Braid and Mesmerism in Nineteenth Century Practice
The article recounts James Braid's experiments in neuro hypnotism, his challenges from mesmerists and public fear, and his method of inducing trance by fixed gaze. It compares Braidism to ancient and Eastern practices and notes broader notes on soda water, gold distribution, weather myths, wooden footwear, and travel quips from various sources.
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James Braid
Manchester
la Fontaine
Braid
Mount Athos
Quick Filter Preparations for Syrups and Tinctures
A clear chamois skin piece is cut to length, washed in a mild alkali to remove grease, then rinsed in cold water. The article notes tinctures syrups and elixirs filter rapidly, with a thick syrup plotting through in four or five minutes, and warns thorough washing after each use extends life.
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Driggists
Inventions and curiosities from early history and science
A collage of notes on padlocks from 1540 Nuremberg and Margaritano gilding in 1174, brain weight differences by gender, Shakespeare first folio copies at Columbia College valued at 8000 dollars, and an array of technical and social curiosities. It mentions telegraph replication, a Detroit toboggan slide, mischievous night clouds, historic gaslight displays, and local population notes in Woodbridge, plus old Greek claims on the saw’s inventor and Baltimore water complaints.
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Margaritano
Columbia College
New York
Elisha Gray
Telegraph
Detroit
Java
Malta
Clayton
Murdock
Cornwall
Birmingham
Eng
Woodbridge
N.C
Tess
Talus
Perdox
Baltimore
Bir
Martin
Battle near Rangely marks heavier Indian war toll
From Rangely Colorado reports say 500 to 600 Utes camp nearby while Major Lello Sheriff Kendall’s posse and Pritchard’s scouts reinforced by Sheriff Hooper contend with the hostiles. Two hundred to two hundred fifty State Troops are at Rangely as ranch families rush to safety.
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Lello
Kendall
Pritchard
Hooper
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Meekur
Brlnga
Tha
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Aspen
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Curly
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Foutz
Aspen Company
Itlshard McCaffery
Leadville Company
Bill
Aittle Ravine
Pleseta
Willows
Leso
Gur
Pray
Mookor
Sumdith
White River
Explosion Kills Two Minors In Shenandoah Cellar
Report says two youths died and three others injured in a dualin explosive blast at a cellar near Shenandoah Pennsylvania. Authorities investigating cause and scope of the incident.
New York Pilot Boat Loss Touches Gale Rescue
Reports list a New York pilot-boat loss in a heavy gale with three men dead. Other items note court actions, political conventions in Syracuse and Des Moines, a fatal explosion in Gorham Maine, and widespread horse epizootic in New Jersey.
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New York
Porrien
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Th Broadway
Ludlow Street
Hasde
Gorham
Olin Hamlin
Frederick Hamthien
Philadelphia
Witgland
Duke of Marlborough
America
Parken
London
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
England
Beesher
Brooklyn Academy of Music
New Jersey
Foreign turmoil and disasters spur brief from abroad
Reports describe Witrax O Grien facing a Coercion bill summons in Ireland, the death of the giant Winkelmayer in Austria, and dire conditions across Canadian regions including Fort Chippewyan and Mackenzie River with cannibalism amid famine. Havana unrest grows as customs jobs purge triggers riot and fatalities.
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Ireland
Winkelmayer
Austria
Fort Chippewyan
Manitoba
Little Red River
Mackenzie River
Havana
China
Portsmouth Harbor
England
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Cuba
Marin
City of Montreal Survivors Rescued Five Days After Burning
The burned steamship City of Montreal’s seven passengers and six crew were found safe by the German vessel Mathilde after drifting in the Atlantic. Thirst and heat plagued survivors with little water and no signaling means before rescue five days later near mid Atlantic.
