Remarkable medical feats and public anecdotes from 19th century records
A long miscellany notes aKennew(??) Kennebunk woman healing after a fall, a New York surgeon paid for facial excrescence removal, Pittsburg police veteran Captain William Reed turning 70, and a Pittsburgh force dwindling to one survivor from 1870. It cites U S deaf and dumb, blind, and idiocy institutions, philanthropy costs, and global tensions over Gibraltar and Britain’s sea power. It also mentions Utah Bear River Canal, Bear Lake, and Idaho, and a vast unknown gold and silver hoard in India. It recounts Grover Cleveland escorting a prisoner, irrigation dams in California and Utah, and caterpillar farming in Bombay with mixed outcomes for pupae and larvae.
Be a Woman by Padies Fashion Journal
A poem urges mothers to inspire daughters to strive beyond fashion and become true women. It contrasts mere dress with inner virtue, calling for a holistic standard where mind soul and body unite to fulfill life’s duties as the brightest model of beauty and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indy
Arisa
Padies Hashion Journal
Atore
W. ¥. Tribune
Deacons Dilemma Over Suitor Reconciles With Deceptions
In Craddock a nervous Deacon faces pressure over Josie’s romance with Bryan from Minnesota. Philip Condie, a smooth talker with a shady past, reveals he has been guiding events. Bryan must wait as Condie explains his plan and the deacon contemplates the awkward truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deatonnobai
Philip Condie
Josie
Bryan
Deacon
Craddock
Minnesota
Candie
Josis
Mrs. Roeberts
Condie
Mr. Bryan
Surprising marriages of age gaps reported by Registrar General
Long list of unions showing wide age disparities from brides over 50 with young partners to grooms well into 70s and 80s. Noted cases include a 40 year age gap, teens married to older men, and several marriages where both partners were youths. Also includes a brief unrelated anecdote about Rubini the tenor and a penny dreadful exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indies
Adénis
Buck
Dueling Students in Berlin Recounted by Hartford Visitor
A Hartford observer recalls a Berlin Burschenschaft mensur duel scene in a rear city room near a beer hall. Forty to fifty men attend as surgeons, seconds, a timekeeper, and a doctor oversee three sword bouts lasting up to thirty minutes with blood and wounds, the wounded smoking meanwhile as bandages, glasses, and protective gear mark the ritual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hartford
Conn
Mensur
Schoner
Thoreen
Auf der Mensur
Friendly duel handsigns and grim smiles reveal no lasting enmity
A nearby duel ends with guards unruffled as fighters shake hands. The piece then shifts to a stark critique of maternal neglect in impoverished communities, recounting a traveler’s tale of infant abandonment in Colombia and widespread death celebrations in Spanish America, highlighting grim social contrasts and troubling beliefs.
Bem Bolus and Sam Clash Over Punishing Dick Hy Ans
Bem Bolus, a six foot hulking figure, threatens Dick Hy Ans and Sam chases Dick through a meadow. Cornered, Dick subdues Sam with a swift move and overpowers him on the road. Bystanders laugh as Sam cannot escape. he cries to be parted before the fight ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bem Bolus
Dick Hyans
Sam's
King's Highway
Sam
Big Sam
Two Strange Pets and a New Bloodhound Use
A West Side furniture mover owns over a hundred vans drawn by 200 horses and revels in two odd pets a six legged bull and a double jointed dwarf horse. The dwarf is a strong draught animal capable of pulling a ton for hours while the bull fuses two beings into one body. The owner hosts many visitors to marvel at these curiosities. A New Use for Bloodhound describes Paris firemen adopting hounds to locate victims after collapsed walls, coating paws with soot vinegar and horn to aid safe tracking.
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Lors
St. Hensit
Z. Y. Star
Tome
Paris
Latest Paris and New York Fashion Fads and Notes
Fashion items from silk traveling ulsters to a jointed gold serpent jewelry, plus advice on lighting to flatter faces. Reports discuss itinerant dental assistants, sponged fabrics misrepresented as cashmere, and the slang of fashionable girls. Includes color trends, hats, gowns, and the polonaise Parisienne trend.
A Neptilian Fighter from the Cretaceous Era
Remains of gigantic Ceratopsidae reptiles have been found across nearly 800 miles in upper Cretaceous deposits along the eastern flank of the Rocky Mountains. In the best genus, the skull alone exceeded eight feet, wedge shaped with a cutting beak, a nose horn, two top horns, and a row of sharp head projections, all protected by a strong horny covering.
