Desolate Island Survival and a Hidden Banker’s Plot
A wrecked survivor endures isolation on a tropical island after a shipwreck. He builds a raft, struggles against sharks, storms, and despair while awaiting rescue. Back in the city, lawyer Charles Malvin schemes to seize wealth from Armstrong’s estate, aided by a forged suicide plot and a forged fate linked to Clara Armstrong.
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Lewis Armstrong
Livia
Clara Sungrested
Australia
Sea Flowers
Charles Malvin
Trinity
Lewis Arnsgong
Malvin
Peck's Bad Boy and the Infidel Confrontation Incident
A tall tale from Peck's Sun recounts a boy taunting a devout group, leading to a brutal gaggle of pranks to convert him. The grocery man narrates how the infidel boy endures mock sermons, a rope tie, and stunts to prove belief, ending with a warning to mind one’s own views.
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Peck
Baty
Lie Boy
Deacon
Hennery
Unwelcome Visitor Forces Endgame in Lawyer’s Library
An elderly, powerful man confronts a lawyer in a city library, pressing for cash. The extortionist demands escalate as the lawyer reveals a plan to expose the affair to authorities, while an implied partner prepares to flee to Australia or California. The tense exchange ends with threats of turning State’s evidence.
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Pardner
Australia
California
Foster
Washington's Red City Vision and an Apache Scout Hero
In Washington City on November 10 a speaker extols art and capital shifts from New York to Washington. He praises the red Pompeian city aesthetic around the Capitol, the soldier who brought in over a thousand Apache Indians, and recalls Saratoga memories with a tribute to a notable woman. The piece blends civic pride, cultural critique, and vivid city imagery.
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London
Paris
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Senator Pendleton
Brine
Washington City
Far West
Potonmme
Oman
Humase
Washington society and real estate dreams amid capital winters
The writer notes Washington as the social capital this winter, compares New York and Boston, and observes a real estate boom with prices near Senate figures and Blaine. He rents a small house near the president, laments high costs, and shifts to a mountain overlook offering a grand view of Washington from oak hills and national drive.
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New York
America
Newport
Saratoga
Atlantic
Boston
Washington
Potomac
Jerusalem
Blaine
Porto West
Washington City
de Nex
Leah
Dar J
Sali
Abe
Coliseum
City of
Wonderful Mesmeric Power Displayed by a Necro
A man and a mule stand on Park Row and Beekman Street as a crowd watches a tense scene. The mule resists start attempts with a bungstarter while police intervene after a clash with a driver. A small spectator claims to be a mesmerist and gently prods the mule, which then moves off at a trot around the corner.
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New York Sun
Park Row
Beekman Street
Srillea
Theo
Potteman
Tover
Gily
Nothing Wrong With My Lungs Now Says Patient After Oxygen
A patient writes nearly a year after using Compound Oxygen that there is nothing wrong with their lungs and thanks the makers. The treatise on Compound Oxygen is advertised as detailing the discovery and action of the curative agent and lists cures in various chronic diseases. Readers are invited to obtain the treatise free by mailing to Drs. Steer and Palen at 11 Girard Street, Philadelphia.
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Lewis
Clara Malvin
Mr. Malvin
By Armstrong
Lewis Armstrong
Alhambra
Clara
Armstrong
Martin
Foster
Charles Malvin
Lalmost
Thor
Saul
Gree
doaQguin Miller
How Jenn Small Makes Money on Hens
Jobn Small of Milford Coan raises about 100 hens for the New York market. A former gunner trapper he notes hens are profitable. the season yields one 16 per account and daily corn and wheat feed. Eggs bring about twenty dollars monthly in sales.
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Jenn Small
Jobn Small
Milford
Coan
New York
St Jacobs Off Praised For Rheumatism Relief
In Milwaukee the Daily Sentinel notes wide use of St Jacobs Off as a remedy for rheumatism with claimed effective and marvelous results among numerous city residents.
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Milwaukee
Wis
The
Daily Sentinel
St. Jacobs
His Annual Thirty Days Swear Ore Plan Promoted
A Pittsburgh Dispatch note describes a physician who smokes five to six cigars each evening but abstains during the day for October. The plan aims to let the system recover thirty days annually and reportedly speeds the heart briefly each evening before abstinence. It touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for torpid liver and biliousness.
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Spittsburg
Bassone
Amram
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Sam
Martha
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Willis Armstrong
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Tamnot
Sin
Cupid
Bad Boy
Pisa
Hillis
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Elijah
Eve
Aly
Joshua
Josh
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Turnace
Sheridan
Stone River
Wood
Brass, Headquarters
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Tie
Joaquin
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Congress
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Arcadia
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Eee
Long Branch
Washingtonia
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Jong Ao
Brazil
Don Carlos
Spain
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Suame
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Meridian
Necro
D . Pierce
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