Doctor George Hixson Finds Calling in Sharon
A poor but diligent graduate with a medical diploma returns to Sharon to practice. Facing prejudice and ridicule, he treats a small-pox outbreak, earns trust, and becomes a valued healer while bearing the weight of his father's notorious past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hixson
Medical College
George
Sharon
Enoch Lampson
Billy
Old Enoch
Dr. Edmunds
Enoch
Joe Hixson
Mr. Lampson
Mary Jackson
Hixson
Doc
George Ss
Aighboring
Graves
Eing
Col. Giddings
Alexis
Mecca
Tommy
Doctor Graves
Colonel Giddings
George H. Hixson
Doctor
Private office room described with walnut chairs and velvet cushions
The excerpt describes a richly furnished room with walnut and mahogany chairs, a secretary, wall pictures, a walnut bookcase, and a silk curtain. In back, a private office space is arranged in a handsome style as characters discuss a surprise funded by Mrs. Colonel Giddings and others.
Hamlet in black attire and ghost scene described in Longman piece
A dramatic theatre account details Garrick as Hamlet delivering the ghost scene with intense silence and rapt audience reaction. Horatio and Marcellus appear in uniform as cold night sets the mood. The narrative notes the haunting performance, stark stage movement, and the crowd’s electrified response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Horatio
Marcellus
Garrick
Lichktenberg
Longman’s Magazine
Mysterious Tile Fish Vanishes After Global Arrival Reports
US Fish Commission officers first found the tile fish five years ago near the 100 mile coastal plateau. News says vessels reached several ports reporting vast dead fish swarms covering hundreds of thousands of square miles, yet no specimen has resurfaced. Professor Baird suggests cold currents may have killed the creature, explaining the widespread devastation and disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Fish Commission
Baird
Weather wonders of the central United States
The central region experiences extreme seasonal shifts beyond common expectation. Despite harsh contrasts, the author argues such changes are mainly a concern for careless and imprudent people, and overall the climate is no worse than in many other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Globe-Democrat
United States
Weather Bureau
North America
Africa
Nova Zembia
Reformed Painter Shares Radical Weight Loss Diet
The Orange County Farmer reprints notes from Mr. E. G. Fowler on a former painter who weighed 240 pounds and slimmed to 185 in six months. He cut fats sugars and starches, avoided stimulants, ate little meat, and found health improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Fowler
Orange County
Swindlers and readers of flashy papers warned
The article warns against swindlers and readers of low-class literature, noting that only those driven by cupidity and ignorance fall prey. It also covers sweet corn fodder curing, buckwheat as horse feed, and compares roller milling with old processes for protein content in feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin Experiment Station
What Not to Do for Sick People
Advice on patient care urges quiet, respectful handling of the ill. Do not fuss or probe into past cases or press cheering visits. Present nourishment gently at intervals, substitute as needed, and maintain milk and beef tea unless a physician orders otherwise.
Make the Day Happy with Kind Words and Small Acts
Sidney Smith preservation notes a morning resolve to aid others with a kind word or simple gesture. The piece argues such acts lift one person each day and, over a year, 365 people, and over forty years, about 14,600, find happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Smith
Etiquette at the Table Reflects Refinement and Courtesy
The piece argues good manners at meals indicate careful breeding and social refinement. It stresses considering others and avoiding offense as a general rule for behavior in all settings.
Etiquette Rules for Refined Dining Show Polite Conduct
A Home Companion note lists timely dining precepts. It urges eating quietly and neatly without noise, avoiding hog trough imagery and wiping plates. It warns against scraping, finger food, loud talking, disturbing whispers, or improper posture, and advises observing many other etiquette points.
Clover as the king of green manures for ruined lands
An Ohio farmer argues that widespread clover planting has rejuvenated hundreds of farms. He urges sowing a bushel per four acres for thorough coverage, noting clover’s power to rot out stumps, kill weeds, and restore fertility on rough or wild lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Feeding Hogs for Warm Weather Gains and Seasonal Costs
VaLpo F. Brown notes that hogs fatten faster in warm weather and that feeding early with corn at the right stage reduces costs. He cites experiments from Michigan Agricultural College showing higher feed efficiency as temperatures rise and outlines six keys to profitable pork making including good care, thrifty stock, and combining mill slop with corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iIt
Michigan Agricultural College
VaLpo F. Brown
N. Y
Dialect in American Literature Criticized
The piece argues against the rising use of pseudo negro dialect in novels by Cable Murfree and others. It questions the value of accurate dialect representation and suggests writers rely on local color rather than imagination, noting readers may tire of corrupt speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cable
Uncle Remus
Lime Kiln Club
Miss Murfree
Grave Found At Hunton Stables Linked To Voodoo Doctor
In Warrenton Virginia a cistern excavation uncovered a grave believed to be that of Marzo an African chief and voodoo doctor who around the revolutionary era poisoned and killed thirty slaves owned by John Chilton and was hanged near the grave site for the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eppa Hunton
Warrenton
Marzo
John Chilton
Aneurism of the popliteal artery treated by Dr Agnew
