Vast 1892 miscellany notes various figures and tales
A long miscellaneous column surveys topics from law firms in the United States to wildlife counts of bison, and anecdotes about Apache education in Alabama. It also covers emigrant ship health, arsenic in apples, Pitt’s debts, Macaulay’s critique, and a donated 34,000-volume Chinese library to the University of Texas, plus a town shooting death verdict related to a government test site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Tak Kee
University of Texas
Ann
China
Tip Covernor
Above all Clouds and the Light of Hope
Poem excerpt from the Philadelphia Times reflecting on hope beyond darkness, divine love, and the enduring light of the soul. It contemplates mortality, beauty, and the transformative power of love amid life’s trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eterni
A. Phorse
Philphia Times
Callaghan's Failure In A Midnight Silver Heist
A young burglar, Callaghan, inspects fine silver in a rich home when a pale girl awakens to stop him. He impersonates charm, taunts her, admits he would kiss her if caught, then warns her she will faint after he leaves. He exits through the window, leaving a tale of danger and flirtation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callaghan
Mr. Callaghan
Callghan
Bocky Callaghan
A Weekly
A Clever Mechanical Detective in a Jewelry Store
A New York Tribune report describes an uptown jeweller using an electro mechanical detector to deter theft. Copper strips and a battery powered alarm guard trays and cases. a salesman's pin can disable the alarm briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uptown
New York Tribune
Madagascar’s Diverse Inhabitants Explored by De Catat
A Chicago Post summary notes De Catat’s Madagascar expedition identifying major groups Sakalaves Hoyas and Vazimbas with admixture and settlers Arabs Hindoos Chinese and Europeans adding to diversity. It mentions African types resembling East African groups including Zulus Kaffire Ethiopians and Somalis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
de Catat
Hoyas
Merinas
East Africa
Chicago Post
Cleaning the System with Figs and Catarrh Cure Claims
Fragmented readable text shows historic ads and notices. It includes an early Syrup of Figs claim from California Fig Syrup Co and Hall's Catarrh Cure patent assertion by F J Cheney Co. A Toledo firm declares payment per cured case. References to Samoa, Lydia, and global figures appear in disparate lines.
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California Fig Syrup Co
State OF
Waio
Loledo
Lucas Cousty
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Caanar
Hall
W. Gleason
Amar
Samoa
Lydia
Swift
Jos Eraing Ponies
Due West
SHORT SUNDAY SERMONS Methodism Five Million Adherents Grow US
Dr Spencer reports rapid Methodist expansion in the United States with 7,000 pastors and 13,000 Sunday schools. He notes 340 million in church property, 5,000,000 total adherents across eighteen branches, and yearly additions of 200,000. The piece highlights church extension gains and historical support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Philadelphia
Methodist Episco
United States
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Wing
Protestant Sunday School Army
Methodist Episcopal Division
Methodist
M. E
Board of Church Extension
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal
South
How Rubber Shoes Are Made In Fact
A Denver News summary describes rubber footwear manufacture, from raw material sourcing in South America to vulcanization and assembly on lasts. It notes about 70 percent pure rubber content, costs of para rubber, and daily outputs across 15 to 20 factories with capacities exceeding 150,000 pairs. It adds anecdotes about Elder James Hooper of Paris Maine and other brief notes on health guides and Dr. Pierce remedies.
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South America
Denver News
James Hooper
Baptist Church
Paris
Maine
Mann
Hooper
Watts
Eastern Argus
Doctor Watts
Hooper M
Ulder
La Grippe remedy praised in 1891 Indiana report
An 1891 Indiana account from Wrvosa Stark County extols Peruna as a cure for La Grippe and related winter illnesses. The narrator claims rapid recovery after six bottles used with no other medicine, contrasting with doctors and asserting widespread epidemic mortality. Also notes January folklore on Janus and uncertain weather.
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Wrvosa, Stark Co
Perina
C. T. Hatrreiy
Hatfield
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co
Columbus
Dianus
Janus Bifrona
Rosyfinger
Dawn
Sun
Mars
Janus Bifrons
Wiggins
Kind Words and Courtesy in Public Life
A short editorial urges kindness over surliness, citing a French king who valued civil words. It notes Louis Philippe survived an assassin’s shot because he bowed to cheering crowds, illustrating politeness as life protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Jerrold
Louis Phillippe
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Indiana Progress
Weroxzsnay
American Indies
Victoria
South Australia
Denver
Col
Oud
Yellowstone Dark
Oller
Mount Vernon Barracks
Alabama
Europe
New York Times
Horticultural Times
England
Henry Lelouchere
London
Mosebery
Pitt
Witt
Macaulay
Downing Street
Lord Macaulay
Robert Morris
Sunmer
Plymstead Marghes
Thosas
Glasgow
Scotland
Beecham
Beechan
Kurve
Kline
Arch St. Fhile
Swan
Isaac Thomsye
Per Hultis
Frank I. Rickson
Boston & Albany
Chatham
N. Y
Hood
P. I. Rickson
Pittsfield
Mass
Johnson
Anodyne
Johnson & CO
Boston
Scott
Scott & Bowne
South Sth Avenue
New York
Kright
Druggista
de. Kites & Co
DincHaxton
Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St
N.Y
Krag
Fiso
Hazeltine
Warren
Wien
Jed
Buffalo
Wee
C. ‘al
Smmcor
Norfole
Ontario
Sunye
Freac
Hell
Artesta
Telmage
Ladies’ Home Journal
Israel
Boorn
Salvation Army
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Dr. Pierce
la Grippe
Gee
Cradick
Kilence
Gosport
Ind
Kenurn & Co
Eric Hawron
Frank Lawson
Ian
Dean Doctor
M. E. Church
da Kitwer & Co
Bowamros
Joss Owen
Montpelier
Ohio
Thomas McHenry
Allegheny City
J. D. Cox
Allegheny
Prince Street
W. H. Druen & CO
U. 5
Chicago
Penna
Frese
Seventh
Sansom Streets
R Illustrated
Minnesota
Oregon
Northern Pacific
R. R
EL Lambdes
Lau
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Arn
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Prus
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