On Their Travels and the Patchwork Pursuit
A humorous snippet traces a chain of people the editors will contact in turn, from the man who wrote the editor to the reader who ignores a paragraph, then the would be candidate, the fire phrase, and the lagging subscriber. The parade grows from two to eight figures in a playful search of who reads and who writes for the paper.
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New York
Matt
Elmira Advertiger
Jamestown Journal
Camden Post
Brookville Democrat
Worcester Press
St. Louis Times
Russian Remedy for Hydrophobia Described in Land and Water
A London correspondent reports Russian hydrophobia treatment using rose beetle larvae Cetonia aurata. In Saraton villagers harvest larvae, metamorphose and kill beetles, dry and powder them for doses after a bite. Doses vary by age and disease stage, with a long sleep as the effect. Surgical bite treatment noted. defensive use in dogs.
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Iiondon
Saraton
Stalking Buffalo in Snow by Stealth and Blankets
A detailed Buffalo hunting manual describes stalking in deep snow. It notes how hunters creep within gunshot by using bushes, drifts, and later a white blanket for concealment. The piece recounts a hunter’s six-shot success before the herd finally bolted.
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British America
London Whipping-Post for Robbery with Violence
Five young men sentenced at the Central Criminal Court were flogged at Newgate jail. West first faced the lashes. his defiant look gave way to screams after the third lash. Discoloration of the skin and blood marked the punishment, which lasted only a few minutes.
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London
Central Criminal Court
Newgate
West
London Telegraph
Edison as Printer in Early Career
Dr Cleland told in Philadelphia that Thomas A Edison began as a Grand Trunk Railroad newsboy between Detroit and Port Huron. He studied type setting in the Detroit Free Press office, built a traveling case in his train car, and published a small paper that circulated 508 copies.
Pen and Paste Pot Castodys Over City Claim
A noted proverb compares the pen with the paste pot as a stronger force, suggesting humble craft can prevail over grand urban power. The saying emphasizes wit over conquest and the value of practical tools in leadership.
Mac and the Landlady at the Dry Goods House
A Detroit News item recounts Mac, a core clerk near Woodward Avenue, who faces overcharge for meals during his wife’s absence. Oddly, a string of substitute diners—each with a problem—arrives and vanishes, while Mac awaits his wife’s return to curb the landlady’s board policy.
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Woodward Avenue
Mac
Detroit News
Poison of Naples Aqua Tofana and its legend
The article recalls Aqua Tofana a mysterious poisonous liquid from Naples at the turn of the 18th century. It notes Iofani the Sicilian creator, reports conflicting fates for her, and describes the drink as a tasteless water causing slow death from thirst and weakness. It mentions arsenic as a probable main ingredient and suggests concealment additives.
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Naples
Lofani
Lobat
Keyssler
A Question of Identity Over an Insurance Claim
A German widow in New York fights to prove her dead husband’s identity to collect $7,000 in life policies from Etna and Mutual Life. She travels between Hartford St Louis and Texas, aided by railroads, winning a district court ruling that was appealed. The case hinges on matching papers and witnesses to identify the deceased as Wackerle rather than Etener and continues after six years of effort.
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New York Evening Post
Etna Insurance Company
Hartford
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Wackerle
Frank Eterner
St. Louis
Texas
R. J. Looney
Shreveport
Supreme Court
Song Birds of the West
Harper's Magazine surveys western songbirds across diverse habitats. It notes the lark and lark sparrow in valleys, sparrows in sagebrush plains, black headed grassbeak by cottonwoods, house finch, wood-wren, Louisiana tanager, and thrushes in pine forests and canyons. Most species common to the West are also found near the coast, but regional variety stands out.
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West
Hell
Louisiana
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