Remarkable Resurrection After Hanging Case Report
The London Lancet notes a Kent asylum patient, a 50 year old woman with melancholia, who appeared dead after hanging for minutes. Artificial respiration restored life after about two hours, with full recovery except memory loss for two days. The case prompts caution about diagnosing death and suggests perseverance in resuscitation efforts.
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London Lancet
Ernest W. Winto
Kent
Uley
Liv Drowinitmr
Tiendt
Ub Command
Senator Anthony's Library Reflects Alices of the Past
A newspaper correspondent describes the late Senator Anthony's library as a haven of books and portraits. The room includes a hidden summer fireboard logs display, shelves filled with Burke, Sumners, Froude, Adams to Hamilton, and a draped study where Mrs. Anthony's reflected image greets visitors.
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Tina
Anthony
Kiven
Postum
Burke
Sumners
Geneva
Froude
Adams
Quincy
Jackson
Madison
Clay
Benton
Hamilton
Our Republic
Dreams and Dreamers in Harpers Weekly
The article surveys beliefs about the soul and dreams across cultures. It cites the Fonjooans the Dyaks of Borneo and the Guiana Indians as holding that the soul leaves the body in sleep and influences waking life. It notes medieval and other traditional theories linking dreaming to real acts and disease and the role of medicine men in expelling demons or recovering the soul.
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Harpar's Weekly
Grean- Inndur
Borveo
Dolief
Thurnim
Guiana
Digimond
Iceland
Ingimund
Luzon
Soren
Mexican Carpenters Earn Low Wages in Central Mexico
The text describes Mexican workers including carpenters earning sixty to seventy five cents daily, masons from twenty five to fifty cents, farm laborers two to five dollars a month, and long hours from dawn to dusk with brief meals. It notes their earnings barely cover food and basic clothing, yet portrays them as happy despite poverty.
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Mexico
Ae Mason
Pulke
Personal Gossip from Saratoga and Burkes of Glynsk
Henry W Slaw known as Tosh Billings stays with sister at Saratoga aged 66 still vigorous. He recalls first literary venture selling for 1 50. Mrs Weldon an Englishwoman defeats many lawyers and MDs and argues with remarkable eloquence. Burke and Cavanagh murder link noted. Burke baronetcy to Colonel Burke as Sir John Burke dies. Glynsk estate passes. under secretary’s wealth goes to mother and sisters.
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Henry W. Slaw
Tosh Billings
Saratoga
Wera
Burke
Frederick Cavendish
Pheonix Park
Burkes of
Glynsk
Strangora
Hay crop dips nearly thirty percent in New England area
Reports from the New England region and New York indicate the hay harvest is about 30 percent below last year. Yields by area range from 51 percent in Vermont to 83 percent in Rhode Island with an overall average around 77 percent. Prices run higher than last year, when shipping counties saw a heavy crop. many farmers may need to sell stock or buy hay.
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New England
New York
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massacchusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Ialand
Provinces
Military Ballooning History and Early Schools at Chatham
A historical sketch traces military ballooning from early 18th century experiments to a modern school at Chatham. Notable milestones include Mendon 1704 with Guyton de Morceau, captures and battles aided by balloons, Paris siege experiments, and British trials at Aldershot. Parachute use and safety notes accompany accounts of captive versus free balloons and notable descents.
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Pretol
Tia
Chatham
Max
Mendon
Coutells
Guyton de Morgeat
Armiox
Sambre
Monne
Egypt
Asma
Coytelle
Fleurus
Bain
Venice
Solferino
Gever] McLellan
Xigga’ O
Paris
Christianis
Aldershot
Irko
Powell
Gurnerin
Terra Firma
British Army
Wid Navy
The Fighting Parson of Texas at Carvonton
The San Angela Standard reports briefly on Andrew Jackson Potter known as the fighting parson. He recalls serving 16 years frontline work and earning most support from cowboys. He recounts escaping bullets near Uvalde, preaching in Brackett, and stories of hat collections at crowds. The tale includes a generous five-dollar donation from a poor oil lady.
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Texas
Carvonton
Doxas Rill Lyn
San Angela Standard
Andrew Jackson Potter
Uvalde
Ita
Eeama
Farmer’s clever device for stopping trains on road bridge
A Chicago Herald report narrates a farmer placing and reusing a missing run slow sign on a bridge near a farmhouse. For four years trains slowed at the sign, costing the railroad money, until the farmer’s scheme was uncovered. The tale notes whistle blowers and the absurd persistence of caution in rail travel.
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Rarmer
Mis Farm
Chicago Herald
Chicago
Whiel
Cour
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