The Fate of Lost Things and a New York Finder
A discussion of lost property laws cites a finder who recovered about $3000 for Joseph Black, belvedere house, and a $5 reward. The article explains New York City’s Bureau of Finds at police headquarters, its annual $1,000,000 value of recovered items, and the practice of returning property through the department and court actions. It highlights notable cases including Miss Kling’s diamonds and the Roebling set recovered after a long mystery.
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Bollen
Joseph Black
Belvedere House
King’s Bench
New York City
New York
Pension Bureau
Department of Funds
Miss Kling
Adams
Roebling
Brooklyn Bridge
Tiffany
Miss Roebling
Wport
Ems
Adams Express Company
Newport
Tidanvy & Co
Saal
Department of Finds
Tiffany & Co
Bureau
United States
Department
Washington
South
New York World
California Volcanoes Recent Eruption near Feather Lake
The article notes a 1850 eruption at Feather Lake in Plumas County California. Captain Dutton reports a cinder cone six hundred feet high, with a thick basaltic lava flow filling the lake basin and spreading several miles. The cone remains intact, scorched trunks lie nearby, and the eruption is considered the latest in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cascade Mountains
British Columbia
Washington Territory
Oregon
California
Shasta
Marysville Buttes
Sierra Nevada
Lower
Americas
Asia
Great Pacific Ocean
Feather Lake
Plumas County
Trask
Harkness
California Academy of Sciences
Capt. Dutton
Geological Survey
Larren’s Peak
San Francisco Bulletin
James Gordon Bennett Angles to Limited Episcopalian Label
A religious paper classifies James Gordon Bennett as a limited Episcopalian. He commits to contributing $500 annually and attends a fishing trip every Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gordon Bennett
The Rudder of His Constitution Gone
A trans Atlantic voyage tale contrasts a ship’s lost rudder with a man’s failing constitution. The captain’s neglect and overwork wreck kidney and liver function, and Warner's Safe Cure is claimed to restore vitality and ambition for a safe harbor of success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meakom
Warner
Traveler
Rough on Rats and Rough on Corns Sold In Store
An old ad lists Rough on Rats and Rough on Corns products with prices 15 cents each and mentions Rough on Toothache at 15 cents. The text shifts to a humorous question about a gentleman treading on a lady and a hunter tracking a deer with light, playful phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Railroad yardmaster endorses B B B for blood disease
A Georgia railroad yardmaster testifies his wife suffered catarrh until B B B was used, with rapid complete recovery and praise for the blood purifier. He adds a final light joke about a Mississippi steamboat blowing up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Dodge
Georgia Railroad
Atlanta, Ga
Rough on Piles and Whale Joke Ad
An old advertisement touts Internal and external cures for piles hemorrhoids itching and bleeding with each package labeled Sure Cure Druggists. A separate humorous quip asks why a whale weighs less than a mackerel noting the whale has no scales.
Revival era oddities and patent remedies in a nineteenth century scene
A fragmented article mix presents medical quack cures and a scene with a revivalist evangelist. It lists diverse patent medicines from trusses and corn removers to beef tonics, plus a comic dialogue about a deacon seeking the evangelist and a valet’s moral inquiry at public venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samones
Sissy
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World’s Dispoceecy Medical Association
Main Street
Uffalo
N.Y
Baxneman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Drug Data
Sam Jones
Picklehaube
Rostan Mara
Queen City
Cincinnati
Frank Wilson
Peabody
Muses
Hodges
Williamstoun
W. Va
Lyman
Abell
Georgia
Severty
C. P. Brown
Weatport
N. Y
Lkridge Malcolm
Weat Bath
C. M. Summerlin
Phillip C. Ballou
Monkton
Henry Ward
N. G
Jersey City
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
Vermont
U.S.A
Montreal
P. Q
London
Ragland
Eke
Siont
Erle
New Plan
SW. A
ITT & CO
Glenn
N. Crittenton
Tulton St
Cmicagr
Prickly Ash Bitters Co
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Brothenrs
Owego
T. Rowan
Main St. Halles
Texas
Caren Vale Business College
Col. Geo. Soule
New Orleans
Sachines
the National Co
Len
Buewy
Sonaliy 'Cota
Singh, SR
Bates
Tor
Vika
Het
Woolesala Prives
Desorts
O. N. Crittenton Bole
Fulton Street
Sue Panoor
Bryant & Stratton
Furtness
Rook
Zell
Tellwood Zell
St. Phila
Woolley
Atlanta
Edwards
Matnot
Dalas
Tex
Parca Deforeu
Sind
P.w.ziegler & © CO
Adame
R. U. Aware
Lorillard
Imag
J. Sturugas
Lebanon
Chile
Dallas
Harness Mfg CO
Bomony
CMA
America
Civale Agency
Fulton 81
Henderson
WyancotTe St
Chicago
Annals of Medicine
Yondotte St
Will
N. Onr0venton
Fulton
Fin Gr
Salus
ROYAL
Holmas
French
Sterling
Box Il
John Sterling Gal Kemedy
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabesh Avenue
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