Luck in the Far North and the Whaling Wealth
The Bertha from Alaska carries news of a 38 whale catch by the Mary D. Hume near the Mackenzie mouth inside the arctic circle. Value is estimated over $400,000 with 40,000 pounds of bone aboard, while crews expect at least $2,000 each and captains near $40,000, as Grampus and Hume tales from Herschel's Island surface alongside harbor chatter and colorful local bets.
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Anderson
North American Commercial Company
Pribyloy Seal Islands
Oanalaska
Mary D. Hume
Mackenzie River
Arctic Circle
Qonalaska
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
Hume
Grampus
Norwood
Herschel’s Island
Nicoline
Louis H. Herendeen
Point Barrow
Herendeen
Oln
Arctic Ocean
San Francisco
Trifling with Sacred Things Provokes Fright at Nashville Meeting
An account recounts a Protracted meeting near Nashville where a prank using phosphorus and skeletons terrified about 200 colored attendees. False specters, cloaked figures, and a masked escape heightened religious fervor, prompting fear and laughter from bystanders before authorities and impressions from a press interview.
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Nashville
Hell
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Catarrh and cure claims in period prose tale
A fragmentary newspaper item reviews medical opinions on catarrh and a constitutional cure. It cites Dr. Dio Lewis and Hood's Sarsaparilla as effective, recounts anecdotal praise for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and includes a Swede’s testimonial about croup relief with the remedy.
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Dio Lewis
Boston
Lewis
Hood
Fragmented Early 20th Century Almanac Snippets Across Topics
A mosaic of curiosities and facts from varied notes and anecdotes: inventions from 1849 washboards to a sap attache by Mint Fishbein. odd measurements of a 13 year old near Darlington. silkworm yields. poetic scenes of a forest and two figures. a storm theory by Redfield. medusa dense seawater color idea. matchmaker dangers from phosphorous. a dog joke. literary quips about Shakespeare and Byron. ad blurbs for salves and remedies. and brief notes on health, weather, and odd sayings.
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Meems
Bedfeld
Massachusetts
Middletown
James Watt
Redfield
Storme
J. C. Adams
Popular Science Monthly
Innkeeper Predicts Archibishop of Toulouse Upsets Government
A century ago a country innkeeper warned a royal court guest that the archbishop of Toulouse, frequent traveler to Paris, would overturn the realm. He claimed the prelate's habits and room rearrangements showed a penchant for radical change, making the inn a proxy for political upheaval.
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Toulouse
France
M. de la Houss
Paris
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia promises a radical one to three day cure with immediate relief of the disease cause. Price 75 cents. Sold by Herrick Bros, druggists. Also dr Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters advertised as a remedy for costiveness and torpid liver with a claim of benefits per dose.
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Qrive
Olve Bc Oenon
Daugherty Bros. Draggle
Herrick Bros
Henry Baxter
Augerty Brod
Indiana
Train Schedule Fragments for Bellwond and Latrobe Areas
A historical timetable lists Pennsylvania Railroad trains at Bellwond and related lines. It records eastward and westward departures, plus arrivals and special Sunday services to Ponxsutawney La Jose Cush Creek Latrobe Ligonier and nearby connections. It also notes time points for the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg route and Mitchells Mines schedules.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg
Ponxsutawney
Cambria and
Clearfield Railroad
la Jose
Mitchella Mines
Mitchell's
Cush Creek
McGees
Glen Campbell
McBees
W.A. Ford
Bellwond
Tigonier Valley B
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Harper's Weekly
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