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City of Montreal
Mathilde
Falmouth
England
City of
Montreal
Atlantic
Campeche
The Notorious Prisoner Jesus Pomeroy Again Bids Escape
A Boston dispatch reports Jesus Pomeroy, once described as the state's most notorious prisoner, again attempted to escape. Guards found weakened bars and cutwork near his cell, with indications a conveyance awaited his liberty. He remains in solitary confinement awaiting further scrutiny and punishment.
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Boston
Jesus Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Gaston
Os Ha
Byustinet
Noor
Salor
Lomeroy
The Cotton Crop Set To Be The Largest Ever
The article notes the current year's cotton crop may reach 7,500,000 bales, surpassing all prior U S harvests and possibly yielding around 300 million dollars at nine cents per pound. It traces growth from 1791 exports to today and highlights pervasive land use and investment interest in cotton farming.
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United States
England
Issut
Dry
Mass Fish Die Off in Galena Area Streams
Reports from Galena Illinois and surrounding spots describe millions of fish dying in streams. Dead fish line river banks near Buncombe and Lancaster Wisconsin with various species including minnows catfish and sturgeon. Theories blame recent rains muddying water or toxic runoff from drought season marshes and pools carried into streams.
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Galena
Buncombe
Wis
Lancaster
Grand Army encampment program at St Louis outlines events
The official programme for the Grand Army encampment in St Louis from September 24 to 5 features a visiting comrades reception at depots and steamboat landings, a grand parade and review, mayoral welcome, street illumination, an encampment opening, a National Convention of the Women’s Relief Corps, reunions in Forest Park, river excursions, fireworks and musical entertainments.
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St. Louis
Francis
Women's Relief
Conpai
Forest Park
Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery
Prominent figures and royal notes in early 20th century balance
A survey of notable people covers Noopy planning evangelistic work in India, Mrs Cleveland performing farm tasks, the aging King of Spain with a 1.5 million annual income, Kaiser Wilhelm's doctor predicting five more years, Pension Commissioner Graxram Brack drawing $25 weekly, and Isaiah Williamson as Philadelphia’s wealthiest man at 20 million. It notes Victor Emanuel’s move to Naples and a bank president in New York nearing ninety with long service.
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Noopy
India
Jakchild
Bangor
Philadelphia
Isaiah V. Williamson
Queen Victoria
Pennsylvania
Washington
Evaine Goopate
Connecticut
United States
Gexgenan Janns
Barnett
Cleveland
Lake Superior
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Naples
Caserte
Mat Dane Erraken
Baul
Fourda
N. Y
Labor World Trends and Industry Notes From Kansas to Virginia
About 110 natural gas firms organized in Kansas. Over 100000 children under fourteen employed in New York workshops illegally. Knights of Labor factions contest Minneapolis convention delegation. Cottonseed mills rose from 40 to 146 in the South with rising capital. Oil from dad qiually? 460000 tons of oil from 31 million tons grown. Miners demand semi monthly pay. operators challenge constitutionality. Peanut production in 1884 valued at $33 million. Virginia counties yield 2400000 bushels. fodder vines feed hogs. peanuts grown where corn tobacco or wheat fail.
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Kansas
Trix
New York State
Genman Mastin
WorkMan TV
Derly Enys
Minneapolis
Knights of Labor
Miners’ State Federation
Miners’ Assembly
Organized Miners
Indiana
Virginia
J. W. Johnson
Richmond
Tenants Evicted as Irish Estate Clash with Bailiffs
In Herbertstown County Limerick, eviction of O Grady estate tenants involved 100 soldiers and 800 police. Mrs Crimmins defended her home with improvised weapons, repelling bailiffs four times before a combined assault broke the resistance. Crowds cheered and sang God Save Ireland as police cleared the scene. three tenants were evicted on day one under Captain Pinkett.
