White Slaves of the Olden Time
A New York American report summarizes white bondage in early America. Anglo Saxon men women and children were sold aboard Dutch and English ships as redemptioners for three years of service and were legally punished for aiding escapes. Estimates say up to fifty thousand were shipped from British islands through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with slavery persisting into the nineteenth century.
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Holland
England
America
New World
Brain Storm: Medical Term and Mental Explosive Conditions
The text explains brain storm as a term used to describe explosive mental states linked to severe mental disease. It emphasizes brain storms as outcomes of diseased brains, not separate disorders, and compares them to a thunder storm resulting from predisposing causes and stress.
The Causes of Financial Crises Revisited
The piece outlines three main causes of financial crises: collective mood and banker fear triggering loan calls, over production leading to glut and layoffs, and growing credit cash imbalances when demand for cash outpaces supply. It notes panics as a crisis feature and depressions following crises.
Scarecrow Bi Furcated to Scare Thirteen Crows
Mrs. John Rugger near Shohola Glen New York fashioned two scarecrows from old dress skirts after losing her husband’s pants. Rugger found thirteen young crows inside the stuffed dresses, arguing that a scarecrow must be bi furcated to be effective.
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John Rugger
Shohola Glen
N. Y
Rugger
Conversation Reveals Fearful Romance at Garden Wall
A Philadelphia Press brief quotes a man fearing a lover intends to throw him over. The exchange shows tension as she allegedly plans harm, with him admitting growing apprehension about their meeting near the garden wall.
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Philadelphia Press
Hunger Ling Should Go to Eaton, Erie Woman Told
The Denver Post notes a woman named Hunger ling of Erie should go to Eaton. The terse item records a relocation instruction or travel guidance for the unnamed subject.
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Hungerling
Erie
Eaton
Denver Post
Improving the Piano and the Rise of Mechanical Players
American piano production reached about 300000 last year and mechanical piano players expand demand. New inventions improve melody emphasis while touch remains key. electric delivery to homes and rising prices target quality over low-cost fakes, with Janko’s keyboard seen as a future upgrade.
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Ernest Pauer
United States
South America
Africa
Australia
India
Handel
Beethoven
Schubert
Janko
Woman hunter travels Maine New Hampshire and New Brunswick
Mrs. Mabel Moses of Tilton New Hampshire and her husband William H Moses chase big game across Maine New Hampshire and New Brunswick. They report six caribou seven moose ten or twelve deer one bear and many foxes, with wet feet as their main worry.
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Mabel Moses
Tilton
Maine
New Hampshire
New Brunswick
Boston Herald
Mrs. Moses
Winnipesaukee
Winnisquam
Is .Peruna Useful for Catarrh?
The article extols Dr. Hartman’s Peruna as a universal catarrh remedy. It claims the formula combines multiple herbal medicines with proven value for nose throat lungs and stomach ailments and asserts the remedy is made honestly with pure drugs and uniform strength for direct home use.
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Hartman
Kindly Smile Joke From Liverpool Post
In a witty Liverpool Post quip a jesting exchange frames a family as a microcosm of the United Kingdom with English, Irish, and Scottish origins, while noting the baby’s waiting position as heir. The joke hinges on national identities within a domestic scene.
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Smith
Jones
United Kingdom
Liverpool Post
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Dr. Brinton D. Evans
W. H. Lough
New York
The
New York Evening Post
National Lead Company
York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadela Igokie Ae Co
Pittsburgh
Libby
McNeill & Libby
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