Doctor in Love Triangle Faces Three Suitors in London
Dr. Halliday, famed for his looks, becomes entangled with three households Mrs. Chickjove, Mr. Guckin, and Mr. Daisop as he treats ill wives. A confrontation erupts when jealous husbands threaten and a coroner bid looms, forcing Halliday to flee yet again.
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Mr. Chickjove
Jack
Mr. Chickrove
Halliday
Missus
Guckin
Edinburgh
Jack Halliday
Mr. Guckin
Hig
London
Dr.Halliday
Micha
Mr. Dainop
Leto
Emily
Mia
Daisop
Jane
Mrs. Daiop
Dr. Halliday
Beauty
Gar
Epity
Mr. Daisop
Mrs. Daisop
Mrs. Iskjove
Mr. Guekin
Mr. Obickjove
The Song of the Uplands Dreamer Poem Fragment
A poetic fragment by Edward A. Dreamer extols idealized hopes over wealth and earthly pleasures. It speaks of choosing faith hope and love over possession and despair, contrasting distant aspiration with present poverty and moral trust.
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Garth
Edward A. Dreamer
A Rancher’s Life in Colorado Described by a Colorado Correspondent
A Colorado correspondent recalls ranch life and isolation through the story of a young Northern New York graduate who moved west for health. He joined two Scotch shepherds on a sheep ranche seventy-five miles from Colorado Springs, sharing cooking and washing duties. The piece highlights daily routine from dawn to dusk, dog driven shepherding, dangers from prairie wolves, and the value of the Scotch collie, with dogs sometimes selling for 150 dollars.
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Colorado
East
Denver
New York
On &O
Colorado Springs
Rocky Mountains
The Cost of War Calculations in Historic Campaigns
The Gazette de St. Petersburg analyzes the blood and treasure costs of recent campaigns. It cites the Crimean War with 750,000 lives sacrificed and the Italian campaigns of 1860 with about 45,000 deaths, among other figures.
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St. Petersburg
Cri
Italia
Trichina Death Case Links Ham to Family Fatality
A scattered historical account describes a ham caused death in a family after consumption of undercooked meat. Doctors and an optician conducted microscopic tests, revealing thousands of trichina parasites in ham bits, with the article noting the global debate on diseased meat and the risk of undercooking.
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Taylor
Wien
Gridlay
Mancher
Items of Interest and Oddities across Agriculture and Life
A collage of notes on cattle trade cider apples and wheat farming with quirky lines on pistols bananas pigeons and sea life. Observations touch on Pompeii anniversaries northern Scotland seaweed animal behavior and a farmer’s sheep avoiding a fence trick by a buck learning animal language.
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Pompeii
Vesuvius
Scotland
Marseilles
Dead Sea
London
Iowa State Register
Frontier official and the hotel dumplings anecdote
A Puget Sound official visiting Washington in the 19th century orders a grand hotel meal and endures a pastry mishap with apple dumplings. He declines more sauce and quips for another appointment, highlighting frontier contrast with civilization.
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Washington
Puget Sound
Puget
Unclear historical note on Bishop Burnet and long life
Fragmentary record mentions Bishop Burnet and a long life ending in 1761 at age 104. Notes a routine of winding a clock nightly and references to medical or clerical duties, with garbled wording about place and events.
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Asbury
Bishop Burnet
Be Brave Tomorrow's Another Day Harper's Weekly Excerpt
A reflective verse from Harper's Weekly speaks of weary hands and feet yet faith endures. The speaker finds courage despite fatigue and darkness, trusting that God sustains the heart and tomorrow brings light.
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Harper’s Weekly
A Confessed Land Swindle Figure Lashes Back
The Detroit Free Press notes J. BR. m, jailed ten years for sending forged deeds to Texas land, defends himself amid letters claiming vast holdings. He asserts 168,000 acres were taken, argues land worth about five dollars per acre, and references Jim Fisk and Jay Gould in a pointed quip about Black Friday gains.
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Detroit Free Press
J. BR. m
Blanco County
Texas
Free Press Office
J. BR. Ham
Austin
Liberty
Arustix
Jim Fisk
Jay Gould
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Ohio
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