Brain growth could restore sight after injury says physiologist
A physiologist argues brain cells may regrow after destruction and restore function. Experiments on monkeys removed sight-related brain tissue, later showing partial recovery as new cells formed. If proven, this could spark treatments for severe brain injury and prompt further research into stimulating brain regrowth.
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Ohn Smith
Courts of Law
New York Herald
Boston Bay floating life saving station described
The Boston bay floating life saving station at Noank Connecticut is a unique 100 by 34 by 6 foot craft designed to lie offshore with a sheltered harbor for small boats. Built with bulkheads and a pilothouse, it will be towed to Boston bay off City Point and costs about $7000 excluding furnishings.
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Boston Bay
Noank
Conn
Boston
City Point
Henry E. Davis
Palmer's Yard
New York Sun
Afloat in a Cockleshell Mariners Sighted at Sea
Two New York sailors who left June in an 18 foot cockleshell boat for an Atlantic crossing were sighted July in latitude 50.80 and longitude 31.55 by the American liner Indiana under Captain Thompson. They appeared well and declined assistance though offered water and provisions. Their craft draws three inches of water and carries 60 days of provisions and water in four tanks. They hope to reach a channel port in August if weather allows. Captain Thompson telegraphed the news to New York for their families.
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New York
Atlantic
Indiana
Thompson
Fastnet
Gold Ore Discovery Triggers Mount Carmel Mining Effort
In Mount Carmel Connecticut a ledge of ore was struck during street improvements. Samples sent to New York showed geld content promising returns for milling and crushing equipment. Local businessmen form a company to mine and a Black Hills expert is brought in to gauge the vein’s extent. A curious ark project in South Dakota also draws attention.
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Mount Carmel
New Haven
Conn
New York
Black Hills
International wage scale movement stirs world seamen
The Chicago Record reports a push for a universal international wage scale led by seamen unions in the United States and Europe. Organizers aim to include firemen sailors dock laborers and railroad workers to form a global federation that could paralyze transportation with a general strike if not adopted.
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London
T. J. Eiderkin
International Seamen's Union
Chicago
Ong
Elderkin
England
J. H. Wilson
M. P
Seamenu
Tom Mann
L. Johnson
Richard McGhee
Antwerp
Liverpool
Rotterdam
Glasgow
United States
Seamen
New York
Cleveland
Buffalo
New Orleans
Confidence swindle charged in three state scam
Federal detectives arrest Henry Wells of Girard Kansas and Tom Hobson of the same city on charges of complicity in a $60,000 swindle. The scheme spanned Kansas Missouri and Indian Territory claiming to be President Cleveland's personal representatives and promising a third term by diverting canceled treasury funds through agents. Wells and Hobson were imprisoned at Port Scott.
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Henry Wells
Girard, Kan
Tom Hobson
Kansas
Missouri
Indian Territory
Cleveland
United States
Port Scott
Wells
W. Wells
Pittsburg
Kan
Yale's Woman Graduates First Degree at Yale
Yale conferred the university's first graduate degree on a woman as four coeds marched in the commencement procession. Miss Mattie A. Harris, Miss Sarah M. Sherrick, Miss Alice E. Sawtelle, and Miss Kate H. Claghorn received diplomas from President Dwight, amid applause, as opposition to coeducation had been noted.
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Mattie A. Harris
Lincoln College
Sarah M. Sherrick
Otterbein University
Alice E.i Sawtelle
Colby University
Kate H. Claghorn
Bryn Mawr
Dwight
Philadelphia Times
Man in Vineland claims English peerage heir title
The New York World reports George Goodwin Barnhim Swifte, a Canada based worker, as claimant to the estate and title of Lord Carlingford. He vows to push ejectment and possible house of Lords appeal to recover Swifte's Heath and other Irish and English properties with an income around £20,000 annually.
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Mr. Swift
House of Lords of Great Britain
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Lord Carlingford
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Kilkenny
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George
Thomas Austin O'Flaherty
Swifte
Harold
Royal Irish
Conrt
Swifte’s Heath
Longueville
Royal Irish Constabulary
London
Sete
Canada
Torsan
B. O'Conner Horgan
Tralee
Charles Hare Hemphill
Queen's Counsel
Bat
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Hopkins
America
House of Lords
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Chapper
St. John's Church
Liverpool
Dale Street
Somerset House
Four Courts
Dublin
Charles I
Godwin Swifte
Yorkshire
Carisbrooke Castle
Isle of Wight
England
Prince of Wales
Pear Street
New York
Grant stories reveal Galena past and postmaster pick
General John Smith recalls Grant in Galena and early career as a center of town gossip. Stories deny heavy drinking, recount Grant's 1860s saloon visits, and describe how President Grant nominated Galena printer editor Houghton as postmaster after a White House visit by Burchard and others.
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Galena
Houghton
Burchard
New York
Attandart Tol
Washington
Borchard
Smith
White House
Tolay
Mr. Houghton
Faith Cure Their Rock By Come overs In Anderson
A new religious sect calling itself the Come overs or Church of the Living God occupies a suburb of Anderson Indiana for a week drawing hundreds to meetings. They preach faith cure saying converts are sanctified and cured by faith while doctors are unnecessary. Elders Speck and Branch lead the gatherings and a divorce may follow for James M Watson and his wife who joined the faith after she was converted and he refused medicine. They have been married 16 years.
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Ind
Church of the Living God
Speck
Branch
Presbyterian Church
Newcastle
James M. Watson
Teck
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Quirky Wapahachie Swamp Encounter Captures Giant Woman
Officers in Wapahachie Texas capture a tall wild woman from swampy Palmer area. She wears little clothing, remains non responsive, hands and feet unusually large and scratched by briars. Bohemian test fails. locals speculate she wandered from southeastern county Bohemian settlements. Farmers halt work as she nears, some compare her to Schrader the healer or woods devil.
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Vental
Carlisle
Wapahachie
Tex
Palmer
Schrader
St Louis Globe- Democrat
Wefers Aims for Records As Murphy Praises Him
Trainer Mike Murphy extols Wefers as the coming sprint star after a mud track win in 9 4-5 seconds and a claim of potential 9 2-5 seconds for the 100 and a 41 1-5 second 200. Travers Island appearance planned with Kilpatrick and Blows for other marks. Miss Mabel Butts, a Belvidere farmer’s daughter, killed multiple copperheads in a barnyard incident after her brother was bitten, then fainted and was helped indoors.
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Mike Murphy
Champions
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Weefers
Travers Island
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Kilpatrick
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