Chris Buckleys Prize Fight tale from a London's memory
A wandering ColTormian recounts Chris Buckley the blind statesman hearing of a near fiasco at a prize fight involving Slavin and Russell. Buckley recalls the frantic scene with Buckley joking about the outcome and the managers’ roughing ahead of a punch exchange.
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Chris Buckley
Blac Oatesman
Iuw
ColTormian
Metropole Cog Tees
Wadie
London
John Russell
Charles Fee
John
Chris
Art
Charlie
Jack
Russell
Skeleton of a prisoner found in Indian Territory
A deputy sheriff found a skeletal remains in Creek country, Indiana Territory, with rusty handcuffs about the wrists. The bones were broken and scattered by wild animals, suggesting a prisoner escaped from guards and perished in the woods, as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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Indian Territory
Detroit Free Press
Real estate dispute over house room count and repairs
The real estate man and a prospective tenant argued over whether a five or six room house met needs. They counted rooms including kitchen, bedrooms, reception room and dining area, noting repairs and potential improvements. The exchange reflected pricing and listing details from the agent's office.
Englishman's Niagara Visit Turns Mundane to Canadians
A clipped dialogue recounts an English traveler and a Canadian guide admiring Niagara Falls. The guide fawns, declaring the sight awe inspiring while the English visitor questions the wonder of mere water. The exchange contrasts foreign astonishment with provincial practicality.
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Niagara
Ming
Feiss of a joke and a Massachusetts language debate
A serious man at a small gathering asked what we are coming to as a speaker notes that in Massachusetts forty thousand people cannot speak the English language. The crowd reacts with "Ten possible" while a figure named Soertziniy references pictive Americans under two years old, cited by Youth's Companion.
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Massachusetts
Soertziniy
Cat in London Railway Bell Case Goes to Jury
A London newspaper reports a case where a cat with a bell was struck by a train. The owner sued the railway company for damages. The court heard both sides claim the other tried to frighten the engine off the track. The jury found for the owner.
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London
Osm
Evolution of the Elephant and the Curious Crowd
A fragmentary Chicago Tribune note contemplates the elephant’s evolution from a shapeless projection to a full, “Smeebhoads” form as crowds observe, vendors offer cakes and candy beyond the ropes. The quirky, antiquated phrasing evokes a street-side spectacle and a long arc of natural history.
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Mae
Chicago Tribune
Fragmentary Brooklyn Life dialogue snippet
A garbled excerpt shows a mother scolding Johnnie over a classroom scene with a professorial tone. The fragment mentions a chemistry professor and a tepid joke about a soda phial, ending with a startled exclamation from a character named Brandy.
Fragmentary city exchange about tomatoes and trade
A city dweller asks what to do with a huge tomato supply. The reply promises to use as many as possible and to barter, noting they cannot eat them all.
Grey deal favors new water leverage in Paul temples
An unclear report notes an officer Harrington and India discovered a working telephone between two temples at Paul about a mile apart. The system reportedly has been in operation at Paul for over 9000 years the claim.
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Nebraska
Harrington
India
Paul
When You Have a Thing to Say Say It Quickly
An early 20th century note urges brevity in writing and speech. It emphasizes concise reporting and warns against filling the page with trivial detail while urging clear expression. The source credits the Atlanta Constitutions.
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Atlanta
River Country Air for Politicians’ Tricks
A rustic poet muses on escaping politics, seeking rural relief beyond the river. He imagines wandering to a quiet bank where the water sings, but deems such wishes futile as candidates remain present and insincere.
Telltale milk jug devised in England for quality and quantity
A glass measure jug with quarterly pint marks and etched lines below the pint and half pint levels indicates the expected cream thickness in average, good, and very good milk. It gauges both volume and quality in a single device.
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England
Electric Bitters A tonic for aged digestion and kidneys
Old people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys will find true remedy in Electric Bitters. It contains no intoxicants, acts as a tonic and alterative, mild on stomach and bowels, strengthens organs, aids Nature, and serves as an excellent appetite booster. Price 50c per bottle at local druggists.
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Tom E. Hildebrand
Indiana
Wh. Moore
Homer City
Milt G.miller
Blairsville
Deepest Coal Mine in France Near Andre du Poirier
The Paris Journal reports the deepest French coal mine at Andre du Poirier with two shafts 2952 and 3083 feet deep. The 3083 foot shaft is being deepened to 4000 feet by July 1895. Yearly output is about 400000 tons and temperatures rarely exceed 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
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France
Andre du Poirier
Paris Journal
Cambridge and Waltham to seek legislature on land damages
Cambridge and Waltham will go to the legislature to settle damages from Cambridge taking land for a new water basin. The Cambridge water board and the Waltham street committee have held many conferences but no settlement is in sight. Cambridge has engaged ex Governors Long Robinson Russell and Sherman Hoar to handle its interests in the dispute.
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Cambridge
Waltham
Cambridge Water Board
Waltham Street Committee
Long, Robinson and Russell
Sherman Hoar
Boston Transcript
Hood's Sarsaparilla cures sick headache testimony
Miss M M Stocknale of town Pa testifies that after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla for sick headache she felt relief and continued with two more bottles. The ad claims the remedy cleanses the blood and improves headaches. Hood's Pills also recommended for sick headache.
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Nowbytown
Hood
M. M. Stocknale
Sorosis Club Gathers Leading San Francisco Women
Sorosis a San Francisco women's club just over a year old ranks among the city's leading organizations. Membership is annual only and the recent officers election drew a long slate of candidates, many rejected due to the club's numerical limit, risking a growing waiting list unless capacity is raised.
