Fragmented 19th century clip hints at politics and disease
A jokey wartime style piece riffs on figures like Hayes and Grant, references rheumatism and medical practice shifts, and describes a curious mix of anecdotes. It notes doctors' booming practices and a reporter’s exchange with a general about cotton cultivation, all amid a sprawling, nonsensical historical collage.
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Tim Aduuta
Post
Witla Lange
Sherman
Gontal
Olga
Disturbing Notes on Women Healers and Global Figures
The excerpt discusses caste barriers for women and access to male physicians, recalling Miss Beilby’s nursing of a Rajah’s wife and a message to Queen Victoria. It then covers a German hospital case of suspended animation, and finally Henny Gaggert’s census work detailing U S land and water areas, comparing old and new states with territorial tallies and future state prospects.
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Miss Beilby
Pama
Misa Beilby
Europe
Queen Victoria
Henny Gaggert
United States
Alaska
Republican Aristocracy The Academy Sketch on New York elite
A review discusses a sketch titled 4 Gentleman of Leisure that satirizes New Yorks wealthiest and most exclusive society. It compares it to The Upper Ten Thousand and argues US distinctions of rank persist in a commercial society, even without noble titles, contrasting European aristocracies with American patricians.
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the Academy
New York
United States
Hogland
Europe
Berne
Florence
Genoa
Kansas editor sees grasshopper lift a robin
A Kansas editor swears he witnessed a grasshopper light on the robin’s back and lift it two feet high as an odd, humorous note on the state’s soil richness. He imagines a future where grasshoppers are tamed to hunt rats.
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Kansas
Maybe Maybe A Love Mystery And A Churchside Satire
A verse piece blends a lovers tale with social satire on fashion and manners. Characters drift between yearning and farewell as March winds test their bond, interwoven with comic observations on Parisian style and churchgoers. The Detroit Post and Tribune snippet mocks vanity through dialogue about outfits, sermons, and society women.
She Would Earn Her Livings In A Boston Household
A well born Boston girl disguises herself as a domestic to earn her living. She joins a Dartmouth Street household as a cook but quits after soapless dishwashing and awkward missteps. Her mother later appears to take her daughter home, the tale told with curious moral calm.
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the Gazette
Boston
Dartmouth Street
Providence
Jeweler's Paris Diamond Gift Sparks Opera Season Anger
A New York interview with a leading jeweler describes ornate mounting designs for diamonds, including a locket with a bird nest centerpiece. Mrs W misreads the tale as her husband’s extravagance and later discovers the gift intended for her from Paris. The tale ends with the wife and social circle gossiping as the husband’s business is urged to quicken.
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New York
Philadelphia
Mrs. W
Paris
Panther Fatal Attack in Maine Described in Boston Journal
A panther burst from a Partridge hunting scene near Medomac Pond as Prof A E Jones and I B Stickney encountered it. Jones survived with scratches after Stickney fired a final shot that killed the animal instantly. The six foot four inch panther left mangled sheep remains in nearby fields.
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Maine
Boston Journal
Medomac Pond
A. E. Jones
Washington
Prof. Jones
I. B. Stickney
Man cheats woman of charge on train to Buffalo ending with sly exit
A man asks a stranger to take charge of a woman traveling with an old companion to St Thomas Ontario. He chats, volunteers he will pay, and promises she is innocent before boarding the Buffalo train. He then slips away as the train departs, leaving the old woman and plan behind.
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Central Depot
St. Thomas
Nong
Tshall
Detroit Tires
Hidden Treasure Hunt Of The De Brook Mystery
The International Submarine Diving Company, based in Philadelphia, pursues the lost frigate De Brook sunk near Lewes in 1708 with about 52 million in specie and jewels. Diver crews use an underwater bell with air supply and electric light to locate ballast piles and a ridge offshore, while ongoing efforts promise a share to Samuel McCracken and associates.
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Reading Ponsy Time
International Submarine Diving Company
Mary D. Lecch
de Brook
Lewes
She International Company
Philadelphia
Samuel $. McCracken
Halifax
England
James Drew
St. Peter's Church Yard
McCracken
Aoernise
Sussex County
International
Spnken
Extravagant Wearing Apparel in Prosperous Times
The piece argues luxury benefits the poor by circulating wealth through millinery and fashion. It notes a rise in prices for plushes and velvets to 40 and 50 dollars a yard and claims women carry values equal to a year’s income. It blames distributive prosperity across social strata and laments wasteful yet profitable display.
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Solomon
Not Used to Nin A Police Call Reveals Strained Newlywed Fight
A policeman answered a whistle and helped a woman who cried for help. A drunken husband battered the door and scared the woman, but the officer recognized him as Charles, the newlywed husband of six weeks. He apologized, saying he would be down in a minute.
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Charles
Officer
Researches on Malaria and Divillus Form Not Found in Fever Circulation
Researches concerning malaria note that eminent scholars studied the fever origin in Ualy. Early findings claimed the Divillus form was absent in the circulation of parsons with fever, though present in certain regions, particularly in the Bonvenation. The passage ends with further details pending.
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Ualy
Parsons
The Perfect Hostess and the Guests
The article discusses how well regulated households handle visitors and the tension of guests amid imperfect service. It contrasts pleasure for children and adults with the duties of hospitality, noting dangers of tramps and the ideal of a hostess who makes guests feel personally welcomed and cared for.
A Persian Legend of Malek and the Honest Boy
A folktale recounts Malek el Adib leaving home with his mother’s warning to never lie. Robbers seize the journey, question the boy about hidden money, and after his truthful answer the chief punishes him for honesty. The tale ends with the youth killed and mocked for truthfulness.
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Malek el Adib
United States
Malek
Maud Granger
Sarah Bernhardt
Athan
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