The Man With a Cataract Eye
A stagecoach ambush on the Virginia City to Gallatin route ends with Captain covering a cataract man and killing the outlaw. The captured man is revealed to be the captain’s estranged brother, injured in boyhood by the captain, causing a late cruel revelation and the captain’s emotional vigil after the murder.
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Department OF Public Works
Indianapolis
Ind
Board of Public Works
City of
Pennsylvania Street
Hume Avenue
Fifth Street
A. W. Conduitt
Pres.dent
Queen Victoria Studying Spider Web Weave Gift
The article notes a Gress woven from spider webs gifted by Brazil’s empress in 1877. It mentions 6000 Pit-brow lasses employed at British coal and iron mines and comments on press notoriety and futile parliamentary attempts to curb such labor. It ends with a quip about proper dress for tennis players and a snippet of a short love-letter.
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Victoria
Brazil
England
Wales
Ben Osborn
Clara
Odds and Ends From a Distant Ledger of Curious Facts
A collage of trivia notes: July figures for 80ME Berlin crisis, 250. Mount Rose Nevada visibility of 21 Jakes. 144 of 498 Confederate generals alive. message transit in three seconds via cable. A West Virginia White Oak White Cherry forked tree near Sepeteey. Empress Elizabeth smokes up to 40 cigars daily. Aldrich’s cigar order expands to 197.50 after tariff.
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Berlin
Mt. Rose
Nevada
Jakes
Sepeteey
Alexander
W. Va
Elizabeth
Austria
Thomas Bailey
Aldrich
Europe
Switzerland
Seaside talk and summer fashion quirks noted
Coast visitors endure mosquitoes and damp beds while a New York Tribune piece notes a fad for morning toilets at Long Branch. The article praises luminous outfits that flatter faces, hide flaws, and emphasize graceful figures, with vivid observations on style and charm.
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Aman
Dude
New York Tribune
Long Branch
Little Shavers Comic Exchange Gags in Dialog
A playful dialogue from a Sunday school scene shows Johnny Tivington missing, a boy named James covering for him, and a response about time away. A second anecdote features Johnny blamed for missing preserves as his mother returns to a smaller jar.
Unusual Reports From Across The Nation And Outdoors
A Colorado apples and corn tale follows reports of hail in Palmyra Palmyra New Jersey with blue white stones and a mystery origin. A rattlesnake three feet long in Handcock Pennsylvania wore a tin cup on its back and pulled the cup through its scales. A cow near Thompson Georgia freed its tail by thrashing into a tree and pulling it out by the roots. the tail was later found.
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Chicago
Palmyra
Handcock
Thompson
Moody Lord Tennyson and the Prince of Wales
A column notes Lord Tennyson’s moodiness and fear of strangers, questions about rail fare from Chicago to New York, a Bangor cigarette death, and a portrait of the Prince of Wales praised for civility punctuality and polish while noting reduced laughter and easier amusement in company.
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Lord Tennyson
Jerry Simpson
Chicago
New York
New York Sun
Bangor
Prince of Wales
France
Truth and Confidence Failures in Catarrh Remedy Guarantee
A discussion questions absolute truth and confidence behind a $500 guarantee from Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy makers. It labels the claim advertising fake and notes skepticism toward cures. The text praises Dr. Pierce's magical granules and the Liver Pills as effective remedies for sick headache dizziness and constipation.
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Dr. Sage
Dr. Pierce
Stackhouse Medical Instituteclaims cure for chronic ailments
Grateful patient Mrs. Bila Curry of 37 West Market Street MES FLUA CUSRY speaks after seeking treatment at Stackhouse Medical Institute in Indianapolis. The ad boasts diagnosis and cure of chronic ear throat lung and stomach diseases with offices at 203 North Illinois Street. Dr A Stackhouse and Dr Newlin advertise extensive credentials and mail consultations.
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Stackhouse Medical
Stackhouse
Newlin
Bila Curry
West Market Street
Wao
Caid
Sansa
Taeta
Emell
Steakhouse Medical Institute
Fora
Stackhouss Medical Institute
North
Illinois Street
Indianapolis
End
Dr Fitch Presents Daily Telescope Demonstrations
Conducted by Dr. O. B. Fitch with his mammoth telescope every clear day and evening, accompanied by gestures and demonstrations that were entertaining and instructive.
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O. B. Fitch
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Virginia City
Gallatin
Mont
Asia
Sam
Fort Ellis
Vin
Tom
Caytain
Cass
M, Quad
EOR Women
Chara
Rehoboth Herald
Johnny Tivington
Sammy Brown
San Francisco
James
Johnny
Tommy
Detroit Free Press
A. Stackhouse
Medical College of
Indiana
New York Polyclinic
Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia
Charles Dickson
Traveler's Register
Central Stand
Union
South Tinois Street
Ennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Balti
More
Washington
Philadeld
Ohio
Columbia
Right Mound
Richmond
Louisville
Artive
Louleville
Columbus
Vincennes
Cairo
Vandalia Line
St. Louis
Tile West
Terre Haute
B. & T. H. Peinte
Transville
Greencastle
Terra Haute
Terre Oute
Greencastie
W. FI. Bruuner
Pasenger
Fairview Park
Marion County
Sherman
Spencer, ID
Spencer Mineral Spring
Seryies
Indianapolis & Vincennes R. RB. Co
Spencer
Fred F
Needham
Big Four
E. Wash. St
Mass
Ave
Union Station
Cindicates
East Bound
Peoria
Indienapolis
Wess
Amjam
PMN
Chicago Isiang
Cleveland
East
Cot
Col. &Darton
Cincinnati
West Bound
Lafayette
Kankakee
Bloomington
Awa
Dany
Terra Haute & St. Louis
Terre Haute & Mattoon
Anderson and Muncie
Arfram
Bonday
Arvavon
Cin
Boon
Jesues
Seabury
Cruggist
M.abbett
M.D
Virginia Ave
Indiaanapolis
Mlinors St
Kentucky Ave
Ajuruauel
Arriva
Toledo
Detroit
Cincinnati Limited
South West
Chlo Et
THI Sun
Cupant
Lux
Sox
Taz Sun
Tee Son
John Wanamaker
Kingan
E. Washington St
West
Washington St
Charles Mayer & CO
GALL
Tel
Blackwell & Demmerly
B. Hllinois
St. T
D. Pray
Sec’y
Torsun
Ohiost
Indianan
Toe Sun
Toe Son
Oblast
Bryce
Homer
Dewald & Gall
Massachusetts Avenue
Flanner & Buchanan
North Illinois Street
Johnnie
Rome
Ant Fe
Taggart
Tre + Herancourt + Brewine + Company
Joe. G. Tilly
Acent
South East Street
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