Weird Deaths and Fortunes From Perils of Fear and Invention
A kaleidoscope of dangers and odd accidents shows how fear, superstition, and imagination cut lives or spark fortune. Tales range from a wart removal that poisoned a woman to a Dutch painter’s panic killing him, to drum talk of snakes and earthquakes, and the rise of luck in inventions born of accidents.
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Marks
Indian Medical Service
Nakes
Penteman
Frederick L
Prussia
Louisa
Mecklenberg
de Montrovel
St. Simon
Old Folks of San Gabriel Were Centenarians in Sight
In San Gabriel the aged locals, Senora Laura aged 102 and Senora Benjamins aged 117, are paraded as curiosities to visitors. They sit amid dirt and hardship near huts, begging for coins as chickens scratch nearby, while a buxom washwoman smiles and greets with Buenos dias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Gabriel
Laura
Senora
Senora Benjamins
Home and Garden hints from old times
Domestic tips cover crop protection lime and ashes to restore soil asparagus beds in winter straw covering for strawberry beds copper to bloom fuschias and avoid crocking dishes on hot stoves practical household advice from old newspapers to keep gardens and kitchens efficient
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Currie
Diseased Meats Warns Against Warm Weather Slaughter Timelines
A historical notice warns that warm weather accelerates meat spoilage after slaughter, urging immediate drainage of blood and caution against selling or consuming meats held in heat. It argues that decomposition starts within hours, worsens with air exposure and temperatures, and that poorly prepared or semi putrid meats pose serious health risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epicure
Texas
Dannkford
Miss Granger to Star in Beholding Love Tour
A Chicago interview captures actress Maude Granger recovering health enough to plan a national tour beginning July 10 in Chicago, then San Francisco and looping the East and West, with talk of the emotional demands of her craft and a claimed health remedy Warner's Rate Cure. The piece outlines Granger’s career, her illness, and her belief in the remedy to sustain performers on grueling seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remilia Annerson
Aehylus
William
Pitz
Moliere
Aonijemeltr
Thomas May
Tod
George Etheriige
Tre
Lee
Dae
Elgar Allen Poe
Jean Tikt Santens
France
Cowley
Thomas Sprat
Rochester
Xenocrates
Clermont
England
San Domingo
Port Royal
Wylie
Kingston
Galileo Galelei
Pisa
East
Coast
Willian Lee
University
One
York World
Ble
Minn Maude Granger
John A. Sterrns
Miss Granger
Pape
Pontly
United States
Man of News
Indy
Chicago
San Francisco
Legion
America
Warner
Tibet
New York
Brooklyn
Union Square Theater
Boston Be
Booth
John McCullough
Juliet
Cmaille
Rosalind
Cicely Blaine
Rome
Antonia
Noah
Ark
Chicago Tribune
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Bal
Exon
Urraks
Bette
Fey
Bite
Bill Lee
Joshua Heilmda
Mulhouse
Alence
Lord Bute
Mousley
Mderick
Prince of Wales
Kew
Earl
Leicester House
George III
Liverpool Scientific Society
Prince Rupert
Henry Schonward
Nuremburg
Pliny
Nicer
Charles Goodyear
Chicago Times
N. Y
Pensacola
Har
Barret
Terrinic Safferview
BV. Prenen
Arate
N.Y
J. Bate
Bardets
Chicago Herald
BR. Baxter
Dr. Preace
Golden Medical Discovery
Ethan
Gan
Retim
Tien
Roeeboe
Ant Ed Baer
Aloe
Amy
Stewart
W. B. Hasty
Marehilald
Igerator
Nlcn
Pittburgh
Syracuse
EU Guove
Bkinny
Wells
Boston Courier
Tennessee
Fras
N.W. Fitzgerald
Washington, DC
Mr. Oon
Keorve
Iowa
Fuller
Brown
Chile
Arkensa
Glenn
Inano ‘Thompson
Wise
Mx. C
Duaree
Main Street
Worcester
Maas
JB. Wile
Lincoln Square
Hunt
Gronom A. Minnerr
Front Street
Man
Jane Bery
Ely
ALG Alford & Or
Uma
Owogo
Silber Canine
Lally Mas
Aiegleis & Gu
Chicky
Caracalla BS
Aita Gm
Ann Bo
Dr. Clases
Watson
Louis
Moourowh
Tertius and Hallett Co
Partha
Omroaeco Musical College
Central Music
Malia DE. F
Gelemaati Lal
Mores
LooMis & Nymah
Ston By
Scarpa Esa
Vici
Vata
Araies Hale
Sibu
Wali
Obie
Parsons
Hombar Tae
Abe
Murvtic
Roy
Minh
Hall
Hagan
Sant Ban
RSS Eeis
SRA Serer
Wairexe
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