Drowning Prevention Coat Invention Tested In Bath
Rev W Cowell Brown of Wesle yan claims a chemical lining inside coats and dresses inflates on contact with water to keep a person afloat. Trials at Sheffield bath showed a coat floated the wearer after immersion, with a lead weight also supported by the lining. The device, as a protective lining, could sustain a person for hours and even provide a resting bed if unconscious.
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W. Cowell Brown
Sheffield Bath Company
Edison Buoy Dynamo Lights Sea Buoys Show Promise
Whistling buoys of fifteen tons each generate nearly three horsepower in calm seas. Edison designed a compact dynamo to be carried by the buoy, producing electricity to power a light equal to one gas jet. If successful, these self illuminating buoys could greatly aid mariners.
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Mr. Edison
Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup Cures Colic and Diarrhea
One of the most frequent troubles of early childhood is imperfect digestion causing Colic and Diarrhea. These distressing ailments are promptly relieved and cured by Dr Bull's Baby Syrup. Price 25 cents.
Sorrel Horse Swindle Ends With Plowed Sorrel Surprise
In Saybrook, Deacon Aaron Adamson, a former Justice of the Peace and famed horseman, cheats young Moses Midwell in a sorrel horse sale. Midwell proves the horse blind and exposes the scam, trading back for the seed and revealing a crimson oxalis hoax. The two-acre field becomes a field of sorrel before the tale ends.
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Saybrook
Pine Tree State
Aaron Adamson
Gov. Hubbard
Deacon Adamson
Moses Midwell
Cummings Place
Cimberland County
Midwell
Moses
Adamson
Samuel
Doden
Crimson Oxalis
Deacon
New York Ledger
Have Not the Cloak to Make When It Begins to Rain
A fragmentary line notes a lack of cloak when rain begins. The brief excerpt centers on an insufficient garment for deteriorating weather, implying a guide about preparedness or a moment of improvised attire in a historical context.
Clp Letter Misrouted Through Bad Direction
A clp that resembles a letter moves through a tray due to poor routing. The fragment hints at misdelivery and tracing issues in mail handling. Further context from the source would clarify the sender, destination, and system involved.
Twenty men of principle outweigh five hundred hypocrites
A concise moral assertion notes that twenty men who truly uphold and live by their professed beliefs are far more valuable to a good cause than five hundred hypocrites who merely profess without acting. The line emphasizes integrity over lip service.
Character Is Power Inspires Support and Wealth
The adage champions character as a force that earns friends funds and patronage, creating an easy path to honor wealth and happiness, underscoring virtue as social capital and personal advancement.
Faith and Hope Theme Excerpted Assertion
A compact moral reflection urging commitment to God through Christ, contrasting a secular life with heavenly hope and spiritual direction. The line emphasizes personal devotion and the belief that true purpose comes from religious faith and an interest in heaven.
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God
Christ
Heaven
Golden age illusion in childhood dream of happiness
The line reflects a view that childhood, unaware of the future, envisions a golden age. It suggests humanity, failing to secure perfect happiness, projects that ideal in the early, innocent years.
Preservation of Principles and Character Enrichment
A reflection on the enduring value of steadfast principles and noble character as the core for success and fulfillment. The author argues that virtue attracts all worthy rewards and shapes a meaningful life.
All forms shatter when man makes forms by God’s hand
A Lavater quote about shaping enduring spirit rather than adhering to fragile forms. It urges transforming form into spirit to leave something lasting if all material forms break. The line emphasizes inward permanence over outward structure.
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Lavater
Voyage of life warns against waiting for a gale
An old aphorism urges that those who set out in life should move by inner resolve rather than passive listening for external signs. Many people fail in progression when they merely wait for a strong wind to push them forward.
Brighting All It Can Children Story Prompt
A dark day ends with a child’s sunlit speech about brightening all it can. The child tells her father she is the sun and aims to spread happiness by smiling and staying cheerful, inspiring the household to follow suit. The tale ends urging children to be like the sun daily.
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Paps
Papa
Great Distress Relieved by Dr Pierce's Smart-Weed Extract
Distress from cramps colic or abdominal pains relieved by Dr V Pierces Compound Extract of Smart-Weed Water-Pepper. Contains brandy Jamaica ginger smart-weed water-pepper and odyne gums. Also helps diarrhoeas dysentery bloody flux and cholera morbus with soothing astringent heating action. Sold by druggists at fifty cents and recommended for every family.
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V Pierce
Jamaica
Barnum's Mermaid Tale and White House China Dreams
Barnum recalls Moses Kimball bringing a claimed mermaid in a coffin like box from London to America. The tale charts sightings from Mobile to Philadelphia and New York as press and public frenzy boosted Barnum’s notoriety and coffers. The piece then describes Haviland & Co porcelain orders for the White House dining set with elaborate marine and game motifs and a Roman gluttony section detailing emperors’ vast feasts.
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Barnum
Moses Kimball
Boston
London
Calcutta
Kimball
Moses Y. Beach
Sun
Mobile
New York Herald
Sandwich Islands
London Zoological Gardens
Charleston
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Mouch
Zoological Garden
Astor House
South Sea
Herald
Atlas
Mercury
Ropes
Bennett
White House
Haviland & Co
Limoges
France
Washington
Theodore Haviland
Theodore R. Davis
Harper's
Chesapeake Bay
Ohio
Get Ahead and Stay Ahead in Life and Work
Keep ahead in life by saving part of earnings and avoiding debt. Those who spend beyond income ruin finances. procrastinators in work become anxious and perform poorly. By choosing to start early and maintain pace, one can improve self respect and increase chances of success.
Covetous man and health advice with Baby Syrup advert
The piece warns the covetous man lives for himself and not the world and links health to abundant sleep, suggesting Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a help during baby cries. It notes a price of 25 cents per bottle.
Beauty Sleep for Health and Radiance
A discussion on rest habits, noting that sleep two hours before midnight restores the body better. It contrasts early sleepers with late-night risers, linking healthier tone, brighter eyes, and rosy cheeks to regular bedtime. Late nights bring heaviness, pallor, and dull facial lines.
The Way To Rest in Everyday Life
The piece argues rest is learned through peaceful change of scenes and activities not mere loafing or sleeping. Work demands rest through play and active relief from responsibility, with good humor and care for the stomach as a key. Aims to redefine rest as a balanced shift in life.
Topical Reparation Offers Rheumatism Relief
Mrs. Mary Taylor of Bristol touts Topical Reparation as instant relief for rheumatic pain and neuralgia. An alkali absorbent for rheumatism nerve disorders and inflammation priced at 50 cents, advertised July 10, 1880.
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Mary Taylor
Bristol
Verbo Woman Marys Seven Husbands
In Verbo Hungary Catherine Cassina wed seven times all ending in death. From a seventeen year old furniture maker to a butcher and six other husbands, she survived and faced suspicions of Bluebeard. Now seeking a eighth groom, local men fear their fate.
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Muca Marriep
Verbo
Hungary
Catherine Cassina
Catherine
Anak
Number Seven
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