 36 year old Highland woman from Skye in Glasgow Western Infirmary has slept for eighteen months without waking. She lies on her back, breathes normally, and is fed via a stomach pump. Doctors believe recovery is possible, noting only household disruption as a potential consequence.
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Glasgow Western Infirmary
Island of
Skye
Eon
Payne's Speech Highlights Historic Presidential Canvasses
United States Senator elect Payne spoke in Columbus recounting forty-nine state elections and twelve presidential canvasses. He listed topics such as the removal of deposits, annexation of Texas, the Mexican War, popular sovereignty, abolition, and various party positions, asserting a candid record discussed openly with the people.
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United States
Payne
Cleveland
Columbus
Texas
Mexico
Stephen A . Douglass
Buchanan
Charleston
Lincoln
Catarrh Cured by Brooklyn Doctor Recipe Offer
A clergyman long plagued by catarrh found relief after trying various remedies and crediting a prescription as life saving. Readers may obtain the recipe free by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. J A Lawrence, 250 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn NY.
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Ceurpleu
J. A. Lawrence
Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn
New York
Hop Bitters Promises Relief From Fatigue and Nervous Ailments
Long testimonial list extols Hop Bitters as a grand remedy for sluggishness headaches nerviness and general weakness. Letters from women in Providence Green Bloomingville and New York claim renewed vitality over years and even cure a nursing infant’s constipation through maternal use.
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Providence
A Ladies Life May Depend Upon Median Eet For Relief
An 1876 advertisement touts a uterine treatment from Drs Jackson and Binkley in Cincinnati Ohio. A testimonial from a patient praises the remedy as invaluable for uterus ailment and offers a free sample box with six stamps. The copy highlights sensitivity to medical advice and presents the product as a cure claiming consistent success when used properly.
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Jody Teaaeve
Maneley
Poe
DRA. Jackson & B Cor
Cincinnati
Sims
Cote Taldoaen
Caiby
C. Binkley
Dra. J
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