Bromide of Potassium and a Morphia Breakdown
A detailed reminiscence by Isaac Waldron to the New York Sun recounts his treatment with bromide of potassium as an opium antidote, the ensuing terror and hallucinations, and the long, volatile recovery showing memory, language disruption, and visions of future doctors and experiments. The narrative traces nightly delirium, drastic dose escalation, and a struggle to regain control while vivid, disorienting memories persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Waldron
New York Sun
Anne
Snags Corners Opposes Railroad In Three Mile Frame
A Free Press tale from Michigan depicts Mr Snags defending Snags Corners as a booming town where sugar, store, oxen, a dam and sawmill are on the way. He warns the railroad to avoid leaving the hamlet three miles off the line, threatening legal and civic action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Pine Woods
Sand Hills
Snags
Mr. Snags
Detroit constable learns juror vacancy is taken by a friend
A Detroit constable is told that a regular juror died while two men discuss filling the vacancy. One offers his friend Dec as a candidate, while the other notes over twenty applicants have already been considered and the vacancy seems promised to a man who funds his tobacco and whiskey.
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Ian
Detroit
Blank
Dec
James L. Hutchinson
Armhess Wan
Alvino
Oret Parr
Solomon
Boston
Monley
Moonshiner King Of The Moonshiners Captured In Georgia
A Chicago Inter Ocean correspondent from Hiawassee, Georgia, reports the capture of Bill Berong, famed as the Moonshiner king, by Captain James M. Davis. Despite dire resistance from Berong and his 75-strong band, Davis used patient strategy and Berong's daughter’s ruse to secure surrender without bloodshed. Berong pled guilty to expect leniency, promising to quit illicit distilling, and bonded to appear in court with his family restored.
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Chicago
Bill Berong
Berong
James M. Davin
Tennessee
United States
Georgia
Dayla
Revenue Service
Davis
Texas
Mississippi
Avis
Revenue Squad
Hame
Oas
Bond
United States Court
Why the Fear of Cows Disturbs Detroit Matron
A Detroit Free Press humorous exchange recounts a cow encounter on Cass Avenue. A boy explains cows fear and dominance to a terrified woman, urging her to spit on her hands and threaten the animal, while noting cows’ habit of attacking if they sense fear. The tale ends with the woman fleeing, and the boy fantasizing about wielding a bowie knife against a cow.
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Detroit Free Press
Cass Avenue
Monarchy of Song Sparks Silent Mining Theatre Coup
An audience at a traveling show in Deadwood silences itself as a sneezing patron triggers a dramatic response. After a whispered audience vote, a dress circle committee ejects him with a ticket refund and a deadly finale. The incident ends with the sneezing man slain and left hanging over a fence for discovery.
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San Francisco
Deadwood
Frog Hollow
Inside the London Show Camp Brockton Visit
A Globe reporter tours the London circus in Brockton to view the baby elephant and the inner workings behind the scenes. The piece details the green room bustle, dressing tents, workers, and animals as the company prepares for an afternoon performance and swiftly packs up for departure, ending with the train to Boston.
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Brockton
Boston
Mr. Durand
London Circus
GLOBE
Uth
James Cooper
Cooper, Bailey & Co
W. E. Crowley
Charles W. Fish
Mme. Cordonna
William Dutton
Lawrence Sisters
Devene
Reaton
Johnny Taterson
Linda Jeal
Nat Austin
Madame D Aulie
Robert Ellingham
Coliseum Anda
Hutchinson
Goat dispute reaches court over possession of billy goat
In Yorkville New York the case of a mouse colored billy goat quarrel between John Breen and German Yaeger erupts at the police court. Justice Duffy appoints Nathan Nesbit as referee and the report cites the goat worth 1.50 while noting lack of court jurisdiction. Both sides threaten appeal as the animal stays in a livery stable.
