Doctors Save Woman After Long Night of Galvanism
Mrs Annie Oakle of 69 Prospect Street ingested laudanum last night. Doctors Kent Myers and Hurd used galvanic batteries to keep her awake and counteract the narcotic, delivering strong electrical currents for hours until her pulse revived at dawn. The patient later expressed regret at being saved, saying she wished to die.
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Paterson
N. J
Annie Oakle
Prospect
Kent
M. Ds
War and odd science report from a torn Daily News sketch
A vivid war scene describes Turkish prisoners moving in a grim column near Fratesti and Putenieu in Roumania. The piece shifts to a New York case of a seven year old boy Albert with a rare craniopagus like division, the right half appearing older and larger than the left, yet capable of fluent English and German speech under Dr. Bertinelli’s examination.
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London Daily News
Fratesti
Putenieu
Roumania
Plevna
Osman Pasha
Theittle Bridge
Bertinelli
Rutherford Place
Mercury
Eldridge Street
George Pheifer
Albert
Dr. Jacobi
West Thirty-fourth Street
Curious growth case says one boy two halves too unequal
A New York Mercury report quotes Dr. Bertinelli reflecting on a boy whose growth pattern produces a very uneven physique. The child’s shoes and clothing illustrate the mismatch, with the large foot outgrowing the small one and plans to adapt outfits by splitting garments. The case is described as singular and watched by medical circles.
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Bertinelli
New York Mercury
White Albino Deer Reported in Cape Cod Forests
A writer in Forest and Stream recalls a legendary white albino deer said to roam Plymouth and Barnstable counties since 1871. The giant creature, described as cow-sized with massive horns like a rustic rocking chair, is allegedly sighted hundreds of times near a North Farm lodge area.
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Plymouth
Barnstable
Mass
North
Cape Cod
A Human Monstrosity in a Cincinnati Saloon Family
A Cincinnati Commercial account details a western city saloon keeper whose wife bore a child described as a monstrosity. The infant, blind and speechless with no apparent intellect or digits, has lived 27 years hidden in the home, fed and cared for by the family despite the community’s curiosity.
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Cincinnati
Western Row
Lung test brag leads to unintended blow at singing school
A young man boasted of lung power at a singing school gathering and pressed a left handed, tired, and washing day participant to strike him in the chest. She complied, but after being struck he collapsed and said he would die more easily lying down. He later recalled no Tang, while observers fed him.
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Moore Township
Pines
Fragmentary Historical Notes and Uneven Anecdotes
A patchwork of quoted snippets covers 19th century topics from executions and gold mine claims to religious demographics. It mentions ninety million implied contexts, including murderers hanged in 1877, a Tennessee gold mine claim, and varied social topics such as prayer, temperance, and sectarian intolerance. It also touches on massacres of Communards, US senators, and a Georgia duel, all in a jumbled compilation of paraphrase and garbled OCR text.
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Sagi Leki Ion Abed
Meni
United States
Hiram Silvour
Traveriered S
Tennessee
South Africa
Maxime du Camp
Commune
Versailles
Rewan
Paris
United ‘States
Beriton
Missouri
King
Alabama
Senate
Arkansas
Ark-an-saw
Arkan-sas
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Perry
Georgia
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Shelton
Kingsbury
Kingabury
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