She Dares Rights and Death in a Woman’s Quest
A stark passage from the Christian Intelligencer contrasts a woman's longing for rights with a man’s leer at power. It portrays a clash between female agency and male domination, ending with a shared bond between lovers and a warning about social judgment.
Honest Gondolier Serves a Proud English Family in Venice
Antonio, a poor gondolier in Venice, serves the Mildmays with devotion while secretly profiting from commissions and small schemes. When misfortunes strike, his honesty and risk save lives, culminating in his death while protecting Mrs Mildmay from a lamp fire and a legacy of care for his widow and son.
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Antonio
Venice
Mra Mildmay
Spiro
Antonin
Mildmay
Casa Mildmay
Third Kind of Blood Corpuscle Reported in Mammals
The St Louis Republic notes a colorless, lens shaped third blood corpuscle in mammals, smaller than red cells and lacking hemoglobin. It is linked to coagulation as fibrin may derive from its disintegration, contrasting earlier views that white cells caused clotting. Similar pale nucleated plates are seen in birds and amphibians.
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Rizzozero
Smithsonian
St. Louis Republic
Crapette Two Player Solitaire Variant
Crapette is a two pack solitaire where each player lays four cards in a row and keeps the top card of his crapette face up. Players build up on the center with aces and down on the tableau and can build on the opponent’s crapette. first to empty his hand wins.
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New York Sun
Red Rhubarb Claim Fails to Heal Child
A New York Herald report recalls a 4 year old girl who refused rhubarb after her mother insisted it would clean her blood. She later injured her nose while playing and cried that the rhubarb did not change its color. The moral echoes warnings about medical assurances to children.
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New York Herald
Melrose Man Credits Remedy for Diarrhea Cure
S C Weeks of Melrose Massachusetts says chronic diarrhea lasting over a year was cured after using Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy purchasing a fifty cent bottle and taking most of it twice more when loose stools appeared he praises the druggist Mr Stearns and requests publication of his letter for others to benefit
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S. C. Weeks
Melrose
Mass
Chamberlain
Catalogue of the British Museum to be the world’s largest book
After thirteen years of work the British Museum prepares a monumental catalogue. It contains about 1,400,000 distinct titles and entries in many languages, presenting immense challenges to the scholars and linguists involved.
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British Museum
An Excellent Remedy for Diarrhoea Advise in Randolph
A letter from Randolph dated March 13 1894 praises Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as excellent for diarrhoea. Joseph H Foster reports two cures from one small bottle and recommends it to friends. Sold by druggists and dealers nationwide.
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Randolph, Mass
Chamberlain
Joseph H. Foster
Onion Remedy Myths and Household Beliefs
A historical note describes onions as a universal cure, claiming to banish colds when eaten at night and to reduce inflammation and hoarseness when used as a plaster. It notes a pungent inhalation effect that supposedly calms nerves and induces sleep, attributing these effects to a single property described as a form of opinion.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Blood Cure
Expels poisons and impurities from blood to clear skin and cleanse the system. Claims to cure tetter, salt rheum, eczema, erysipelas, boils, carbuncles, enlarged glands, tumors, and scalp diseases. Builds flesh and strength in pale children and treats delicate diseases of any sex with radical cures. Address World’s Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo NY.
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Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
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Solomon Craft
Christian Intelligencer
Santa Maria Zobenigo
Albergo Luna
Luna
Wildmays
Mr. Mildmay
Parona
Paron
Hoe
San Michele
Theossake
W L. Alden
Strand
Ayer
M. Bammer
Hillsboro
Chew Lange
Waldron-Brownell Co
Waradware, &c
Bradford St
Bristol
Brooklyn Drug CO
Fulton and Downing Sts
Brooklyn
N. Y
Agency
South Water St
P. O
Geo. H. Peck
Mutual Life Insurance Company, ‘of
New York
Hamburg-Bremen
AND
Delaware Fire Insurance Company
N.Y
Wagazie
Price
East 10Th Street
New
J. A. Sherman
Broadway
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