Epidemic yellow fever reported in Memphis and deaths in Philadelphia
Twenty two cases of yellow fever and eight deaths were reported in Memphis yesterday. The fever will be officially declared epidemic today. Mrs Barbara Heim aged 33 and Mrs Catharine Miller aged 28 were killed by a train on the Janction Railroad bridge in Philadelphia yesterday morning.
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Memphis
Barbara Heim
Catharine Miller
Philadelphia
Thomas Ashton
Slade Mill
Fall River
Mass
Driscoll
Edward Herbert
Hugh Murray
George Shuman
Peter Hall
Pottsville
Casper W. Nye
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Cyrus Craig
Dauphin
Demolition of Rast chuk Wall Tied to Berlin Treaty
The piece notes the wall around Rast chuk is being torn down under the Treaty of Berlin. It also reports unrelated items: a petroleum duty rise near 12 cents a gallon at Patras, a London trial for accused forgers Ambrose Fortescue and William Baughap, a 1879 yellow fever relief fund total of 2 988 140 marks with allocations to New Orleans and Memphis, Quebec labor troubles shading into race tensions, Ottawa’s civic hot day with 6 000 to 7 000 picnickers, and a brawl near the Orange Young Briton and Catholic Union members under police control.
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Rastchuk
Patras
Greece
Department of State
Ambrose Fortescue
William Baughap
Bank of England
London
United States
Berlin
New Orleans
Memphis
New York
Quebec
St. Roches
Lillie River
Ottawa
Canada
Ogdensburg
Tobacco through the ages and a US Naples dispatch
A Naples dispatch notes tobacco's global spread from Europe’s early opposition to its modern ubiquity. It details historic bans by popes and rulers, tribal ritual use, and the habit’s social reach across nations, with a wary American view on domestic consumption.
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America
Urban VIII
Innocent XI
Turkey
Amureet IV
India
China
New World
The
Republic
The Difference Between the Sexes in Packing
A Detroit Free Press humor piece describes Mr Bowerman and his wife packing for travel with comic detail. Bowerman delights in clever space-saving tricks while his wife complains the trunk won’t shut, illustrating gendered stereotypes as they argue over packing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bowerman
Bowerman
Atake
Detroit Free Press
Kidney-Wort advertised remedy and dubious claims
An 19th century drug advertisement promotes Kidney-Wort as a popular medicine. It promises a six-quart yield per package and claims a double saving versus liquid medicine. It touts cures for kidney and liver ailments amid vague statements.
A Curious Sermon Interlude Over Debts and Beef
A Rochester tale unfolds during a revival where a resident clergyman pressingly asks his servant John to fetch a ten to twelve pound rib of beef from old David Weeks for dinner and to settle the account later. The preacher then delivers a moving sermon on divine love before pausing to inquire what old David would say about the debt.
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John
Old David's
David Weeks
Jobo
Foud
Isaiah
Jeremy
David
Log
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Chester
John Vrice
Market Street
Gregg
Hegg & Flumley
W. Plumley
Carpenters and Builders
Edgmont Avenue
Post Office
Express Messenger
Supple
Lloyd & Wallon
Jay 6 Drug
H. B. Taylors
D. P. Paiste
McGeoghegan’s
J. M. Broever
East Fifth Street
R Grsaae
Third and Concord Avenue
Chester, PA
Ne Bakery
Louis Watrin
Oor
Third and Howell
John Grundy
Livery, Sale and Exchange
Bia
Gamurel. Pugh
Madison St
North Ward
Reece Men Vor
Beat
Broad BT
Edgmont Ave
Jos YouNe
Carpenter and Builder
East Eighth Street
Pxorpt
Joserx Robinson
Draler
West Third Street
Joseph Cornog
George Bottomley
Edgemont Avenue
S.J. Hurst
Jan Vier
Haas
Aple
Gilad
Market Square
Beau
D.chalfants
Media and
Chester Stage Line
Charter House
Media
Leavea Media
Hester
Upland Pioneer Stage Line
Tollows
Chester Depot
Modis
Upland
D. 8. Bunting
Superior
Wall
Frank K. McGollum
Lloyd House Springs
Ebensburg
Cambria County, PA
Allegheny Mountains
Cresson
Pennsylvania
Etree Ebonk
Abel Lloye
Jes
Military Academy
L. L. Lukens & CO
Tur
Smith and Hall
Major Pugh
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Supreme Court
Peter Herdic
Herdic
Washington
Senate of the United States
Lawrence
Kansas
John O'Neil
Peter McManus
Northumberland County
Conrad Hesser
Shamokin
Andrew Tracey
McKean County
Wadesville
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Richardson
Tennessee
Republican State Committee of
Ohio
Columbus
Schurz
Cincinnati
Toledo
Sherman
Steubensville
Judge Taft
Cleveland
Charles Foster
Akron
Naples
Italy
Europe
Aistead
Emile
God
Angela
Atill
Dave
Danever
Rochester
N. Y
Buffalo Express
Hay Fever Associarion
Bethlehem
N. H
Norr. Bevard
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