Taxes and health oddities in 1871 era notices
Public tax notice from Nelson Richmond, treasurer of Clinton County, detailing 1871 tax rates, collection period from October 6 to December 20 with a 5 percent penalty for unpaid taxes and special rules for road tax receipts. The page also includes health primers on fainting and apoplexy, barrel cleansing instructions, notes on President Gowen’s salary, weaving techniques, and assorted short curiosities.
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Twill
McArthur
Nel Richmond
Finton County
Tea from red clover touted as cancer cure trial
Reports in the Boston Herald cite a Newburyport sea captain who believes red clover tea and external applications healed a nose cancer. He says a cancer fully developed two and a half years ago has nearly disappeared under the treatment.
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Boston Herald
Newburyport
Boston Conventions Split on Woman Suffrage Question
In two Boston meetings last week the Prohibitory convention tabled a female suffrage resolution by a small majority while the Labor Reformers with a similar vote endorsed the movement.
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Boston
Town suffrage group expels members with sex views on marriage
Town women’s suffrage association votes to expel any member known to entertain sex views of the marriage relation, signaling a strict stance on social beliefs within the organization.
American Lady Sells Testaments in Rome Streets
An American woman selling Testaments on the streets of Rome operates without interruption. She is described as being sent out by the Bible Society, promoting religious texts amid city life.
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Rome
The
Bible Society
Polish for Metals Tarnish Prevention Formula
A historical Polish method describes making a protective polish by melting paraffin with petroleum to form a carbureted hydrogen compound. Apply a thin coat to metals and wipe excess to prevent tarnish, noting the solution remains unaffected by moisture and air.
A Brave Irishwoman on Lifeboat Heroism Explores Duty
London dispatches recount a daring rescue where a woman sailed from shore in a small boat to save a man stranded on a wreck near Daogheda bar. Six men perished as lifeboat crews hesitated, prompting calls to explain the delay while praising the heroine's life risking act.
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Ssea
Miss Mary Alcott Moves to London to Study Picture Art
Miss Mary Alcott sister of the author of Little Women has settled in London to study pictorial art, a field she is said to promise to excel in. The notice also remarks that some tailors would make capital dragoons, as they charge so.
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Manchester
Perth
N. B
Mary Alcott
London
Cholera Prevention Advice and London Post Office Beverage
Thomas Nicholson forwards a London Registrar General guide to prevent cholera and control diarrhea. It notes cotemporaneous remedies such as an orange peel beverage recommended by Dr Waller Lewis, used successfully at the London post office in 1866, with 1350 gallons consumed to reduce reliance on raw water and beer.
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Thomas Nicholson
New Orleans
Picayune
London
Wight
Dre Waller Lewis
London Post-Office
Be Not Deceived on God and Nature and Mercy
A sermon-like meditation argues that only God in Nature Providence and Scripture offers forgiveness. Nature shows harsher judgment, while Christ offers pardon and life to believers. The author laments the enduring human misery caused by persistent violation of divine law.
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God
Christ
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