Curious Report on Death by Own Action in 1874 France
A digest from Scientific American notes 1874 French statistics on suicides. 5,617 killed themselves, with 79 percent men and 21 percent women. Ages skew older. many were over forty and laboring under adverse fortunes. Family troubles and reverses in fortune cited as major causes. drunkenness accounts for many cases. Modes of death favored were strangulation and drowning. Curiosities about seasonal patterns and human psychology accompany the grim data.
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France
Leavin
Scientific American
First Book from Massachusetts Bay on Display at Caxton Exhibit
Interest centers on the first English language printer in the colonies, known for The Bay Psalm Book from Massachusetts Bay. A pristine 1640 copy, owned by the Bodleian Library in Oxford, is likely the only European example. A sample verse shows early Puritan rhyme and rhetoric, including Psalm 1 lines about the righteous prospering and the wicked decaying.
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Bay
Massachusetts Bay
Bodleian Library
Oxford
Europe
Necromancers of OL and ghost legends in old tales
A clipped account notes necromancers of Torraiva and Rosia Angee, likening immortalized legends to Don Quixote. It mentions Cellini and his notes on demons seen within a magician's circle, suggesting the figures were mere images produced by a magic lantern.
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Torraiva
Rosia Angee
Tist
Benvenuto Cellini
Biter
Steck & Co Pianos Offered At Timely Prices
The old and reliable George Steck Co piano makers of New York offer pianos at prices aligned with hard times. Steck pianos are noted for durability and reputation as the best instrument, promising a reliable addition to homes at near discount prices compared with cheaper, misnamed brands.
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George Steck& Co
New York
Steck
Vienna
Phila
East 14Th Street
Dickens Little Folks and new edition volumes offered
Charles Dickens works are presented in a child friendly form with twelve volumes highlighting characters such as Smike Nell and The Child Wife drawn from major novels. A new Little Paul volume from Dombey and Son arrives illustrated by Darley. Post paid pricing and subscription offers to New York Tribune or the Independent are detailed.
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Dickens
Charles Dickens
Smike
Nicholas Nickleby
Nell
Curiosity Seal
David Copperfield
Joe
Pickwick Papers
É&C
Little Paul
Dombey & Son
Darley
New York Tribune
The
Independent
Joan R. Anderson
Hartford
Conn
Valuable Medical Almanac Offered Free by Druggists
1878 Hostetter s Almanac edition ready free of cost from druggists and country dealers in the United States and British America. It blends health advice with light reading and calendar details. Propriety Hostetter & Smith of Pittsburgh offer mail copies for a two cent stamp. Gleason s publications announce price cuts and agent terms in Boston.
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Sterling Medical Annual
Hoatetter’s Almanac
United States
British America
Western Hemisphere
Hostetter
Messrs
Hostetter & Smith
Pittsburgh
Gleason
Home Circle
F. Gleason & Co
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery ad in newspapers
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery from The Prowger Tobacco Company in New York Boston and Chicago. It promises to stop a terrible cough and prevent consumption. It also promotes Quirk’s Irish Tea as a bilious remedy priced at 25 cents per package.
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The
Prowger Tobacco Company
New York
Boston
Chicago
Pierce
Wistars Balsam of Wild Cherry Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry as a long trusted cure for coughs colds croup bronchitis influenza and chest pains with warnings against counterfeits. It notes the genuine wrapper bears the signature I Butts and Seth W Fowle & Sons Boston and markets 50 cents and 1 4 dollar bottles.
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Wistar
Seth W. Fowle & Sons
Boston
Baruece's Cologne Offered in Popular Sizes
Baruece's Cologne is described as of the best quality in elegant bottles with superior finish. It is offered in Quarter and Half Pints, Pints, and Quarts in basket style with cork and glass stoppers, prepared from pure materials at popular prices.
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Baruece
How to Make Good Bread with Dooley Yeast Powder
Instructions promise easy bread making using Dooley's Yeast Powder. It asserts pure, healthy, nutritious ingredients. The ad also touts a “2 Genuine Microscope” offer for a small price, labeled as an interesting advancement for readers.
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Dooley
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