The Somerscourt Ghost Seeker and the financier of faith
Miss Annersleigh hosts Mr Barstead a suave stranger claiming Madagascar charity work and spiritualist gifts. A night of dreams and ghostly handwriting reveals a deceased curate's hand guiding Barstead as a writing medium provoking Miss Annersleigh to fund further séances and inspect the man’s true identity.
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London
Annersleigh
Somerscourt
Sussex
Amos Hartley
Hartley
Edmund Barstead
Madagascar
Barstead
Phlet
Mr. Barstead
Brewer
Miss Annersleigh
Hardihood
Miss Auersleigh
Mss Annersleigh
America
Robert
The Editor's Drawer Brightens in Harper's September
A lighthearted Harper's Magazine note reflects a brighter tone in The Editor's Drawer for September. A St Louis gentleman born in Kentucky visits a hotel stand in Montreal, asks for a cigar, and is misled by a London pattern salesman who misnames Henry Clay. The exchange ends with the Kentuckian pondering the vanity of human greatness.
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Harper's Magazine
St. Louis
Kentucky
Montreal
Henry Clay
Enry Clay
States
Engagement Fails to Enduring for Lily and Ned
Mrs. Proctor dismisses Ned’s engagement as she pressures him to marry Lily Frink, while Lily defends herself and resolves to support her own living. Ned wrestles with filial duty and affection, torn between his mother’s control and Lily’s pursuit of independence amid a tense family gathering.
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Lily
Ned Proctor
Miss Lily
Lillie
Mrs. Frink
Plaret
Fremont
Ned Procter
oSoes
Ned
Manchester
George
Mrs. Proctor
Proctor
New England
Plague and the Black Death Recounted in Medieval Europe
A historical overview describes the fourteenth century plague known as the Black Death. It covers origins in China, spread via caravan routes to Constantinople and Europe, the horrific symptoms, societal collapse, and staggering death tolls. The piece contrasts past ignorance with modern science and public health capabilities.
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France
Asia
Europe
China
Black Sea
Constantinople
Italian
Russia
East
Germany
Italy
London
Globe
A Healthful Habit and Varied Foods Among Americans
The piece notes rising trade in tropical fruits showing improved diet and health among Americans. It explains charivari as a Western custom, its medieval roots, and persistence in France. It also reports Marseille's Jewish community largely spared from cholera, claimed by the American Hebrew and tied to dietary laws.
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England
France
Council of
Tent
Charivaris
la Ruscade
Toulon
Marseilles
New York
Asbestos Box Proposed For Paper Preservation
A Mr Toope describes a new asbestos and silicate box that forms a solid stone like material. The box is claimed to be sound proof vermin proof and fire proof while remaining light in weight. It could be useful for preserving papers.
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Toope
A Dose Promises Rapid Relief From Severe Croup
A historical note asserts that a single dose can save children and relieve the fiercest croup attack within one minute, claiming quick rescue for multiple young patients.
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Claims for Asthma Relief
A persuasive note extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a superior asthma cure. It asserts direct cures and extensive relief, urging readers to keep the medicine at home for frequent use.
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Thomas
Derailed Indiana Passenger Train Near Farmer City IL
A west bound Indianapolis Bloomington and Western train derailed near Farmer City Illinois on Wednesday morning. Two rear cars a chair car and a sleeper were wrecked and rolled down an embankment. A dozen or more were hurt but not seriously. In the sleeper were ex Governor Hendricks and a party traveling from Indianapolis to Peoria. Cal Mosemore editor of Grand Rapids Michigan was thrown the length of the car and badly cut. John C Shoemaker editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel was seriously injured. Rev Smith of Bloomington was badly hurt.
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Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western
Farmer City
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indianapolis
Peoria
Henthough
Cal Mosemore Uu
Grand Rapids
Mich
John C. Shoemaker
Indianapolis Sentinel
Blaine
People Fair
Smith
Bloomington
Postmaster Praises St Jacob’s Oil as Remedy
Mr M M Shoffner postmaster and justice of the peace at Company Shops Alamance County North Carolina says St Jacob’s Oil cures rheumatism cuts swelling and pains in back knees and throat after one or two applications. He believes it the best in the world as long as he can get it.
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M. M. Shoffner
Alamance Co
N.C
St. Jacob's Oil
Union Pacific financials show surplus and dividend figure
President Adams presents a year end statement to the board detailing surplus earnings of 10,452,290 for the Union Pacific system and 5,174,704 available for dividends at 5.22 percent. He notes July net income at 12 percent on capital stock and cites the Short Line to Huntington and Oregon Railway connections as expected to boost traffic and ease finances by November 1. Land sales totaling 4,519,400 acres valued at 15,275,486 are reported.
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Adams
Union Pacific Road
Huntington
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Women Endorse Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Universally
The passage notes that men on juries often disagree but women unanimously praise Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It claims the remedy is the best for chronic female ailments and related weaknesses, promising transformation from pale fatigue to health and vitality, with confident superlatives.
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Dr. Pierce
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Colorado
Denver
Hendriks
Evelyn Baring
Nubar Pasha
Gordon
Khartoum
Itan
Col Stewart
Power
Col. Stewart
Equator
Dongola
el Mahdi
Kassala
Rail and River News
United States
Pierce
John Burns
Winnipeg
Vps
Tevacery Medical Association
Bufio, N. Y
Sun
Dr. C. D. Warner’s
New
C. M. Clements
Fort Edward
St Louis
Indian Territory
Mr. Coon
the Treasury
Herbert Bismarck
Perry Davis
Rockford
U. S. Coast Survey
U.S. Naval Observatory
Principel
Comhebes Pany
Malian
Plymouth Clothing
Plymouth
Minneapolis
Northwest
Endens
Chicago
Boytax
Minneapolian Tribune
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Boston
Evening Journal
St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Plymouth Clothing House
Minneapolis, Mi
LS. Johnson & CO
Cambria Iron Company
Johnstown
Hunt
Caswell, Hazard & Co
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Props
Black Liver Falls
Wisconsin
Porrex Dune Axp Chemical Co
Bostox
Mass
Old Country
Telforp
Pennsylvania
Washington
Penn
Srrs
Siam
Hk. Telford
Granger
Burmah
J.N. Harris & Co., Limited
Cincinnati
Ohio
John A. Logan
Logan
Fifteenth Corps Bank
Batle
Atlanta
National Tribune
Washington, D. C
Standard. Jones
Binghamton
Binghamtea
Montgomery Ward & CO
Webussh Avenue
Ives
Clustra
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Tutt’s
Tutt
Murray St
Express
New Yo
OPIAN
Lebanon
Valentine Bros
Janeaville
Gildiers
Lars
J.C. Hoffman
Jefferson, Wisconsin
Gomla
A. Paynee
Danz
Entsfogne
Horne & Danz
Turoucuout
Anta
ST. Paul, Minn
Aenh li Draggist & Cher
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Ohi
Dr Spinney
Spinney & CO
Third St
Mir
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
N.W.N. U
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