Modern Mesmerism in Paris Seances Recalled by Moscheles
Elusive artist Moscheles writes in Century about his Paris days studying mesmeric and hypnotic experiments with Du Maurier and Virginie Mersandon. He recounts seances, tests, and an amusing incident where a visitor tried to mesmerize a youth, then failed and left the subject unharmed.
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Elix Moscheles
Bohemia
du Maurdier
du Maurier
Moscheles
de Maurier
Paris
Virginie Mersaudon
Virginie
Henri Lehmann
Leipsic
Mme. Mersandon
Inquirer
the Inquirer
Street Comedy in New York Ends with Park Chief Arrest
Brooklyn’s Timothy L. Woodruff, acting park commissioner, arrested Frank Busher for a park ordinance violation. At Grant Street court Justice Steers fined Busher five dollars, which Woodruff paid to give the driver a lesson.
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Cpen
Timothy L. Woodruff
Brooklyn
Frank Busher
New York Journal
Grant Street
Justice Steers
Busher
Basher
Hart
Eighteenth Avenue
Woodruff
Mr. Woodruff
Commissioner Woodruff
Grosbinet Refuses To Withdraw Insult In Banter
Grosbinet confronts a gentleman who accuses him of being a porcupine. After a back and forth the other party agrees to withdraw the term, Grosbinet calms and departs satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerberus Grosbinet
Porcupine
Grosbinet
No Objections at Show Prompt Bantam Circus
A performer, Jake, tested public thresholds with controversial routine and provocative themes at a Valley theater. Patrons demanded novelty while police-like intervention interrupted midway as Mr. Smythe halted the act with forceful caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Ron
Hintle
Smythe
Unclear OCR Summary Item From Miscue Text
Fragmentary text from a New York Journal page mentions medical services, credit to a provider, and a general reference to practitioners. The readable bits do not form a complete event, person, or outcome to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Following Tradition
Fragmented lines reveal a meditation on names and friendship during travel. Reflections touch on identity, fate, and the comfort found in a companion as a journey unfolds.
Fragmentary 19th century note on local life and threats
A garbled reminiscence recalls a tense moment as a neighbor questions friends about daily actions and a visit ends with talk of knives and fear. The fragment hints at social strain and mistrust amid a cold meal and uneasy departure.
Valuable Franchise Secured and Health Remedies Mentioned
A fragmented report notes a franchise related to digestion aids and stomach tonics sold by Hovietter's Stomach Hitters. It mentions Sunset repens fever and constipation and suggests health remedies. The text also references Tom Reel and a claim about capturing a sea serpent of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hovietter
Aleo
Tom Reel
Maine
Nemua Bas
Transcontinental fares prompt East Coast travel sales
An advertisement touts July travel specials via Union Pacific with $11.05 to Kansas City and Omaha 12.00 to Sioux City 14.00 to St Louis and 22M) to other East points. It mentions a July 14 ceremony laying the foundation stone at the Champs Elys es near Place de la Concorde as part of France’s national fete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Louis
Curtis
France
Halve Catareh Cace and constitutional cure Price The
Halve Catareh Cace is described as a constitutional cure. The item references price and the need to replace horse power with tramway and mechanical power. It notes teething remedies and a Pasteur institute effort. A response from the Egyptian government mentions a serum set to Cairo for cholera experiments.
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Price
The
Nang Econ
Reyptian
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Cairo
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Parise
New York
le Petit Liegeois
Senator West
Earworth Bettie
Gox
Lindsey
Rootheer
Cherie
Pemethyaen
E. E. Burlingame’'S
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Academy OF the Sacred
Hetiy
Jo8ern
Asia
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W. N.C. Denver
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