Moonlit excursion ends at Thunder Bay in young romance
A party returns from a lakeside retreat near Thunder Bay after a moonlit ascent and a night of storytelling and song. Anne Helfenstein and Sergeant Dick share glances while Harry Hugay foments humorous verse about Nip’s mishaps, ending with plans to depart for Saginaw and homeward ships. The tale notes changing affections, playful rivalries, and the end of the Dream Fulfilled as a lumber mill rises at the site.
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Nip
Lake Huron
Faust
Shakspeare
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Mr. Green
Ned
Jerusalem
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Sable
Anne
Ente Vanaint
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Ole Feller
Saginaw
Bill Barker
St. Clair
Mary Barker
Sergeant Dick
Herbert
Clementine
Salaiis
Sallie
Boston
Thunder Bay
Florence
Steam pipes and wood fire hazard at Boston Institute
Mn C C Huxg recalls that the Institute of Technology in Boston warned of steam pipes in contact with wood. Heated wood becomes charcoal, promoting spontaneous combustion. In a petroleum distillation setup steam coils near a wall ignited boards used to shield a mortar wall from steam discharge.
Josh Billings Portraits from a New York Office
The New York Mail and Express quotes Mr Ormond G. Smith describing Josh Billings in detail. He recalls Billings writing for twenty years at $100 weekly, his blunt honesty, and his habit of collecting sayings. Billings admired Beecher but challenged revolution rhetoric and valued truth in humor. He favored plain dress, a sharp eye for shams, and kept a notebook of quips.
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Josh Billings
Ormond G. Smith
New York Weekly
Illinois
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Mr. Beecher
Beecher
Colorado
Alsop
Artemus Ward
Bergen Point
Tommy
Bunko
Broadway
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Timothy Morton
Syracuse
James W. Bailey
Rochester
Mr. Bailey
New York Mail and Express
Sumner Faced Harsh Treatment in Senate Clash
The article recalls how Charles Sumner endured harsh treatment from rivals and even some party colleagues. It notes a Nevada senator jokingly calling him a nuisance and a moment when Senator Hamlin prompted the gallery to sing Old Hundred as Sumner spoke on his relations with party leaders.
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Senate
Mr. Sumner
Stewart
Nevada
Massachusetts
Sumner
Hamlin
Maine
New York Star
Empress Josephine’s Endless Fashion Passion Revealed
Brooklyn Magazine recalls Josephine’s lavish dress habit funded by a 600 000 franc yearly stipend. She changed linen daily, owned hundreds of shawls, and wore new costumes for every event, exhausting funds and infuriating Bonaparte who saw no end to her expenditures.
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Joshephine
Bonaparte
Brooklyn Magazine
Dickens fortunes debated as reprints spread across papers
Article notes surprise Dickens did not leave a larger fortune than fifty thousand pounds, arguing his total property may approach a hundred thousand with much from reading profits. It recalls early poor bargains with publishers, and Talfourd’s estimate of potential yearly earnings, while stressing Dickens earned every shilling himself and supported a lavish London household and large family.
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Talfourd
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Cat
London
Medical Dissent Sparsely Cited by Quoted Doctors
An assembled mock tribunal of expert voices criticizes medical practice as unreliable and conjectural. The quotations, attributed to authorities from Mott to Brans and Coopr, challenge reliance on doctors and echo calls for scrutiny in death cases and remedies such as Warner's safe cure.
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Rush
Philadelphia
Dr. Frank
Astley Coopr
Brans
Rgb
Scotland
Dio Lewis
Warner
Medical Herald
Stranger mistaken for shipmate stirs saloon reunion
A stranger at a ferry area saloon is mobbed by seven old lake captains who believe he is Tom from the Plover. They shower drinks and reminiscences, recall rescues and wrecks, and the man, overwhelmed, pays for the rounds and finally bolts outside in embarrassment.
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Tom
Sturgeon Point
Saginaw Lay
Old Boy
Lake Erie
Detroit Free Press
Night of Terror in Tugela Camp: Stanley Describes Mass Capture
Henry M. Stanley recounts a scene of mass captivity with naked captives, fettered youths, and restrained mothers among groups under sheds. He describes the burning town, torches, and musket fire that end many lives in a swift, soundless sleep.
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Enry M. Stanley
Woman Testifies In Suit For Breach Of Promise
In a Chicago courtroom Miss Someage testifies that on September 3 she asked Mr Sauvnt to marry her after visiting his photograph gallery and he promised to take her as his wife.
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Miss Someage
Patent medicines promise cures and tonics from Buffalo ad
An advertisement extols cures for mental or organic weakness and nervous debility using a 10 cent stamp request. It promotes the Ferro ay Elixir of Calisaya as a superior tonic against fevers and other ailments, with claims of wide efficacy and a mailing address for the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York.
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Charlton &J
New York
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
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Calisaya
Coouth
Seaman Co
Endorsement for Red Star Cough Cure by Doctors
The Washington Post notes many eminent physicians praise Red Star Cough Cure for treating coughs and colds. It is described as effective, free of dangerous ingredients, and without morphia or opium, offered at 25 cents.
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National Capital
The
Washington Post
Pyrophone: A Gas Fueled Musical Invention
The Pyrophone is a new musical device using gas to produce sound. It features a three octave compass, a keyboard like an organ, and thirty seven glass tubes with gas jets that burn in circles. When burners part the tone sounds. when they close the note stops. The pitch depends on burner number and pipe size, enabling the full scale. Some tubes reach eleven feet high and the instrument’s voice like timbre is rich and delicate.
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for scrofulous lung ulceration through blood purification and liver maintenance. It claims the vegetable compound strengthens the system against future disease and urges asking druggists for the product.
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Perce
Pierce
Absent-mindedness Stirs Saloon Anecdote on Broadway
A quiet party recalls a Drake's Travelers' tale about a man who walked away with his change after ordering whisky. He forgot to drink, mistaking the bottle for payment while the others watched in amusement. The anecdote highlights a vivid moment of absent-mindedness from a saloon on Broadway.
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Broadway
Drake
Travelers’ Magazine
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets Endorsement
The text extols Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as effective for liver and stomach diseases and bilious headache. It notes the pills are sugar-coated, preserve no discomfort in operation, and are packaged in glass vials, appealing to those with swallowing difficulties.
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