Hot Springs Arkansas Geology and Thermal Waters
A historical description of Hot Springs Arkansas detailing the valley layout, the Hot Springs creek, and about fifty six springs on the mountain and in the valley. The waters range 63 to 148 degrees with a high 180 feet above the creek, and 344 gallons per minute discharge. They form tufa basins, supply bath houses, and are used for drinking and bathing. Beneficial for skin blood nervous and rheumatic diseases while dangerous for heart lungs and brain conditions. A physician's guidance is advised during use.
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Hot Springs
Wesr
Ounoffita
Nothern
Ouachita
Arkansas Bethesda
Long Spring Baths Promote Extended Rest Treatments
A described regimen prescribes daily hot baths for three weeks followed by a rest, a week at sulphur springs near the Ouachita river, then another three week course and further abstinence. Duration depends on illness severity. Usual stay ranges one to three months, with many invalids staying a year or longer and some settling there. a. Van Cleef in Harper's Magazine.
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Ouachita River
A. van Cleef
Harper's Magazine
Strange Court Scene as Woman Faces One Year Sentence
Mrs Mary D Hooper once convicted of grand larceny for stealing jewelry from Mrs William Delaney of Brooklyn is arraigned for sentence. Wearing black attire and veil she pleads for mercy as Judge Moore prescribes the statutory one year term. She faints twice, crying for her father.
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Mary D. Hooper
William Delaney
High Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Widow and widower wed after dramatic chase in South
A Jackson Mississippi widow and a Norfolk Virginia widower, meeting at Saratoga last summer, endured a stormy pursuit as old love and new passion collided. Delayed by weather, she missed a secret Baltimore wedding, yet a roadside reunion at Camden station led to a hasty marriage at St Barnabas Church. They planned an almanac as one of their first house purchases.
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Jackson
Miss
Saratoga
Norfolk
Baltimore
Virginia
Mississippi
Camden Station
St. Barnaba’s Church
Torture and murder in North Arcot trial shock India
Five natives were executed and four others sentenced to life transportation after a North Arcot trial. Prisoners tied victims to trees and stones, bound limbs, exposed them to sun, poured cold water to tighten bonds, then poured scalding water to extract confessions. Eight hours of agony left one dead on arrival and others incapacitated. Medical evidence described gangrene and rotted fingers. The village authority suppressed interference, as the court convicted one to death and the others to life terms.
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India
North Arcot
Court of Sessions
Plucky Jersey City Woman Fends Off Thief
Mrs. B J Garrison, returning from shopping with bundles and a pocketbook, was attacked near Monmouth and Fifth streets. She fought back, resisted while the thief snatched the pocketbook and fled, leaving her exhausted yet unharmed after reaching home.
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B. J. Garrison
Jersey City
N. J
Monmouth and
Fifth Streets
A Japanese Rip Van Winkle tale told in mythic form
A fisherman meets the sea goddess who takes him to her undersea home and warns him not to open a golden casket. After three days his world has aged a century, his hair turns white, and he dies old. The tale closes with a reflection on life stages from childhood to old age.
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Rip van Winkle
Join at Once Telegram Sparks Quick Vows in Bombay Tale
A Bombay Gazette tale tells of a sub lieutenant who on sick leave marries a maiden after a colonel orders him to join at once. The couple misinterpret the telegram until the bride uncovers the command, and the marriage proceeds within forty eight hours as planned.
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Bombay Gazette
Poonah
Howeisever
Mare
A Nevada Tunnel Near Completion at Virginia City
The Sutro tunnel near Virginia City Nev has reached 18400 feet within fifty feet of the Comstock mining shaft. Its completion will reduce costs and provide ventilation and drainage for bonanza mines. Blasts can be heard from the Comstock workings and the work aims to connect by April 1 1878 with total costs about 2 830597 and remaining expenditure 230000 to finish plus 500000 to equip. The tunnel will lower pumping needs from 2300 feet depth at near three million dollars annually and cut ore moving costs from 4500 to 150 dollars daily.
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Virginia City
Nev
Comstock Lode
Comstock
Bonanza
Man Becomes Maniac After Practical Joke
A Ottawa dispatch reports Somerville of Thorne Pentise County became insane after a prank. He traveled with a friend toward Long Point asylum near Montreal. After being told he shot a magistrate while drunk, he fled to the woods. He was missing fourteen days before reappearing as a raving maniac.
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London Free Press
Ottawa
Ont
Somerville
Thorne
Pentise County
Long Point
Montreal
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