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O. C. Marsh
North America
Rocky Mountains
Wonderful Hydraulic Machinery At Wheatland Mill
One of the era's most remarkable hydraulic contrivances operates in Wheatland Pons rolling pipe iron. A furnace feed sends glowing slabs to a moving iron bed that advances, presses through rollers, and returns until the iron reaches the desired size. The process requires only one or two workers who control the equipment with simple levers.
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Dev.s.d
Wheatland
Pons
For the Housewife Woman’s steak and kitchen notes
A postcard style column mixes steak cooking guidance with home disinfection tips. It promotes a hot pan method, turning and covering the steak repeatedly, plus a simple gravy, and contrasts this with a previous method. It also includes instructions for disinfecting a room after infectious illness using sulfur and boiling water. It lists several old fashioned recipes and a travel note about William Richardson reaching Colima’s summit with his companions.
Baseball World Weighs In On 1900 Season Signings
The article details numerous player moves across leagues, noting Dunlap and Pau joining Cleveland’s League Club, Hines starting for Pittsburg, Ganzen captaining Boston Taerx, Warre covering first for Buffalo, and Getein boosting Boston’s pitching staff. It mentions umpire rules, a Manchester league formation, and broader shifts including college players entering pro ranks and temperance measures in the Players' League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
jMekean
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Dunlap
Pau
Hines
Catcaez Ganzen
Boston
Taerx
Mexico
Deacon Warre
Buffalo
Brotherhood
Geteein
Enr
Courta
Bruix
Sunpay
Manchester
Eid
Scorp
Dunnar
Araca
Stangerr
Fricken
Big
Trico
New York
Toledo American Association
Buaoristor
Tana
Finesa
Waite
Bittelant
Ale Rere
Brooklyn
Gia Tr
Princeton
Durell
Philadelphia
Benson
Anacon Association
Sam” Barkley
Shen
Hatheny
Ward
Players' League
Haida
Day, Gore
Hardie Ricavo
Arto
Lasacock
Anan
Tiernan
Atlantic Association
Prominent People and Royalty Cited in Wide Range of Claims
A garbled survey lists numerous notable figures from Russia England Germany and the United States. It mentions General Aa Tv Tesee New Haven Prime Minister Sariencny and King Malietoa among others, with assorted claims about weights fortunes and political ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal
Russia
Tesee
New Haven
Conn
Lorn Sariencny
England
Pancras Beatrice
Emperor William
Germany
Wanaxanen
Crook
Gorth
Greece
Moran
Europe
William Gull
London
Robert Louis StevEnson
King Malietoa
Pamon Tate
Quint Victoria
Alr-les-Bains
Winwiz Davis
Confedi
Alfred Wilkinson
Syracuse
Henry Wanp Brecuen
Palatka
Fis
Trafalgar
Gee
Joseph Southerland
Gynenat Caprivi
Bismarck
General Greely
Signal Service
GeneRan Francis E. Sprowza
United States
Jacksonville
Fla
Baron, _Binseu
Plague of mice devastates Russian crops and granaries
A vast infestation of millions of field mice sweeps through Chan kow and southern Russia, overrunning provinces, gutting granaries, and destroying wheat stacks. The rodents even consume dogs as they march north, leaving no clear preventive or eradication method in sight.
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Russia
Chan ~Kow
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Kennebunk
Willard Parker
Marshalltown
Iowa
William Reed
Penn
Reed
Deaf and Dumb
Gibraltar
Bpain
France
Malta
Cyprus
Great Bear River
Utah
Salt Lake Valley
Bear River
Bear Lake
Idaho
India
Auburn
N.Y
Grover Cleveland
Bta
Albany
Johnstown
Walnut Grove
Porcott
Arn
Merced
California
San Diego
Cal
Bear Valley
San Bernardino County
British India
Bombay Natural History Society
Poonah
Barca
Canche
Consdie
wWell
Europa
Tam
Josh
Darknews
Rubini
Jack
Clara
Bogota
Colombia
Cardea Italy
Preblaoly
Spanish America
Adies’ Department
Buram Garments
Ion
New York Telegram
Hetpomc
Paris Herald
Bho
N.Y. Sun
Madison Avenue
Muesa
Attoma
Patti
Bello
Phradelphia Inquirer
For-The-Housewife
Christian Union
William B. Richardson
Colima
Richardson
Osika
Japan
Prudence Crandall Phillip
Connecticut
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