A Tangled Web Life on a Desolate Island to New York Elopement
An 1883 tale follows a wrecked ship on a Pacific isle and a lone survivor who survives on rum and memory, then shifts to a New York love crisis. Clara and Lewis face guardianship and a two year wait enforced by a tyrannical will. A grim lawyer, Charles Malvin, circles wealth, betrayal, and a deadly plot as Armstrong dies by his own hand and a will shuffles assets to the guardian’s control.
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South Pacific
Tiates
Sorme
Pope
Jdeath
New York
Lewis
Clara
Dirling
Charles Malvin
Thad
Neate
Mr. Malvin
Jie
Brit
Lsten Towme
Willis Armstrong
Laworer
Potltea
Luis
Malvin
Anyyiman
Armstrong
Pelican Insurance Company
Greenwood
Lewis Armstrong
Norety
Lean
Deerslayers Tale of Ghost Cow and Jacklight Adventure
A New York Post story recounts a woodsman guide's campfire tale about a haunted swamp and a ghost cow. The narrator and Amos test a patent jacklight while recalling a wary hunter who fled a ten foot apparition. The night ends with a dead buck and reflections on antler oddities and buck battles.
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Jack
Amos
Fen
Anos
The California Geysers A Steam Canyon Tour
A St Louis Globe Democrat correspondent describes a guide from St Louis leading visitors through a canyon of boiling springs near California geysers. The vivid landscape features multicolored rocks, sulfur vents, and devilish lore, with steam clouds and dramatic views, while noting the springs are not true geysers and the heat reshapes the rocks. The piece recalls indigenous use, a bath-house over sulfur springs, and a transformative steam bath experience.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Louis
Niagara
Iceland
New Zealand
Yellowstone
Uwey
Ingersoll
Beecher
Bootel
Women Fencers Learn Gentle Stick Exercises for Gymnastic Fencing
A fencing master in New York describes women pupils using a three foot stick with a basket hilt for parry drills. He notes nine current students, two visiting families, and outside gymnasiums. Women seek exercise and jaunty carriage, not aggressive fencing, with bloomers and knee breeches as attire. He says women lack build and endurance to compete with men.
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Sun
New York
Artemus Ward Programme and Oddities From Maine to Bath
A Cleveland Plaindealer piece reproduces Artemus Ward material dated Sandusky May 8 1864 with jests about Ward's show and audience hints. It lists quirky items about Heber C Kimball Mrs Ward and Forrester and notes jokes to invite Ward to Chicago and a reporter Q A. It piles Maine New Haven Hartford and Bath items including mills drought impacts spindles college girls and a Bath Mesmerist wife.
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Artemus Ward
Cleveland
Sandusky
Mother
Washoe
Heber C. Kimball
Mr. Kimball
Mr. Forrester
Forrester
Gottschalk
Chicago
Laura Matilda
California
England’s Courage and the British Empire’s Fate
Cardinal Archbishop Manning argues that Britain’s empire rests on enduring courage and faith. He praises English, Irish, and Scottish virtues, traces imperial growth from India to the dominions, and warns that cowardice would wreck a great moral and political structure. The essay asserts imperial law, justice, and a rising Christian world under British rule.
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Archbishop Manning
British Empire
Merry
England
Germany
Ori
Scotland
Herodotus
Shakespeare
Julius Crear
Nelson
Hardihood
Nekman
Ireland
Sentiandome
America
West Indies
Canada
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Ceylon
India
Isis
Rome
Britain
Holland
Kogland
Henry Bwan
Hall Rules Note Left with Guest About Items
A note states that money, jewelry or valuables are left with a guest to be returned in a week or so, and asks those leaving the hall early to do so with as little noise as possible.
Cures Offered by Doctors Starkey and Palen in Philadelphia
The physicians at 1109 Girard Street Philadelphia claim a new Vitalizing treatment cures Consumption Catarrh Netvalgit Bronchitis Rheumatism and all chronic diseases. Sufferers whose doctors failed to cure are invited to write for information and prompt sending of details.
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Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard Street
Philadelphia
The Lest Watch Charm of a Ghost in Phannel Cemetery
A gray stone skull artifact was found among graves in Phannel, described as a miniature human skull with eye sockets nose and mouth cavities. The piece was reportedly picked up in a cemetery, adding a ghostly intrigue to local lore. A brief promotional line follows for Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup claiming relief for feverishness restlessness worms constipation with a taste-less variant at 26 cents.
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Detroit Post and Tribune
Mother Swann
Miraculous Cure Described By Baltimore Man
Major B White of Baltimore recounts a decade of illness blamed on gland issues. He claims extensive medicine failed until St Jacobs Oil was applied to his spine, curing knots and stiffness and restoring his health.
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the Morning Herald
Baltimore
White
St. Jacobs
She Wanted to Go Tea and Despair at the Barroom
A Lafayette woman abandons the saloon habit by confronting her husband at the bar and declaring she will accompany him to hell if he goes there. The piece notes pernicious indulgence and its mental toll, urging readers to seek a large illustrated treatise from Wamp’s Dispensary Association in Buffalo, NY.
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New Haven
Hartford
Waterbury
Meriden Press-Recorder
Meriden Republican
J.J. Kelly
Daniel Sacks
Leadville
Bates
Lewiston
Bates College
Penobscot
Woodbury
Conn
R. L. Teeple
Bangor
Boston
Putney
Norway
Phin Clough
Auburn
Charles Maxim
Mountain
Guckfeld
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Martford
Longfellow
Whittier
Bethel
Gonn
New Orleans
Impot
Nellie Nevins
Bathel
Coun
Fall River
Bath
Times
Lafayette Courier
Lafayette
Tar
Wamp
Buffalo
N. Y
Memph ismillinery misprint spawns odd inquiry
A fragmentary Memphis notice reports a beauty entering a Main Street millinery shop last Tuesday to ask a Lioude clerk for slumber robes. The scene continues with a young man bringing out an item described as a nightgown amid unclear details.
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Memphis
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St. Regis
New England
Farmington, Me
Cardinal Manning
Anity
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