Lyskamm Expedition and Franz's Fateful Warning
A seasoned Alpine climber recalls the Lyskamm ascent on August 13 188 and a fatal scare when guide Franz saved the leader from a fall on the arete. The tale ends with Franz’s death years later in an avalanche and a companion’s vow that Franz will one day rescue him.
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Ld Riffles Hotel
Alps
Franzt
Roffel
Franz’ SS
Fonte Rosa
Franz
Gorner Glacier
Te Rosa
Weissthor
Monte Rosa
Lysjoch
Lyskammarete
Guish
Messrs. Lewis and Patterson
Lyskamim
Burns
Ans
England
Riffel
Tsay Nevermore
Nevermore
Lyskamm
Macugnaga
Colle Delle Loccie
Colle d’Olen
Zermatt
Antoine
Lysijoch
Josef
Myself
Is there a fatality among our pro minent men
The piece argues about medical schools, the clash of Allopathy and Homeopathy, and public perception. It notes insurance medical exams increasingly flag kidney disorders and recounts an editor misled by an insurer agent selling Warner's Safe Cure. It questions whether shrewd business and advertising reveal the truth behind remedies and mentions a political note on John Howe’s suspension for fraud as Indian agent.
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Germany
France
Prince of Wales
York
Allopathy
Homepathy
Homeopathy
Warner
Vanderbilt
Astor
Faulty laxatives vs Hostetter’s bitters and French budget vote
The text denounces harsh purgatives containing pedophyllin aloes rhubarb and gamboge for causing violent evacuations and stomach damage, praising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a gentler laxative that strengthens the stomach and helps malaria nervous debility rheumatism and kidney issues. It also notes the French Senate’s 210 to 36 vote reinstating budget credit for perfects after the deputies rejected them led to the Freycinet ministry’s fall.
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Chamber of Deputies
Freycinet
Tried and Trusty Pioneer Doctor Pierce of Buffalo
Starting twenty two years ago as a young medical practitioner in Buffalo New York Dr R V Pierce has risen rapidly to fame and prosperity He presides over the Invalids hotel and Surgical Institute known as the leading health resort His proprietary medicines the Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Purgative Pellets are sold worldwide including England Ireland Scotland India South Africa South America Australia and other lands The success is credited to years of public scrutiny and the medicines are rated as tried and trusty
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Buffalo
N. Y
R. V. Pierce
Invalids
England
Ireland
Scotland
European
India
South Africa
South America
Australia
Pierce
Alluvial gold fields drawing South Australia crowds
New York Times notes new alluvial gold hills north of Adelaide lure Australian diggers with Bendigo days recalled. Within eight weeks 7000 workers labored near the discovery, banks bought thousands of ounces while much gold moved away. Diggings spread toward Teetulpa run as fever grows.
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South Australia
New York Times
Bendigo
Ballaret
Adelaide
Thomas Brady
California
Teetulpa Run
Thomas Smith
Brady
Smith
Parliament
Paris Describes Fall of Empire and City Aftermath
Ex Minister E B Washburne recalls Paris during the fall of the Empire. He notes strong police before the revolution, then disorder and obscene literature after the Empire collapsed. Troops moved toward Hotel de Ville as crowds shouted Vive Trochu and Abassa Commune, ending with restored calm.
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Paris
The
Figaro
National Guard
Demi-Monde
Legation
Hotel de Ville
Place Vendome
Rue Castiglione
Abassa
Flourens
Rue de Londres
Rue de Londres At Half Past Twelve, and Going By the Cham Elysees
Boulevards
Chaussee d’Antin
E. B. Washburne
Scribner’s Magazine
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Offers Easy Use
Claims Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable to use not a liquid or snuff priced at 50 cents.
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USA
ELY Brothers
Owsgo
N. Y
Tor
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Earth
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Aricht
Jos F
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Howe
Minneapolis
Eee Brown
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Pocasset
Mass
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Federal Senate
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Port Arthur
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Hewitt
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Hook & Ladder
Friend Street
Boston
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Coral Street
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North 7Th Street
Brooklyn
C. J. Hood & CO
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Washington
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Haverhill
Fredericktown
Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul, Minn
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Maas
Catarre
Ely
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A. M
Olivet
Phia, Pa
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Washington, D. C
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Latent
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Jefferson
Wisconsin
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Easton
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A. H. Shamway
Rockiard
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Chicago
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Rochester, N. We
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5ONS & CO
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Liebig
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Ferry & CO
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Wagashay
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Westfield
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Nunica
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Gem
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Main Street
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la Crosse
Wis
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Lone Tre Lake
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Woodbury
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