Opium Cure Tale From Sing Sing and A Baby With Teeth
A Denton Journal report recalls a long opium addiction ending in Sing Sing with a dramatic cure and subsequent revival through morphine treatment. It also notes a Chicago case of a baby girl born with a full set of teeth and notable vigor, and a New York Sun anecdote about a solar eclipse copy clash between editor Maurice Minton and a slow-moving astronomy professor.
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Sing Sing
Tie
Shel le
Marion Street
Lin Soie
Wade
Hoe
Hell
Ieard
Broadway
Tam
New York Sun
Harry Macdona
Maurice Minton
Minton
Ork
Which Gentlemen Are Made By Staf On Maine Street Aid
A sugar spill on Maine street drew laughter until a passing Hensbor stopped helped a girl. He used two evening papers he bought to wrap the broken sugar and tied the bundle for her, then left.
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Maine Street
Maine
Eagle Streets
Hensbor
Buffalo Courier
Amusing fetters and royal invitations in old anecdotes
A compilation recalls Horace Weston the champion banjo player and a London misread that led to a royal invitation. It then shifts to Col Dick Wintersmith and Kentucky mutton praised by visiting English nobles after tasting downs snails and bine grass fed pâté, per Washington Post.
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Horace Weston
United States
Mr. Weston
England
Jarret and Palmer
Jarrett
Mr. Jarrett
H.R. H
Victoria Regina
Windsor Castle
New York Herald
Kentucky
Duke of Sutherland
America
Southdown
Downs
Col. Dick
Rhoarsely
Chamberlain
John
Col. Wintersmith
Washington Post
Place name origins from local hills near Hiram
A Hiram correspondent explains the origins of local place names in the area. Bill Merrill mountain is said to honor hunter William Merrill who was stranded in a snowstorm and later calls for help before storms. Old Mare's hill recalls a starving horse, and a steep road precipice is known as Horse Hell after a horse fell and was kicked over the bank.
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Hiram
Oxford Democrat
Bill Merrill
William Merrill
Lewiston Journal
Eocls' Blood Shows Poisons in Cels
M Mosso of Turin reports experiments on cels blood revealing strong poison. Tiny serum amounts envenom a dog. 0.5 cubic centimeter under skin of a 35 pound dog killed it in four minutes. Eel blood could dispatch ten men in five pounds. Blood inert by mouth and loses toxicity when heated.
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M. Mosso
Turin
New York
Keeping Meat Fresh by Coagulating Albumen in Porcelain
A New York Telegram report describes preserving raw meat in porcelain vessels with boiling water poured over the surface to coagulate albumen, forming a protective film that shields the meat from heat and air. The method includes continual surface application of water to exclude air and prevent putrefaction.
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New York Telegram
Great West scenery seen through artistic eyes by J E Stuart
Chicago Herald notes painter J E Stuart of New York who summers in the West describes Rocky Mountain and Pacific scenery with high cliffs, Mount Tacoma, Mount Crater Lake, Yellowstone canyon, and vivid color harmonies. He praises the atmosphere and sunsets that inspire painters.
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Great West
J. E. Stuart
New York
West
Grand Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Oregon
Washington Territory
British Columbia
Dalles
Portland
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Stuart
Mount
Tacoma
America
Canadian Pacific
Yale
Banff
Cascade Range of
Mount Crater Lake
Yellowstone Canyon
Great Falls
Canyon
Chicago Herald
Booths Lincoln Assassination Night Echoes In Theater Tale
The piece recounts John Wilkes Booth planning and carrying out the assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, spiced with anecdotes about Booth’s ambition and reactions from Union friends. It weaves in other items from the era, including a white mocking bird and patent office curiosities.
