The Reason Why Chicago Mail
John Harlow loves a milliner named Cora Lane in San Francisco but is rejected as her would be husband. He learns years later that she became involved with a prison inmate at San Quentin and confronts a haunting mystery when he glimpses her in the prison waiting room, leaving him stunned and unsure of her fate.
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Chicago Mail
John Harlow
San Francisco
Cal
Wentworth
Harlow
Bertha
Miss Wentworth
Cora Lane
Cora
John
Gora
West
San Quentin
Bay
Rson
John Lane
Seton
Mystery of Love and Forgiveness Behind San Francisco Train
The story follows John Harlow who learns his wife Cora loves another and fears a vengeance against John Lane, a forged-for-convict. after prison, Harlow discovers Lane is Lane’s daughter and faces moral turmoil before choosing forgiveness. Harlow marries Cora, the couple moves east while Lane reforms in San Francisco, and Harlow keeps his wife’s secret.
Stonewall Jacksons flank attack at Chancellorsville recounted
General C O Howard describes the chaos of the flank attack with Devens and Schurz lines under pressure. He recalls cavalry, batteries, and the panic as Union troops reel, a riderless horse, and aides killed while aides rally reserves. He refuses firing on his own men.
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Gen
C. O. Howard
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Col. Armussen
Devens
Schurz
Devon
Devon's
McLean
Dessauer
Hooker
Col. Dickenson
Barlow
Busehbeck
Dickinson
Americans and English mockery during a London gathering
The excerpt recalls a London dinner with Gen Porter and Mr Depew where humor collapsed into silence as locals mocked Americans. It then shifts to reflections on marriage age, arguing women must preserve individuality, cautioning against early marriage yet acknowledging youth and love belong together.
Practical Home Remedies for Sunburn and Diphtheria Cures
A blend of glycerine, borax, and rose water soothes sun burn and aids healing. Advice covers trimming hang nails, using witch hazel extract, and using sulphur fumes to curb diphtheria, plus a cough remedy and salt rheum treatment with glycerine and lemon juice.
Fatty foods and phosphorized fat aid nervous health
Herald of Health notes that fatty foods aid neuralgia and nervous disorders. It cites Lecihain, a phosphorized fat, as key to brain and nerve recovery. Rest reduces demand on nerves, allowing storage of fat and phosphorus, with wet cooked fish and oysters helping digestion and nerve rebuilding.
Hands and farming observe for better results in care and crops
The article urges practical hand care with lukewarm water ammonia or borax wash and oatmeal to whiten skin, warns glycerine can irritate, and recommends white of egg with alum for night care. It also promotes patient observation in farming, stressing study of pests, birds, crop habits, and neighbor methods as the best teacher.
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The
Scientific American
Fresh air remedy for sleepless babies in open air
A mother writes that fresh air is an unfailing cure for sleeplessness in young children. Bundling babies warmly with sun shade outdoors helps them sleep quickly. She urges mothers to exercise outdoors daily to avoid anxiety in nursing. She cites a baby who slept 448 naps outdoors yearly and dismisses wind on the stomach as nonsense.
Planting Strawberries and Stacking Hay in August Advice
The article advises laying out a strawberry bed in August rather than spring, using a peas crop to improve soil, heavy stable manure then compost, and matted row planting 14 inches between rows. It also details stacking grain and hay into long ricks with careful layering, tying, and topping methods.
Breeding From Immature Stock Weakens Offspring
Breeders should avoid using immature animals for breeding as it degrades offspring vitality size growth and development. Scientists and practical experience support building stock vitality and breeding mature animals. Shifting toward more mature stock would benefit the livestock industry and farmers overall.
Stacking grain and hay to shed water and protect from rain
The Kansas City Farmer explains stacking as a rain protection method. Build from the middle, keeping it full and well tramped, with outer straw inclined downward to shed water, ensuring the center settles evenly before the exterior.
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Kansas City
Marriage Advice From Bradder Cantilever and Brother Gardner
The Lime Kiln Club voices marriage guidance warning against hasty courtship and urges careful pre‑marital study of character and temper. It notes future trials and the value of enduring partnership, offering practical cautions and a humorous tone.
