Colorado Letter from Manitou on health travel and satire
A letter from Dec 12 1887 describes Manitou Colorado Springs as a health and pleasure resort with mixed views on climate and disease. The writer warns of costs and sickness, notes high hotel prices, asserts no local hospital, and mocks locals while forming a humorous "One Lung Society" for invalids.
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Mr. Borror
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Missouri River
Maniton
Pike’s Peak
New York
Chicago
Denver
One Lung Society
Roach Nuisance Through History and Habits
The article discusses the roach as a long standing human visitor from Levant origins to New York dwellings. It details species, breeding, nocturnal habits, scent from mouth discharges, and belief that roaches infest ships and buildings. It notes a comforting fact that roaches eat bedbugs while highlighting widespread nuisance.
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Levant
England
America
New York
Boston
Lapland
St. Petersburg
France
Curious Nervous Disease and Writers Cramp Found
Dr. William A. Hammond describes a nervous disorder caused by prolonged repetitive finger use. Known as writers cramp or fiddlers cramp, it impairs the specific occupation while leaving other finger tasks doable. Rest and change of work allow recovery of the specialized neural force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Hammond
Negro Children of New York Dress Like Little Patrons
A New York Sun opinion notes the well cared for Negro children in Manhattan streets, praising their neat clothing, organized lunches, and calm conduct. It observes their prosperous appearance as a sign of progress and potential advancement for the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Sun
St. Louis
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Odors Said to Influence Disease Exposure
The excerpt notes perceived links between scents and disease resistance, claiming cedar scent kills house moths while black walnut leaves affect fleas and that shingles makers, turpentine workers, and livery stables workers show varied malaria and cholera exposure. It references clove tree destruction and perfumery workers escaping cholera in other cities.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ternate
London
Paris
Boys Learn Needlework in Stockton schools
In Stockton California primary schools the two lower classes of boys are required to learn needlework just as the girls, so they can make small repairs for themselves in the future.
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Stockton
Cal
French conversation and Chilean college hiring German teachers
Mr. W C Brownell lauds French conversation as artistic and repartee filled beyond utilitarian talk. Chilean government offers free board and lodging plus one thousand five hundred dollars to German instructors to teach in Chilean colleges.
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W. C. Brownell
New York Times
Chili
Banjo Symbolic Evidence of Antiquity in Boston Society
Rene Bache in New Orleans Picayune notes revival of the banjo among Boston society women. He traces ancient precedents from Egyptian and Assyrian monuments to African origins, quipping on Moses and Hebrew tunes, and cites four strings on the Egyptian banjo with a parchment head.
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Boston
Moses
Africa
Rene Bache
New Orleans
Cattle Transport Innovation Demonstrated
Alfred Trumble reports in the New York News on a new company moving live cattle from the west to New York at express speed. Experimental Chicago to New York trips show feasible, with palace like cars, superior ventilation, and far less loss from rocking and strain. The method promises profit despite higher costs and better humane handling.
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New York
Chicago
Jersey City
Alfred Trumble
New York News
Ferrets touted as useful yet rare in New York markets
An interview with New York’s leading ferret importer and breeder notes ferrets are scarce in the country and explains pricing and uses. He details costs by age, typical life expectancy of twelve years, and contracts to keep fleets free from rats. He also relays beliefs about ferret assisted medicine and a common superstition about curing whooping cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England
New York Evening Sun
Chloroform Discovery by Guthrie and Liebig
Samuel Guthrie of Sackett's Harbor New York discovered chloroform in 1831 and independently by Justus von Liebig in 1832.
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Samuel Guthrie
Sackett’s Harbor
N. Y
Liebig
Bark of Life The last howl of a dying dor
A fragmentary report notes a charity event themed Bark of Life as a final sendoff for the dor community. Organizers describe emotional moments and a lingering sense of farewell among attendees.
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Dor
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J.N. Davis, Jr
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LYMAN
Parfec
Nwo
Hanger
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Jans
Cincinnati
Jas
Republican
Farmer’s
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United States
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J.H. McLean
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Bright
EH. P. Mizner
Burg Hill
Steck
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