Haunted House Tales From the American Society for Psychical Research
The Philadelphia Press reports on the Boston based American Society for Psychical Research led by Richard Hodgson. Members pursue thought transference apparitions and haunted houses with case narratives from Mrs. T. in Washington to a Worcester room visit and a Worcester Albany linked haunting.
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American Society For Psychical Research
Boylston Place
Boston
Society
Richard Hodgson
Hodgson
Cambridge University
H. P. Bowditch
Harvard
Josia Royce
C. Cory
Congress
Washington
Vast Yellow River Flood Described In China Crisis
An extensive account from Pekin and Chinese sources details the September flood of the Hoang-Ho. A massive crevasse breached a dyke, flooding a 500 mile long plain of 10 000 square miles with up to 70 feet water, submerging villages and causing about five million deaths and widespread ruin. The Chinese government allocates nearly three million dollars for dyke rebuilding as locals rally to curb the river’s recurring menace.
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Pekin
Yellow River
Globe
Hoang-Ho
Great Basin
North
China
Mississippi
The
Union
Antlers Destroyed by Deer in Peat Bog Habits
In districts with thousands of deer, stags shed horns yearly and often bury or tooth them. The author cites evidence from peat bogs where horns are found half buried and broken, showing deer jaws can crush them. Young stag horns are rarely found, suggesting greater destruction in mature antlers.
Practical farming notes and farmers' guidance roundup
A digest of agricultural tips and opinions from agricultural journals. Topics include egg transport, berry pruning, carp on a Michigan farm, rye sowing timing and fertilization, farm hiring standards, mange in hogs and care, cautions against creameries sales schemes, horse feeding with potatoes and bran, milk yield discussions, and the value of educating workers and children in farming practices.
Common horse diseases spread at shared water and feed spots
The National Stockman notes that watering from public troughs roadside feeding from the same boxes and mangers at hotels and livery stables and hitching racks in towns are prime ways diseases pass between horses. It warns horsemen to avoid letting horses stand together and to monitor these contact points to save money and lives.
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National Stockman
Vilages
Farm backward glance in Hardington tale of Catan
The Connecticut Farmer recounts two Hardington residents who left agriculture for town business. Mr Catan sold his farm three years ago for 6000 dollars and built a Bridgeport store. He sank all savings and a 2300 dollar loan with interest, now losing the farm valued around 13700 dollars with no livestock or personal property. He concedes it would have been better to remain on the farm.
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House of Represntatives
Washington, D. C
Secan
Nell
Mrs. T
Neill
Mrs
Albany
Worcester
Lowell
Henry
Emily
Philadelphia Press
Hardington
Jameson
Shared farming plan boosts worker understanding of season
The excerpt argues that presenting detailed seasonal plans to farm workers improves anticipation and engagement with crops. It urges consistent operation plans with clear reasons for chosen methods, noting the idea from market gardener T. F. Baker as a general agricultural principle.
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T. F. Baker
What Can be Eaten From the Fingers
A guide on proper table manners from the past explains how to eat various foods by hand. It notes that birds, cheese, fruits, asparagus, lettuce, celery, olives, pastries and hard ice cream are eaten with fingers, while desserts like custards and preserved fruits use a fork or spoon as appropriate.
Cushion fashion: multi colored plush and silk coverings
The passage describes soft melon shaped cushions in two colored plush, brioche style, or Indian silk. It notes three color schemes, corner details, and lining contrasts with materials like plush satin sateen Pongee silk and brocade. It also mentions tea cosies with decorative Pongee silk and tied cords.
Plain talk to girls warns against contempt of social laws
Marion Harland closes a series of advice columns with a blunt warning that open contempt for social codes leads to downfall. She argues that loud and flashy behavior risks public judgement, while a quiet modest girl remains true to herself and is not mistaken for anything else.
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Marion Harland
Cures and Home Remedies From a Historic Ledger
A list of folk cures for ailments including sore throats, bee stings, chest cold, felons, coughs, and loss of appetite. Remedies feature bacon slices around the throat, lemon inserts for felons, turpentine compresses, flaxseed decoctions with honey and lemon, and a raw egg drink with milk and nutmeg to stimulate appetite before meals.
Queen Victoria as a Gracious Grandmother in Royal Circles
The Boston Herald notes Queen Victoria overspreads kindness and travels with a full nursery. It praises her as a tireless grandmother who brings 37 grandchildren across her dominions and even ships the Battenberg brood to Buckingham Palace for occasions.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria
Battenbergs
Buckingham Palace
Battenberg Infantry
London
Boston Herald
Woman Soldier Seeks Pension After War Service
Mrs. Hooker, a known Elkhart Indiana resident nicknamed Colonel Hooker, filed for a pension asserting three years of service as a late war soldier and two wounds. She allegedly swapped places with a male substitute during enlistment while her husband, first lieutenant, led at the front.
Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla praised for health benefits
An editorial extols Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla as preventive and restorative. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Maggie Kerchwal and others praising skin, blood purification, and nervous headaches. The piece urges readers to buy from druggists and share with family, including children.
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Thad
Warner
Sarsaparilla
Maggie Kerchwal
Lexington
Huch Harkins
14Th St
Philadelphia
Aaron Smith
Topton
Berks Co
Remarkable global push to remove space and time in transport
The Fortnightly Review surveys a world race to ease transport. Britain pioneers railways and canals, Britain’s canal network costs 60 to 70 million pounds yet lags behind ironways. France and Germany expand waterways, Greece’s Corinth canal shortens routes, and Russia completes a Cronstadt to St. Petersburg maritime canal.