The Credulous Briton Again Murders At Sunken Valley Record
Newspaper note from Texas recounts the shooting death of E J L Coker editor of the Record after Col Ralph MacGee burst in and fired four shots. The Record plans new editor indicated by a man described as from the east with a revolver to enforce discipline. Births marriages and shooting parties charges remain.
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H. Wol
Texas
Record Office
H. W.L
Sunken Valley Daily Record
E. J. L. Coker
Coker
Col
Ralph MacGee
Mr. Coker
Col. MacGee
Dublin
Down “East
Record
Morosini Coachman and Miss Morosini Courtship Tale
The New York Ostler recounts Victoria Morosini wooing her stable boy with gifts and visits. After a dramatic moment with coded talk about hate and eight nine she declares love. They plan to marry, despite concerns over income, with threats to throw herself into the river if refused.
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Schilling
New York
A Remarkable Convict’s Shocking Life History
A 65 year old convict on the Murphy Division of the North Carolina Western Railroad recounts a dramatic life. Educated and married to a wealthy woman in youth, he left a second wife at home and was jailed for bigamy. He later joined the Confederate army, swindled Grant and Horace Greeley after the war, drew sympathy from Toombs and Stevens, and now serves a fifteen year forgery sentence, a life story fit for a sensational romance.
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Murphy
North Carolina Western Railroad
North Carolina
Raleigh
James M. Morehead
Gen. Grant
Horace Greeley
Henry Ward Beecher
Gen. Toombs
Alexander H. Stevens
President appoints Calhoun as Nebraska revenue collector
The president named Simeon H. Calhoun to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Nebraska. The controller of the currency has authorized the First National Bank of Douglass Wash to commence business with a capital of $75,000.
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Simeon H. Calhoun
Internal Revenue
District of
Nebraska
First National Bank of
Douglass, Wash
Miss Mary Anderson Performs for Charleston Earthquake Relief
Miss Mary Anderson will give four performances in October at Dublin to aid Charleston earthquake sufferers. The benefit shows aim to raise funds for relief efforts and help those affected by the disaster.
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Mary Anderson
Dublin
Charleston
Illinois Central Rail scheme to seize Chicago water front
The Illinois Central Railroad company is described as devising another plan to take control of one million dollars worth of Chicago waterfront property.
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Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago
Northern Pacific stockholders elect new board of directors
The Northern Pacific annual meeting on the fifteenth elected a board including August Belmont Frederick Billings John A Brookman John C Bullitt Benjamin P Cheney James Fargo John H Hall Robert Harris Brayton Ives Johnston Livingston Thomas F Oakes J Lewis Stackpole and Charles B Wright. Retiring directors were John W Ellis Roswell G Ralston and N P Hollowell with replacements John A Brookman James C Fargo and Brayton Ives, representing New York and Philadelphia.
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The
Northern Pacific
August Belmont
Frederick Billings
John A. Brookman
John C. Bullitt
Benjamin P. Cheney
James (. Fargo
John H. Hall
Robert Harris
Brayton Ives
Johnston Livingston
Thomas F. Oakes
J. Lewis Stackpole
Charlies B. Wright
John W. Ellis
Roswell G. Ralston
N. P. Hollowell
James C. Fargo
New York
Philadelphia
Northern Pacific exhibit at Minneapolis exposition impresses
The Northern Pacific railroad presents a premier display featuring fine agricultural and vegetable samples, minerals, woods, coal, brick, tile, building stone, lime and cement, and a diverse fruit selection from states and territories along its routes.
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Minneapolis Exposition
Northern Pacific Railroad
Proclaimed St Jacobs Oil Famed Healer Amid Storm News
The passage touts St Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy for suffering. A violent wind and rain storm on the 15th in Michigan, Minnesota, and Indiana caused widespread property damage but no reported deaths. Red Star Cough Cure by Dr. 8 K Cox is praised as harmless and effective. The Pennsylvania Prohibition convention lists nominees including Governor Robert J. Houston and C D Thompson among others.
