Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed for Colds
Aadvertisement urges immediate use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound at first signs of a cold to prevent complications like croup and asthma. A letter from John Parsons of Stewart Obio praises the remedy, recounting his infant son's severe cough cured after two bottles, with many relatives witnessing the recovery. Hill's Drug Store sells the product.
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Croup
Foley
John Parsons
Stewart
Obio
Hill's Drug Store
What Pa Says on Lighting and Family Life
In a colloquial monologue Pa advocates electric lights over coal oil lamps. He notes the ease of reading in an easy chair, the dangers of lamp flames around kids, and his wife’s switch from lamps to an electric stove and lamp that saves time and money.
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Jever
Electric light is safe convenient and inexpensive
Public notice touts electric lighting as safe and affordable with a call to action to contact for rates, referencing a local Main 34 contact line.
Elderberry Wine Saga Tells Plainfield Folly and Fisticuffs
In Plainfield a lightning rod man’s hog mishap sparks a chase to swindle Elder Carpenter with fake elderberry wine. A fight erupts as townsfolk invest in a supposed wine enterprise, dragging in ministers and black eyes, ending after two days of clashes and a lingering feud.
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Plainfield
the Peddier
Plainfeld
Carpenter
Thia
Thay
Etreeta
Panched
Cavalry Charges at Aliwal Face Sikh Squares
The Sixteenth Lancers and Cinong regiment clash with Sikh formations at Aliwal in the Punjab. British riders repeatedly breaching square formations, taking heavy losses, until a sudden mounted lances maneuver breaks the resistance and the Sikh square yields.
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Aliwal
Punjab
Juouerg
Waterloo
Iito
Won by a Song
A historical note chronicles the early spread of the American telephone to Europe. Kate Field reportedly sang Kathleen Mavourneen to Queen Victoria by telephone, inspiring interest and prompting an exchange in London and orders from Theodora Vail to a Boston factory for one hundred band telephones.
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Saya
National
London
Kate Field
Kathleen Mavourneen
Queen Victoria
Bel
England
Theodora Vail
Boston
Pieare
Thackeray Language Errors Cited by London Chronicle
The London Chronicle laments Thackeray’s occasional slips in English style noting misuse of different to and compared to and the pluralization of surnames such as the Mini Potters instead of Misses Potter. It asks why the Indies are mishandled and highlights his otherwise fluent writing.
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Thackeray
Misses Potter
Mr. Potters
London Chronicle
The Fruit Cuckoo and Its Strategy Against Crows
The Indian fruit cuckoo lays eggs in other birds nests to avoid care of hatchlings. The bright black plumaged male perches near crow nests and creates a racket to draw crows away while the female sneaks in to lay an egg. If crows return early, the intruder is forced to retreat.
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Ben
Ferrying the Train A NYC Harbor Sight
A New York Sun description highlights the river and harbor experience aboard a ferryboat that carries an entire train. Passengers stretch on deck during fair weather, enjoying views of the East River, lower city, and varied river traffic as the vessel shuttles cars and travelers along a scenic water route.
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New York City
Heter
Ita
Pediat Fitea
Mabhattiin
Sang Yi
New York Sun
Why the Sun Retains Heat According to Harpers Weekly
The article explains heat in the sun arises from particle fall toward its center. It states the sun shrinks about 150 meters annually, and estimates 80,000 years before a measurable radius change occurs. It notes radium and helium presence, with two grams per ton of sun material enough to regenerate all lost heat.
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Alwara
Harpers Weekly
Worse Luck Patigued Philip
Fragmentary Toledo Blade item notes a misfortune involving a woman and a man named Phil in odd dialect. The text references boiling water and a confusing scene described as worse than others.
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Philip
Walter
Phil
Toledo Blade
Rules. Weary it's a poor rule that doesn't work both ways
A terse editorial line from the Toledo Blade notes the rule's ineffectiveness and its impracticality, citing fatigue with rigid constraints and a call for more flexible standards in handling complex issues.
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Willie
Toledo Blade
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Foley's
Ney
Tar
Oregon
Elder Carpenter
Hog
Iralien Alps
Monte Rosi
Rome
Hack and Ambulance
Uptown
E. L. Bussey
Wenaha Lumber CO
Greenwood & Madison
Bell
Impulae
Life OF
Adler
Clothiers
C. T. Darley
LA Grande Iron Works D, Fitzgerald
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