Nationwide political landslide reshapes 1890s map
The article reports a sweeping Tuesday election rout with Maryland Democrats revolted against Senator Gorman and Republicans winning in Kentucky and Ohio. It notes northern states also voting Republican by large majorities, describing the results as astonishing and indicating a dramatic shift in power.
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Maryland
Gorman
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Kentucky
Commonwealth
Ohio
Bushnell
New York Sun
Marlborough Vanderbilt wedding dominates national interest
The nation reels from the Marlborough Vanderbilt match up with the Duke and duchess amid wealth abroad and political turmoil. The piece mocks press depictions, notes political fallout in Kentucky and Maryland, and ends with a jab about Indiana’s quiet election season.
Field’s tall tales about Harris and a child’s verse charm
A long note recalls Field’s exaggerated biographical claims about Joel Chandler Harris and his playful pranks. It lauds Harris as an incomparable writer of children’s verse with a well remembered piece titled Little Boy Blue, praising its gentle charm and nostalgic imagery.
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Field
Joel Chandler Harris
Joel
Africa
Mr. Harris
Harris
Remus
A Wail from the West Taunts Poverty and Distress
A critique condemns a display of wealth as insolent and plethoric, mocking poverty and misfortune. It argues this attitude worsens the pauper’s plight and lacks true nobility through its disregard for those in distress.
Best Route to the State Capital Via L. E. W. Ry.
The notice promotes a travel plan via L. E. W. Ry. and Big Four Ry. from Fort Wayne to Indianapolis with a new time card in effect October 20. It lists departure 7:10 a.m. and arrival 11:28 a.m. and return leaving Indianapolis 6:25 p.m. arriving Fort Wayne 10:20 p.m. highlighting half day business in the state capital. Also mentions Hun ter's Excursions rates to Michigan and Wisconsin and instructs agents to read Nickel Plate details.
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State Capital
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Hunter’s
Cotton King at Temple Draws Small Audience
Last night at the Masonic Temple audiences praised The Cotton King though turnout was light. The melodrama unfolds with a villain, a determined hero, a fortune plot, a leadpipe crush, and a hurried wedding tied to mill life scene realism. A sub plot features a wronged woman who would have been the villain’s wife, fading after act two. The play moves swiftly but runs long.
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Masonic Temple
Wayside Gleanings on Animals Science and Stars
A collection of brief facts on whales elephants and tigers with notes on astronomy weather and the trade in wild animals. It covers whale species lifespans star light travel times cataracts of the eye stove cat s eye quartz and Arizona temperature swings while noting dealers profit and loss in the wild animal trade.
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Persia
Asia
Earth
India
United States
Arizona
Observations On Social Change From The Atchison Globe
A collection of wry anecdotes on marriage filial dependency and fashion from the Atchison Globe. It notes fathers becoming crutches for sons and women chronicling travel with photos while musing on suffrage, money, freckles, and outdated views of China and Japan.
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China
Japan
CHICAGO HERALD PROVERBS SHORT MEMORIES AND MORTAL WITS
A collection of aphorisms on memory praise and public virtue. Witty lines compare immortality to statues and question religious zeal. The verses lampoon politics, forgiveness primaries and hypocrisy with brisk moral quips.
The Principal Alloys and Their Metal Mixtures
A compact summary of metal alloy recipes including solder pewter bell metal guo metal Dutch gold mosaic gold bronze cannon metal standard gold type metal white copper standard gold silver standard sheet metal and German silver.
Horrors of Heat and Thirst Claim Many
Fragmentary OCR notes widespread suffering from extreme heat and thirst. Mentions many men overwhelmed and refers to unnamed locations and events with incomplete details.
Desert thirst horrors and deaths in blazing heat
The excerpt describes desert travel dangers as thirst devastates travelers. It recalls the scorched landscape, blistering heat, and visions of water while narrators recount dying, despair, and the urge to end suffering. The note emphasizes extreme conditions and the nerve-wracking search for water.
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Huwan
Loco-wood Poison Turns Horses Funky and Fatal
The article warns of loco wood a creeping vetch in Texas that acts like opium for horses and cattle causing weakness emaciation loss of coordination and craziness. It describes how even tame animals become unmanageable and may kill themselves by leaping or crashing. It also notes humorous English pronunciation contrasts cited by a private tutor in Washington.
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Texas
Voltaire
Washington Post
Origin of the Word Honeymoon Traced to Teutons
The piece explains honeymoon derives from hydromel a honey liquor used for a moving month after weddings. It notes Teutons knew little of treacle and that the term Teutons dates to 230 B C in regions now Denmark and Schleswig Holstein, possibly bringing the custom to England around 680 B C via northern routes.
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Peple
Denmark
Schleswig- Holstein
England
Kimmerian
Bosphorus
Dogs Bark On Bright Moonlight Nights Says Cemetery Watchman
A Philadelphia Record item notes a night watchman in Laurel Hill Cemetery and his intelligent terrier explain that dogs bark not at the moon but at moving shadows cast by trees on windy nights. Barking subsides when skies are clear and the moon is less prominent.
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Laurel Hill
Philadelphia
Pottery Tree of Para Used For Superior Ware
The Pottery Tree of Para yields wood and bark rich in silica. The material is burned, ashes pulverized and mixed with cay to create a superior ware. The tree reaches about 100 feet tall but only a foot in diameter. Fresh cuts resemble sandstone and become brittle when dried.
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Dem Drest
Wine Hauldin Tank Rail System Promised for France
A New York Tribune note compares a proposed railway tank for wine in France to petroleum pipelines. It suggests vin tagers could mimic the fast, cost efficient pipeline method used by oil producers to move wine from vineyards to market.
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France
New York Tribune
Endurance of the Arabian Horse
A brief note discusses the endurance of the Arabian horse, noting its suitability for long racing and the breed’s reputed stamina in demanding courses.
Medical Classifications of Medicines in 19th Century Text
The passage lists historic drug categories with examples for each: soporifics induce sleep from hops. febrifuges fight fevers. hypnotics relieve pain by sleep. rubefacients blister with ammonia. nutrients nourish. purgatives evacuate bowels. narcotics induce sleep and pain relief from opium. sialagogues promote saliva. paregorics ease pain with camphor tincture. laxatives stimulate bowels. refrigerants reduce fever with wood-sruel and tamarind. expectorants boost bronchial discharge from ipecacuanha. sedatives depress nerves, using foxglove. escharotics destroy tissue like lunar caustic. tonics strengthen. hydragogues induce water loss via gamboge and calomel.
Diseases of Men and Urinary Ailments Treated Successfully
A list of male health complaints is presented including syphilis gonorrhoea stricture varicocele hydrocele loss of manhood vital drain in urine nocturnal emissions impaired memory weak back impotency and kidney bladder diseases with a note that a frequent urge to pass urine with blood or mucus in urine has been successfully treated.
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Bright
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