A Duelist of the Old South Col Robertson Remembered
A Detroit Free Press writer recalls Col Robertson a stern southern planter and churchman famed for wealth and restraint. He fought a first duel in New Orleans when defending his wife, the second shooting the challenger in self defense. Robertson’s vow to avoid cold blood but not mercy is highlighted.
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Detroit Free Press
Col. Robertson
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Orcerich
Judgmant
New Orleans
Atlanta
Robertson
Mixed Health Notes and Curiosities From a 19th Century Paper
A jumble of stray items: a field of wild cats near Santa Maria stands 6 feet 2 inches tall. New York has a dozen women notaries. many French Legion of Honor members are civilians. Chekiang hailstorm sizes destroy animals and houses. a lignite sugar refinery in Philadelphia claims to revolutionize sugar from clarified molasses. a classroom exchange about Miller and a Lincoln appointee. Warm weather tied to fatigue and impure blood. Hoop’s arsenic extract touted as health tonic.
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Santa Maria
New York City
Legion of Honor
China
Estorme
Chekiang Province
Philadelphia
Calad Salad Recipe From New York Sun
The New York Sun offers a tomato cucumber onion salad method to be started 15 minutes before serving. Use chilled peeled tomatoes, large chunks, layered with cucumbers and onions, seasoned with oil pepper salt and wine vinegar, then mixed gently for even dressing. Substitutes include leeks for onions.
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New York Sun
Notable Gossipy Skew of Society Figures and Tragedy
A Washington Post column snippets reveal high society figures such as Miss Ids Watson dubbed New England “poetess of passion,” Mrs Cleveland’s rumored riches, and Empress Frederick’s daughter rumored to marry Prince Adolph. It also notes Lydia Benham’s suicide linked to deformity, and discusses rural wives funding household luxuries while husbands complain.
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Ha Washipston Post
Ids Watson
North
New England
Cleveland
Grover
House of Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Sacisty Eayeebe
Sacisty
Frederick
Prince Adolph of
Lydia Benham
Connecticut
Frocks and Fabrics: Chalices Woolen Materials in Childrens Wear
The article notes chalices and woolen fabrics are popular and affordable for children's dresses, though making can cost more than materials. It highlights wash silk waits, Scotch plaid scraps, lace trim, velvet ribbons, and various alpaca and mohair fabrics in pale blues, rose and primrose tones.
Fad Diets and Odd Remedies Highlight 1890s Wit
A fragmentary column mocks fashionable foods and eccentric habits like brown bread with ice cream and sugar soaked in cologne water. It notes American women in London and references sprinkling carts in Bellamy’s imagined era. The piece promotes Julius A Haag’s Blood-orange phosphate as a tonic.
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Cologne
London
Hagand
Chicago Tribune
Edward Bellamy
Indianapolis
Hawk and snake fight ends in death and capture
A large hawk battles a seven foot black snake. a negro intervenes, ties the hawk, bites the snake, and the hawk escapes. The snake is later killed by the man and cooked for dinner. In Epworth Heaughis a seven foot snake attacked a cow, milked her udder, and was killed after it dropped to the ground.
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Heas
Epworth
Gun Wa Chinese Herbal Remedies Promised Cure All Ailments
Promotion for Gun Wa Chinese Herbal Remedy Co touts berls based medicines for numerous illnesses including piles cancer cataract dyspepsia indigestion and rheumatism. It claims testimonials prove efficacy and offers free in person or mail consultations from its West Washington street office.
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Wes
M. Hinton
M.p
Washington
J. H. Zeilin & Co
Gun Wa Chinese Berh Remedy. Co
Gun Wa Chinese Herb Remedy Co
West Washington-st
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Toledo
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