Underground Railroad Adventure in a Sherman Barn
A boy hides a runaway enslaved man in a hayloft during a slave hunters raid. Neighbor Sherman helps by concealing the man and guiding him to safety while the boy, hungry but brave, aids the fugitive until he reaches Canada. The story reflects peril and quiet courage in abolitionist times.
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Sherman
Tom
Jim
Billy
Chile
Underground
Sherman Barn
Abraham Thorne
Tom Sherman
Tommy
Bill Sherman
Mr. Thorne
Sherman Place
Wwe
Thorne
Canada
Abram
Weight of Deep Sea Water and Bread Loaves
A historical digest contrasts depth limits on sea life with anecdotes on pressurized water and a jailed beggar, then details colossal bread loaves in France and Italy. It notes Paris bakery women delivering loaves at 5 30 am and bread porters serving city dwellers.
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France
Italy
Paris
Red spectacles and calomel touted as seasickness cure
A German remedy claims bright red spectacles with calomel doses combat seasickness by shifting blood flow to the brain. Epstein’s work on color and brain vessels is cited, asserting seasickness stems from brain blood lack and that staring through red lenses cures the ailment.
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Epstein
Sheep Dip At Union Stock Yards Kills Bacteria
At Chicago's Union Stock Yards a three sluice S shaped sheep dip bath uses nicotine solution heated to 112 degrees to bathe and disinfect sheep. Drivers push animals into the hot bath where they swim through the long channels and are dipped before being released. The system handles about 1,100 sheep per hour with two vats each holding 1,000 gallons.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Keely Motor Fame and a Mysterious inventor
John Ernest Worrell Keely of Keely motor fame, dead in Philadelphia, sparked both belief and doubt. His secrecy and grand claims drew capitalists to form the Keely Motor Company, while his manuscript on the “inter etheric” power remains with Mrs Keely. Major Johnson recalls a dog’s memory in a Youth's Companion anecdote linked to an officer.
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John Ernest Worrell Keely
Keely Motor Fame
Philadelphia
Keely
Keely Motor Company
Major Johnson
hunters learn humanity from Hindu tale of animal slaughter
Rev. B. Fay Mills recounts a hunter’s tale where a Hindu views animal slaughter with the same dread as human death, urging American hunters to adopt such compassion. The passage uses a strong contrast to critique hunting practices and promote humane behavior.
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B. Fay Mills
Keelys vapor motor and the deer encounter tale
The article recalls 19th century claims of John Keely promising a water vapor powered engine that could move ships at extraordinary speeds, with demonstrations using tuning forks and a fiddle bow. It notes skeptical outcomes and Blavatsky’s claim, plus a deer hunter tale where a mother deer spares her fawn in a close encounter.
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Philadelphia
New York
Keely
Mme. Blavatsky
Maine
Dogs of Constantinople Serve City as Scavengers
In Constantinople dogs act as scavengers aiding city cleanup. Turks show tolerance due to practical need and humane instinct, though visitors may find them unappealing. The text notes their intelligence as a proof of their value to the urban environment.
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Constantinople
Modern Atlas notes on women and geography in 1815
The piece discusses Parkerton's Modern Atlas and its remark that geography is in Womens education. It claims geography instructs and pleases, adopted by females alongside scholars, amid social chatter and current events. It also notes a shift from buying prescriptions to patent medicines.
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Parkenton
Women praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Letters from Mrs Lizzie Bevery of Lowell Massachusetts and Mrs Amos Trombleay of Ellenburgh Center New York describe severe ailments including womb ulceration and postpartum illness. They credit Lydia E Pinkham's Medicine with curing them after doctors failed and urge other women to try it.
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Pinkham
Lizzie Bevery
Merrimac St
Lowell
Mass
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bulgaria offers incentives to boost population growth
Bulgaria plans early measures to raise its birth rate. Each son born above a minimum will earn twenty francs for both parents, and a soldier with a dozen sons will receive a substantial pension and a decoration for his wife.
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Bulgaria
Grain-O Grain-O Try Grain-O a Coffee Alternative
An advertising notice promotes Grain-O as a new drink made from grain that replaces coffee. It claims it can be consumed by all ages without injury and resembles rich mocha or java in flavor. The ad lists prices of 15 and 25 cents per package and urges grocers to stock it.
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Charles Brockwitz
America
Russia
Brockwits
Brockwitz
New York Journal
Epigram Debate Sparks From a Word Misfit
In a playful exchange Willie Washington muses on epigrams while Miss oat enne defines them as cynics’ assertions. The item riffs on language and ends with a detergent sales cue for Kemp's Balsam offering free samples and medicine sizes as a bold prompt to action.
Snake Shedding Skin Reveals Transparent Eye Cover
In snakes the old skin sheds regularly, roughly every four to five weeks. The eyelid skin is translucent, and the eye skin remains perfectly transparent as the rest sloughs away.
To Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
An old advertisement claims a single day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes refunds if the remedy fails and marks genuine tablets with L. B. Q. on each piece priced at 25 cents.
Uncle Beasley and Boy Talk of Heaven
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt sees a boy asking Uncle Beasley if he will go to heaven. The old man responds that he supposes he will have to someday. The exchange captures a simple, reflective moment between generations.
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Uncle Beasley
Heaven
Cincinnati Enquirer
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Washington Star
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la Belle’ Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester
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