Ida May Wolverton Died After Illness at Nineteen in Indiana
Ida May Wolverton aged nineteen died February 7 1887 in Alquina Indiana after ten months of throat and lung disease. Daughter of Vincent and Nancy she was a devoted M E Church member, Sabbath School secretary, and aspiring Normal School student. Funeral services led by Rev Machlan and Tider Sparks were held at New Bethel Cemetery with prayers on Hebrews four.
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Alquina
Ind
Ida May
Vincent
Nancy Wolverton
M. E. Church
Jesus
Ida
Machlan
Tider Sparks
The
Baptist Church
New Bethel
R.B
Orie Flemming Dies at Nineteen Months in Glenwood
Orie Flemming the only child of Charles and Izzie Flemming died at nine pm Thursday February 10 1887 aged nineteen months and sixteen days. The family mourns the loss while prayers for comfort and faith accompany a funeral at M E Church Glenwood with Rev Doddridge and burial in Glenwood Cemetery. A poem by A W B accompanies the obituary.
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Charles
Izzie Flemming
Orie
M. E
Glenwood
Doddridge
Scott's Emulsion touted as cure for throat and lung diseases
In a testimonial, W. RS Coxnent, M D of Manchester endorses Scott's Emulsion as a premier remedy for tuberculous, struminous and ordinary throat ailments. The ad highlights cod liver oil and hypophosphites, noting the creamy, milk like taste and easy digestion suitable for delicate patients.
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W. RS. Coxnent
M. D
Manchester
Biles
Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine March Issue Highlights
The March issue opens with Leaves from my Life on Thomas Carlyle and features a strong poem Fran Wenceforth Sin No More by Bennott. It includes illustrated pieces on Russian Schools Some Memories of the Tuileries A Buried Greek City in Egypt and Famous English Literary Women with six portraits. The Bible Class Exercises offers cash prizes and serials continue alongside numerous illustrations.
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Mr. Powell
Thomas Carlyle
Wenceforth Sin No
B. Bennott
Tuileries
Egypt
Snow Balling Battles Between Confederate Lines
A correspodent recounts winter skirmishes after Fredericksburg and a January 1864 snowball fight at Dalton between Georgia South Carolina and Tennessee troops. About 6 000 to 7 000 men clashed in snow, with raiding, captures, and looting reported amid a drawn day of fighting.
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Fredericksburg
Clement A. Evans
Prince of Peace
Rappahannock River
Port Royal
Hoke
North Carolina
Evans
North
Agen
Evars
Bull” Averitt
Georgia
Dalton
South Carolina
Gordon
Franklin, Tenn
Carolina
Atlanta Constitution
Salt Lake City visit a glimpse of life and legend
A city visitor describes Salt Lake City with melancholy locals and curious sights. He notes the Tabernacle reading desk in black, the Edmunds bill discussion, a salty pool bath, a slow steamer on the lake, and crystal formations along sage bushes as reported by the New York Mail and Express.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
New York Mail and Express
How Charcoal is Made and Its Trade Practices
A charcoal dealer discusses its use and cost noting $8 per chaldron and 35 cents per bushel for peddlers. He describes the Catskills and New Jersey woods as best sources and explains the traditional kiln method and smoldering process that yields twenty to thirty bushels per cord. The narrator adds that charcoal trading has declined due to coal peddlers.
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Catskills
New Jersey
What killed Col. Tom Scott
Col. Tom Scott died from a long neglect of health and overwork. He wore himself down by constant desk and locomotive labor and a failing stomach. Despite rest in travels to Mexico and Egypt, his consuming drive to be preeminent in business led to his collapse at age 58. Ben Perley Poore.
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Col
Tom Scott
Mexico
Egypt
Washington
Republic
Ben
Perley Poore
Boston
Indian Stoicism and the Poison Wind of the Slope
A Dakota wind described as the poison wind of the slope devastates people and livestock, drying skin and thirsting cattle while fruit trees wither. The tale includes an Anishinaabe anecdote of a grieving squaw masking sorrow with endurance and gum chewing, illustrating copeing through indifference.
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Missouri
Dakota
Tulare
Chicago Herald
Horses Resting Habits and Stall Conditions
An old trainer notes horses rest standing when possible but need recumbent rest for full relief. He cites horses that never lie down in stalls, possibly due to muddy floors or dilapidated planks. Continuous standing bears 1,000 to 1,800 pounds on joints and hoof structures, underscoring hoof health concerns without daily recumbent rest.
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New York Mail and Express
Woman heats kettle then goes upstairs leaving baby near kettle
A Detroit Free Press remark notes a woman who boils water then ascends to whitewash a ceiling, leaving the baby near the kettle. The piece mocks how papers label her as grief stricken at the funeral, while accidents are dismissed as possible.
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Detroit Free Press
Main Cause of Cholera in Italian Towns
The Times notes cholera has reached Genoa and Milan but stresses it never gains a foothold where all impure water sources are cut off and the town uses an aqueduct for supply. London Truth highlights this crucial water hygiene point.
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Genoa
Milan
London
The Style Is the Man By Buffon Quote
Buffon the French naturalist dressed for an evening event before writing and stated that style is the man, underscoring how appearance mirrors literary voice.
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Buffon
Poisonous Coal-Tar Colors in Flower Making
BostonDupeen reports that coal tar colors used in artificial flower production, especially eosine reds, cause colic and painful skin spots among workers due to the lead in the dyes.
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Boston
Disadvantages of Flesh and Fat’s Effect on Health
The passage argues that excess body fat reduces circulating blood, drains vital energy, and impedes lung function. It states fat limits blood flow to organs during exertion, lowers air intake, and blocks proper combustion, recommending restraint in strenuous activity for those with fatty development.
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Harper’s Bazar
Inventions Needed, An English Journal Lists Key Needs
An English scientific journal enumerates many inventions considered essential now. Items include macaroni machinery pencils that produce red lead indelible ink stamps car starters railway car ventilators better horseshoes locomotive headlights wind velocity measurement sea depth methods flush piano hinge fluid India ink and repeatable iron brass molding material.
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India
Commodore Perry's Bas Patr dispatch to Harrison
Commodore Perry wrote a pencil dispatch on the back of an old letter after the Battle of Lake Erie. He announced to General Harrison that they had met the enemy and are theirs, listing two ships two brigs one schooner and one sloop as captured.
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Commodore Perry
Perry
Lake Erie
Gen
Harrison
O. H. Perry
Portrait of Mr. T. B. Aldrich in Lewiston Journal
A Lewiston Journal writer describes Mr. T. B. Aldrich as short and compact with a smooth face and thin sandy hair. His blue eyes twinkle and a dainty mouth puckers into a dimple, details echoed by a Chicago Times attribution.
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T. B. Aldrich
Lewiston Journal
Chicago Times
Cost of Flesh Diets and YMCA Membership
Sir Lyon Playfair estimates the cost to place a pound of flesh on a living being varies by diet from 0 to 81 cents across beef or mutton or ham diets to 88 cents on a wheat bread diet and 15 cents for oatmeal. He notes 1,071 Young Men's Christian Associations operate in the United States with about 140,000 members.
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Sir Lyon Playfair
United States
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Summons Liver Regulator
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Simmons Liver Regulator
J. H. Zeilin &C
Philadelphia
Frank Leslie
Cincinnati
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