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Great Britain
France
England
Germany
Dortmund
Emden Harbor
Oder
Furstenburg
Upper Spree
Berlin
Corinth
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Archipelago
Black Sea
Piraeus
Marseilles
Genoa
Venice
Trieste
Brindisi
Russia
Cronstadt
St. Petersburg
Neva
Bragging About Plans and Groundless Theories
A witty reflection contrasts men who boast of house buying with insufficient funds for a third mortgage on a fence rail and those who boast about their “grounds” yet cannot even fit two blades of grass in the doorway. The author notes men are peculiar creatures.
Sioux Reservation Opening May Not Yet Yield Land
Opening of the Sioux reservation may spur immigration to Dakota but landseekers face disappointment as land is not yet surveyed and consent for cession is pending. Squatters risk disputes until the commissioners finish their work.
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Great Sioux
Dakota
Absent-mindedness and sudden lunacy cited by Scientific American
The passage recalls incidents where ordinary people act against reason and endure brief lapses of consciousness. Examples include a man stepping into mud, a philosopher misplacing focus, a hunter harming himself and his dog, a worker injuring herself with a knife, and a professor walking into a canal. Mail carriers also misplace items due to momentary detachment.
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Scientific American
Nightcaps and Amens and a Hair Product Note
A London editor mocks nightcaps as injurious while noting a preacher warns against misplaced amens in offerings. The item also teases that kisses are electric and ends with a plug for Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer claiming it restores natural hair color.
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Hall
Guide to Skin Care and Complexion Preservation
The guidance emphasizes sticking to a single pure soap that suits the skin to avoid complexion changes. It notes pimples may come from cold washing after overheating, and suggests rinsing with a mix of brandy and rose water for wind reddening. It warns to wash off powder before bed and favors almond meal or oatmeal over soap for some users. Glycerine is cautioned against on very dry skin.
Final 5 percent dividend ordered for Minnesota Elevator creditors
Judge E T Wilder as assignee directs distribution of a final 5 percent dividend to creditors of Minnesota Elevator company of Red Wing, bringing total payments to 43 percent. The note verso mentions various ads and brief items including medicines and a prize fight incident in St Paul.
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E. T. Wilder
Minnesota Elevator Company of
Red Wing
Discovery and doubt shadow history and health claims
The piece contrasts Columbus era skepticism with current denial of discovery and mocks stubborn beliefs. It cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming to cure consumption and notes the death of Hon. W. E. Smith, late assistant secretary of the treasury, while promoting Bradstreet Thurber for house photos and goods.
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W. E. Smith
Secretary of the Treasury
Purify Your Blood With Hood’s Sarsaparilla Claim
An advertisement urges spring purification of the blood and a stronger system using Hood’s Sarsaparilla. The copy features two testimonial notices from M. B. Clarke of Decatur Illinois and Mary L. Owens of Troy Indiana praising cures for skin eczema after taking the remedy.
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Hood
Clarke
Decatur
Mary L. Owens
Troy
Ind
Local brief notes and ads from a 19th century page
A jumbled mix of notices and ads notes an office door left open for winter, promotes Allen's Long Balsam for croup with prices, mentions the May 2 royal wedding of Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Irene of Hesse, and advertises stove sales by Aurora Vapor. Texas wheat counties report 1888 acreage up 10 to 100 percent. Bradstreet Thurber & Co offers chamber sets. light remarks on spring weather follow.
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Texas
Chief Justice Waite Remains Placed in Toledo Vault
The remains of Chief Justice Waite were placed in the receiving vault at Forest Cemetery in Toledo Ohio, marking a funeral preparation step.
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Waite
Forest Cemetery
Toledo
Ohio
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United States
Grand Trung
New York
Senator Palmer
Michigan
W. D. Hoard
J. A. Woodward
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the Creat Enterprises
London Daily News
Christian Kemek
Richard Moore
St. Paul
Moore
Kemek
Duke of Norfolk
Florence
America
Columbus
Europe
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Bradstreet, Thurber & Co
Minneapolis
Mrs. Corp
Canastota
N. Y
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Mass
Allen
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Irene of Hesse
Aurora Vapor Store
B. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
Saze’s
Kemedy
Vancouver
Henry Ward Beecher
Song of the Garden Seeds
Oshkosh
SwaYse
Swayne
Express
P.o.ress
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Peariet N. Y
P. O. Box
Mesa Balsam
Ely
Evy Bros
Greenwich
3N. Y
Pettit
J. P. Allen
Minn
Brewster Safety Rein Holder CO
Holly, Mich
E. E. Peterson
Mans’r
Nicollet Avenue
Piso
A.moore
Jackson
Street
Leipzig
Paris
J.P. Alien
Tugmsand
Noiners
Horton Portrait Co
Wabashast
Owa
Iowa
U.S
Freelows Seed Co
Des Moines
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
Root
Pearl St
Ricuard Proctor
W. W. Astor
Jupan P. Benjamin
Minor
Columbia Law
Yale
University of Penn, Phila
Wellesley College
Chautauqua University
C. Prospectus
Loisette
Fifth Ave
Genuin
A. J. Towe
Saa. Minn
Arm & Hammer
Arm & Re. Eee
Northwest
Peckham
W. H. Peckham
Third Avenue North
A. H. Dowell
Enquirer
Edenton, N. C
Er Cincinisti Ohio
G. H. Ingraham
M. D
Amsterdam
D. R. Dyche & CO
Chicago
G. & C. Merriam & CO
Springfield
Maia
Igoulds & Austin
Lake ST. Ishicago, Illinois
Eeting Vitaly
Gurley & Fleuner
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