Diagnosed Himself With Cancer Then Died In Two Weeks
A Budapest medical professor, urged by chest pains and suspicions, diagnosed himself as having cancer after confirming a Vienna consultant’s verdict by posing as the patient. The ruse ended when he learned of his prognosis and died a few days beyond the two weeks promised, ending a life spent in seclusion.
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Budapest
Sinder Magazine
Bie
Vienna
Corra
Independent or Personally Conducted Trips Abroad
Independent arrangements mirror conducted tours with a set itinerary and tour manager guiding transfers, hotels, and sightseeing. The traveler pays before departure while arrangements are made by the tour company, and itineraries may be flexible and altered en route through the arranging firm.
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Europe
United States
Remarkable Early Print Run of Uncle Tom's Cabin
The work sold 10 000 copies in its first week and 800 000 in the first year. Half a million copies were distributed in the United States in five years and it has been translated into more than twenty languages. Total sales since creation exceed 12 000 000, with about 7 000 000 earned without royalties before international copyright law. Copyright expired a few years before the author's death in the late 1880s.
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United States
Taxing Times and Odd Levies Through History
The Montreal Herald notes quirky taxes imposed by chancellors aiming to raise money. Examples include William Pitt taxing clocks at 58 per timepiece and inns displaying Act of Parliament Clocks for patrons. During the Napoleonic era a hair powder tax ended the fashion for powdered wigs. Lord Randolph Churchill proposed a tax on sporting cartridges, but farmers warned of a rabbit surge and the plan was abandoned.
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Wiliam Pitt
England
Lord Randolph Churchill
Montreal Herald
Trail route through Tadlin lands on Santa Fe trail established
Spaniard Don Pedro Vial explored the Santa Fe trail route by 1798 and other riders marked it before 1821 when William Becknell led the first trip. Becknell’s congress report spurred the 1825 council with Osage commissioners, securing a U S right of way forever through Tadlin lands.
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William Becknell
Becknell
Congress
United States
Tadlin Lands
Earthquake Frequency Reports From Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly notes global seismograph records show about twenty five quakes daily. About fourteen are strong enough to be felt by a standing observer, with land damaging events averaging one every eighty two hours.
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Danage
Collier’s Weekly
Madrid's Appetite Sets New Citywide Food Consumed
Residents of Madrid consumed 78,580 tons of bread 87,000 tons of vegetables and 100,000,000 exes last year according to published statistics. More bread potatoes and peat were eaten than in 1031 while ham game and canned foods declined.
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Madrid
Spain
Have You Any Instincts Scientific Study Reveals 5759 Instincts
A Col Bera Weekly report notes a scientific study of 14 000 persons identifying a total of 5 759 instincts described as natural propensities not derived from experience or instruction.
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Col- Bera
Salads For Summer Suppers
Chilled platters of salad on crisp lettuce and iced tea lure with cool kitchens. Readied recipes include Stuffed Tomato Salad with tuna or chicken, Meat and Vegetable Salad with meat and peas, Luncheon Salad with soup and cream cheese, Molded Egg Salad with eggs and pimiento, Baked Bean Supper Salad with Boston beans. Serves 4.
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Philadelphia
Addi
Birthday party for Josiah Fisher in Washington Township
Josiah Fisher celebrated his 69th birthday Tuesday evening July 11 with a family reunion and dinner. Guests included Walter Harmon and daughter Ethel Glenn Jewart and son Charles Mae Jack M J Boyer J E Blystone and son Glenn and others Ice cream and cake were served. He enjoyed the evening. Community came together for various visits and social gatherings through the area.
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Walter Harmon
Ethel
Glenn Jewart
Charles
Mae Jack
M. J. Boyer
J. E. Blystone
Glenn
Fisher
John Park
Edward Lohr
James Blystone
Near Atwood
Rozella Frick
J. Be, Blystone
Carl Downey
Chambersville
Clair Peterman
Alvin
A. C. Marshall
Five Points
William McCausland
John Marlin
Percy Wissinger
Willet Grange
James McCurdy
Homer City
George Edwards
J. EB. Park
Foster
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