Bathhouse Havoc in Bar Harbor Stirs Night Crowd
A Boston man caused chaos at Bar Harbor with a night water assault on stairways and a fish porch. The incident left damaged carpets and five baths charged at a dollar each, as the bar harbor police and night staff responded to the disturbance.
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Dave
Bar Heber
Boston
Kodick
Kosdick
Apn
Cork
Herr Redick
Tn Bar Harbor
New York Tribune
The Way They Shoot At Marks
A tale from Colborne Baker describes English officers and native matchlock shooters on an island. The natives crawl close to a tree mark and fire from three yards, hitting the target perfectly, arguing their method reflects how they shoot, not a lack of skill.
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Formoss
Colborne Baker
Inheritance of Deafness in Marriages Among Deaf Persons
Investigations show that deaf couples produce more deaf offspring than ordinary unions but still a minority. Deaf parents with deaf relatives show higher transmission, with consanguinity amplifying auricular malformation. Findings align with heredity laws of transmission and reversion to the parental type.
Peerage origins traced by trades and dwindling lines
A historical note contrasts peerages founded by trades noting the Essex earldom by a draper Warwick by a wool stapler Northumberland by an apothecary Lansdowne by a peddler and a tale of Lord Tenterden’s remark near Canterbury about his grandfather's penny shave, with a question about how many would remain.
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Earldom of
Essex
Warwick
Northumberland
Lansdowne
Lord Tenterden
Canterbury Cathedral
Charlies
Looden Answe
Bonnet Talk and Clarion Notes from Philadelphia Press
Fragmentary text shows a minister's wife praising a bonnet as heavenly and a minister rebuking worldly thoughts. The piece mentions Cork as a strong new conductor of beat or sound and notes difficulty in obtaining an unadulterated form for building.
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Millia
Philadelphia
Cork
A Cure for Costiveness
A vintage advertisement claims Parmeke's Vegetatio Pills cure costiveness by stimulating the excretory organs and improving digestion. It asserts many thousands testify to their power and effect.
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Parmeke
Great Paris Exposition Preparations Underway
Paris prepares for the upcoming exposition with rapid city improvements from repainted shops to new tram and elevated rail lines. The Moorish Andalusia pavilion, Turkish coffee booths, and fifty Moroccan dancing girls are set to attract visitors. The Canadian, Dutch, and South African sections are advancing with trophies, canoe exhibitions, and volunteer work aiding reconstruction.
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Paris
Mer
Pari
Metropolitan
Exposition Grounds
Amercaps
Andalusia
Morocco
Egypt
Spain
Hunting and Fisheries
America
Java
Sumatra
Borneo
Emerson Farmer Gavin Ross Killed in Runaway Accident
Emerson area mourns Gavin Ross a prominent farmer and former Patron candidate killed when his team ran away near his home. Mrs Ross witnessed the accident, and a large circle of friends mourn the loss. Meanwhile police report in New York that four English thieves arrested for counterfeit coin mill operations at a tenement with moulds plating gear and 200 coins in process.
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Gavin Ross
Emerson
New York
East 24Th Street
Secret Service
Gladstone Detects Forged Title Page in 1534 Book
In Piccadilly, Mr. Quaritch showed Sir Thomas Elyot's Castell of Health to Gladstone. The statesman spotted the fake title page by eye and magnifier, noting it was a facsimile, not an original imprint. Quaritch remarked that Gladstone is nearly always right about books.
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Mr. Quaritch
Mr. Gladstone
Piccadilly
Gladstone
London Chronicle
Sword and Bayonet as Relics of War Criticized
The Atchison Globe argues swords are relics of barbarism and cowardly in modern warfare showing bayonets and swords fail to protect troops as civilization spreads. It suggests officers should carry Winchester rifles rather than swords.
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Atchison Globe
Ontario to Send Evantore to Paris Exposition
Toronto reports the Ontario government will send Hon. F. KE. A. Evantore to the Paris exposition as a provincial representative. He departs for France immediately after the house prorogues. In Port Arthur, Mackenzie and Mann complete 40 miles of the Rany River railway from Stanley.
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Toronto
Ontario
F. KE. A. Evantore
Evantore
France
House
Prorogaues
Port Arthur
Mackenzie and Mann
Rany River
Stanley
Dalath
Empress Dowager Ties with Foreign Officials Amid Tensions
The report discusses anti foreign officials and an evolving power dynamic surrounding the empress dowager of China. Sugar prices rise and preparations for a new hotel project in Winnipeg prompt property evictions by May 1. A New York social match links Miss Siria Green with the Dukette la Torre, earnings cited at about $1000 yearly. Ottawa council responds to sorrow over a son’s death at Lady Smith and the U S stance on wartime treaties and vessels.
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China
Ives & Gnub
Queen Victoria
Ireland
CFP. K
Winnipeg
Mies Sriria Green
New York
Dukette la Torre
Marquis of Doulferia
Ottawa
Ladysmith
U. S
Vancouver Resident Claims Miracle Cure for Weak Nerves
A Vancouver reader reports long standing nerve weakness improved by Dr O Merbe Kola Compound after trying doctors in England and Canada. The letter credits three bottles with a final cure and recommends the remedy, inviting others to contact The Grittieha at 12 Church Street Vancouver BC for supply details.
