Shark hunting near Florida ends in tragedy and capture
In the Florida Keys Peters, a famed shark catcher, leads a crew to a channel where a 16 ft 6 in man-eater is hauled ashore after a Black man, used as bait, is attacked. the log line entangles him and a shark bites off his legs before the survivor is rescued.
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Florida
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Orter
Detroit
Free Presa
Clergyman's Prayer Intercepted as Il keeper Near Death
In a Troy Times item a dying jail keeper interrupts a clergyman mid prayer declaring a wagon is nearby. The moment reveals the strong ruling passion of character in death.
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Troy Times
Opening Sunday Sermon Critique At Bath on the Hudson
In Bath on the Hudson Sister Lavender, a negro exhorter, launches her season of Sunday meetings. She chides young women who speak and laugh with feathered hats, urging them to remove the feathers and jump into the rubber with the remark here goes nuffin.
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Bath-on-the-Hudson
Chicago Herald
Measuring Gravity Force Demonstration at Edinburgh Royal Society
Sir W Thomson presented a sensitive spring balance for terre gravity at a Royal Society of Edinburgh meeting. The device detects a variation as small as one forty thousandth of gravity. The report notes high costs of royal stables and a large number of captured lynxes in northwest Canada last winter.
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Royal Society of Edinburg
Sir W. Thomson
Boston
Northwest
Canada
Canes Umbrella Heads Show Fashion Shifting Woods
A Brooklyn Eagle report describes a German run firm near City Hall making canes and umbrella heads with natural handles from woods like ebony and rosewood. It notes a shift from large buckhorn sticks to varied woods, warns of fraud in silver and gold headed canes, and highlights fashion’s rapid changes in gentleman’s accessories.
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New York
Germany
England
South America
Brooklyn Eagle
French inventor proposes electric flogging machine
A Lyon savant Henri Roget claims a patent to apply electricity as a substitute for corporal punishment. The device uses a wet electric whip, strapped to a steeltriangle, delivering shocks to punishments with potential mild or severe effects. Roget seeks approval from Gen. Boulanger to test on soldiers, though military flogging is not in use.
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Col
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Grant
Col. Parker
Henri Roget
Lyons
M. Roget
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Stampedes and Cowboy Dangers in the Wild Plain
A Colorado correspondent for the New York Tribune warns against stampedes at around-ups and describes how cowboys circle stricken animals to avert disaster. He notes nighttime flashes and coyotes can trigger panic and compares barroom gunmen to Apache sympathizers in Arizona, praising the cowboys as boisterous yet good-natured.
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Arizona
Colorado Cor
New York Tribune
Barmaids in saloons gain ground and exact change spreads
The San Francisco letter notes barmaids in saloons gain traction beyond fashionable venues, with cent coins gaining use for exact change. Stores resist small coins but a large dry goods house adopts the practice, aiding poorer shoppers. The letter also reports a failed seal hunt off Newfoundland due to indiscriminate hunting and dwindling seal numbers.
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Market Street
San Francisco
Newfoundland
Shiloh's Vitalizer For Sale In Early Advertisement
Shiloh's Vitalizer offers relief for constipation loss of appetite dizziness and dyspepsia with a price of 10 and 75 cents per bottle. Sold by J. F. Fezer. The ad promises to cure dyspepsia and liver complaints and urges sufferers to buy.
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Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
Hackmetack lasting fragrance perfume on sale
An old newspaper line notes Hackmetack perfume described as lasting and fragrant with price points listed at 25 and 50 cents.
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J. F. Fezer
Shilohs Cure Advertises Quick Hacking Cough Remedy
An advertisement touts THAT HACKING COUGH as quickly curable by Shilohs Cure with a money back guarantee. The product is sold by J. F. Fezer and promoted as a positive cure for Catarrh Diptheria and Canker Mouth.
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Shiloh
J.F. Fezer
Shi loh's Cure for coughs on sale at 10c 50c and $1
An old advertisement promotes Shi loh's Cure for cough relief with immediate effect. Prices listed are 10 cents, 50 cents, and one dollar.
Nasal Injector Free With Shilohs Catarrh Remedy
An offer states a nasal injector comes free with each bottle of Shilohs Catarrh Remedy priced at 50 cents. Sold by J. F. Fezer.
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Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
Relieve Croup Whooping C cough Bronchitis Shiloh's Cure
An old advertisement offers Shiloh's Cure by J F Fezer claimed to relieve croup whooping cough and bronchitis immediately. The terse promo lists the product for sale by the vendor.
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Croup
Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
Shiloh's Consumption Cure Endorsed by Local Pastor
The Reverend Geo H Thayer of Bourbon Indiana declares he and his wife owe their lives to Shilohs Consumption Cure. The product is offered for sale by J F Fezer.
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Geo. H. Thayer
Bourbon, Ind
Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
Springdale Colorado Rocky Mountain Resort Ad
Families and invalids seek relief from heat find attractions at Springdale near Boulder. Home fare fresh milk mineral springs bath house cottages connected to hotel reasonable prices excursion tickets from Denver include stage fare address Seltzer House Springdale Boulder Co Colo
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Boulder
Colo
Mineral Springs
Denver
Seltzer
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