SQUATTER SKETCHES AND A DUEL IN THE SNOW MEMOIR
The piece blends a tale of Abe Hope a southern settler who squats writes the Mississippi river reshaping land and his land dispute with a stranger who claims the site. It includes a separate caricature of a duel in the snow with Pierrot outfits and notes on George Gerome’s scene authenticity and a French duel inspired by carnival mischief.
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M. Alfred Darimou
Itr
Con‘ae
la Scene
M. Jules Brame
M. de D
France
D. D
Jules Brame
Brame
Premiere Gallerie
de D
Baix de Boulogne
Gerome
de T
Westminster Gazette
Land and River Claim Free Acres in Old Tennessee
Abe Hope recounts losing and regaining land to the Mississippi River and channel changes, blaming the land and river for shifting him across states. He vows gratitude to the land and river, and jokes about moving back to Tennessee with more acres.
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Abe
Tennessee
Arkanaan
Ann State
Arkansaw
Abe Hope
Hillman claim settled by New York Life in full
The Hillman case against New York Life and two other mutuals is settled. The NY Life paid the claim in full, reportedly $15,000, with the original amount $10,008 escalating to about $300 with interest and costs. CT Mutual and NY Mutual still hold off. License issued for the year ending March 1 1894. Business outlook notes steady prices and activity, with mixed steel and wool markets. Governor Pingree urges universal eight hour workday amid employment concerns.
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York
New York Mutual Life
Connecticut Mutual Life
New York Life
Connecticut Mutual
Hillmonn
McNall
Mediately
Inrest
New York
Bradstreet
Chicago
United States
Wewlst
Pingree Saya
Dernorr
Mich
Alger Republican Club
Hotel Cadaillc
Pingree
James O'Donnell
Gov
Banquet at Siwa Reflects Rulers and Slaves in Elite Feasts
A vivid account describes a Siwan banquet with round tables, candied delicacies, and abundant dishes including a whole sheep stuffed with rice, raisins, pistachios, and fruits. Princes and officials avoided conversation, while servants and enslaved workers, including Korans, served and observed strict social hierarchies noted by the Journal.
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Siwa
Kora
Trasde
Saffron in Medicine and Market History
The article notes saffron once used in medicine has largely faded, with limited belief it aids eruptions. its cheap cultivation is balanced by labor and import costs. It describes saffron’s composition from flower parts, its use for color and appearance, and the decline of demand amid cheaper foreign labor and shifting styles.
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Saffron Walden
Chambers
Asa
Lavish Rose Water Ceremony At A Luxurious Soiree
Water poured from ewers and rose water showered by servants accompanied by incense. The lavish ritual, expensive due to Egyptian rose water, led to adulteration like gypsum dusting, while guests were dried with towels.
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Egypt
Phonograph in Russia Faces Censorship Snag
The Anglo Russian report notes Edison’s phonograph in Taganrog’s public gardens drew crowds as it played and sang. A police officer, hearing a Khriloff fable, checked Kriloff’s book and found the device’s tale so altered by censorship it diverged from the sanctioned version. Authorities alerted higher officials.
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Edison
Tagamroz
Kriloff
Demyan
Dentistry at Sea and the Captain’s Healers on Board
Aboard deep water ships sailors with toothaches turn to the captain for remedies from the medicine chest. Captains, sometimes with dental forceps, have pulled teeth at sea and kept a well stocked, glass‑front medicine chest with an explanatory book. The piece blends maritime dental lore with scattered historic musings on Chinese policy and other distant topics.
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New York Sun
Monster Cure Tale Prompted Disability Claim at Meaford
A Meaford Ontario tale recounts a man paid one thousand six hundred fifty in disability benefits who later claimed cure. The piece questions the miracle claim and notes skepticism about the man’s recovery and the efficacy of Pink Pills in restoring health.
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Meaford
Ont
Canada
Tiene
Hale
Pike
Cure of paralytic man praised with life insurance check
The article reports a claimed permanent cure of Reuben Petch from Griersville Ontario by Williams' Pink Pills. It includes a facsimile of a $1650 total disability check from the Canadian Mutual Life Association and notes the insurer’s careful medical review before payment.
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Canadian Mutual Life Association
Wiliams
Peteh
Cam Tual Life Association
Petch
Mr. Petch
Reuben P Etch
Griersville, Ont
Canada
Miscellaneous maxims and misread notes from Washington Democrat
A garbled compendium of aphorisms and quotes attributed to Carolyn Wells and the Washington Democrat. The text jumbles proverbs about money virtue and wisdom, with stray remarks about conversation and social sentiment.
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Carolyn Wells
Washington Democrat
Beyond Belief in a Train Car Scene and Remedies
A chaotic railroad car scene contrasts a fashionable passenger with a boy touching a window and a gloved finger, provoking dramatic reactions from a mother. The page also advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure, Dr. Kline's remedies, and various ads for seed, wares, and humor quotes, reflecting early 20th century miscellany tone.
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Washington Star
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Alexander County
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Jones Bord
Russia
Dentistry AT Sea
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California
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Toledo
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Salzer Seed Co
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Congress
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