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Michigan
Minois
Indiana
8. K. Cox
D. C
Washington, D.C
Acquittal in Knights of Labor Conspiracy Trial at St Louis
The trial of Frank Young Oscar Harrow and Fred Huschhausen on conspiracy charges during the Southwestern railroad strikes ended with acquittal. The Northern Pacific company has relaid the Mullen tunnel and moved to sixty six pound rails, replacing fifty four pound rails.
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St. Louis
Knights of Labor
Frank Young
Oscar Harrow
Fred Huschhausen
Southwestern
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Northern Pacific Company
Mullen
Dr Pierce's Pills Promoted as Liver Health Remedy
An advertisement praises Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as the most effectual means to cleanse bowels and aid recuperation. Sold by druggists.
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Dr. Pierce
Nature
Hood's Sarsaparilla Exalts Blood Cure Claims
The ad warns that neglecting mild symptoms leads to severe diseases and death. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for scrofula, dyspepsia, headaches, biliousness, catarrh, rheumatism, and general debility caused by impure blood, urging readers to obtain “the peculiar medicine.”
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Hood
Tear kerchief custom in Tyrol and Rochester fair entries
In Tyrol a bride receives a tear kerchief to dry tears at the altar and one for each daughter to place in a linen closet untended until death. The tradition contrasts with a note that nearly 2 000 entries were present at the Rochester fair.
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Tyrol
Rochester
Quack Remedies Advised Amid Broad Health Claims
A scattered set of advertisements touts Dr Pierce remedies and other tonics, claiming cures for neuralgia, malaria, dyspepsia, rheumatism, and female weakness. It notes earth tremors, corn crop impacts, and a range of patent medicines sold by druggists, with several testimonials and promotions from druggists and merchants.
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Dr. Pierce Curea
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London
Mr. Depew
Gen. Porter
Mr. Dougherty
England
America
Army and Navy Journal
Lacy Larcem
Wuoopine Covucu
M. H
J.D
Brother Gardner
Detroit Free Press
Bradder Amibad
Bradder
Canada
Victoria Morosini
St. Jacobs
Pennsylvania
Robert J. Houston
John Parker
Daniel 3. Early
Seth A. Hoagland
C. D. Thompson
Andrew Carnegie
Edinburg
C. I. Hood & Co, Apothecariles
Lowell
Mass
V Pierce
Warly
Massachusetts
M. Cc. W. Cornwell
McCaine
St. Paul
Tropics
Perry Davis
Laird’s Hotel
Fort Dodge
Duckingham
Aver
Missouri
Allen
J. P. Allen
Minn
Floy McKinster
Anoka
Brown
J.M. Evans
Grugzist
Evansville
Wis
Caswyll, Hazanp & Co
W. J. Cram
Firt Ave
Minneapolis
Almon Morse
LeRoy
Brown Chemical O9
Lalytimores
Iepage
Tomion
Origits
Russia Cement Co
Gloucester
Maas
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Boston
Portes Drug and Chemical Co
Gera
Vis’ Perry
Ndea
Perry
Penick
Price Ec
W. RK
St. Josefn
A. W. McCormick & Son
Cincinnati
Moody
Marsh
Guincy, Mich
J. G’arazss
Levenes
C. Es Sites & Co
A. P. Lacey
Pateme
EHTS
Washington, Lb, C
Potentianuty
Gardner
Slanager
Palace Building
Poultry Yard
Eatics
Cis
Fiano
J. Howard Foote
Chicaro
Ad H & Bro
New Caford
Penn
Sohn P. Lovell’s Sons
Bostom
Dr Horne
Union
Electric Trustes
W. J. Horne
Wacasha
Coata. R . Blank Mackin Rubber Boots
Great West
Esterbrook Steel Wn CO
Camden
N. J
John St
N.W.N.Y
Woodward & Company
Corn Exchange
Low Fane
Bartel
Ish
Genuin Rand
A. J. Tower
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