Town Twins Surge In New Hope Pa Census Shock
A New Hope Pennsylvania town of about 1200 residents reports an epidemic of twins with at least 15 pairs born recently. The item notes regional demographics and curiosities from an era newspaper brief.
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New Hope
Massachusetts
Arbetta Echols
Holly Springs
Tenn
Chicago
Abner Smith
France
Joan of Arc
Ellston
Cecil County
Jennie P. Lane
Smethport
Middletown
Dell
Curious Letter and Sleepers on the Train
A Pittsburg Dispatch piece recounts a curiously frugal coal operator who avoids berths to save a few dollars and carry nothing in his bag. The tale ends with a reflection on how such behavior might shape prices and appearances on a Chicago trip. A separate Chicago Herald note mentions a phonograph letter intended for a savage chieftain aiding Professor Garner’s Africa expedition, but Garner missed the phonograph in England.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Gamer
Africa
E. J. Glave
Stanley
Glave
Garner
England
Chicago Herald
Iron in finely divided state may ignite on exposure
The article recalls a Cassier's Magazine note about iron in very fine division lighting when exposed to air. It mentions an Alexandria bombardment incident where a shell was hidden in a bed and submerged, then later dumped into the sea. It also cites a centuries old iron shell that, after 200 years underwater, steamed and grew red hot when surfaced, suggesting such shells can remain dangerous.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Cassier
Health claims on Hood products and Otto’s Cure offer
The notice touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a health booster and blood purifier, Hood's Pills for liver and digestive ailments, and Otto's Cure for throat and lung diseases with a free trial bottle. It promises quick cough relief, especially for croup or whooping cough, and urges readers to obtain a trial via Daugherty Bros.
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Otto
Daugherty Bros
Wit and wine and a prank in Indianapolis
A humorous fragment recounts three friends drinking during a ride home ending with a noisy misdirection at Brown's house and a startled call for down heroics. It contrasts Riley style storytelling with a sharp social quip about romance and possessions as felt in early 20th century humor.
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Brown
Indianapolis
King s New Discovery Ad In Paper
For a quarter century Dr Kings New Discovery has been tested and millions report benefit for throat chest and lung diseases. Each bottle guaranteed to relieve or refund. Trial bottles free at local merchants. Also comic quips about sleep and conscience and a note that Pittsburg Dispatch prints all the news.
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Wm I. Moore
Homer City
Milt G. Miller
Blairsville
Tuz Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Relief in six hours claim for bladder and kidney diseases. The remedy, said to relieve urinary pain, backache, and water retention quickly in both men and women, is sold by Hetrick Bros., Druggists, Indiana, Pa.
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Hetrick Bros
Indiana
Discovery of Dashur pyramid entrance by M de Morgan
London Times reports M de Morgan chief of the antiquities department claims to have found the long sought entrance to Dashur near Sakkara. After borings a 230 foot rock chamber gallery lies 27 feet below the surface inclining toward the pyramid with fifteen chambers and tombs of high officials from the twelfth dynasty including a queen’s sarcophagus dating over 2000 years before Christ. Further research may reveal King Csurtesen III’s sarcophagus.
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M. de Morgan
Antiquities Department
Dashur
Sakkara
Csurtesen III
London Times
Invention plastomenite praised for durability and versatility
Government tested invention plastomenite by Herr Gutter claims it can be poured into forms and used like celluloid for many purposes. As a powder it suits blasting cannons rifles and rockets but its main benefit is durability with no residue and stable performance in all weathers. Initial velocity data for a 611mm caliber projectile cited with low gas pressure. Also ad enters for a skin salve sold by several merchants and a Castoria testimonial.
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Herr Gutter
New York Sun
Yard Goods Shopping Service Offers Prompt Picks
If not convenient to come to Pittsburg, send a postal card stating your wants. We will select the goods with judgment and care, and send them promptly. Try it.
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Pittsburg
East Lawyer Defies Judge for Jury Trial Demand
A young Eastern lawyer in a western court demands a jury trial for his client citing constitutional rights. The judge scoffs and threatens contempt, urging the case to proceed while noting the impracticality of more such demands in the community.
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Feler
Detroit Free Press
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