Joe of Washoe and the Hanging at Tin Pan Diggings
In 1898 a western mining camp jury sentences a gambler to hang at dawn after a failed shooting. Joe of Washoe appeals to mercy, visits the prisoner, and negotiates a stay, ultimately securing the man’s release to return to his sister in Sand Hill. The crowd disperses as Joe insists on upholding a promise to a grieving woman.
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Jim Rodgers
Blackleg
Lynch
Sand Hill
States
Joe
Washoe
Tin Pan
Ife
West
Walhoe
Tom
Nations drink report prompts public reflection
A parliament report on alcohol production and use covers Europe the United States and British colonies. It notes France leads in wine consumption with about 24 gallons per person while Britain Germany and the US average far lower. It also details beer and spirits per capita and remarks Canada has the lowest recorded consumption.
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Europe
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Canada
Japan Adopts National Anti-Tobacco Law
The Banner of Gold notes Japan's new law banning tobacco use by under 20 and imposing fines on offenders and sellers. It cites rising youth smoking and predicts strong influence abroad, with officials and police able to curb street smoking among minors.
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Little Empire
Japan
Tower House
House of Peers
Julius Soper
United States
Banner of Gold
Beer disease and its effects noted by Van Laer
Van Laer outlines a beer disease caused by a bacillus that thrives in viscous fermentation and converts carbohydrates into nitric, acetic, and butyric acids. This alters flavor and dulls quality, earning the term double faced. The creature’s effects resemble narcotic poisoning. The passage cites journal authority and links beer quality to this unseen menace.
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van Laer
Alcohol use and recovery prospects in disease observed in London
Caine notes over the past year that observations on alcohol show patients who drink have a lower recovery chance than those who abstain. The remarks reflect a growing belief in the link between alcohol intake and poorer disease outcomes.
Delirium Tremens Cured by Cold Bath
Maurice Lettulle reports in La Presse Medicale on a 33 year old man with severe delirium tremens at Hospital Beauchaut. After a 50 minute cold bath his temperature plummeted to 92.6 and then rose to normal within 12 hours with no delirium recurrence. The method is discussed as an improvement over opium chloral or digitalis.
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Maurice Lettulle
la Presse Medicale
Beuchcaut
Ife
Power of Temperate Life and Self Mastery
A reflection on self control linking temperance to spiritual mastery. The body serves the soul, affections are spiritual, and disciplined living renews inner desire. Notes Daniel as an example of integrity over wealth and power, citing renewal through Christ’s grace. Observations from the New York Observer.
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Christ
Daniel
Tie
N. Y
Roller Skates Story Set in a Crippled St. Louis Encounter
A two crutch man tells of a St. Louis visit and a dare involving roller skates. The tale recounts a fall that wrecked a hall, damaged the Lindell hotel and power, and left the speaker with a nervous aftereffect as he taunts a flamboyantly dressed listener.
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St. Louis
Lindell
Students of nature in Japanese art praised by Chicago Record
The Chicago Record notes that Japanese artists are born nature lovers. They reproduce natural models with few brushstrokes revealing remarkable life-like perception in figures and scenes.
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Chicago
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Cure for Catarrh
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts the remedy is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Endorsing signatories from West & Truax, Walding Kinnan & Marvin, and others vouch for FJ Cheney's honesty and fulfillment of obligations. Prices listed per bottle.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Poledu
Ohio
Walla
White Fruit House Ad List Shows Broad Selection and Prices
A White Fruit House catalog highlights an extensive wholesale line including sugars coffee teas canned goods and dried fruits. It notes fresh roast coffee available loose for visibility and savings with no packaging and lists assorted oils syrups and wines for medical use with priced offerings across many categories.
Unclear fragment hints at a price or time detail
Fragmentary text mentions a monetary amount and time but lacks context or identifiable entities to form a complete news item. Without readable names places or events, a precise summary cannot be derived from the provided excerpt.
Temperance Items Across Regions and Reforms
The article notes T D Pile as a temperance advocate and reports 300 Cincinnati saloonkeepers closed, temperance unions promoting inebriate homes in India, and England deemed liquor cursed. It cites Dr Atkins on cigarette dust, a Boiling Springs clergyman hanged in effigy, Britain and Ireland drink bill rise to £162,163,474, a Hutchinson grand jury stampede leading to a dry city, and hints at perpetual grand juries.
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T. D. Pile
Pablin
Dow
Cincinnati
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
India
London Times
England
Atkins
Boiling Springs
Great Britain and Ireland
Hutchinson
Kan
Howells and Local Puzzles in City Pages
An OCR fragment shows playful word games and mock headlines from the New York Journal and town notices. It mentions Casey Doolan arguing a point in black and white and a resignation question about the Don't Worry Society.
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Casey—Doolan
Clancy
Casey
N. Y. Journal
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