English Suitor Saves Melanie in Norman River Rescue
In Virentan a Parisian count wins Melanie Pontoise by proving his worth after a dramatic river drowning attempt. The prefect M. Pontoise and his wife confront social pressure as Melanie and Tom Paget join in advising a hopeful marriage amid a perilous moment and a life saved.
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M. Pontoise
Virentan
le Conte de
Ia Croiseria
Miic
Melanie Pontoise
Pontoise
England
Mle Comte de In Crossorie
Mamma
M. de la Croisaire
Melanie
Mr. Paget
Jolause
Mme. Pontoise
Alice
Tom
Soalterel
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Dsthou Ater
M. le Prefect
M. de la Croiser
Chateau
Mela
Mademolwelle
Grofunds
Mm. Pontoise
Refeue
Tom Paget
Paris
Phiemyrod
Mme. Pountoise
Parla
Lkely
Buffalo Hunt Ends in Fatal Fall of My Own Mustangs
Cincinnati Enquirer recounts Thad’s brutal chase with a bull buffalo as his horse falters. A desperate shot wounds the beast but the rider is knocked down, the mustang dies from the collision, and the hunter narrowly survives the deadly encounter amid a chaotic pursuit across the prairie.
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Thad
Jean
Warman
Idako
Cincinnati Enquirer
Notice and pay in contracts for higher paid workers
The article outlines that managers cashiers and clerks above copyist level are usually bound for an indefinite term with three months notice, while copying clerks and similar workers require one month. It explains mutuality and the one sided ability of masters to dismiss with salary, while workers must serve proper notice, and notes damages in breaches. Chambers Journal
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Chambers’ Journal
Doctor Holmes recounts first draught of atmospheric air
Dr Holmes writes to a friend about taking his first draught of the fatal atmospheric air on the 29th of pagaat 1809. He cites his father’s Massachusetts Register footnote and ends with a cordial sign off from Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Opium Smoking Ritual Described in San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle article details an opium smoking process with a lamp, wire, and box of opium. It describes roasting, shaping into pills, transferring to a pipe, and repeated inhalations until the smoker falls into dreamland.
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Han
Dreamland
San Francisco Chronicle
Muir Glacier Awe Described From Glacier Bay Alaska
A Pittsburg Dispatch correspondent reports in vivid terms from Glacier Bay describing Muir Glacier. He details a day spent among icebergs, a face hundreds of feet high, miles of glacier width, and ice calving that hurls water and rocks high. The piece extols Alaska as surpassing Niagara and Yellowstone as a supreme American scenic treasure.
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Pittsburg, Dispatch
Glacier Bay
Alaska
Muir Glacier
Lake George
Hudson River
Niagara Falls
Yellowstone Park
Gad-Swinger in Texas Provokes Pedagogue Conversation
An Austin hotel clerk mistakes a dignified black-clad stranger as a con artist. the man reveals he is a professor from the University of Texas. The exchange plays on regional terms and class stereotypes, ending with a playful tease about misidentification as a monte shai from San Antonio.
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Austin
Tam
University of Texas
North Carolina
Gad-awingers
San Antonio
Texas Siftings
New York
San Francisco
Smith
Jones
San Francisco News Letter
A Healthful Habit in Tropical Fruit Trade
The Manchester Mirror notes the rise of tropical fruits in American households. Bananas oranges and lemons once luxaries are common, with melons peaches pears plums and berries now widely consumed. The shift promotes health and happiness, with little danger of overspending on ripe sound fruit.
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Manchester Mirror
Villard's Change of Fevitence In Berlin's Star
A late 19th century notice discusses Henry Villard resuming residence in his native land. It notes potential roles in government service under Bismarck and profitable banking, once a major American enterprise figure with a fortune around five million. The piece contrasts rising fame with rapid decline and references railway speedster Ernest Mousen and a new Italian diphtheria treatment using cold wet sheets, gargles, and stimulants, with high recovery in trials.
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Henry Villard
Berlin
Bismarck
Villard
Els Samo
Jay Cooke
Troy Times
Hood's Sarsaparilla for Catarrh Cure
Advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease needing a constitutional remedy. Hood's Sarsaparilla is said to reach all parts of the system through the blood, offering a radical and permanent cure even for severe catarrh. Made by C. T. Hood & Co. Lowell, Mass.
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Hood
C. T. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
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