A Country Wife's Pink Bonnet Scandal
In Appleby a pretty cottage wife Mrs Butterworth befriends a grocer's wife, dons a pink bonnet, and covertly visits the widow Celia. A sudden summer storm strands her, leading to a damp reveal as she is escorted by a hearse driver. The episode ends with a moral quip and a hushed family confession.
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Appivoy
ArMleeside
Toatside
Robert
Bolt
Butterworth
Hota Wrinsle
Bob
Iey
Bob Felb
Celia
Bat
Kitty
Hamley
Sretty
Rob
Kit
Omic
Butserworth
Pony Carridge
Gutterworth
Sunset Villa
Havine
Avelyn
Frida
Aurora
Lawkward
Tahoe
Mike
England
Deacon Potter
Appleby
Mr. Knighton
Knighton
Wnighton
Jupiter
Knight
Wennbrella
Tob
Hob
Met. Butterworth
Tailings at the Mint Yield Hidden Gold Surge
The Denver Mint has increased gold purchases dramatically, with monthly buys near half a million and anticipated monthly totals around 360,000. Tailings have yielded substantial gold after washing, including 3,900 from melting pots and four tons of tailings saved over years. Assayer Puckett expands operations and expects record mint purchases this month.
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Denver
Denver Republican
Intint
Puckett
Sayer Puckett
A Gentleman and the Qualities of Honor and Duty
Fragmentary musings pose questions on what defines a true gentleman. The text explores honesty gentleness generosity bravery wisdom loyalty family duties and moral character, prompting contemplation of virtue and conduct in social life.
Wood engravers face change as art gives way to ads and meals
H B Sylvester, a wood engraver turned restaurant keeper on North Street, explains that mechanical processes erode wood engraving wages and jobs. He notes others shifting to pen and ink, painting, half-tones, or engraving for ads, while a few pursue photographer and decorative work.
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H. B. Sylvester
North Street
Boston
Vna
Mr. Sylvester
Hoaoy Raye
Giorge Moultan
Meokeon
Ike Bartle
Tenney
Philip Brown
Closa
Seventeenth Street
Illustrious tale of a quack doctor and a wary patient
Washington observer recounts a Baltimore episode where Mike Dooley, once a doctor's driver, pretends medical skill to extract twenty dollars from a patient. He feigns listening and presses for payment, then dramatically claims a wart on the heart, exposing the hoax. The tale critiques medical quackery and gullibility.
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Baltimore
I. W. Creecy
Washington
Mike Dooley
Mike
Mika
Tom
Webster's Great Disappointment Speech In Washington
A fragmentary 19th century note describes Daniel Webster's last public moment in Washington after Gen Scott's nomination news. Webster praised Scott, dismissed politics, then spoke of a magnificent night as he gazed at stars, delivering a final extravagant display of oratory that faded into scattered lines and misread script.
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Webster
Washington
Gen
Scott
Gen. Scott
Pet
Earth
Powdered sugar for hiccoughs in a New York street scene
In front of the Astor House a man convulsed by hiccoughs is offered relief by a friend who buys a spoonful of powdered sugar from a barkeeper. The improvised remedy succeeds briefly and prompts jokes about a failproof cure, with the anecdote recounted by the New York Herald.
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Astor House
New York Herald
Courtroom Anecdote of a Slippery Witness
A veteran Penobscot County official recalls a Bangor case in which a slack, frowsy Irish witness grew anxious as a sharp eyed old Irish woman entered the courtroom. The witness blurted that his wife had arrived and could answer questions, relief evident as the scene unfolded during the common pleas proceedings.
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Penobscot County
Perham
Court of Common Pleas
Bangor
Y Cass
Lewiston
Tomatoes and cancer risk debated by Brompton Doctors
The article reports that two years of studies by Dr A Marsden of Brompton Cancer Hospital conclude tomatoes do not predispose to nor provoke cancer. They are not harmful to cancer patients and are wholesome, especially when cooked, addressing public fears about this vegetable.
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Brompton Cancer Hospital
England
de. A. Marsden
The Dollar Mark Origins Theories and Myths
The article surveys several plausible explanations for the origin of the Awfrican dollar mark. Theories include combinations of U and T, a modification of the figure 8, the Pillars of Hercules symbol, and pillar dollar coins. It mentions a monogram of letters and links to the Joachim Valley thaler and related inscriptions.
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United States
Saint Joachim
Hobemia
Georgia Divorce Case Involving Mental Morality Defect
A Georgia woman, claimed mentally ill, induced her husband to seek a divorce using forged documents. The husband, aware of the deceit, filed the papers to humor his wife, then remarried her. He later pressed to overturn the divorce while she refused his marriage proposal and named a different girl she wished him to wed.
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Georgia
Bis Company
Deepest Marine Depth Readings From Remote Oceanic Trench
Fragmented report notes extreme ocean depths with figures around 4,000 fathoms and 2,080 feet near a distant landmass. Mentions deviations and near land measurements in a ramarkabia style accounting.
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Mrile -Talanda
Porth
Rigo
Lost Bank Notes and the Hidden Losses Explained
This piece explains losses of Bank of England notes over forty years, detailing how notes become lost or destroyed and how the bank stops payments. It covers procedures for notice, stopping, recovery efforts, and the quirky truth that many mutilated or burnt notes are presented by workers rather than millionaires.
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Bank of England
Hospital at Home and the case for private isolation
The article argues every refined home should include a dedicated upper floor sickroom with strict, austere furnishings and no sewer connections. It describes a self-contained diet kitchen, separate from the main house, for nursing typhoid, scarlet fever and other infectious diseases under the family physician. It contends such a facility could defy public health orders by showing superior isolation and humane care than pest hospitals of the era.
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Hoor
Francees Bride Weds In Mourning Dress At St Pierre de Pussy
A French bride marries quietly after President Carnot's death wearing a plain white muslin gown instead of traditional wedding attire. The ceremony at the Laty Chapel of St Pierre de Pussy was kept private with only close relatives present. The bride carried a single white rose bouquet. the groom's mother appeared moved as sadness colored the ceremony.
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M.carnot
Mme Carnot
Carnot
Chirls
M. Carnot
St. - Pierre de Pussy
Fragmentary notes on doctors incomes and public perception
The fragment discusses physician earnings and public appreciation, noting the difficulty of discussing exact incomes. It hints at a tendency to exaggerate or misrepresent physician salaries and the challenge of gauging true earnings from limited data.
Coontail and the Lightning 8 on the Powder River
A rugged tale from the ranges recounts Coontail and companions rounding up cattle then staging a raid on a wayside store near Powder River. After a fierce shootout the group fled failure, Coontail surviving with scorched features and a tale of a makeshift "barber shop" haircut endured amid the prairie drama.
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Knighta
Tobe
Canntail
Hla Com
Chicago
Powder River
Coulle
Coontail
Filthy habit of biting money observed in transit
A reader recalls a past warning about the danger and repugnance of putting money in the mouth. On a streetcar to the capital a colored man kept a nickel between his teeth, saliva spreading as passages described the odd display. The observer notes the nauseating behavior and fears it endangers others.
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Savery House
Faule
Irs
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