Illustrious Quadruplicate Constellation Copy in Review
A fragment discusses a copy of the Illustrated Quadruplicate Constellation from 1850 celebrating its size and production. It notes a Beagle 1850, counts of pages, cost per ream, and the extensive labor to publish a megasized medallion portrait of Crawford plus portraits of prominent figures and events from American wars.
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Aiator
Beagle
Roberts
Times and Herald
Rook
St! the
Ie Perdons
Crawford
America
Has ‘Beecher
Edward “Everett
Ee Greeley
James Gordon Bennett
E. H
Gbapin
James
Buchanan
Elizabeth "B. Browning
Edward Everett
Fredrika Bremer
Miss’Pardoe
Charles Lever
Fof Lesser
Bryant
Longfellow
Robbery at Milan Hotel Involving Don Carlos Fleece Necklace
Milan authorities search for the thief of Don Carlos from the collar of the golden fleece. The theft occurred in a hotel room while Don Carlos visited a town construction site. His secretary accompanied him. a long-serving valet kept the apartment secure. The prize satchel and valuables were locked in a drawer, opened only upon return, with prior theft attempts reported. A Spaniard prince and a Duke of Madrid were involved in a pursuit near the central station.
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Milan
Don Carlos
Pisce
Hotel de la Ville
Duke of Madrid
Undestructability of Enjoyment and Life Happiness
Fragmented quotation discusses lasting happiness from past joys, childhood upbringing, and long memory. It argues that calm life comes from rational indulgence and fond, wise parenting, with lasting remembrance extending into old age. Ends mid thought about seeking to return to work.
Grizzly Slays Four Buffalo With Fatal Attack
A Saskatchewan district report recalls a lone grizzly bear stalking a herd of four buffalo. The bear boldl y charged each bull, breaking necks with a single swipe. The final bull, younger but resolute, died after a tougher fight. the bear, fatally wounded, crawled into bushes to die.
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Igarind
Saskatchewan
Blue Glass Treatment Reported By English Doctor
The article notes Dr. Davis at Maidstone insane asylum reports rapid changes after three days in blue glass lighted rooms. Patients with hysteria and convulsions improve. some wash themselves for the first time and express remorse for past misconduct. Similar trials occur at Berndorf near Coblenz.
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England
Davis
Maidstone
Kent County
Berndorf
Coblenz
Germany
Baltimore Sun
An Office Seeker’s Canny Capital Quest
A young Westerner travels to the capital in October to seek a clerkship and learns the job will demand time. With limited funds he moves from a first class hotel to a six dollar month furnished apartment and lives on bread milk and fruit for twenty cents daily. After many disappointments he gains success in two and a half months, avoiding ruin by frugal living that would have forced him to seek charity or return home.
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The
Washington Post
Cra
Woo
York
Madison County
Tenn
New York
Oakland
Cal
United States
Paris Figaro
Cincinnati
Falcohol
Chester Tilden
Willimantiy Conn
Tilden
Samuel. Tilden
Azores
London
Newton
John
Oneida
N. Y
Isolated senses reveal brain sleep by sensory deprivation
A sixteen year old patient in Leipsic demonstrated nearly complete sensory isolation. By bandaging sight and stopping hearing, he fell asleep within minutes and could only be awakened by specific sensory stimuli. The experiment showed artificial sleep and selective awakening through targeted senses.
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Leipsic
Ferex
Dr. Strumpell
Diet and liquor drinking tested by Napier study
English scientist Charles Napier tested Liebig’s theory that alcohol use conflicts with farinaceous diet. Twenty seven drinkers showed results supporting the theory. A 60 year old abstinent for 35 years improved on a farinaceous diet, losing delirium tremens risk and gaining 28 pounds in seven months. Macaroni beans lentils and olive oil are noted as anti alcohol.
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Charles Napier
Liebig
Napier
Scientific American
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General Grant
Cairo
General Batcheller
Saratoga
Egypt
British India
Jim Timmons
Perrysburg
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Jim
Chicago
Dearborn Street
Daily News
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