UAPS AND MISHAPS
A lengthy list of sensational accidental deaths and injuries across the United States. Incidents include hot steam scalds in Los Angeles, gas lamp fires in Augusta, deadly falls in Sandusky, sledding drownings in Kensico, fence and wagon accidents in Michigan and Nebraska, a razor of misfortune with a man sliced by a buzz saw, a man burning in a kerosene lantern and a fatal railroad boiler explosion near Centralia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Foyle
Los Angles
Cal
Iola Gilmore
Augusta
Mich
Ayas
William Feuerbach
Sandusky
Ohio
Insane Patien
State Asylum of Kansas
Bloomington
Ill
William Richards
Union
Plains
Aith
Northern Penitentiary
Indiana
Vermont
Beaver Creek
Rochester
Pao
Woolsy
Lnd
Berry
Grundy Center
Iowa
Alexander Martin
Grosnwood
Martin
James Tuttle
Emmet
Lightning rod swindle exposed by Livonia correspondent
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle correspondent from Livonia alerts readers to a lightning rod scam. A smooth agent coerces farmers into signing an order claiming ten dollars for a full rod set, then bills hundreds. One agent, James H. Rivet of Canaseraga, is jailed on $2,500 bail as defenders claim a legitimate sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
Livonia
Gammon
United Lightning Rod Company
Cushman’s.cable Lightning Rod
Oily Gammoh
New York
Olly Gammon
O. G
Oily Gammon
Cily
James HB. Rivet
Canaserage
Advocate Bays
Canada
Jourth
Hone
Jlarth
New Yorker
Hints to Mothers from Mrs Elizabeth Dudley
Mrs Dr Elizabeth Dudley writes to the New York Zoning Mail urging mothers to curb overwork and perilous ambition among American women. She laments women burning the candle at both ends and dying exhausted by early middle age, noting they carry the burden beyond reason and risk their health for success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dudley
New York
Zoning Mail
Educating Girls Atrial On Physical and Mental Development
The article argues against pushing girls to constant study and stress, favoring balanced routines from ages twelve to twenty one. It recommends one hour mental work, one hour walking, three to four hours agreeable labor, an hour reading, and ample sleep with plain nourishing food. It notes that from eighteen to twenty one girls may attend college and still develop differently from boys due to anatomy and growth limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Centralia
Doniphan
Henry Wagner
Gingi —Iir
Mount Auburn
Henry McDonald
Portsmouth
Mich
David Patterson
Patterson
McDonald
Tie
Syracuse
N. Y
Franz Borlet
Peoria
Ill
Borlet
Vassar
Peru
New Yorker
Care of Dairy Cows and Cow House Conditions
The article argues healthy cows need proper housing and handling. It favors well built, weather tight, well ventilated single stalls with ample space. It stresses cleanliness and humane, individual stalls to achieve best milk output and economic returns.
Cleanliness and warmth for cows and barns urged
A long discussion urges scrupulous cleanliness in cow houses and mangers, proper bedding, ventilation, and gentle handling of cows. It argues that clean, warm, well-ventilated buildings and regular grooming improve milk yield and health, and warns against cruelty and neglect.
The Editor’s Skill Beyond The Written Word
The piece argues editors are judged by selection and tone more than daily writing. It emphasizes the editor’s role in shaping a paper’s character, dignity, propriety, and uniform course, noting supervision of the establishment leaves little time for writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Journal
Gasoline Lamp Explosion Harms Mrs. Wittenbrick
A gasoline lamp exploded a few nights ago severely burning Mrs. Mary Wittenbrick, who died shortly afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wittenbrick
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Orleans
Forrest
St. Charles
Mr. P
Kansas City
Times
Saline County
Neb
United States
East Indies
Brazil
Egypt
Bonaoys
Ernest 8. Merrill
Revere
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