Lightning Protection and High Altitude Inhabitants
The article notes the limited progress in shielding buildings from lightning and cites high annual property losses and lives. It highlights the primitive lightning rod state and suggests opportunity for electricians. It also lists Arevichiury and Muccapata as the highest permanently inhabited places, at 17,950 and 16,153 feet respectively, as measured by Arthur Searce.
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United States
Franklin
Arevichiury
Muccapata
Andes
Arevichiary
Arthur S’earce
St. Louis Republic
I Owe My Life To You Miss Gertrude Sickler Letter
A Wilton New Jersey woman writes that morphine was used to prevent monthly fits until Pinkham's Vegetable Compound provided relief. She credits the remedy with curing her and removing fear of the coming month.
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Gertrude Sickler
Wilton, N.J
How Canada Got Its Name Origin of Canada from Aca Nada tale
The article recounts a popular anecdote about Canada’s name. Spaniards visited earlier and muttered there is nothing here. Indians overheard and told the French, who mistook the sounds for the country’s name, giving Canada its long standing designation.
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Canada
Farmer Jesse Newman Refuses to Answer Grand Jury Questions
In Gonzales the grand jury room heard farmer Jesse Newman refuse to answer questions. Judge Schooner urged a response, but Newman cited his religious conversion and the golden rule, then remained silent. He was committed to jail until he consents to testify.
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Gonzales
Grand Jury
Jesse Newman
Schooner
Newman
Galveston
Haunted remedies promising cure for chronic ailments
A period voice claims haunted houses are rare and focuses on incurable ailments. It extols Diabetics and monomania as exaggeration and promotes Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspopals constipation liver and kidney trouble malaria and nervousness with persistence.
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Hostetter
Rufach Keeps New Gallows for Itself and Its Children
In Henry Wolff's The Country of the Wosges the Rufachers refuse a neighboring parish's request to use their new hilltop gallows. They insist the gallows is for Rufach's own use and for their children, reflecting a strong sense of communal ownership.
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Henry Wolff
Wosges
Rufach
Germany
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Treatment
An ad touts Catarrh as a constitutional disease needing systemic treatment. It promotes Hell’s Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the sole internal remedy, claims blood and mucous surfaces are targeted, and offers one hundred dollars for any failing case. It lists advertising details and druggists involved.
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F. J. Chaney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Adedrena
Cheney & UO
Druegiats
Vaccination Parties Trend in Paris Stemming Smallpox
The New York Tribune notes vaccination parties in Paris amid smallpox spread. A doctor and a calf accompany five o clock tea as guests are inoculated directly from the animal. Invitations replace musique with On vaccinera signaling the event.
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Aris
Seine
New York Tribune
Lincoln anecdotes book sent free to readers in Fort Wayne
An illustrated volume of Abraham Lincoln stories and anecdotes, many unpublished, will be mailed free to anyone sending their address to the Lincoln Tea Co. in Fort Wayne Indiana. The piece includes curious captions and brief promotional notes urging readers to consider advertised opportunities.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Tea Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Farum Renters Bargain Advice to Move to Nebraska
A fragmented notice urges Farum renters to consider moving to Nebraska before land prices rise. It directs readers to contact J Francis G P and T A Burington in Omaha for a pamphlet detailing what to know. The rest mentions unrelated products and odd statements with no clear connection.
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Nebraska
Aight
Francis
T. A
Burington
Omaha
Neb
Queen of Italy and King Humbert in Humorous Exchange
A playful tale notes the Queen Margherita, an excellent musician, must wear glasses while reading, provoking a humorous threat of song from King Humbert to coax her to remove them. The piece also mentions the goldfish as a weather predictor and gives medical advice from the New York Medical Times on treating bruises with a capsaicum infusion and gum arabic mucilage.
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Italy
Humbert
Margherita
New York Medical Times
Col Pope to Publish List of Book Errors
Col Albert A Pope of Baton plans a volume listing school book errors brought to attention by publicity efforts. Thousands of errors are noted and publishers increasingly resist further disclosure. The compiled list sent to one major publisher totals over 1 100 errors.
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Albert A. Pope
Baton
Col. Pope
Parrot and alderman tale in Chicago Tribune piece
A quirky snippet from the Chicago Tribune features a dealer describing a parrot as a family heirloom and noting it once belonged to the ward alderman. The text mingles odd humor with fragmented reflections on daily life and lingering habits.
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Wolersyman
Chicago Tribune
Hatuhs Universal Cough Syrup Ad Feeds Night Cough Relief
The notice promotes Hatuhs Universal Cough Syrup for night cough relief. It mocks social views on pity and work and urges not to burden others with one’s complaints while hinting at a reforming tomorrow for idle men.
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Hatuh
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