Secrets of illicit drinks in Bowery druggists warns of adulteration
A New York Star exposé describes how cheap drinks sold in dives and bottles claim to be whisky gin and brandy but are diluted with water and toxic additives. It details adulterants, shared by a Bowery druggist, and a reporter’s, visit to a five and ten cent liquor seller outlining profits, ingredients, and safety concerns. The piece notes use of flavoring extracts and ether in some compounds, highlighting public health risks.
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New York Star
Bowery
Waaily
Cologne
Shestep
Unnamed City Lacks Official Liquor Analysis Bureau
Fragment notes absence of a city bureau to analyze liquors and curb illicit drinking. It argues that an efficient department would aid suppression efforts and improve enforcement.
Franklin and Adams Debate Night Air on a Journey
A tale from the revolutionary era recalls John Adams and Benjamin Franklin traveling from Philadelphia to Massachusetts. Adams feared night air and kept windows closed, while Franklin argued against the danger. After tavern crowding forced shared rooms, Franklin secretly opened a window to prove his point. Adams finally conceded when he did not die from breathing the night air.
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Franklin
Adams
Boma Tima
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Maasachusetts
Ben
Adama
Big Friend
Ban
Ailaniy
Wleap
Bun
Shiner
America
Butler and the 1856 Lowell hall rescue by Ben Butler
The tale describes Ben Butler, then a young attorney in Lowell, stepping to the stage during Rufus Choate’s campaign meeting to reassure the crowd after a rumor of a collapsing hall. He inspected the building with the architect and confirmed no immediate danger, then advised a calm adjournment to let Choate finish, averting a panic.
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Butler
Hen Butler
Gilley
Jonathon Cilley
Graves-Cilley
Hien Butler
Mr. Choate
Mir. Choate
Spurgeons Jubilee Plans Highlight Denon Preacher’s Career
Spurgeon, the noted preacher, nears a Jubilee next day amid growing interest. A recent church fund of £4,000 supported ministry work. a new Jubilee House is under construction behind the Tabernacle to house chapel keepers and officers. The Waterleach event marks his early rise to London ministry at age seventeen, serving a congregation of about 6,800.
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Spurgeon
Spurge
Belvida
Esses
Waterleach
Oni
London
Tabors Welo
A Japanese Wedding Ritual and Its Farcical Aspects
A fragment describes a traditional Japanese wedding ritual where the bride endures a mock courtship before the ceremony. The maid leads a veiled bride in a ceremonial procession, culminating in a symbolic carriage ride that marks her transition to wife. The piece notes that modern practices have inverted this order in some contexts.
Englishmen dine in short intervals amid baronial halls
English laborers eat meals in four hour intervals, while Britain’s social settings feature tables laid for meals across the day and evening. David Dudley Field turns eighty on February 18, with income from law practice and inventions exceeding $100,000. French agricultural savers deposit $200,000,000 with four percent interest, while investors hold large government bonds. A Scottish anecdote about a drunken groom and a wedding procession is related, followed by a peculiar tale of a Nevada, Missouri accident. The Prince of Wales is praised in a London letter, and salaries for Harvard athletics trainer James G. Lathrop are noted at $2,000 yearly. The piece closes with reflections on editors’ cuttings and a vast but uneven book sale in Hamilton’s library, highlighting a rising demand for rare books in London.
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Cary Tour
Hells Sngland
David Dudley Fioli
New York
France
Government Savings Bank
Alan
Government Honda
Nevada
Prince of Wales
Kenhickian
London
GourorFournal
Kentucky
James G. Lathrop
Harvoad
Hethrey
Mr. Ruvkin
Lord Randolph Churchill
London News
Ali
Mink
Bermuda
Duke of Hamilton
Nnit
Sunderland
Gosford
Oregonian Report on A J Dufur’s Vermont Trip Visit
Hon A J Dufur and wife returned from Orange County Vermont after a thirty year alliance. They say Oregon suits better than Vermont with land worn out and young men leaving. Dufur notes timber and soil decline, Vermont prices cut from 3400 to 1600 dollars, and Wisconsin storms surpass Oregon.
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Mr. Dafa
Vermont
Dufur
Wisconsin
Dafarova
Oregon
Anarchist Sermon and Church Incident Reported
The Philadelphia Prom notes Herr Most inciting riots and praising violent acts including a plan of dynamite usage. A separate parish scene at St Look church in Paris is described as a dramatic, dangerous apparition amid divine service, leading to a police intervention and restraint of a distressed woman. Additional items cover mortgage disputes in Ohio, a burned residence in Elm Grove, and various notices about public figures and legal actions.
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Herr Most
Philadelphia
Bull
5Th
Gaskill
Johann Most
Teinadorf
Wilhelm
Lerdam
Andr
Tetraleum
Sandlorda
Paria Cable
New York Herald
Wilawa
St Look
Paria
St Roch
Massin
Sis
Gorda
Lovar Haat
St. Roch
Thos Mois
Town
Honsack
Wteck
Heys
Mowsack
Alva
Perry
Moowack
Minney
Abe
Bar Oy Ile Aberuh
Citizgu' National Bank
Lewin Haker
Elm Grove
Wheeling
Baker
Wheeling Register
St. Paul Globe
Remedy Promises Cough Cure Free of Opium and Toxins
A Baltimore company promotes a noted remedy described as a safe and effective cough cure that relieves opiate dependence, claims to be non-addictive and includes endorsements from Dr. James A. Steuart. The piece also references extensive war reporting and famed officers, framing the cure within contemporary medical and public discourse.
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Cox
D.D
Washington
D. C
Tomothera
Howe
Iria
Chark ‘Vogeler Company
Staltimore
Maryland
Baltimore Health Department
James A. Steuart
America
Avon Frill and Witcarrot Dye Triumph Mentioned
A muddled note cites the Weily-Wichardson improved utter flor at a high award, praises a Dublin bound thread maker Thomas Barbour’s death, references German cooperative societies and a yenozmelan mine yielding 1.85 million dollars to American owners in six months, with various product mentions and obsolete names.
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Avon
Auter Witcarrot
mnAtto
Weily-Wichardson, &Co
Husuigtony
Wwe
Waid
Ave
Unclear medical advert fragment from Criswell Hague Co
Fragmentary 19th century medical text mentions indigestion depression and debility with references to preventive fever remedies. It cites Criswell Hague & Co New York and hints at preparations for intermittent fevers and aiding patient health. The OCR yields garbled lines and unreadable portions.
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Criswell, Hague & Co
New York
Lenin
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