Curious Advert for Fatal Gastric Experiment Draws Bids
A New York ads offers 000 for a volunteer to undergo a stomach operation by Guayaquil surgeons to observe gastric juices, with 142 replies. A pugilist, healthy and ambitious, agrees to risk surgery for cash to fund a gym and saloon, facing likely death or recovery.
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New York
Guayaquil
Eucador
Monkden
Manchuria
Morkden
Li Hong Chang
Mississippi
Winona
Mion
Katydid Bite Leads to Woman's Death in Agony
A woman bitten on the finger by a katydid while by the roadside died hours later after her hand and arm swelled. The obituary notes Joan Bonner, a Georgia farmer who died aged 87, was the father of twenty three children all by one mother and many settled on neighboring farms.
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le Mars
Iowa
Tus
Khartoum
Suakin
Cincinnati
John Kreutzer
Portsmouth
Ohio
Joan Bonner
Georgia
Epaulettes and Coats Through Military Fashion
The essay traces epaulettes as survivals of medieval shoulder armor signaling rank. It notes transformation from protective pieces to ornamental decor, the shift to shoulder straps in Civil War, 1855 frock coats and soft hats, cork helmets in 1880, and the helmet as a relic of head armor with felt or cork replacing bronze, plus the horse hair plume once used to deflect sabre strokes.
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Europe
Arizona
United States
Washington Star
Burro as Western Helper and Symbol in U S History
A St Nicholas essay contrasts the burro’s Spanish name in the Southwest with American usage. It notes the donkey’s reputation as stupid yet generous, patient, and labor‑loving, praising the burro as essential to Western industry and civilization despite its rough origins and lack of pedigree.
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Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
United States
Kentucky
Missouri
Topsy
St. Nicholas
The Bees Hard Day's Work
The article explains that a bee visits about a hundred clover heads to gather sugar from roughly six thousand flowers in a day. With twenty trips daily, the bee exhausts sugar from about 120000 flowers, showing that a working bee endures far more demanding labor than humans.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A Vegetable Leather Flexus fibra from flax proposed as leather substitute
A New York Advertiser report describes flexus fibra a vegetable leather substitute derived from flax. The material imitates leather in appearance and polish, offers great tenacity and comfort, and promises superior ventilation to prevent foot drawing in shoes.
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New York Advertiser
A Household Guide to Clean Dishes and Starch Care
Boil towels and cloths in water with ammonia every second day to reduce dish sticking. Add a teaspoon of clean white lard to hot thick starch to prevent sticking. Powdered French chalk cleans light summer woolens cheaply. cover soiled parts, wait a day or two, then brush away. Chalk may make stains disappear in many cases.
A Nation's Jubilee Lays Corner Stone of Capitol
A centennial celebration marks the Capitol corner stone laid by George Washington. Civic and military parades, speeches by notable figures, and a Capitol rotunda reception highlight the event while civil history tracing the building’s evolution unfolds. Historical notes recount Latrobe Bulfinch and later additions, with costs cited and the original stone buried beneath the rotunda.
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Free and Accepted
Order of Masons
Lafayette
George Washington
Martha Washington
Dames
Law Library
The Burning of the Capitol in 1814 During War
Describes the burning of the Capitol during the 1814 war with England. Gen. Ross and Admiral Cockburn led invaders whose forces fired into the House chamber, damaged the library, and set the building ablaze as crowds watched in horror.
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Capitol
England
Capiital
Ross
Admiral Cockburn
House of Representatives
Statuary Hall
Library of Congress
Senate Chamber
Sureme Court
Soahey
Rush into the Cherokee Strip and return misery
Report surveys the rush into the Cherokee Strip as hundreds of thousands move to claim land and towns then return home disappointed by scarce good land and lack of funds. Drought, fires, sand storms, and roughing in frontier towns compound hardship with contested claims and alleged fraud by early arrivals. Eleven injured in Peterbuly electric car collision. Mexican boundary dispute settled and troops withdrawn.
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Cherokee Strip
Ottias
Canaan
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Masta
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