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Sorosis
San Francisco
Nightingale trust plan and cures touted in ad heavy fragment
Miss Florence Nightingale at 74 enjoys good health and contemplates placing her $250,000 Crimea War fund in a trust to benefit nursing wounded soldiers in future wars. A Florida doctor claims swift diarrhoea cures with Chamberlain's remedy and promotes assorted weight loss and insomnia treatments offered by a Brooklyn firm. The text also explains the historical origin of the word farm from Saxon leases and fermes.
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Florence Nightingale
New York Journal
Mrs Ward praised as leading modern novelist of today
The era’s most read novelist is credited to Mr Gladstone for spotlighting Mrs Ward’s work in a magazine review that elevated her to prominence. Her books are praised for genius, original thought, broad empathy, refined artistry, and careful, planned execution avoiding mere pot-boilers. A humorous childhood anecdote closes the passage. A second notice extols Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as effective for children with colds or croup, recommended by W A McGuire of McKay Ohio. Availability listed in multiple druggists.
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W. A. McGuire
McKay
Ohio
Chamberlain
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
Wm. I. Moore
Homer City
Milt. G. Miller
Blairsville
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
Typewriter Girl and Medical Cure Advertisements
An iya nostalgic composite item presents a portrait of a typewriter girl and a string of medical cure advertisements. It mentions a six dollar weekly salary for the typewriter girl, plus various testimonials praising Dr Saddler’s ear nose and throat treatments and rheumatism remedies. It notes locations in Pittsburgh Indiana and Mt. Washington and names several merchants offering cures and remedies.
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Sadler
Penn Avenue
Pittsburg
Chas. C. Dryen
Sycamore Street
Mt. Washington
Saddler
Discares
Frank Mary and Bros fruit and confectionery store opens
A wholesale and retail fruit and confectionery shop opens at the corner of Fifth and Water streets in the former Dr. Hosack’s drug store room. The new business aims to serve both wholesale buyers and local retail customers.
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Frank Mary & Bros
Fifth and
Water Streets
Dr. Hosack
Olive Blossom touted as age’s greatest medical discovery
Advertisements promote Olive Blossom and American Nervine as cures for nervous and wasting ailments. Physicians claim quick relief for nervous prostration and dyspepsia with claims of dramatic benefits from trial bottles. Sourced sales notes date to May and June 1895 with druggists Herrick Brothers in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
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Daugherty Brothers
Herrick Bros
Indiana
Rail schedule for Blairsville and connections in Pennsylvania
Rail notices list departure times from Blairsville and Blairsville Intersection for Saltsburg Paulton Allegheny Junction Freeport Springdale Allegheny City Butler Pittsburg and Altoona including weekdays Sundays and specific times. Details direct readers to contact Thomas E Watt Pittsburg Pa and note officials Prevost and Woon as General Manager and General Passenger Agent.
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Blairsville
Saltsburg
Paulton
Allegheny Junction
Freeport
Springdale
Allegheny City
Butler
Blairsvilee
Pittsburg
Altoona
Prersecre
Indiana
Thos. E. Watt
Western District
Fifth Avenue
S. M. Prevost
J. R. Woon
General Pass
Timetable of ALLEGHENY VALLEY R R Trains 1892
Passenger timetable for March 20 1892 showing northward service from Pittsburg including Niagara Express Buffalo Express and Emlenton and Kittanning connections with arrivals at West Penn Junction Oil City and Titusville trains. Southward schedule lists Emlenton Accom to Kittanning and junction arrivals with officials DAVID McCARGO and JAS P ANDERSON noted.
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Niagara Express
Pittsburg
Kittanning
Oil ‘City
Titusville Express
West Penn Junction
Buffalo Express
Oil City
Emlenton Accom
Kittanning Accom
Pitts
Junction
East Brady
Lea i
Emlenton
Day Express
West Penn Jun
Kittaning
Emilenton
Xeesas
Ittanning
Fengedeyreg
Jas. P, Anderson
Gen’ Pass
Agt
Grateful Patient Reports Hearing Improvement After Treatment
A patient credits five months of Dr Salm's care for a marked improvement in long-standing hearing loss. The writer, expressing gratitude, notes near deafness in the left ear and ongoing treatment with hope for a complete cure.
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Sam
Pierson
Dr. M. Saum
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Typewriter Girl
My Darling
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Anderson
E. Olive Howearth
Onberg, Indiana, Co
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Promise City
Iowa
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Wm. I. Sterrfett
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H. E. Clark
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J. M. Work
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W. S. Brady
L. D. Ross
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J. C. McMillen
T. E. Douglass
Paul Stiller
P.H. Stiffier
W. _E. Jamison
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D. B. Henry
D. M. Henry
Dr. J. B. Carson
John O'Neal
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J. C. Cameron
David Taylor
D. L. Rosa
Nancy Gartley
Joseph F. Johnston
William Ray
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Isaac Goss
Wilson Goes
John M. Nickle
Adm'r
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Gould
Salm
Enias Zerros
Somerset, Pa
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Tam
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Coburn, Pa
Sahm
Dr. Salm
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Manorville, Pa
Saba
Hilliard, Pa
Box 760
Columbus
Olio
Washington
Blairsvelle, Penna
J. T. Boucher
Nota Put Dommel Eri Busine
Erie Business ‘Erie Shorthand
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