Notable Names and Quotes From World Letters and News
A collage of foreign born figures including Carl Schurz and Oswald Ottendorffer and notes on donors, scholars, and artists. Reports mention John F. Slater’s philanthropy, Fronde, a Luther statue plan, and Tom Cannon’s earnings in horse racing. Proctor Knott laments newspaper men and city life in Washington.
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Canterbury
Eng
Carl Schurz
Joe Pulitzer
Albert Pulitzer
George Jones
Oswald Ottendorffer
New York
John F. Slater
Park Congregational Church
Norwich
Conn
London
Froude
Carlyles
Swift
Gulliver
Yahoos
Martin Luther
Washington
Lauchhammer
Germany
Worms
Tom Cannon
London World
J. R. Keene
P. Lorillard
Keene
Schuyler County
Missouri
Wilkons
Chicago Tribune
General Besuregard
Jacques Tontant
New Orleans
Jacques Toutant
Count de Beauregard
France
Gremoire Pierre Toutant
Beauregard
Proctor Knott
Nonsense and Wit From Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of humorous clippings and quips from Chicago Tribune Boston Globe and Herald style columns. Jokes on weather prophets Irish wit and domestic anecdotes recall light social satire with brief punchlines and playful wordplay.
Thorn fragment hidden by thorn leaves ankle pain
A Salem North Carolina woman twenty five years a lady suffered a thorn lodged in her leg. The thorn piece was left after extraction and later reemerged as a bluish painful pimple on the ankle. Poultice brought it to light, revealing the remaining thorn fragment.
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Salem
N. C
Chicago Tribune
Forgetful Uncle Gordon Confuses Wife For Shopping Parcel
An old whaling captain known as Uncle Gordon forgets his wife during a town trip. After shopping, he boards a ferry and recalls he left a parcel behind, only to realize his wife was with him all along and he had forgotten her. The tale highlights humorous lapses tied to forgetfulness on a riverfront shopping outing.
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Atlantic
Uncle Gordon
Cve
Chewry
Jerusalem
Tuele Sam's Museum of Curiosities Opens at Postoffice Department
The Postoffice Department hosts a museum of curiosities featuring a live rattlesnake in a glass jar, a four-foot tortoisesnake, venomous centipedes, a baby alligator, gold and coin collections, rare 2000-year-old spins, a Lucy Randolph locket from 1783, a gold-framed couple, false teeth with a beer bottle, horse gear, a tomahawk misidentified as Chinese testament, and a Lord's Prayer in 54 languages. The display includes skulls, weapons, money, a large cake, and miscellaneous oddities gathered from Western mines and mail mishaps.
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Postoffice Dupartmcnt
Feuml
Lucy Randolph
Fragmentary English Note on Saint Francis Relics in Assisi
A cryptic fragment describes glass enclosures and a valise containing a powder with inscription about relics of Saint Francis. It mentions urns, the year 1290, discovery in 1818, and the Patriarchal Basilic and Papal Chapel in Assisi, tied to Conventuals within the city walls. Washington Cor. Baltimore American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis
R. R. Father
al Assissi
Washington Cor. Maltimoremerican
Field Naturalist Recalls Muhlenberg Turtles Near Philadelphia
Ernest Ingersall recounts discovering six Muhlenberg turtles in a drained meadow ditch near Philadelphia now on display in Cambridge Massachusetts. He underscores observational practice as key to discovery and learning, praising a single vigilant naturalist who studies birds, fish, and water life across a busy farming area.
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Philadelphia
Agassiz
Muhlenberg
Cambridge
Mass
Sal
United States
Ernest Ingersall
St Nicholas
Too Many Doctors and the Drifting Profession
A critique of medical oversupply across cities and villages. It cites cases of multiple physicians seeking vacancies after a colleague’s death, arguing that excess numbers drive bad practice, over-treatment, and diminished reputations. Also notes a giant eucalyptus claim in Victoria and Denver bicycle fashion trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon
Stiva
N. T
Shocking Neighbor Prank Ends With Pastor Indignation
Old Mr Middlerib rigged a door bell trap to catch nightly pranksters who pulled his bell across the street. The minister visiting that afternoon triggered the device, flew into the air, and toppled, then demanded the bell be pulled again. Middlerib contemplated drastic measures as he recovered, while the couple in Downsyville mark seventy-five years of marriage with a large family.
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Mr. Middlerib
Mideley
Just as Cheap to Treat Ill Health Today
Several ads speak to health remedies and cures. Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla is promoted for female ailments with testimonies of quick relief. A Cancer Hospital in Aurora Illinois claims high cure rates under Dr Pond since 1872. Additional notes praise Brown’s Iron Bitters and general tonics, with various testimonials on health items and a railroad drummer incident.
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Dr. Guysett
Aurora
Chicago
Wade
Pond
F. L. Fond
Kane County
Miracles and new medical truths reshape views on disease
The article argues that ancient beliefs fail before modern science, noting consumption as a blood disease from kidney and liver issues. It cites Dr. Felix Oswald and Bishop Jesse T. Peck, praising Warner's Base Kidney and Liver Cure and Ely's Cream Balm while endorsing other remedies, cures, and advertisements in a period voice.
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Queen Elizabeth
London
Sir Walter Raleigh
North Carolina
Felix Oswald
Popular Service Monthly
Beily
Jesse T. Peck
Turreeves
Warner
W. C. Reach
Buffalo, N
Remarkable Gate of Berofats and Healing Drug Inquiries
A Lewie Indiana man recounts his son healed from hip sores after using Scovrat's Sarsa- PARILLA AND STILUINGIA or BLoop AND Liver Sxreup. The letter promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female ailments and general cures, noting prior harsh treatments and urging others to seek relief through the medicine.
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William
Baker
Lewie
Vigo County
Tnd
Accofula
Pierce
Buffalo, N
Sone
Italian opera season and crank at Detroit Free Press
Classified style blurbs promote products and health remedies from various vendors. Notes praise Italian opera season, Rheumatism pamphlet, medical tonics, and home cures. Mentions include K K Helpben stine, Glenn's Sulphur Soap, Hill's Hair Dye, Browns Iron Bitter, Rough on Rats, Buchu Vaiba, Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners, and Wise's Axle Grease.
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Tuele Sam
Victoria
Australia
California
Denver
Denver Tribune
Downsyville, Mo
Peter Bogart
Iusband
Bowart
Newark
Chicago Times
Rearley
Baunistone
W. EH. Chapman
Brown
Ron
Kansas City
Juriet
Reat
Louis
Duston
Ely
Lilly
American Express Co
Grand Haven
Mich
Adv’t
Fitzgerald
Washington, D. C
Charity
A.pig
Heis
Detroit Free Press
K. K
Helpbenstine
Glenn
Hill
Taccoa City
J. P. Newman
Alllee-Seeker
M. VM
Lyon
Cartia
RyYppina
Russia
Teane Thompson
Druguista
Wise
Gilead
Parsons
Em A . Johnson & CO
Lady Y Agen Wel
Geet
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Amorim
Abre M
Young
Maud Ds
United State Seales
Pal Intaincoun
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Lighthouse & Ae Charmer
Ali Maa
Erwin
Vayden
Yougad
Winova
Mla
Lica Oper
Gta
Warex
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