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New York
New York Telegram
Justice Duffy
Yorkville
Peter Debunn
Sixty-third Street
Second Avenue
Goat Hill
Yaeger
East Seventy-third Street
John Breen
Breen
Mr. Breen
John Dwyer
No. 1327
First Avenue
Mr. Yaeger
Grashus Chudge
Meester Dwyer
Shoprame Court
Donohoe
Duffy
Nathan Nesbit
Dwyer
Nesbit
P. G. Duffy
Ondersigner
Justice Dulty
Chalk dust and chalk thievery haunt Fanny Ellsler tale
A Philadelphia Times correspondent recounts an anecdote about the dancer Fanny Ellsler. Her dressing room is full of chalk dust, and a crisis unfolds as her chalk is reportedly stolen by the corps de ballet. Burnt, a vaudeville author, secretly procures twenty pieces of chalk from ten cafes, paying with ten glasses of cognac.
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Philadelphia Times
Fanny Elisler
Fanny
Loge
Burat
Corps de Ballet
Nathalie
Fitz James
Noblet
M. Burnt
Fanny Ellsler
How He Detected Him on Erie Train
Dana Krum a conductor on the Erie railroad is accosted by a stranger claiming to be a fireman on the road seeking Susquehanna. The man pretends familiarity and asks for the time as a test for a pass or fare. The encounter escalates when another conductor Bana arrives and questions the time showing how the impostor failed to reveal a valid pass.
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Dana Krum
Erie Railroad
Dana
Susnehanna
Bana
French student jokes the local dogberry at shoot
A French military student home for Christmas shows his father’s license to a local officer. The official notices the father is seventy two and remarks on a wooden leg. The student laughs at the idea of wearing a wooden leg for shooting and ends with a cordial farewell.
Remarkable American Clock Exhibition Draws Boston Bid
A Boston church bids forty five thousand dollars for a Detroit built clock exhibited in New York. The American national astronomical clock by Felix Meiers stands eighteen by eight by five feet and weighs four thousand pounds. It shows local and world times, tracks planetary motions for two centuries, and includes a death driven music scene with Washington and presidents marching past.
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South Church
Benton
Boston
New York
Strasburg
Detroit
Felix Meiers
Washington
San Francisco
Melbourne
Pekin
Cairo
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
London
Berlin
Paris
United States
Remrescees
Hayes
Oath or Affirmation Debate In Parliament
Mr Bredinaugh and Henry Labouchere support Bradlaugh in Northampton representation. The speaker argues MPs may choose affirmation over oath if conscience requires, criticizes forceful adherence, urges abolishing both oath and affirmation of allegiance to crown.
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Bredinaugh
Henry Labouchere
Truth
Bradlaugh
Northampton
Lowe
M. P
House of Commons
Peculiar Will of Dr Burch Left Cash and Band at Phillipsburg
Dr Wilson J H Burch who died at Phillipsburg left a peculiar will. He provided a granite monument at the grave costing between 49 000 and 50 000 dollars and a 10 000 dollar endowment to establish a brass band to be called the Burch Cornet Band of the Town of Phillipsburg. The band must march to the monument on the anniversary of his death and on legal holidays and play a funeral march and other music as directed by the leader.
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New York Times
Wilson J. H. Burch
Phillipsburg
Bric a Brac and Courtroom Laughs in Odd Tales
A collage of comic vignettes and court quarrels spans quirky verse about cake and romance, whimsical anecdotes of drunken characters in Essex market and Chicago, a dignified Burr-like rogue, a German farmer, a Virginia Brady photo prank, and a playful Kansas love note. The items mix social satire with light crime and human folly.
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Optiman
Thad
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Gall
Heim
Kent
Baron Liebeg
Charles
Charlie
Leon Charlie
Monarch
Revynoos
Aberong
Rerong
Desperado
Raum
Private Cirecus Life
A. Ward
George Arstingstall
Mount
Ararat
Noah
Iun
Billy Hayden
Fanny Ellster
Damascus
Eer
Peter Pfeiffer
Haguerty
Peter
Justice Wandell
Jesus Christ
Spet
New York Graphic
Senator Blaine
Fred Grant
Aaron Barr
Colonel Burr
Europe
Broadway
Maadam
Miss K
Chester
Penn
Hans Growvost
Berks County
Hans
Virginia
Brady
Mr. Brady
Chicago Tribune
Central Station Court
L’ress
Land
Asa
Daffy
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