The Drug's Power Over the Deadly Malady
A historical note on malaria origins and treatment outlines how the disease arises from an invisible subterranean poison, likely from decomposed vegetation. It discusses soil moisture, temperature ranges, and drainage as factors, mentions regional variations, and cautions against unscientific cures while highlighting quinine as a specific but not always curative remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock of Gibraltar
Malaia
Kent
Thames
Medway
Ague
Engand
London
James I
Washington
Switzerland
Ireland
Pathloss
Ourney
England
Joseph Jones
New Orleans
Athens
Klebs
Bernardo Schiavuzzi
Klevus
Schiavuzzi
Klebsn
Schiavazzi
George M. Sternberg
Mavhlasara
Celli
SOUTHERN BRIGADIERS IN CONGRESS COMPARED AND RATED
The Confederate brigadiers in Congress outnumbered by few in the North, but the South leads in battlefield service. Veterans from Alabama to Texas, Georgia to Virginia, are profiled by rank, and their debates, conduct, and influence are contrasted with Union counterparts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Allenoaiyiot
Kansas
Louisiana
Mryland
Maryland
Delaware
North
Evaidla
Pho Koamet
D. Baker
Alfred H. Terry
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Palmetto
Bay State
Excelsior
South
Geogia
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Milnois
Logan
Iowa
Wisconsin
Fairchild
Alabama
General Oates
Abbeville
General Forney
Jacksonville
Oates
Forney
Appomattox
Ile
Herert
Montgomery
Jones
Demopolis
Cobb
Tuskegee
Gettysburg
Herbert
Tre
Naval
Arkansas
John
Breckinridge
United States
Florida
Charles Docherty
Upper
Georgia
Sherman
RK. A. M. Davison
Dougherty
Waidson
Chairles F. Crisp
Americus
Virginia
Fort Delaware
Crisp
Allen D. Candler
John A. Wimpy
New York City
Thomas W. Grmes
John D. Stewart
Grimes
Stewart
Kentucky
N. G. Hunter
William J. Stone
Polk Laffoon
Morgan
Oho
Cheshire
James B. McCreary
McCreary
Sains House
Mississippi
Charles E. Hooker
Vicksburg
Cambridge Law School
Hooker
Thomas,c. Catchings
Enral
Gener
Catchings
James
B. Morgan
Hernando
T. R. Stockdale
C. Lt. Anderson
F. G. Barry
John M. Allen
Tishomingo County
Allen
von Ress
Missouri
William H. Hatch
Hannibal
Tennessee
Roderick Random Butler
Leonidas C. Hank
Knoxville
Houk
East
Butler
General Wasington
Neal
Texas
David 4. Culberson
Judiciary
Eighteenth
Samuel W. T. Lanham
Committee On Claims
Judge Moore
Jo Abbott
Hare
Kilgore
William H. Martin
Martin
John H. Reagan
David Crockett
Joan H. Mottit
Chateauray Lake
N.Y
Mottit
Ourth ‘Texas
Gaines’ Mill
Moffit
The Woman's Hour on Books for Youth
An etiquette of reading for teens urges choosing sturdy works over junk, urging parents and teachers to guide youths to classic and foundational literature. It defends Bible study and Shakespeare as essential to liberal education, warns against overly simplified youth editions, and promotes a standard list of enduring titles.
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Bston
GLOBE
M. E. Blake
Waar
Teally
Scott
Bunyan
Thomson
Watts
Shakespeare
Naples
Graham Tour
Lamb
Ennyson
Longfellow
P Macaulay
Buckley
Ms. Whitiey
Miss Alcott
Cooper
Karen Kappuck
Avraham
Jacob
Wilo
Goliath
McKenzie
Cambridge
Sweet Singer
Israel
Cambridge Chronicle
David
Isaah
Paul
Browning
Plato
Mont Blanc
Charles
Mary Lamb
Avon
American Agriculturist
Weekly
Ne 06
Times
Sliding Cat Delights New Bedford Family on Ice
A newspaper man’s favorite cat entertained viewers by sliding on a smooth yard ice patch. The animal repeatedly started from a fixed spot, sliding on fore paws and belly with hind legs extended. Snow dusted the area as the playful scene left a clear five by one and a half foot path.