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O'Grady
Herbertstown
Ireland
Pinkett
al. Condon
A. P
County Limerick
Theatrical News Of Opera Plays And Society Notes
Retired stage figure Lester Wallack listed as leaving the stage for good. Strauss finishes new opera Bimplicius. Banpov writes Mesaling for Bernardt. Cotton gin priced at 1500 dollars to Oguro in a Southern life comedy. Madison Square Garden summer concerts praised. Paris Congress to discuss preventing theatre burnings. Duana Morris opens At Renesas at Grand Opera House New York October 17. Wagner Society movement forms in New York to promote progressive music ideas. D P Bowers plans three plays in 1887 83 with two adapted from French. John F Ritchie to manage tour. Maran Janarsenex injures and may not act next season. Frank W Sanoen brings new opera from England and Willie Edouin performs a London comedy. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde drama in New York with Louis Stevenson attending. Mrs Porters Loyal Love criticized though acting praised. London paper notes promise and merits in her work.
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Jobann Strauss
Bimplicius
Banpov
Bernardt
Mesaling
Oguro
Madison Square Garden
New York
Aonal Congress
Paris
Duana Morris
Reneas
Grand Opera House
O Wagner Society
Mars
D. P.boweris
John F. Ritchie
Maran JaNarsenex
Frank W. Sanoen
England
Willie Edouin
London
Louis Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyd
Freaks of Lightning Strike Across States Kill Animals and Wreck Farm
A string of lightning incidents reports five horses killed at Peter Goodhue's Manston Prairie farm in Dakota. W. A. Falson's Wilmington sheep flock loses twelve. A pine in Gabriela Florida splits and fence posts are ruined. W. H. Barnes at Taylor County is knocked senseless as his driven mule dies and an oak ignites. Oscan Brows's home in Fergus Falls endures plaster damage but family unharmed. In Dawson Georgia a section house bed is shattered and dishes fly. White Doyle Brown at Talking Rock shatters a shovel handle and is killed as two nearby men are knocked senseless.
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Peter Goodhue
Manston Prairie
Dak
W. A. Falson
Wilmington
N. C
Gabriela
Fla
W. H. Barnes
Taylor, Co
Oscan Brows
Fergus Falls
Minn
Dawson
Wuite Doyle. Brown
Talking Rock
Brown
Fragmented 1889 notes mix of facts and oddities
A garbled 1889 era compilation mentions Abyssinian troops, Arizona revival, Danny Exnett in Chicago, Bam Cason of Georgia, a Paris exhibition balloon, U S debt per capita from 1865 to present, Babel tower for French Exhibition 1989, New England pin factories output, English pin production, an aversion to rattlesnakes in Nebraska, a large Leavenworth fruit orchard, a Columbus man near a locomotive, Topsyturvy London fairs with riders in a barrel.
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Arizona
Danny Exnett
Dixie
Chicago
Bam Cason
Dooley County
Georgia
Great Tower of Babel
New England
England
Nebraska
Drought Sparks Deadly Disease Deaths in McDowell County
Report from McDowell County West Virginia describes a severe drought causing low water and a perilous illness linked to minerals. Dead Horse Cove area reports over 100 cases with 30 deaths as crops fail and every family faces sickness, with an estimated 200 deaths in the county in four weeks.
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McDowell County
W. Va
Southwesternirginia
Dead Horse Cove
Baseball Notes Mix From The Nation S A Patchwork Of Scores And Stories
Bogue Cal has a female baseball team while the Bostons underperform except in Chicago. Tate leads league catchers in assists and nearly 250 home runs are hit this season. Boyle of the St Louis Club ends a 44 game catching streak. New York players approach century marks in batting as Mets field colorful uniforms. League standings show New York leading team batting with others close behind. The Nashvilles disband. league to continue with four clubs. Boston paid 10 000 for Kelly and shuttled others to Philadelphia amid changing values. A printers' team in Iowa wears old gold black and white. Lyman, a public figure, breaks an arm in an exhibition game. League tables and regional notes follow with cross‑references to the International and Southern Leagues and a note on Chicago boodlery’s widespread exposures.
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