Duels and Duelists and the French Generals Fate
Col Monstery, veteran swordsman, recalls dueling worldwide and judges Boulanger’s duel failings. He calls for cool strategy over fury and contrasts pistol combat with swords. An anecdote recalls a Garibaldi era recruit facing Gen Fardella at dawn in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Monstery
Europe
Mexico
South
Central America
Gen. Boulanger
Boulanger
Floquet
Col
Monstery
Dillon
Duke de Grammont de Chartreuset
Paris
Floquet-Boulanger
Doulanger
Chave
Alse
Col. Monsterey
Central American
Col. Garcia
Col. Mejea
New York
Ore Col. Cans Ae
Garibaldi
Fardella
Natigne Regniligue Pes Report
Regniligue Pes reports a surge in regional incidents affecting daily life. Officials urge caution as authorities review recent events and plan safety improvements for the community.
Fragmentary Civil War Advice Hidden in Quack Remedies
An 19th century account mocks a military siege scene while lampooning medical quackery. A colonel counsels timing and feints to outlast a foe, then pivot to spoofed “prescriptions” from the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Paris and London Compared in a Continental Tour
The writer contrasts Paris favorably with London praising its climate dining, shops, social ease, and dress norms. Paris is described as more vibrant yet quieter, with superior produce and cuisine, while London is critiqued for fog and formality. The piece anche mentions American visitors and a Prince in Windsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Londos
Bendoni
London
Metropole
Metropole N Fonden
George R. Gibson
New York Graphic
New Dr Strangely Proposed Cure for Alcoholism
An article discusses a controversial medical claim that subcutaneous injections of strychnine can cure the desire for drink. It cites 1871 1873 French doctors and describes daily injections over a week or ten days, noting dramatic effects and severe side effects. The piece urges police surgeons to test this method and mentions Russian stations proposed for saving drunkards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugslow
Dujendin- Boimetz
Russia
Newark Advertiser
The Student Diet: Digestive Habits and Food Choices
M Maurice M D argues in Globe Democrat that a sedentary student should eat a concentrated, varied diet and give the stomach time to digest. He says greasy foods are not worse than thin soups and that beef mutton and eggs aid digestion, while undigested food causes dyspepsia and lax work of the stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Maurice
Globe-Democrat
Life on the Farm as Youth Imagines a Simple Dream
A brief dialogue from Youth’s Companion imagines farm life for Tom and Dick. They debate owning land, growing pumpkins and peas, and making a cow from cucumber, dreaming of health wealth and wisdom in adulthood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Harry Lee
India Reforming Marriage Customs Says Globe
The Chicago Globe reports India plans reforming marriage customs with brides and grooms at ages 18 and 19 respectively and reduced festivities. It notes the aim to ease expenses. The piece adds that a man with 8500 a year should rely on his future father in law for support in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Chicago Globe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Imi Lea Ail Day
Voreigner
Hee Dillon Pribune
Natigne
FLV
RISO
Pega Bhy
Morton
Hey
Canat
Tullet Hare
Vatetha
Sandor
New York Commercial Advertiser
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Windsor
Thames
Castle
Prince Henry of
Bartenberg
New York Press
Detroit
Australia
England
Chicago Herald
Benes Ees
R. CL
ELAT
Ersc2bes
Boriebie
G. W. Dart Hardware Co
Montana
ST. Dillon, Mont
Tele Dillon Jewelry and Guit Store
Zford Dillon
Mont Watches ExAcTing Service
L. Kupfer
Howard
and Elgin
Masa 'Ss Soh Oh Principa
HlesRhtowrs Exclurtt
Nurnts Geattuy Jeweler
Rockford
Viory
Maso
L. C. Fyhrie & CO
California Powder Works
Edward Marlow
Helena Street
Dillon, Mertanat
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!