Trephining a Boy to Restore Morality at Alameda Hospital
A ten year old boy once struck by a falling axe and later deemed a moral degenerate underwent skull trephination at Alameda General Hospital. Surgeons hoped brain pressure from the injury caused his perversion and kleptomania, with cautious optimism about recovery and the potential to end a life of cruelty.
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Alameda
Har- Teety
Pacific Coast
Alameda General Hospital
Tists
Clark
Markle the Coal Baron's Estate Dominates Hazleton
In Hazleton Pennsylvania John Markle of the Markle coal empire rules a vast estate including mines, trolley lines, a brewery, a bank and a coffin factory. The article portrays him as a feudal lord overseeing Jeddo area villages and workers while noting his concern over a recent strike and past evictions of 157 families in 1855.
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Hazleton
John Markle
W. G. Markle Company
Markle
John
Markle Mines
Markle Company
Jeddo
Seminole tribe offers reward for white men to wed its women
The Seminole nation in Oklahoma offers 200 acres and 500 dollars to every white husband chosen to marry a Seminole girl. The act grants full rights of a full blood, invites white men to settle on rich western lands, amid reports of medicine dances and warnings of a looming plague if marriages do not occur.
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Wichita, Kas
Tax dispute over misread bill in St. Louis
Francis Fisher, a wealthy retired merchant, clashed with the tax collector over a $164 bill that Fisher insisted should be $3,969 after proving an item of $144,000 had been omitted from the assessment. This correction would drastically alter his tax liability.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Francis Fisher
Dwyer Trades Fortune For War Path To Philippines
Edward Leonard Dwyer of Torrington Connecticut sails as a private in the U S Marine Corps bound for the Philippines. Once a Chicago wheat buyer and New York mining promoter he gained wealth and losses including $350000 and six Maine islands later sold for $150000. Bankruptcy followed in 1899 as he pursued silver ventures in Mexico.
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Winsted
Conn
Edward Leonard Dwyer
Torrington
Philippines
United States Marine Corps
Far East
Dwyer
Chicago
Board of Trade
New York
Duchess de Castelluccia
Maine
Zocates
Mex
Harrisburg
Man rides 100000 miles on bicycle in four years
Irving H. Harrison a Hackensack telegraph lineman completed a self imposed goal of 100000 miles on a bicycle in under four and a half years. His last day’s run was 151 miles and he finished six and a half months early. He set New Jersey and national mileage records along the way. He plans to ease up slightly after reaching the milestone.
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New York
Irving H. Harrison
Hackensack
Harrison
New Jersey
Homeless German Couple Rejoins Washington Social Scene
Mrs. Alfred Von Bruning, former wife of Gordon McKay, returns to Washington after a disputed diplomatic posting and a European sojourn. The couple, once blocked by the German foreign office and Kaiser, faced curt orders and limited acceptable residence. Friends expect a social welcome for the pair in the capital.
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Washington
Alfred von Bruning
Gordon McKay
von Bruning
Constantinople
Europe
Berlin
von Brunings
Paris
New Autumnal Kissin Bug Threat Warned in Springfield
Dr. C. Pruyn of Springfield reports a newly identified affliction threatening humanity. The condition resembles a kissing bug bite with a sting on the face or neck above the collar. The lesion proves hard to treat and heals slowly.
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Chicago
Cure for Tuberculosis Claimed by Philadelphia Doctor
Dr George Benton Massey of 1831 Chestnut Street claims a new TB treatment using an electrolytic mercury salt injected via a neck puncture and radiated through diseased tissue by a mild electric current. He says the process, repeating twice weekly, could cure in six weeks and allows patients to continue ordinary duties.
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Philadelphia
George Benton Massey
Chestnut St
Massey
Electro-Therapuetic Society
New York
Five Dollars a Box Endorses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Customer testimonials praise Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for rapid relief of dyspepsia and acid indigestion. An assistant postmaster from South Sudbury and a Toronto woman share how a single box cured months of symptoms, noting wide physician and pharmacist endorsements.
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Stuart
Mr. Ellms
Railroad Time Card Train Schedules and Offices
Norfolk historical timetable lists multiple railroad lines with varied departures and arrivals across routes like Cleveland, Benton Harbor, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Peoria, Springfield and Columbus. It notes city ticket offices at 25 W. Washington St and ticket details for connections, express services, and accommodations.
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Washington-st
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Fast Mail
Det
Dayton
Dayton Lim
T H
St. L & West
Western Express
T. H
Effingham
Ty.h.& St. L
s.Dam St. Land West
Pennsylvania Lines
Illinois and
Washington-sts
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Harry Knox
Whell
Ness
S Honest
Ouch
Butch
Elk
Trenton
N. J
Elks
Pondapivaure
the Saks Princeton
Saks
Princeton
Saks & Company
Indiana
Men’s and Boys’ Outfitters
Philadelhia
Goodyear
H. B. Nathan
E. Washington St
Brussels
D. Sommers & Co
Stevenson Building
East Washington St
The
Central Printing Co
E. Court St
Bowen-Merrill Co
Wash. St
W. Peart St
Allison & CO
South-st
DH. J.J. VL
St. L.ry
Washingtons
Cleveland Line
Anderson Ac
Union City
N.Y
É Bos
Pos
N. Y
Bos. Iim
Boston
Knickerbocker
Benton Harbor Line
Benton Harbor
Wabash
ST. Louis
St. Louis Accom
A. L. Ss
W. Lim
St. Louis Limited
T. H. & Mattoon Ac
St. Louis Ex
Lafayette
Chicago Fast Mail
Cincinnati, Ex
Greensburg
Cin
Lex
N. Ver
Louis
Peoria
Bloom
M&ex
Peoria & RE
Champaign
Springfield
Columbus
Columbus & Spring
Lynn
Hamilton & Dayton
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisellie Railway
Monen
Chicago Ft ml. S
Chicago Express
Lake Erie & Western R. R. T
Mich
Chi. Lim
L’porte
Decatur & Western Ry
St. L
Vandalia Lines
St. L. & West
St. L. Ace
Phil
Baltimore
Col
Ind
Loui
Piqua
Rich
Mad
Columb’s
Colum
le Martins
Pittsburg
East Phil
Dayton and Xenia
Spencer Acc
Mai Co
Louis Logans
Hadron Davor Medcunmosto
Bor
San Francisco
Cal
Sloan Drug CO
W. Washington St
Indianapolis
Ems
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