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Eplesian
Brutus
Gen. Grant
Gen. Lee
Booth
Lee
Lincoln
President Lincoln
John T. Ford
North American Review
8. L. Butler
Wayt Dental Company
Butler
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Howard Melvin
George Baker
Park Avenue
Madison Street
Julia Orino Baker
Dr. Phillips
Annals of
Medical Science
Chicago
Jweppa PE
John Wilkes Booth
Boston
Brooklyn Eagle
Patent Office
Abraham Lincoln
Massachusetts
Duchess of Devonshire
Harper's Bazar
Inye Lange
Prica
Reliance
Henry M. Wrigiet
Oak Grove
Ded
Remoe
East Providence
Barttontore Co
Geo. W. Hostox
Galveston
Teres
St. Jacobs
Joerua Wyteim
Hall, Ind
McMore
Joliet
Bt. Jacobs Oll
J.D. Browh
Ozark
Jacobs Oll
Y. C. Herths
THE
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Huber
Wes
Mosiet
Biy
W. OR
Emerson & Bro
Baltimore St
Denny & Cox, Laston
Chester
Emma A. Ford
Chestertown
Lope
Ralphs
Bookers
Quaker Neck
Eastern Neck
Queenstown
Cheater River
Light St
Centreville
Kent Island
Rock Hull
Corsica River
Pier 7
Corsica
Crumpton
Grey's Inn
Pier
George Warfield
the Davis
DAVIS
Davis S. M. Company
Watertown, N. Y
Lk W. Smith
Ridgely, Md
Kinnamon & Shields
Peli
Gorance
Union Square
Dallas
ST Louis
Aiereas GA
Warnancsecocan
F. L. Thomas
Hurlock’s Station
Wiram Windsor
Hurlock’s
John E. Sard
Cambridge
Joan Covey
Denton
Allison Elliott
Athel
George Thomas
Cireensboro
Joan Creamer
Prince Anne
Benjamin Fooks
Oxford
aAmerican
Wheeler & Wilton
Favorite
Royal St
South Bend
Maryland
AL W. Willdtamson
Potter's Landing
Pealiquor
Ely's
Third Haven
Joppa
Yda
Pier 4
Easton
Double Mills
Travers
Oyster Shell Point
Medford’s
Dover Bridge
Two Johns
Potter’s Denton
Howard B. Ensign
M. Fisy
Ely
ASF
Texas
USA
T. W. Fisher
Hwarry W. Temple
T. WW. Fisher&Co. General Commission Merchants
Charles St
Hurst, Purnell & Co
W. K. Carson & Co
Fisher, Caulk & Co
National Hank
J. W. Kerr
George W. Haughley
ELY Brothers
Warrun St
New York City
Ace
Ukana Lakme
Epps’s
Frederick Fountain
R. J. Baker and Company
Baltimore, MD
South Carolina
Ney
Mod
James H. Coulbourn
Coulbourn & Moyer
Wholesale Commission
North Front &J
Philadelphia
P. W. Downes
Denton National Bank
J. Or. Godwin
Millsboro
Del
L. H. Gudd
Caroline County
Dukes & Hocker
Millville
J. M. Wooters
Cordova
John A. Nottingham
Capeville
Eli Snulebury
Dover
Goslin, Bros
A. R. Kilgore & Bro
Slub
H. T. Nuttle & Bro
Andersontown
W. E. Harley
East Salem
Richard T. Carter
Peter Orth
Mariette
Evitts & Holbrook
George A. Horn
Stony Brook
the National Bank of the Northern Liberties
Vine Sts
Phila
Wagner
Green House
enUisionee
Eastern Shore House
J.S Johnson & CO
South St
Francis Kelly & CO
Market St
Wilmington
Bolton Bros
E. Pratt ST
Baltimont
Tonsorial
Richard Nichols
Suaving Paxlor
J. HL. van Gegel
H. L. Meredith
Ridgely
Thomas A. Meta
Mid
Henry Irwin
Pliny Fisher
A. K. Bb
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Emory & Neavitt
South Street
Paltimore
Hiscox &Co
Parker
POE
Parkwiie
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