Living With a Bullet in the Heart and Other Surviving Wounds
A Chicago Tribune piece discusses gunshot wounds once deemed fatal but in fact survivable. It cites cases such as Charles B. Nelson in Washington Park with a bullet in the heart, and Herbert de Fish and J. S. McDonnell's brain injuries showing recovery, challenging old medical dogma.
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Mercutio
Charles B. Nelson
Edith Marguerite Staples
Washington Park
Nelson
Callender
D. J. Hamilton
Poole
Baker
New Jersey
Valparaiso
Ind
Herbert de Fish
McDonnell
McDonnells
Liston H. Montgomery
Chicago Tribune
Guardian signs all my checks in Detroit Free Press style
A brief exchange notes guardianship and financial control with a tongue in cheek reference to the Detroit Free Press. The fragment suggests themes of guardianship and accountability in a newspaper context.
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Detroit Free Press
English Stuffings and a Woman's Truest Accomplishment
A New York Sun excerpt presents two stuffing recipes for poultry and pork, including a lemon zest and herb bread dressing and a potato onion filling. It promotes traditional English stuffing methods and notes the enduring value of sewing as a feminine accomplishment, praising its role in education and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Corrosion of Boilers from Glacial Loch Katrine Water
Glasgow exposed the corrosive effects of Loch Katrine supply on boilers. New or sealed boilers corroded quickly under the pure soft water while old scale persisted. Even boilers cleaned of scale faced corrosion unless protective measures were used to counteract the water's purity.
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Glasgow
Loch Katrine
Misses Host Tea Party Learns of Tongue Shortage
In a humorous item from Loudon Tit-Bits a young boy named Bobby at a 5 o'clock tea asks for tongue. His mother explains there isn’t any tongue, prompting Bobby to remark that his father had said there would be lots of it. The scene plays on the mix up between a delicacy and canine tongue as a humorous social moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Place Vendome to Gain More Shops and Activity
Paris notes that Place Vendome remains stately but dull, with few shops. A London paper says new businesses are planned, aiming to brighten the area around Napoleon's column. The change may lift its status to rival Rue de la Paix for chic afternoon shopping and social life.
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Paris
London
Place Vendome
Louis XIV
Napoleon
Rue de la Paix
Preference for Gas Light Over Electric Light
A Chicago Post excerpt notes a man’s explanation that gas lighting is preferable because electric light is controllable only by wall buttons or springs. He claims witnessing a small, pretty young woman reaching toward a chandelier to light gas would answer the question about gas versus electric light.
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Chicago Post
Marseilles actor learns two hours first foray in Buridan
Paris Figaro notes Cazabon from the Marseilles theater learned a role in two hours and performed Buridan in La Tour de Nesle the same evening. A bystander exclaims prodigious and Dublin uses a knot in a handkerchief to remember. The text also discusses gingerbread making.
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Cazabon
Marseilles
Buridan
Egyptian Princess Opens Cairo Girls School For Women
The sister of the khedive of Egypt Khadija Hanen, with Lady Winthrop Stanley, starts a Cairo girls school teaching cookery, needlework and basic studies. The princess secretly visits the needy, earning affection, and receives financial support from the khedive.
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Hoavy
Egypt
Khadija Hanen
Winthrop Stanley
Cairo
New Orleans
Fur Fashion This Season for Tots and Grown Ups
The article notes a fur season featuring wraps and garnitures with emphasis on fur trim gowns. Short haired furs serve as trims while martens fox and bear furs appear in larger pieces like collars revers panels and deep dress bottom bands.
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Woiman
Opening of The Woman's Medical School in St Petersburg
The Woman's Medical School in St Petersburg enrolls 160 students with many applicants refused for space. Initially Orthodox Greek church only admissions were allowed, later relaxed to permit non Orthodox women up to four percent of total. Full 160 admitted. coursework mirrors Orthodox sisters plus six months of dogmatic theology. Other first year subjects include anatomy histology physiology botany and chemistry. No age limit to learning. At 40 minds are clearer and sharper than at 20 unless one gives up.
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Woman's Medical School
St. Petersburg
Lone Jesse James Visit Recalls Kentucky Shave Tale
A Louisville Post anecdote recalls Jesse James fading from Kentucky after a December visit to a country store. An unnamed former barber recounts shaving the outlaw while he fled a bank robbery accusation, with pistols drawn and a posse close behind. The piece also notes gloves fashion trends for street and formal wear.
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Jesse James
Kentucky
Jesse
Red River
Wade & Butcher
Russellville
James
Louisville Post
Inevitable Vote Clash Revealed in Congress Exchange
In a fragment from the Atlanta Constitution a congress member faces a grilling from Qoomie Cuts over anticipated opposition. The exchange shows a resigned Countessel admitting waning confidence amid vague concerns about political honesty.
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Edward W. Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Progress
Michigan
New York
Johnny
Congress
Farmer Countessel
Atlanta Constitution
Kingdom
Mamhilad
Monmouthshire
Glamorgan
Roentgen
London Gunsmith
Boo BO Pavee
Math
Gale and Exchange
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Glenwood Ranges
Concord Junction, Mass
Tremont
Tuttles
Jones & Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
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