Notorious old case of daylight assault recalled
Washington Post recalls a 1810 daylight assault in King George County Virginia where a white woman Ann Atkinson, then 8, recounts being dragged 40 feet, struck, and left with injuries. The piece links her recovery to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, praising them as curing rheumatism and nervous symptoms, with a notarized affidavit from Atkinson in Washington.
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Louinr Mole
Wanminatoy
Washington Po
Louise Home
Ann Atkinson
King George County
Fredericksburg
Hecarder
Philadelphia
Williams
Rory O'More
Louma
Wannington
Crry
Wasmington
Coxwnn
A. D
Frann DB
Maniow
Williame
de. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schénectady
Brockville
Ontario
Face care tip uses cloth bag of bran or oats as soap
A brief guidance suggests making a small cheese cloth bag filled with bran or oatmeal or almond meal to clean the face in place of soap. Reuse the bag after drying with almond meal, while oatmeal requires daily renewal. Meshange.
Fifty Third Congress Opens With Quorum Conflicts
The Fifty Third Congress begins in regular session with House and Senate activity. In the House debate centers on the Foreign Affairs Committee resolution and minister Stevens. Turner and Blount defend or attack the provisional government while Dems and Republicans spar over policy. Votes and quorums dominate the week with multiple motions, calls of the House, and adjournment shuffles. The Senate debates repeal of federal election laws, considers amendments, and schedules a pivotal close of debate. A series of expressions of grief follows the death of Representative Hank with funeral arrangements outlined.
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HOUSE
Tursday
Stevens
Outhwaite
Turner
Georgia
Blount
Sickles
New York
de Vorest
Connecticut
Hepburn
Town
Hooker
Mississippi
Foreign Affairs Committee
Geary
California
Straight
South Carolina
Swanson
Virginia
Latimer
Steed
Bland
Yeas
Mr. Reed
Mr. Bland
Senate
Babcock
Wisconsin
Tracy
Reed
Marshall
Shell
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Hawley
Perkins
Daniel
Prye
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Hoar
Gray
Delaware
Bate
Tennessee
Chandler
Ways
Stewart
Nevada
Messrs
Allen
Kyle
Peffer
Duboise
Secretary of the Treasury
Teller
Loud
Stanford
Hank
Congress
Messia, Hare
Ohio
Springer
Ilinois
McKnig
Maryland
Hulick
Ellis
Oregon
Houk
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Vic
Sherman
Brice
du Bois
Hunton
Martin
Southern News Items Briefly Noted
A Florida Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Sanford drew a very full attendance. A Rockingham fire destroyed two saloons and a grain depository with several horses and vehicles lost. Galveston tables show Texas cotton crop for 1802-03 at 2,025,006 bales. 1808 forecast at 1,750,000. Birmingham council seeks city purchase of Waterworks property. Mississippi legislature adjourned by limitation. Judge A. H. Whitfield named to supreme court. Knoxville express train robbery verdict: Fred Gerding jailed two years, accomplice Will Smith killed. Jailbreak at Swainsboro free prisoners. three charged with robbery, Fennell with murder. Chattanooga tri-state fall project gains steam. $19,000 raised, $50,000 more needed. Meharry Medical College graduates 56, including first southern female pharmacy graduates. Bishop Walden addresses. Populists plan county clubs with open meetings and no passwords, targeting honest government and fair count. Confederate General Lucien B. Northrup dies at 83 in Maryland Soldiers’ Home. longtime Davis associate and West Point graduate.
