Quaint Doctor Advertiser Promises Odd Treatments
Stillwater Gazette reports a local ad from a strange physician, claiming eye and arm cures with no pay unless successful. The notices list bizarre methods and ridiculous remedies, including baldness, warts, tumors, and “private diseases,” with bold promises and warnings about fake notices.
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Stillwater Gazette
Wooden Matte for a Florida Railroad by Wood Rail Ties
A correspondent reports in the Manufactures' Journal about plans to build a railroad using wooden rails set in sand as ballast. Rails, two inches in diameter and eighteen inches long, would be joined by plank couplers and held by pins. No metal rails are needed. most ties would be free or donated along the route. A daily steam sail likely provides power for the road.
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Avon
Eni
Ora
Ooliines
Gopher Girl Remark Noted In Early Atlanta Column
Morgar Guy cites a Georgia curiosity about a girl of about 25 who, after her mother’s death, was given to Mrs. T. J. Thisley. Described as three feet tall with a back resembling a gopher shell and paws like a gopher, she is said to be intelligent and capable of ordinary female work, having outlasted many in the family and formed strong bonds with them.
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Georgia
Morgar Guy
T. J. Thisley
Shela
Elidren
Atlanta Constitution
Penetrating Duliet Rifle Round Described for Combat Use
An 18th century report details a compact penetrating round inspired by Oliver Webler of the Swiss Artillery. It describes a muzzle charge slightly over 2 semitimes of powder, capable of piercing a wool block to nine feet at 1400 yards, and entering a wooden block at 4000 yards.
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Jong Ciuge
Oliver Maned Webler
Swiss Arty
Correcting Misused Verbs Like Have Get Lay And Down
The article explains common errors with have get lay and down, noting that get should not pair with have in expressions like have got a cold. It distinguishes transitive and intransitive uses, warns against mixing past tense forms, and provides examples such as Mary said she lay down versus the book lay on the table.
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Barun
Mary
Demorest Magazine
Family wiped out in an hour after dire accident
A Johannesburg correspondent reports a family disaster in which three children and their mother lost all four of their kin within an hour. The children, while gathering eggs near a crevice, were bitten by a deadly animal and died after their mother tried to secure help. The mother’s grief deepened when a fourth child drowned in the barn. The house and family perished in minutes, leaving a haunting scene.
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Bue
Tamily
Luck and fortune shape a millionaire's story from Nevada
A Nevada man argues success hinges on luck not ability. He recounts surviving cold mountains with a lucky match and cites Napoleon and Shakespeare as proof that circumstance matters. He declares life is a test of hanging on, with love light and luck as the key trio.
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John P. Jones
Nevada
New York Télegram
Jones
Tack
Napoleon
Europe
Shakespeare
Cable train collision tale ends in city store reunion
A chaotic incident on Monroe Street sees a cable train halted as a horse car crosses, prompting two cousins to race and collide. One man falls, the other nearly unhinged, then both reunite at a city store to recount the tale, according to the Chicago Chronicle.
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