Richard Croker rises in Tammany Hall to power
An aging Richard Croker evolves from a rough subordinate to the master of Tammany Hall. The piece traces his twenty year rise from obscurity through coercive tactics to a controlled leadership style, using moral force over brute force to govern.
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Adark
Richard Creber
Tareniaos
Cancises
Watamany
Couple’s Odd Courtship Ends in Wedding After Punch
An awkward start in the evening led to lasting affection between two people. They met after an accident and grew to admire each other, culminating in a wedding the following evening. The groom joked at the toast that his courtship began with giving his future wife a punch in the nose.
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Eny
Savernish
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Mar
Alex
United States
Late Henry Reeve Editor of Edinburgh Review Dies
Henry Reeve longtime editor of the Edinburgh Review dies at an advanced age. He succeeded Sir George Cornewall Lewis in 1855 and continued the Jeffrey tradition with translations of De Tocqueville and other works. His notable editorship included Charles Greville’s journals and commentary on contemporary figures.
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Henry Reeve
Edinburgh Review
Reeve
George Cornewall Lewis
The
Great Quarterly
Jeffrey
Voodoo Beliefs and a Secret Priesthood Amid Haiti’s Coast
The account describes explorers in Haiti encountering a feared voodoo rite. A missing engineer resurfaces in Port au Prince scarred by trials, while his companion perishes and a surviving survivor reveals a harsh tale of ensnaring rituals. The obeah doctors hold forbidden knowledge passed father to son and sometimes to a wife, driving a wall between belief and danger.
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Gonaives
Harti
Port du Pays
Sea Codsl
Piscat
Bellaire
Pert Au Pilice
eny @blile
Herbert Stordet
Port Ai Pvitee
Congo Basin
Americans Abroad in Lake Como Folly and Florence Oddities
A Chicago Record item recounts quiet amusements of statians with Foglish and American tourists. A steamer on Lake Como features an English woman asking a captain to name a mountain. The captain guesses Monte Stomacha amid farcical misnaming and a string of curious anecdotes about Florence, the papacy, and phony identifications, ending in a jumble of names and phrases.
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Monte Stomacha
Ipherito Pele
Florence
Baegeker
Padua
Taderen
Chutr
Pickled Mix From Green Tomato and Cabbage Crate
A method describes finely chopping green tomatoes cabbage red peppers and celery then pressing the mixture in a stone jar for twenty four hours to extract water. The liquid is pressed for flavor and mixed with celery seed mustard seed and cider vinegar as a pickling base.
Hypophosphites and Cod Liver Oil in Consumption Care
The article asserts hypophosphites can prevent and cure consumption if used early and improve appetite digestion and nerves. It notes they lack the unique medicine properties that cod liver oil provides, while both remedies hold value in treatment.
Fragmented OCR note on cod liver oil emulsion and hypophosphites
An unreadable OCR fragment discusses cod liver oil with hypophosphites and emulsification. It mentions testing, bearable emulsion forms, and references to years of use and patient experiences without clear facts or events.
Kennedy Medical Discovery Fragment Teases Wide Research
A garbled historical page fragment mentions Kennedy and medical discovery with scattered names and terms. It references researchers or figures such as Purdy and Joseph Cheerie Stee alongside unclear locations and events. The text hints at expanding the work and a first date, but many words are indecipherable.
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Joseph Cheerie
Fred Ibn Seib
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