Benjamin Weinstock, proprietor of a North Ninth street gentlemen's furnishing store, suffered an enlarging knee lump misdiagnosed as a tumor. Dr. D Hayes Agnew performed a manual tourniquet procedure, under morphia, using student aid to compress the femoral artery, forming a fibrous clot over 49.5 hours and saving the limb. Weinstock's condition improved. discharge expected in days with the fibrous mass absorption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
D Hayes Agnew
University
Benjamin Weinstock
North Ninth Street
D. Hayes Agnew
Agnew
Weinstock
de. J. W. White
W. D. Hamaker
The Queen of Italy in Boston Home Journal Portrait
The King and Queen of Italy are described as approachable in Rome with no attendants yet adhere to etiquette during presentations. The Quirinal grand room features gold frames and scarlet velvet, while Marguerite of Savoy appears gracious and multilingual. Her pearls from Victor Suard and fear of loss are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Boston Home Journal
Italy
Europe
Rome
Quirinal
Marguerite of
Savoy
Victor Suard
Kid Gloved Trader Beats Cowboy in Montana Post
A young trader in Montana, visiting a frontier post in silk and kid gloves, defends himself when a planned murder by cowboys reaches his door. He grabs an axhelve and kills one attacker, then brandishes his revolver to threaten others, gaining unlikely popular support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Brooklyn Union
Lost Boston girl in Catskills asks for cultured aid
A Boston girl lost in the Catskills shouted for help in an intellectual tone and questioned the farmer about Atlantic Monthly subscriptions and a book on spiritual laws before he escorted her back to the hotel. She forgot to thank him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Catskills
Atlantic Monthly
New York Mail
Army politics and notable incidents from 19th century records
The report notes Gen. Philip Sheridan’s mother in Somerset Ohio at eighty seven, mentions the acting surgeon general J H Baxter, a fatal shooting in Gibson County, and a breach of promise case in Delhi New York. It covers political nominations in Des Moines and Descriptive disaster reports near Ellendale Oak and Woowan. Additional items include Manning’s health, a wheat shortage warning, Philo Carpenter’s will, labor bureau appointee Hugh Mohan, and postal revenue warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Baxter
Gibson County
Frank Stout
Charles Emmons
Stout
W. Rutherford
Delhi
N. Y
Democrats
Greenbackers
Des Moines
W. L. Carpenter
Congress
Ellendale
Oak
Woowan
Manning
Washington
London
Dodge
Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Philo Carpenter
Chicago
Hugh J. Mohan
California
Labor Bureau
Treasury Department
J. P. Olive
Trail City
Cal
Joe Sparrow
Nebraska
Olive
Custer County
Net
Mitchell and
Ketchum
Col
W. H. Merritt
Miss Stauffer
New Orleans
Tilden
Europe
Exhibition shows St Joseph’s Academy teaching strength
Sisters of St Joseph's Academy St Paul held an open class work exhibition alongside graduation events. Pupils' needlework exams and papers were shown uncorrected, highlighting clear knowledge and high standings. Visitors praised the work, and the academy received inquiries for circulars from prospective families. Captain F D Longsford was disemboweled by a swordfish near Gloucester Fass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of
St. Joseph's Academy
St. Paul
Academy
F. D. Longsford
Gloucester
Scare Coowers Prices Across Scales And More
The Cuivaco Scare Co trims prices by over half on scales and expands the cut to nearly a thousand other goods including portable forges, blacksmith tools, safes, buggies, and sewing machines. They invite price lists and Exposition visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuivaco Scare Co
Minneapolis Exposition
Fire destroys most business houses in Folsom Cal
Fire swept twenty six principal business houses in Folsom California causing an estimated loss of 150000 dollars with 95000 dollars covered by insurance. George F Smith of Iowa has been appointed a post office inspector. Caswell Hazard Co New York promotes Pure Cop Liver On and Juniper Tar Soap with claims of purity and superiority.
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Folsom
Cal
George F. Smith
Iowa
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Caswelyl, Hazarp & Co
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Doctor George
I. L. Barbour
Boston Examiner
Crudelli
Farming News
Clover the Great Restorer
the Queen of
Dandy
Cowboy
City Brewery
J. Helvius
Louisville, Ky
St. Jacobs VII
Regina
Michigan
G. L. Yaple
William G. Baird
William D. Fuller
State Board of Education
J. W. Turner
S. S. Curry
J. D. Farrar
P. B. Watchell
David Parsons
J. C. Donnelly
American Bar Association
Saratoga Springs
G. G. Wrights
Minnesota
H. F. Stevens
David Dudley Field
Wisconsin
Alfred D. Cary
Dow
Sells Bros
Edina
Wis
J. E. Hazel
McCaine
Dr. Bliss
Garfield
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
L. P. Thursby
Orange City
Fla
Allen
J. P. Allen
Mian
State Department
Wiso
Gray
Perry Davis
Enoch Young
Vinson
Rotten Valley
Neb
Buckingham
Ayer
Porter Drug and Chemical Co
Mass
Grant
Senator Mahone
Dora Brower
Pipestone
Minn
Brown
Lyon
Cole
J. W. Cole & CO
Prop’s
Black River Falls
Brees
Iran
Ferry Bays Fitbinfiller
EL Wrer
Palls, NY
Rye Tan Astana
Toe maNxe
Esterbrook
Esterbrook Steel Pen CO
Camden
N.J
John St
Iepage
Re Soap CO
Minneapolis
Ws B.D
Hood
G. A. Paer
Watertown
N.B
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Dolman
Moody
Cincimnati,o
W. ©. Payne
Marshalltows, Iowa
J. Sripusxs
Lepacen
M. Sites & Co
Washington, D. C
A. P. Lacey
Patens
Db. C
Opiaha
Marsh
Quincy, Mich
T. S. Gardner
Palace Building
Ciecisuad
Mackead
U.addrese
DH. T
Slocum
Pearl St
N.Y
Penn
Dr Tae
Jenn Es
Malles
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Lil
WOODWARD _&, COMPANY
Wonderful Northwest
MIN State Agricultural Igen
Hamline
MATIN
H. W. Pratt
KR. C. Judson
Fish Bras
Doston
Maes
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