Fragmented 19th Century Adverse Weather Remedies Mentioned
The passage lists various patent medicines and tonics such as St Jacobs Oil Pit and Dr. D lague's Expectorant, with scattered notes on warming surfaces, curing coughs, and opinions on health remedies. It interleaves long mangled sentences with references to places like Austin and Cincinnati, mixing wedding notices and carnival references with medical ads and historical literary snippets. The overall sense is a collage of old advertisements, literary allusions, and public notices.
The Greatest Meat Discovery and Kennedy Remedy
Donald Kennedy of Roxbury Massachusetts claims a medical discovery cures a range from scrofula to pimples. He cites over eleven hundred cases with two failures and offers certificates of value within twenty miles of Boston. The treatment promises relief from first bottle and a claimed cure with proper dosage. Read the label and use fat as available. dose is one tablespoonful in water at bed time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
Owels
The Sugar King's Family War in Hawaii Fortunes
A sweeping tale traces Claus Spreckels and his sons Adolph Rudolph in a bitter family business struggle over the Hawaiian Commercial Company and sugar empire. It details wealth, battles for control, strategic land and water projects, and Spreckels’s rise from a New York grocer to a Sugar King allied with King Kalakaua, with a dramatic clash over ownership and loans culminating in the two sons maintaining power despite the elder’s attempts to dominate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claws Buecksls
New York
Adolph
Rudolph Bpreckela
Ain
John 1
Bia
Hawaiian Commercial Company
Claus
Spreckels
Root
Bavk
Ha van Weil
Jolanda
RFC
eUgary
Kalakaua
Reregia
Spreckelé
Atakana
Hin Kulgb
Mude
Semo Thinerior
Lalande
Rudgipb
Coinink
Lin Huywallan
Laspany
Heer -Plantauiota
California
Lucre
Fortune
Claud Spreckels
Newark
Wax
Claa
Loulaville
New Orleans
Pace Coast
Potter
San Francisco
Germany
Apreckels
Broters
Ther Bank Ao~ Court
Chilly
Xorething
Ike
Mugar
Blind Love Epilogue of the Mountjoy Murder Case
A widow, now Lady Norland, contemplates a life free from the past while uncovering a confidential letter detailing insurance money and a planned confession. The tale follows threats, witness hints, and the looming possibility of the killer’s return, as allies brace for danger and secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Norland
Avelfor
Hugh
High
Midou
Lomna
Neceaally
Tata
Harry
Lim
Haery’ Norlauid
Tari
High Mountjoy
Breil Ste
Mountjoy
Fragmentary Crime Plot Amid Monastery Isle Scene
The text depicts a murky dialogue with threats of murder and a plan to persuade a woman to lie about an apparent crime. A monkish isle setting emerges with a rushing tide and desolate shoreline as suspense builds around capturing someone for murder. The chaotic handwriting hints at a manuscript fragment with characters plotting violence and escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Tyow
Tempest Toll and a Widow's Secret
A storm lashs the coast as a couple fights fear and fate. A body is found lashed to a net stake after a night of tempest and dread. A wife keeps a hidden lock of her husband’s hair, guarding a secret tied to love, guilt, and a peculiar death.
Chinese cashiers show tricks of counterfeiting rings
The Philadelphia Times describes Chinese cashiers as experts at handling counterfeit notes and coins. It explains that Chinese notes are treated as promissory instruments, with bank seals and private marks. It details methods to verify real currency, from weighing and stamping to washing and reconstituting coins, and notes a recent incident where a counterfeit silver dollar was detected and exposed at a bank in Hank’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bani
Mai
Akal
China
Hanks
Phildelphia Nimes
Electricity to cut WA forests with new tech
Washington Star reports Paul Himphrays of Seattle touts electric timber cutting in Washington state forests. A Seattle Liber company plan uses central grid power to power wires and cut trees with precision, replacing costly steam saws and portable engines. Experts note axmen’ skill remains marvel, while contests in Australia inspire talk of such feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington State
Paul Himphrays
Seattle
Seattle Liber Company
Lhe Nuid
Washington
Port Blakesley
Sendiop Vone
Australia
Tasmania
Washington Star
Specimens of Jerrold Wit and Witty Quips
The notes collect anecdotes on Jerrold and contemporaries. A French adapter teases Jerrold about nerves on opening night. Jerrold retorts his pieces have not been heard before. Other skits poke at a vain author and a mock love dialogue from Aunt Marla and Carrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerrold
Lever
Reece Jerrold
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Tan
Politieat Hid
Vie
Ieee
Erie
Ign
Phalbdern
Unis
Reavtory
Onan Veutte
Brig Banete
Bhoentys
Axi
Pino
Consumpton
Medicina
Weott
St Covington
Mra. Vandeerbily
Mr. Belmont
Rex
Kanes
ST. Jacobs
Austin
England
Meredith
Laurente Austin
Yale
Yeply
Willian Watson
Noral
Craven Kaneand
Srathiius
Willy Aiarnes
Freedom
Walla
Ayia Fatth
Tumillas
Eliie
Apia Musle
Hulk
Alfred Austin
Winstow Garden
New York World
Phens
Ohange
Indianapolis Journal
Mroven
Philadelphia
Maresland Navy Yard
de Kay
Cleveland
Winneston College
Milna
Kline
Arch St. Phila
Zobalon Hise
Pike's Peak
Nedy
W. L. Doucas
Vine
Nara Ant
Mt.duglas
Akton, Mass
Dr. Kay
Anita
Towa
B.J. Kay Medical Co
Ana News
Peek
J. Kay Medicine Co
So. Jith Street
Tmgha
Lebanon
Ioux City Printing CO
1100P & CO
Lowell
Musa
TUK Amemotor CO
Sapolio
Claus Spreckels
Wis
Wonderfattis
Thuiarant
Clavie
Dev
Clara Spreckels
Ita
Muat Toy
Council Bluffs
Transvaal
Dr. Jameson
Carl Smith
Omana
Eugene Field
Tribune
Lake Valley
Evermore
Adee
Maine
Tim
Januitah Taymion
Judee Goodwin
Goodwin
Chicago
John
Lee
Walt. i
Poltroon
Jevitin Peroll
Tonm
Thialriken Balt
Winn
Chleako
Vance
North Carolina
Senator Vance
Claus Sprekels
Adolph and
Rudolph Sprekels
Wilkie Collian
Azain
Firat
Chanal
Mrs. Wimpaiy
Fanny
Hghven
Heaven
Cho Pouth
Solway
Ungh
Wimpany
Ab- Paul
Buriet
Lord Harry
Onedianapolly Journal
Marla
Mr. Spooner
Carrie
Seneral Flarrison
the Presidential
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Renewala
Oe Sohoule
Curtis Publishing Company
Faro
N. K. Fairbank Company
Psi Mo Tanes Pyle
Owe Extte
Lond
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