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F J. Painton
Pxietons Mose
Vancouver
Plychclane
England
Cepeda
Omerbe
Eee
Clarke
Eta
Eufferiz
Church Erect
Terentia
oFancouver
B.C Sole Onaian Egenta
Warn American Women Against French Aristocrat Matches
Comtesse Lorean de Chavante, formerly Miss Benson of Brooklyn and widow of a revenue cutter officer, warns American women to avoid marriages with titled Frenchmen. She recounts her unhappy union with a French noble, exposure to matrimonial agents, commissions to introduce brides, and the high society scandals she witnessed in Paris and Faubourg Saint Germain. She urges shunning foreign titles and notes profiteering by social intermediaries.
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Comtesse Lorean de Chavante
Mies Bensom
Brooklyn
Croptein Henry John Benson
Revenue Cutter Service
France
Count Chavanne
Faubourg
Paris
Mme
Madame
San Francisco
Argonaut
Dining Taverns and Loyal Waiters in Victorian London
The article recalls old London inns and taverns as seen by Vanity Fair readers. It notes Bedford and Dock, Slaughter’s in St Martin’s Lane, and Dick’s Albion as famed dining spots. Faithful old waiters and familiar service evoke Thackeray’s beloved haunts from earlier days.
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Harry Warrington
London
Bedford
Mr. Draper
Dock
George Itd
Queen Victoria
Dobbin
George Osborne
Slaughter’s
St. Martin’s Lane
Colman
Mr. Chopper
Osborne
Spooner
Stubble
India
John
Pendennis
Thackeray
Black Wood
First House In America Aboard New York Barge Office
A Russian message addressed to the First House In America led the New York barge office to discover an anticipated arrival of Polish Jewish immigrants. The gray stone building at the tip of New York with a turret marks where immigrants first set foot on dry land, a description featured by Collier's Weekly.
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Washington
America
Puzzle Bureau
Federal Barge Office
New York
Custom House
Collier’s Weekly
Honest man punished for a mistake quote from Atchison Globe
The Atchison Globe asks whether an honest man should be punished for an error. It contrasts punishment of a dishonest robber or murderer with lifelong punishment for a citizen who aims to do right but makes a mistake.
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Atchison Globe
Window Gaze Provokes Family Tease
In a playful exchange, a child asks Mr. Johnson to stand before a window to test if his mother can see through him. The father agrees, curious about the child's plan and the playful family moment.
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Mr. Johnson
Ah the Cave Dweller causes parental uproar in Chicago schools
In Chicago schools a debate unfolds as Ethyl Smithers brings home Ah the Cave Dweller by Stanley Waterloo. Mrs Smithers harshly questions modern education while Ethyl defends the book claiming it teaches much in prehistoric times. The exchange mocks parent teacher tensions and Darwinian ideas.
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Chicago Riters
Stanley Waterings
Mrs. Smithers
Ethyl Smithers
Hyde Park High School
Yessum
Ethyl
Remarkable Endorsement for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
A gentleman testifies to curing knee lameness of years with Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil. He declares it a great public benefit, removing soreness and lameness and serving as an incomparable pulmonic remedy.
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Thomas
Odd Pearl of a Street Vendor Tale
A garbled Atlanta Constitution quote describes a colored philosopher and a street scene involving a poker game, a railroad, and a biting incident. The fragment hints at clever talk and a sudden, surprising turn with a silver dollar confrontation.
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Atlanta Constitution
Remedy for Whooping Cough Liniment Ad
Remedy for Whooping Cough. At this season Whooping Cough is very prevalent among some of the children in most families. relief should undoubtedly be sought Griffiths' Menthol Liniment affords more prompt relief than any other remedy. Also in cases of Croup it affords immediate relief dry it. All druggists, 25 cents.
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Griffiths
Quinine Wine Promoted As A Health Tonic By Northrop
An old newspaper note defends Quinine Wine as a reliable tonic. It claims the product, sold by Northrop & Co of Termto, aids convalescence, steadies nerves, improves sleep and digestion, and strengthens general health, endorsed by scientists as near perfection in the market.
Remarkable couple anecdote from Chicago Times Herald
A quote compares a wife’s weight over 25 years of marriage, noting she started at 97 pounds and remains very thin while the husband jokes about health. The passage reflects a light homely feature in a Chicago newspaper.
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Marriet
Bakers' Bad Backs and Kidney Health Ad
An old advertisement extolls Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for back pain linked to bakery work. It features a testimonial from Walter Buchanan of Sarnia Ontario describing relief from acute back pains dizziness and urinary issues after using the product.
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Doan
Walter Buchanan
Sarnia
Ont
Dean
Connecticut Supreme Court Declares Furnace Personal Property
The Connecticut Supreme Court rules a furnace is personal property and may be removed from a building through due process of law. In Bombay improvements aim to cut district density to 500 persons per acre. The Philadelphia Record notes a lab formerly elected to a state office in Pennsylvania could not write his name yet was intelligent and sound in business.
