Street Boys Disturb City Life Described as Mischievous Monkeys
A historical column portrays urban boys as a nuisance in crowded towns. It notes street mischief including window breaking and thrown projectiles, while contrasting them with predators, claiming most acts are impulse driven rather than calculated harm. The piece condemns urban squalor and the impact on vendors and carts.
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Pronkness
Haledon
Lofty Hills
Kewwane Hi
New York World
Plaen
Bailiwick
Rendexvous
High Mountain
Reland
Never smoked again after Grant’s cigar tale
A reminiscence recalls Thurlow Wood recounting his long habit of smoking and drinking, then a turning moment at Long Branch when General Grant offered a cigar. Wood describes resisting tobacco henceforth, and a masticated cigar given by a friend as a final symbol of his vow to stop.
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Grant
Raysav
New York
Thurlow Wood
Vetor Cooper
Saratoga
Dr. Freeman
Tal
Gin
Long Branch
John F. Henry
Gen. Grant
Mr. Wood
Rose Prin
Cholera Book Peddler Faces Off With Cass Avenue Resident
A doorbell encounter on Cass Avenue ends when a peddler offers a sealed envelope titled Cholera with a jokey boast of a companion book How the Cholera Travels. The resident refuses, citing no interest in cholera material, while the peddler pushes on before departing.
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Cass Avenue
Himacl
Dr. O
Frien
Fir’ Palace
Tata
Detroit
Prominent Victims Find Relief Through Harian Mitler Cure
Capt Joan raie of Ore and several others suffer severe facial neuralgia and chronic conditions. After doctors failed, they sought Drs Hariean and Mitler at St Charles Hospital New Orleans. Prescribed Preuss they report rapid pain relief and improved function. Additional letters from patients in Laurel Street New Orleans Gallipolis Wellston and Dadeville praise the remedy for rheumatism chronic ailments and facial pain with renewed sleep and mobility.
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Joan Raie
Hint
Drs. Hariean & Mitler
St. Charles Histol
New Orleans
Elizabeth
Hartman
Mia
C.J. Miles
Gallipolis
Harman & Co
Columbis
Huldah Ward
Wellston
A. B. Lovejoy
Dadeville
Ala
Parkas Manalin
Failures in 1888 US and Canada and a Cincinnati murder note
An 1888 business failure count reports 16 563 in the United States and Canada with many entries noted as large failures. A health failure figure says 10 568 people fell ill in a year and warns of Brown's Iron Bitters as a health restorer. Harriet, a Cincinnati wife killer, is slated for execution on September 4.
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United States
Cauda
Brown
It Wee Tee Good burglar alarm tower
A jumble of garbled lines describes a noisy burglar alarm system and a discussion of its purpose to awaken residents for burglar alerts. The text cites a rough estimate that about 90,000 people die daily worldwide, or more than one per second.
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Globe
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Sterling & CO
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