Up the Flue Frontier Tale of a Narrow Escape
A frontier hostess recounts eight years at a post and a midnight danger. Her courage as a hidden escape unfolds during a staged plot, a robbery, and a dramatic climb into a chimney to evade pursuers. Thomas, the betrayer, faces prison while Boswell and father rescue the money.
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Russel
Custer City
Oswell
Father
Bess
Thomas
Barron
Boswell
Jason
Did I tell you not to ask Uncle James for money
A collage of items from a 19th century newspaper page includes a mother scolding a son over money, a testimonial for Dr King s New Discovery curing consumption, a fortune cookie style quip about marriage, a doctor s bath remedy for colds, a back pain cure claim for Thomas Electric Oil, a flirtatious banter about a future wife, and a strange Blues era infanticide near-miss with Sulphur Bitters curing the wife.
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James
M.E. Allison
Hutchinson
Kan
Dr. King
J. H. Young & Co
John Rowell
Kingston Herald
New Orleans Picayune
Paris
Luxenburg
Letitia Bonaparte
Napoleon I
Jerome
Joseph
Murat
Louis
Josephine
Maria Louise
Hortense
Napoleon III
France
Victor Noir
Pierre Bonaparte
Rue de Lille
Mathilde
Jeanne Bonaparte
Roland
Jerome Napoleon
Napoleon
Pierre
Versailles
Miscellany Reflections on Calamity and Self Examination
A compact set of maxims on foresight and suffering, sincerity in self review, covetousness versus generosity, the cost of false praise, and the perils of minding others affairs presented in a pithy moral tone.
Principle of Uprightness Guides Young Men in Life
A moral admonition urges every young man to set life on uprightness as the core principle and to adhere firmly, promising to prevent shipwrecked manhood.
Temper in the Philosophy of the Heart
A reflective gem within the treasury of the heart emits enduring rays that illuminate outward objects, bestowing perpetual sunshine, warmth, light, and life to all within its sphere of influence.
A Wee Sick Jap in a Pottery Factory
A hardworking man caring for a small invalid child inspires his coworkers at a Cincinnati pottery to quiet devotion. Each day they contribute small gifts and the men join in a simple funeral procession, with 100 workers attending the child’s grave.
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Cincinnati News-Journal
Faith Cures and Superstitions Across Past Beliefs
A Scientific American excerpt discusses how faith and superstition influence health beliefs, noting fingered charms for fever and smallpox, wart cures by lay dressmakers, and folk remedies like vinegar-nail waters for tetanus. It cites education and culture not erasing belief. A New postal law treats taking a newspaper without paying as theft, with criminal liability.
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Scientific American
Carriage prank ends with doctor reclaimed by pleas
A South Carolina College tale recounts students who dragged Dr Maxcy’s carriage into the woods as a prank. The doctor rode inside, challenged the escape, and forced the gig back to the college doors. He then laughed off the incident, never pressing charges as the carriage was returned.
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Thomas
South Carolina
Maxcy
South Carolina College
Brain Simulation Through Nerve Stimulation and Reflexes
An article explains the fifth cranial nerve connections to the heart and vessels and how cooling the face can revive fainting persons. It notes common reflex actions like scratching the head, rubbing the forehead, or sipping bran dy water as ways people stimulate brain activity and mental processes.
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Lord Derby
Shoes on a Ferry Boy Talks Blacking Profits
A boy shaving shoes aboard a New York North river ferry answers questions about profit from blacking. He estimates labor, stock and wear costs, noting a five cent box can blacken forty pairs, and he finally reveals he earned four dollars and seventy five cents with tips from gentlemen.
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New York
Vege t ine praised as top blood purifier by physicians
Physicians and apothecaries recommend VEGETINE as the best purifier of the blood yet discovered, endorsing its health benefits and growing popularity among medical practitioners.
Christmas Dog in Baggage Car Sparks Rules Confrontation
A Lehigh Valley Railroad conductor refuses to permit a passenger’s white dog in the coach. The girl protests the rule while the baggage car plan is arranged and the dog is moved. The brakeman humorously shields the dog as the scene ends with the conductor contemplating hymns.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Easton
Ile
Andy
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Offee
Kenix
Hope Street
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall St
N. Y
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Ad Oz Cro
James Pyle
David
Kennedy
David Kennedy
M. D
Rondont
Pall and Wists
Snd
Spooner’s
Tope Street
Briatol
R. I
Farrington
SHAW
FRICH
Foster, Milburn & CO
Prop’s
Bulla
NAY
sFlo
Milly
Young Popinjay
Richmond
Dr. Bull
E. B. Richardson & Co
Seneca Lake
Europe
Cook
Cook & Son
Washington St
Boston
Ridge
Great Britain
United States
Woolrich & CO
Palmer, Maes
California
Kentucky
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Yosemite Valley
THOS
Acme Tea Clubs
Acme T Co
Matthewson ST
Budaneston
Shean
James River
J. FL. Mancha
Claremont
Griswold
W. Ko Griswold
M.D
Rocky Hill
Wright
Cutler Bros
Beaton
Sele
Edward F. Davis & Co
South Main Street
Fall River
Mass
Des Crawford Munro's
Boston i
Henry Theile
State Street
Corner of Hope
Jp, A. Pierce
Fred Easterbrooks
C. H. Thompson’s
Bristol
R.S. Pearse & Son
New York County
Deanly
Munroe
Congress
Munro
Hops Street
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