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Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bombay
Philadelphia Record
Pennsylvania
Arnold English Toxin Pills Promising Cure
A classified medical patent claim advertises Dr Arnold's English Toxin Pills as a positive cure for rheumatism nervousness and other germ diseases. The ad offers a trial at 75 cents a box with smaller 25 cent sizes and postpaid ordering from The Arnold Chemical Co. Limited Toronto Canada Life Building.
Great lung healer claimed in old time remedy
Nellie Charlie jokes about visits while Chicago News touts Bickles Anti consumptive Syrup as a universal cough and throat remedy. It is said to soothe throat membranes and ease chest pain and bronchitis and to have cured many cases thought advanced to consumption.
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Nellie Charlie
Chicago News
Bickle
Banquet Confusion Sparks Cryptic Exchange
The fragment shows a confused exchange about attending a banquet last night. A speaker mentions Gibson delivered a neatly turned panezyric while another participant questions attendance and aecro AC leveled Plain Pron. The text is garbled and appears to be OCR noise from a historical page.
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Gibson
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Claims Public Endorsement
The proprietors report strong public endorsement of Parmelee's Vegetable Pills and declare their medicine a success beyond expectations. They state the pill fulfills all claims and provides a blessing to mankind.
The State of Worry and Spiritual Corrosion
A reflective piece on worry as a spiritual condition. It argues worry may be remedied or must be dismissed, or borne with courage until it transforms into blessing. The author frames worry as a test of will and spiritual resilience.
Rheumatism Sufferer Praises Minard's Liniment
A letter from Borin, Minnesota, signed by Lewis and Butler, attributes long bed confinement due to rheumatism to immediate relief after using Minard's Liniment, crediting the medium as the source of recovery.
Adages on Character and Cunning From Chicago Times-Herald
The Chicago Times-Herald offers pithy maxims on loyalty, haste in seeking success, courting affection from childhood, thrifty instincts in finance, and the pitfalls of constant agreement. The piece reflects social observations through brief aphorisms.
Minard's Liniment Recalled in Hours a Critical Moment
In a serialized passage from the Indianapolis Journal the scene centers on a tense exchange about past loves. The dialogue unfolds with She hesitating and He answering whether she was the only girl he had loved, set against a backdrop hinting at medical or domestic remedies referenced by Minard's Liniment.
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Indianapolis Journal
Minard's Liniment Lamberman's Friend. Woman's Fault, of Course
A fragment from a historical piece features characters debating deception in courtship. Frank is pressed about honesty and a man's right to mislead for marriage consent, while a female speaker questions whether truth alone would win a woman's favor.
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Frank
Ile
Leston Transsrini
A Natural Tendency and a Delayed Tryst
Reginald kept his appointed tryst at the hour while Bea rice was late. He concluded she was not bourgeois after all as he waited thirty nine minutes and noted the gentility that betrays itself in delays. The Washington Star and Detroit Journal provide the contrasting observations on human nature and expectations.
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Brux
Washington Star
Reginald
Bearice
Detroit Journal
Empress Dowager Influences China’s New Emperor
The piece cites varied U S editorials on China's empress dowager guiding the young emperor and the throne’s fate. It notes speculation about Li Hongzhang’s power shifts and potential beheading contrasts with parlor predictions.
The Husband of an Heiress
A dialogue from the Chicago Post notes a young man with no work experience beyond dressing, dancing, and talking poised for life. His absent labor is contrasted with expectations that his future hinges on marrying into wealth.
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Chicago Post
Western Assurance Company Elects London Branch Leaders
The Western Assurance Company held its ninth annual meeting in its city offices on March 7. Directors reported a premium income rise and a profit balance of 118,402 dollars after heavy US fire losses, with two half yearly dividends and a strengthened reserve fund. A London branch was opened under W. B. Metcalfe, with a directorate including Earl of Aberdeen and Sir John Kennaway. President Geo A. Cox and VP J. J. Kenny were reappointed.
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Iswy
Canada
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Jose
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London
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Pocomler
W. B Metkie
Eari of Aberdeen
John Kennaway
James Stevenson
Messrs. Grahame & c
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East Tacity Verchaint
Tan
J. J. Kenny
Gee A. Cox
C Woot Meer
Hebert Peaty
G. Ror. Cockburn
Gee
McMorrich
H. N. Baird
W. R. Brock
J. K. Osborne
J. Kenny
H Eld
A. Cox
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Chicago
Or'er Williama
Transvaal
Northrop & At of Ter Mto
Chicago Times
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Umus
Borin
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Lewis
Butler
Chicago Times-Herald
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Liniment Lamberman
the Heathen Chine
Baltimore
Li Jlong Chang
Western Assurance Company
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Hotel
Milburn
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Fredericton
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Robinson & Black
Thos. Lef
California
Sanche
Manitoba
W. T. Gibbins
Grain Exchange
John Buller
Winnipegosis
Lambago
J Sadner& Co
Montreal
Dugald McFarlanb
Truro
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Local, Steele & Bristol
Hamilton, Ont
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Barrows, &E
Ckshutt Plow Co
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GEO. F. Bryan & CO
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