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Sanford
Rockingham
N. C
Galveston News
Texas Railroad
Birmingham
Ala
Tidermen
Birmingham Waterworks Company
Stone
A. H. Whitfield
Oxford
Supreme Court
J. A. P. Campbell
Fred Gerding
Knoxville
Ionn
Knoxville and Ohio
Anderson County
Clinton
Will Smith
Bill Harden
Charles Fennell
Tohu Mongazor
Jordan Cassady
Swainsboro
Fendell
Chattanooga
Dirators
William Hepburn Russell
East Tennessee Land Company
Harriman
Meharry Medical College
Nashville
Tenn
Bishop Walden
Cincinnati
States
West Indies
Dental
Pharmaceutical
Raleigh
Taubeneck
National Executive Committee
Lucien B. Northrup
Confederate States of America
Confederate Soldiers’ Home
Pikesville
Northrup
South Carolina
Jefferson Davis
West Point
Fires Destroy Tobacco Plants and Other Plants
A string of fires hits Henderson Kentucky tobacco factories J H Barrett Co and H Soaper burning 7000 pounds of leaf. Estmated total loss reaches 200000 with 79000 insured. Other blazes include EL B Ment Son Lansing Michigan works and Colt's Patent Firearms Hartford plant.
Numerous World Events From Fire Losses To Political Trials
The dispatches recount extensive fires in Montgomery Missouri destroying much of the business district with losses around 180000 dollars and half insured. Reports cover the murder of Lewis F P Lawrence near Guadalcazar Mexico, stock sales by Calaman at Richmond Oil West Point Terminal, and a mock trial in Chicago over paganism led by Salvation Army head W W Winchell. Other items note religious clashes in Yeola, temple destruction, George W Childs's will, and Brazil's martial law ETA elections, alongside European diplomacy, British gales, and a Kansas public-claims case involving Governor Lewellyn.
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Godey Publishing Company
New York
Godey's
Montgomery
San Luis
Patozi
Mexico
Lewis FP. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Guadalcazar
Sandinis
United States
Lavomb
W. PL Clyde
Recviver Calaman
Richmond Oil West Point Terminal Company
Elaine
Chicago
W. W. Winchell
Salvation Army
Robert G. Ingersoll
Bombay
Tunsia
Yeola
Nasarek
Dinetye
Bouibay
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Thorsday
Anthony J. Drexel
George W, Childs Drexel
Janes W. Paul
Prudente de Moraes
Senate
San Paulo
London
North Sea
Hamburg
Great Britain
Inveriens
Torthshire
Scotland
Supreme Court of
Lewellyn
West
Lim
National Spiritualists Encampment Planned in Jacksonville
The National Spiritual Society will hold its annual encampment in Jacksonville Florida. A contract was closed Friday leasing the Sub Tropical Buildings for the event.
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National Spiritualists
National Spiritual Society
Jacksonville
Fls
Agricultural notes and remedies in a mixed 19th century transcript
A collage of agricultural trivia cites origins of fruits and vegetables, production figures, and export data from various regions, alongside ads for patent medicines. It mentions lettuce shipments from New Jersey to New York, pecan yields, chestnut production in France and Italy, and unusual claims about wheat, onions, and herbs. The text also includes medical ads for Brown's Iron Bitters and Hanns Catawba cough remedies, and a moral proverb about honesty.
Royal Buckwheats with Royal Baking Powder
An old batter method for buckwheat cakes is criticized for sourness and digestive issues. The article promotes a winter recipe using Royal Baking Powder for light, sweet, easily baked cakes with two cups buckwheat flour one cup wheat flour two tablespoons Royal Baking Powder and salt.
Syrup of Figs A Purported Health Enhancer From California Fig Syrup Co
Knowledge describes Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system and aiding kidneys liver and bowels. The ad asserts relief from colds headaches fevers and constipation, claims medical approval, and notes availability in 50c and 1 bottles from druggists with the California Fig Syrup Co as the manufacturer.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Lansing
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la Crosse
Wis
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Frank J. Cinsey
Fr. Curnier & Co
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Lapp Drug
Phiadelphia
Druai
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Fenty
Pierce
Harry Tarran
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Jeferson
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Sravakles
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Ance Carriage Co
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Atlanta, GA
Maclean, Curtis & Walker
Ron Ris
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Lottie
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
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