Sedan chairs and hotel key anecdotes in 19th century lore
The article surveys sedan chair origins and usage linked to Napoléon III era, noting English sightings since 1581 and James I era introductions by Sir 8, Dancombe. It references the Pickwick era, 1834 London transfer, and hotel key slips as a quirky human tidbit, concluding with a New Orleans detail about mailed key acknowledgments.
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Phe Sedunm-Chatr
Siam
Minjesty
James I
New Orleans
Devastating Midwest Storm Wrecks Towns and Crops
Dispatches report a violent tornado and storm sweeping Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin causing extensive property damage and multiple deaths. Homes barns and churches destroyed, crops ruined by hail and winds up to ninety miles per hour. Fire and lightning storms accompany the devastation, with casualties in Mason City Joio and Marshalltown.
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Imnols
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Lowe
Lisl
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Wls
Wiond
Mum
Joio
Towa
Marshalltown
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Clear Lote
Rockwell
Winona
Svorg
Poorin County
Knox County
Havana
Ill
Margaret Loja- Inger
John Lelninger
Mason Otts
Tron
Frank Henderson
Frank Xfe Mullen
Litebucld
Zion City overseer Voliva plans exit with followers
Wilbur Glenn Voliva confronts legal resistance as he anticipates leaving Zion City and creating a new colony elsewhere. Judge Landis appoints a co receiver role with John C. Hately amid court orders for sale of Zion City factory assets.
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Bhy
Landis
United States District Court 1
John C. Hately
Zion
Zion City Ince
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Ushin
Hulle
Deekiad Vollynna
Historic timeline tainted by wars and reforms
A fragmented ledger lists battles and events from 1214 to 1905 spanning Europe and America. It notes Crómwell’s victory, Columbus’ Trinidad discovery, the Burgesses in Virginia, naval actions and sieges, abolition progress, and the rise of telegraph services, interspersed with Societal debates on money morality and poverty.
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Montcalm
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Poland
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Benedict Arnold
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Britich
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Laris
London Bridge
William
Toronto
Buffalo
Montreal
Rochester
Grane
Speke
Winchester
Chambersburg
Sherman
Avanta
Mobile Bay
Colorado
Princess Lounge of Wales
Duke of Fife
Jackson
Conercas
Japan
Ohine
Atlantic City
N. A
Paris
Andrew Carnegie
Dunfermline
Scotland
Saghalin
New South Polar Expedition Aims For 1908 Pole Dash
Shackleton, veteran of the Discovery expedition, sails from London aboard the Indurance for King Edward VII Land to establish winter quarters for twelve parsons and two years’ provisions. The plan is a south pole dash in the 1908 summer, with equipment including a motor car and gear for rough terrain.
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London
King Edward VII
South Pole
The Art of Reading Mexder and Stipa
A fragmentary critique extols reading as entering into sympathy with art. It argues true enjoyment depends on absorbing every word and episode as intended by the author, warning against skipping parts which diminish the work’s beauty and unity.
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Beire
Jet
Don's Kidney Pills advertised cure story for veteran
A Indianapolis reader recounts severe kidney and bodily pains after illness in 1807. He credits Don's Kidney Pills with easing pain, reducing swelling, and restoring health over years. The testimonial promotes the medicine available for 50 cents per box from Foster Milburn Co.
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Frank Doremus
Roosevelt Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Dorton
Don
Foster-Milburn Co
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No Belief From Eczema Ends Two Years Patented Cures Fail
A resident reports two years of eczema misery with no relief from doctors, quacks, or tonics until using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Tresolvent. The testimonial from Tippecanoe Indiana dated November 16, 1905 credits immediate relief and recovery to the Cuticura remedies.
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V. Beltz
Tippecanoe, Ind
New Homes in the West offer free pamphlet on homestead laws
Advertisement for free pamphlet detailing United States homestead laws and steps to obtain a quarter section of farming or grazing land along the Chicago and Northwestern route in South Dakota and other states. Includes rates for homeseekers and directs requests to W B Kolsketu, Passenger Trade Manager, Chicago and Northwestern Ry.
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Chicago & Northwestern Ry
South Dakota
Wytwing
W. B. Kolsketu
Moniger
N. W. Ry
Chicago
Favorite Prescription Claims Relief for Female Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr R V Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women’s health, listing period pains backache and faint spells as conditions it supposedly aids. It promises no alcohol or habit forming drugs, claims to strengthen and regulate the female system, notes limits and warns it is not miraculous, and invites correspondence to Dr Pierce in Binghamton NY with a medical advisor book offered via stamps.
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Dy. Piarco
Addreas
R.V. Plarce
Bomlulo
N.Y
Plarce
Fragmentary Weather and Medical Update From Unclear Transcript
The readable text notes a lapse in temperature change with altitude, mentioning about 1 degree per 300 feet and some travel of eighty miles south. It also records a medical report on Tommy’s condition with no further change and a surgeon’s remark about saving the rest of the fingers.
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Tucker
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