May Day Dreamer and Daisyville Move Tale
A lengthy May Day vignette follows a country girl named Bessie Gray and her stubborn horse Charley as they struggle to reach Daisyville. A chance meeting with Charles Marks Jr leads to a proposal, Charley’s obedience, and a new life for Bessie and her family at Grass town with a kindly gardener.
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Charley
Lion
Daisyville
G'long
Grasstown
Bessie
Charles Marks, Jr
Charles Marks
Mr. Marks
Heit
Harper's Weekly
Edison Phonograph and its far reaching future vision
The piece surveys Edison’s evolving phonograph ideas including writing letters by phonograph, recording sheets with 40 000 words per sheet, and the aim to apply the device to hospitals, poetry, languages preservation and even to enhance telegraph and telephone systems. It notes Edison’s careful optimism about extending the device’s practical uses and combining it with communications tech.
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Edison
Telegraph Company
New York
Boston
Springfield Republican
Two Senators Meet Former Partner in Congress
Washington corresp describes Sen Mitchell of Oregon and Rep Thompson of Pennsylvania meeting in the Senate chamber. The story recalls their law partnership in Butler, 1860, when Hipple absconded with firm funds, changed his name to Hipple Mitchell, remarried on the Pacific coast, and later reestablished ties with Thompson.
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Senate
Washington
Mitchell
Oregon
Thompson
Pennsylvania
Butler
Thompson & Hipple
Hipple
Pittsburgh
Congress
Pacific Coast
John Mitchell Hipple
John Hipple Mitchell
Washington Cor
Philadelphia Times
French druggist fined for improper prescription in Lille
Dr Foote's Health Monthly notes a Lille pharmacist who improvised a prescription for a consumption patient using phosphate of lime and bitter orange peel but substituted cod liver oil and bark extract. He was fined $12.50 and ordered to advertise his conviction in three local papers.
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Foote
Lille
France
Princeton Undergraduate in Narrow Escape on Train
A Princeton undergraduate, angered by a flirtatious widow, is reduced to a wrecked state aboard a train. Passengers restrain the mother from harming him further, the man escapes to a smoking car, then flees into the woods as the train stops. The incident underscores risks of flirting and the danger posed by the young man.
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Erie Railway
Princeton
Cakdaniee
Uate
Iate
N. Y
Drowning Dangers and Breath-Holding Physiology
Dr. S. Tracy notes water in the lungs greatly reduces breath and can quicken unconsciousness when air is blocked. He cites theater divers like Undine and Johnson the ocean swimmer, who can stay submerged for minutes, while unconsciousness ensues within one to two minutes if the head is submerged and breathing is not held.
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Chloe
Edison
Norristown Herald
Exeter
N. H
Tilton
Paris
New York Herald
Montgomery County
Philadelphia
Greeley
Indiana
Ohio
Artemus Ward
Charles F. Browne
Browne
Dr. Cuyler
Brooklyn
CIA
McCullagh
Ross Street Presbyterian Church
New York
Enchanted Grotto
Undine
Johnson
Dr. S. Tracy
Popular Science Monthly
Dr Pierce opens grand Invalids and Tourists Hotel at Buffalo
Dr R V Pierce opened the Invalids and Tourists Hotel in Buffalo New York with press and civic receptions April 29 30. The modern French structure sits on high ground facing the Niagara River and features extensive ventilation steam heating Turkish baths electric baths a Swedish health lift and a large chemical fire extinguishing system. The 250 guest capacity tower reaches 140 feet and the hotel opened May 1 amid expectations of strong success.
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R. V. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara
Dr. Pierce
A Primitive Fence Patent Amid Adverts and Medical Claims
A post and rail fence design is described with precise measurements and technique for securing rails using wooden pins and wire passed through holes in posts. The passage shifts to ads for Dr Bull's Baby Syrup and Winnert's Fever and Ague Tonic, praising safety and efficacy. It also notes a New York fire harming brushes and brooms impacting Western art sales, and ends with a sale notice by Wheelock Finay & Co. in New Orleans.
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Wheelock, Finay & Co
New Orleans
Fashionable Summer Fads Include Wide Belts and Pearl Trim
The passage catalogs summer fashion trends such as wide belts with brocaded ribbons and mother-of-pearl buckles, porcelain buttons, jet and horn fastenings, and new hats with gold headed balls and pearl powder. It notes changes in fabrics like crepe batiste and brocatelle damasse, and updates on dresses, mantillas, morning wraps, and stockings.
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Havana
Insurance Policy Lifts Farm Security Amid Fire Risks
A pamphlet urges farmers to protect life and property by securing insurance. It extols the American Insurance Company of Chicago for farm dwelling and barn coverage, cites cash assets of over $904 thousand, and notes it leads state business with sizable installment notes and large regional receipts.
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Cktingulah
Alanget
Iit
Exquisie
Minneapolis
American Insurance Company
Chicago
Illinois
Insurance Department
Indiana
Missouri
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ohio
Why He Wouldn't Marry Her Cartoon dialogue and remedy pitch
A man refuses marriage over a girlfriend’s nose while a companion jokes about it. An advertisement then touts Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, claiming disinfecting breath deodorizes odor and heals catarrh, sold by druggists.
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George
Kitty
Dr. Sage
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Detroit
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