Sudden deaths traced to causes other than heart disease
Dr Hall reviews European findings from 66 autopsies, showing only two deaths from heart disease while 9 were due to apoplexy and 46 from lung congestion. He lists cold, tight clothing, lazy movement, and abrupt cold exposure as common triggers, and suggests dietary aids like tomatoes and cracked wheat to ease bowel action and prevent sudden death. He also notes Egyptian tomb findings and various amusing provincial anecdotes.
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Hall
Journal of Health
Europe
Strasburg
Power and a Mother's Love in a Philadelphia Prison
A Boston Times writer recounts a prison visit to Philadelphia where warden Scattergood questions a 23-year-old embezzler named Charles. Torn by the word mother, the man breaks down, collapses, and is led away to serve a five-year sentence.
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Boston Times
Philadelphia
Scattergood
Charles
Thea
Atvk
Jealous Milwaukee wife shoots intruding shawl model
In Milwaukee a wife returning from a morning drive overhears her husband with another woman. She bursts into the room, shoots the stranger in the back, then faints. The husband explains the visitor was a shawl frame they had fetched from the store to trim.
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Wuart
Milwaukie
Wisconsin
Instinct Story From Cummington Surprises Farm
A remarkable animal case from Cummington describes a fae herding cows. One cow resisted moving the wrong way, tried to bite the animal, which then relented and allowed the cow to take lead. The herd followed to a remote area where another cow was found. The captive cow was freed and the resistant one returned to the yard.
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Cummington
Ture
Proclamation Peace Tradition Cited from Rhode Island Assembly
An 1849 Rhode Island Colonial Assembly record shows a vote to pay Newport County Sheriff £50 for liquor to entertain attendees at a peace proclamation ceremony. The note ends with God save the King.
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Old Colonial Assembly of
Rhode Island
Newport
Excursion to Plymouth for Laying of Pilgrim Fathers Monument
Hope Division Sons of Temperance plan an excursion to Plymouth on Tuesday August 2 to attend the corner stone laying ceremony for the Pilgrim Fathers monument. Mr B W Batt of 21 Pine Street rode the Boston excursion Saturday and had $25 stolen at the Washington and Summer Street corner.
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Plyworth
Hope Division, Sons of Temperance
Plymouth
Pilgrim Fathers
Providence Post
B. W. Batt
Pine Street
Boston
Washington and
Summer Street
Fall River
Thirteen New York Ladies Stay at Bardwell House
A party of thirteen ladies from New York City arrived at the Bardwell House in Rutland on Thursday evening en route to the White Mountains in New Hampshire. They were accompanied by about six male servants acting as a bodyguard and departed the next morning.
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G. G. Evans & CO
Cornhill
Boston
Soby Hk
Sue
New Hampshire
Guieasons
New York City
White Mountains
Newshire
Bardwell House
Rutland
Thorsday
Toreeback
Intrigue in Spain Prompts Royal Match Schemes
In old Castile Angelica’s sheltered life collides with political schemes as Sir Richard presses for a Spain bound voyage. Morton orders swift action to secure a brigantine and rescue, while Enrique returns as Angelica grieves her lord father and unravels a sealed family history that links her to Enrique by hidden blood.
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Edward
Abellin
Moira
Morton
Ure
Capt. Morton
Spain
Sir Richard
Richard
Veseela
Old Castle
Abellia
Reader
Castle Alta
Zenduro
Angelica
France
Earth
Zeodora
Wiss
Enrique
Return to India and a perilous family rift unfolds
Compelled by royal displeasure, a narrator sails back to India with his wife Angelica. He recalls joyous memories, a troubled nephew who disobeyed and fled, and a plan to watch him by night using subtle drugs to induce sleep. The tale ends with resolve to drink only water.
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India
Angelica
Not Applicable Historical Note on Water Impurity
The fragment describes a nephew bringing water from a salvor to a side-board at night, with a suggestion the water could be subtly poisoned in a colorless form. The narrator contemplates potential contamination and the possibility of a weakened toxin.
Let Pity Guide The Weak In Sorrowful Times
A reflective column extols mercy for those hit by misfortune urging restraint from gossip and withholding judgment. It argues only those who endured hardship understand the depth of need and that quiet sympathy helps more than bare words.
Chameleon tale and odd frontier humor from Fayette County notes
A fragmented 19th century column offers a parable about the chameleon and independence of its sides, a joke about a brick house moved on runners, and folk anecdotes. It includes a note by Liguin Gig about a glue preparation by M Kelly of Fayette County Indiana for preserving prop binds.
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Kelly
Fayette Co
Indiana
Fountains Erected in English Towns to Aid Temperance
Drinking fountains are being placed in many large English towns and along railway lines at stations. The movement supports temperance reform efforts and is seen as a key auxiliary to the cause.
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England
Prisoner in Europe Sends Boastful Letters to Missouri Doctor
A former inmate at the Missouri Penitentiary writes from Europe to the prison physician claiming he is regaining years lost in confinement. He boasts of wealth and says French authorities cannot catch him, presenting a risky show of confidence.
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Missouri Penitentiary
Euro
Decree Confiscates Mexican Church Property
New Orleans reports on a decree issued in July that confiscates church property in Mexico. The document comprises twenty five articles and is signed by all ministers aligned with the regime.
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New Orleans
Mexico
Hallam and Rogers in a Curious Dialogue Fragment
Odd insert features a talking style between Hallam and Rogers with clipped exchanges and a mock dialogue. It references Mrs Partington and a man named Houston linked to a gubernatorial bid, plus a defunct letter to the American in Texas. The text resembles a humorous, fragmentary newspaper aside.
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