Lost umbrella found by applying at office on Howard Street
A note in the New London Telegraph lampoons the day by stating the umbrella left leaning on a fence Saturday evening on Howard Street may be retrieved by applying at the paper’s office. The columnist quips that the world grows more virtuous each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London Telegraph
Howard Street
Elevator to Hell Joke Reveals Editorial Confusion
A courtroom style exchange imagines St. Peter questioning an applicant about being an editorial writer. The applicant asks how soon the elevator goes, and the saint answers it goes down, not up, delivering a dark humorous line about afterlife entry.
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St. Peter
New York
Prince Bismarek Decorations Weigh Heavy Display
A Chicago Mall note humorously estimates that to wear all his decorations at once Prince Bismarek would need a breast 30 feet wide. The ensemble weighs just over 40 pounds, underscoring the grand display involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Mall
Prince Bismarek
Odd Clippings From a Long Ago Paper
A jumbled miscellany lists curious facts and vignettes from 19th century life. anecdotes include a Monmouth woman smoking in public, 600 alligators collected by Dr. Fairchild, and a study noting many religions and languages. It mentions leap year courtships, strange marriages, food prices, and minor crimes in scattered towns.
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Monmouth
Fairchild
East New Brunswick
N. J
New York
Golden City
Kan
Arkansas City
Illinois
Chicago
San Francisco Bulletin
Minnesota
Georgia
Adeline Moore
of the Christ
John Haight
Haight
Carroll County
Wia
United States
John Guest
Wichita
Republican Party
Chcago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Poughkeepsie
Clnton
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Proctor
Southern
Joseph Wheeler
Cavalry Fame
Wheeler
Wiliam Mahone
Snapper Garrison
Mair
Duster
House
William Warner
Kansas City
William H. Wade
Springfield
North Carolina
W. H.H. Cowe
Wilkesboro
Lee
Maor
Charles W. McClammy
Apomatox
Maor Louis Catham
Greenville
Harvard Law School
Alfred Rowland
Lumberton
Thomas S. Johnston
Buncombe County
Roland
Spottsylvania Court House
Johnston
Malvern Hill
Palmette
Samuel Iuble
Orangeburg
Cties
Glenville
Portsmouth
Spragfield
Asheville
Hanni
Dibble
George D.til Anan
Charman
Reading Railroad
Tillman
Robert Smalls
Sea Islands
Smalls
Tilmans
William Eiliott
Beaufort
John B. Hood
General Hood
White House
Coveland
Old Dominion
Confederacy
Robert
Fort Lafayette
Fortress Monroe
Harvard
Charles I. O'Ferrall
Shenandoah
George D. Wise
Richmond
Henry A. Wise
Commonwealth
John Brown
Captan
T. H. 4. Browne
Accomac
Grant
William Embree Gaines
Joe Johnston
John R. Brown
Samuel J. Hopkins
Henry Bowen
Tazewell
Fort, Delaware
West Virginia
Navy
Nathan Goff, Jr
William L. Wilon
Army of the Potomac
Mossacks
Amos J. Cummings
New Bedford Pass
Diogenes
Ostavo
Housekeeping
Ealeamae Corps
pRores
Weekly Globe
THE
Boston
Mass
Iawa City
Republican Reds
Josie Cihi
Albert Hemingway
W Imington
Shirwood
Mich
Kea
Wfe
Grand Army of the Republu
Spo Ns
Grant County
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado
Anis Bengfit
Custom House
Atlanta
Cristians
Constantinople
Senata Barbara
Cal
Amelier
Mariar
New York Tribune
Reidsville
Reidsile
Frankford
Penn
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