Man who devoted twenty years to studying mosquitoes
An eccentric recluse, William P. Driefield, showcases a mosquito hatchery in a cluttered East Market Street room. He claims to have identified twenty three mosquito varieties and bred a ten thousand strong female line Aspasia, three years old, and explains how sound and music train swarms. He describes aging specimens, a life study, and plans for a book titled Twenty Years Among Mosquitoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoe
Withal
No. 119 East Market Street
Texas
William P. Driefield
Aspasia
Beauregard Describes War Duty and Loss in Confederate Era
An interview with Beauregard in the New York World recounts resigning from the U S Army to join the Confederacy in 1861. He details moving from Charleston to Manassas and west Tennessee, the strain of war on family, a protective order from Gen Butler, and the death of his wife after a long separation.
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Beauregard
N. Y. World
United States Corps of Engineers
Provisional Government of the Confederacy
Montgomery
Ala
Louisiana
Charleston
Manassas
West Tennessee
New Orleans
United States Service
War Department
Washington
Seymour
United States Army
Jacksonville
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Finnigan
Colquitt
Olustee
Ocean Pond
Senator halts poetry in land taxation testimony
George M. Weston, a New York lawyer and literary man, testifies to the senatorial committee on labor about land taxation. He recalls his father buying Yazoo County land in Mississippi and writing poetry, which is politely urged to be left out. The witness quips that his piece ends with I bought some land in Yazoo and I failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
George M. Weston
New York
Senatorial Committee On Labor
Yazoo
Miss Mi Ju Celebrates Chinese Daughter's Four Weeks
The Chinese minister marked his daughter's four week birthday with an American style dinner in Washington. Twelve covers were laid and the Chinese legation attended to toast the newborn, named Mi meaning America as a compliment to the United States.
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Miss Mi Ju
Inter Ocean
Washington
America
Critic of Douglass by Langston Behind Hayti Mission
The American minister to Hayti, Langston, a colored man, told a St. Louis reporter that Frederick Douglass is the most impracticable man in leading his race and has accomplished nothing despite his ability.
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Fred Douglass
Chicago Tribune
Langston
Hayti
St. Louis
Frederick Douglass
Salt Tax Burden on India Cited by England Report
The Inter Ocean notes England supplies India with salt for 25 cents per pound, a tax of 3000 percent. A poor native must work two and a half days at hard labor to earn money for a single pound of salt.
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England
India
Kiss for Wife Follows Naragansett Park Victory
The Inter Ocean reports Jay-Eye-See clocked 2 10 1 5 in the Nar ragansett Park heat last Saturday and owner J S Case kissed his wife in joy. A boy writes that onions are vegetables that make you sick when you don’t eat them yourself.
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Inter Ocean
Narragansett Park
Jay-Eye-See
J. S. Case
Stage Realities of Actresses Trust in Dying Family Tales
A Boston Herald piece surveys the hidden sorrows of stage life. It portrays famous actresses like Bernhardt Patti Nilsson and Booth as unhappy figures fighting pressure, low pay, and separations from loved ones. The essay recounts harsh realities of rehearsals, illness, and women balancing home and theater life, including a grim improvised devil scene.
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Bernhardt
Clara Morris
Langtry
Patti
Nilsson
Edwin Booth
Booth
Henry E. Abbey
The Digger Indians and Their Devi Observed at Bloomer Hill
The Chico Enterprise reports a large Powwow near Bloomer Hill across the river from Cherokee where about fifty Native Americans prepared wood and food for a ceremonial burning at noon on Saturday. They marked graves with flour at sunset and cried out in ritual celebration, as is their ancient custom.
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Bloomer Hill
Cherokee
Tame Butterflies Observe Quiet Life in Garden Cage
A first person account of raising two swallow-tailed butterfly larvae to chrysalides and then adults in a fine bamboo cage. One butterfly died after three weeks, the other lived similarly long, showing more intelligence by stepping between bars and basking in sun before returning to the keeper's finger.
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Psyche
Honest Girl’s Reward in Paris Fortune Tale
In 1869 Paris a rich old bachelor left his fortune to a poor seamstress who showed honesty by returning excess change from a bus conductor. The plan tested travelers’ honesty, and the sixthteenth person to keep excess change was stopped by the charitable girl, revealing her worth and securing her gain of half a million francs.
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Texas
Paris
Paris Journals and the Reporter a l Americaine
The Paris journals differ in quality with several using a reporter a l Americaine to extract gossip and secrets from diplomats and kings. Their reporting is unreliable and biased, failing to offer unbiased political coverage, while rapidity of publication remains questionable.
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Paris
Cornhill
Americaine
Na lAmericaine
Lyons
Worning
Tavas Telegraph
Figaro
l'Americaine
Pierre Giffard
Moonshine Trade Described By Chicago Herald
The article recounts moonshine selling methods by revenue officers imagery of primitive jars hidden in trees. Buyers use a horn signal to trigger a hidden girl who collects money and returns a jug. A six foot moonshiner stands ready with a pistol for defense during the exchange.
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Chicago Herald
Luther Anger Inspires Writing and Preaching, Source Quotes Luthor
In Prof. Fisher's Century paper on Martin Luther, a quotation from Luthor states anger sharpens understanding and quickens writing, prayer, and preaching. The passage notes that anger inspires productive temperament and eases mundane vexations and temptations.
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Luthens
Prof. Fisher
Martin Luther
Luthor
Health and beauty tips for women from a physician
A west side physician counsels American women on health and appearance emphasizing proper diet, outdoor exercise, and practical home tasks. He warns of laziness, promotes required undergarments, walking instead of car travel, and housework as fitness, with detailed skincare and bathing routines and cautions on facial hair removal and mole treatment.
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West Side
Dr Wagner offer for youthful follies cure in Denver
An advertisement by Dr Henry Wagner at 343 Larimer Street Denver promotes treatment for seminal weakness and urinary disorders. It includes guarantees of cure, a $5 consultation, and a promotion for The Young Man's Pocket Companion priced at $1.25 mailed to addresses. The clinic claims expertise in chronic diseases and various surgeries without knife.
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Summer Street
Denver
Wagner
Henry Wagner
Colorado
H. Wagner
Medical and Surgical Institute
Dr. Spinney & Co
Larimer Street
DR. Wagner & CO
Old Soldier Praises Calvert's Valued Qualities
Calvert Texas May 8 1852 include a veteran’s brief expression of appreciation for notable qualities. The fragment mentions gratitude and admiration from an older service member.
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Texas
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Promotes Quick Cough Cure
Whittley testimonial recalls wartime cold relief after trying Ayers Cherry Pectoral at a country store. The ad claims thousands of cures for bronchial and lung ailments and notes palatability for children. Dr J C Ayer & Co of Lowell Massachusetts markets the remedy with Gray & Pharrse as wholesale agents in Cheyenne.
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Churchill
Vicksburg
Ayer
J. W. Whitley
Ayen
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Aval
Louisville Courier-Journ
Mekgen
Beauregard and Butler
iMod
Japt. Kidd
Joe Howard
Boston Herald
Baba
DR. Wagner
Ayers
Dr. J.C. Ayer &Co
Lowell
Mass
Cheyenee
Norver
Str Cox & Go
Serdtor
Masonic Hall
Masonic Tempe Building
Louisville
Kentucky
Henry County
Express
Esdree
J. J. Douglas
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