Odds and Ends from a Tumbling News Briefs Page
A jumble of odd items, including a sculptor linked to Louisa Alcott, a burglar in Pottsville causing a lamp to spill oil and aid identity, Russia's crown jewels valued at 11 million, a Pasteur treatment tale, Oscar Wilde dinner quip, Whitman tribute by an English reviewer, Treeland round towers as old religious remains, a London court case on counterfeit coins ending not guilty, and trees dripping moisture in Washington and British Columbia due to leaf condensation.
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Elwell
Louisa MM. Alogtt
Pottsville
Russia
Chicago Pasteur Institute
Pasteur
Oscar Wilde
Osear
Walt Whitman
Creat Vritain
Treland
Tishire
Washington
British Columbia
Origins of China Name and Early Dynasties
A historical note traces the origins of Chinese statehood to ancient dynasties, noting scarce early records before the Chow era. It explains how dynastic name changes, via rulers, gave the empire different names, with Chamque becoming Chinque and later China through Portuguese usage.
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Ald
China
Minstrel Show Manager Quiet Village Life Mention
Narrator notes dislike of idle shopkeepers in a village and recalls a traveler's summer lodging in Uint. A grocery doorway encounter reveals the manager of a traveling minstrel show. Advertisement promotes Wabash Railroad fares to Milwaukee for a National Educational Association meeting with travel amenities and Dearborn Station service.
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Citiman
Uint
National Educational Association
Milwaukee
Wabash Railroad
St Louis
Chicago
Dearborn
The Power Required in a Dreary Town
A traveling drummer reports a dreary day in an unfamiliar town. On the platform at 7 PM he laments the place, saying only a locomotive could compel him to return, noting the engine’s might as a key motive for his stay.
Unclear fragmentary text about a family scene and dialogue
Fragmentary OCR reads a mother speaking to a boy about medicine and taste. The piece mentions a year old child and a caregiver, with garbled phrases suggesting a domestic vignette from a newspaper page. Details are unsafe due to damaged text.
Ingratitude and social pretensions on Fifth Avenue ride
A fragment describes two wealthy men on a Fifth Avenue box seat debating a tradesperson and a loan. The dialogue touches on pride, social clubs, and repayment myths amid a tone of satire and urban absurdity.
Another Wise Father Anxious Mother Scene
A dialogue portrays a worried mother fearing her son Johnny will become worldly and frivolous. The father counters with a question about princes and a vague image of a prince with a dog, prefacing a plan to buy a dog to comfort the boy.
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Fle
South Carolina Heroine Nets $800 After Lethal Shot
A South Carolina minister's daughter fed a pistol-wielding outlaw and, while setting the table, fired a shotgun into his rear. The deadly act yielded $800 reward money for the capture of the criminal. The item quotes a lawyer’s tale and quips from editor and sub editor about scientific camera stories and money's root.
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South Carolina
Electric motor polishes a bat on a shaft test
The passage describes an electric motor applied to polling or polishing a bat fixed on a motor shaft. The bat rotates quickly as the shaft turns, suggesting a polishing or finishing action being demonstrated.
Shipwrecked voyage ends in tragedy and reunion
A narrator recounts being trapped as a mast pinned him to a sinking ship The Rising Sun The ship sinks before his eyes He and another survivor cling to a rock In the sea the narrator sees his wife and son Mabel and Bob Moments later his wife dies and his son dies too He survives with the boy But later discovers the boy is dead and the boatheads toward shore with the narrator clinging to hope and grief.
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Bob
Mair
Biah
Perauus
Mabel
Gil
Thes
Rescue at Sea Ends With Fire After Sinking Boat
A small party braved quicksands and waves to rescue a man who sank before their eyes. They reached rocky shore with their supplies saved and a child carried in the narrator’s arms. Their boat was smashed, and they sought dry wood to warm themselves.
American traveler recalls European fires and frugal coal
The Detroit Free Press quotes a voyager praising a genuine American grate fire after a lengthy journey. He recalls cold London inns with pence charged for coal, stiff winds in Italy and Germany, and how a midwinter American room with abundant coal felt comforting despite coal prices. The tale ends with a nod to a book, The Reverses of a Bachelor.
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Europe
Detroit Free Press
London
Italy
Germany
America
The Jerks and Narrow Escapes From Old News
A fragmented column recalls a bizarre 1810s contagion known as the Jerks, a convulsive illness sweeping religious gatherings and causing prostration and sometimes death. It also recounts Georgia hunter Adam Vandever’s near-fatal mountain escape and Moltke’s humorously austere Zurich hotel encounter.
Abandeement and Chaxthaement in Holy Spirit Work
Fragmented text discusses Holy Spirit work and spiritual exhortation, mentioning Inghenux, econscienot, evourged, and B.A. Ceorge in a devotional context. The legibility is limited, but the piece appears to emphasize reverence, prayer, and spiritual certainty.
Fragmented Quote on Character and Society
A fragmented excerpt states that a man’s worth comes from his actions, not his clan, asserting that all growers can be good. The reference credits Rev. Lyman Abbott but the context is unclear and garbled.
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Lyman Abbott
Ancient Nature Tales and Odd Local Scribbles
A Chester county farmer uses powder to kill groundhogs in their burrows. Salmon have vanished from New England streams. only a few Maine rivers still yield them. A Zanesville red bird died aged 23 after singing despite poor perch climbing. Two professors exchange quips about academic degrees. A Delaware to Western railroad express nearly halted by a bee stampede. A rancher near Novelty Washington reports wild hogs invading fields. 100 roam his area, descendants of forty pigs freed years ago.
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Chester County
New England
Maine
Zanesville
Academy of Sciences
Delaware, Lalawanna and Western
Niae
W. J. Anderson
Novelty, Wash
Snoqualmie River
Neck of Woods
James Duval
Glass bricks forged from sand and iron tide
Glass bricks of superior quality are pressed under thousands of pounds per square inch. In a mold, plate glass and iron sand fuse at 2700 degrees Fahrenheit forming bricks that are perfectly white and resistant to frost and heat.
Allen's Foot-Base Comfort for Aching Feet
Shake Into Your Shove Allen's Foot-use a powder for the foot. It cures pain in swollen, smarting feet and instantly takes the suing out of coins and bunions. It makes tight-fitting shoes feel easy. Also cures sweating callous hot tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores. Mail 25¢ in stamps for three packages free. Allen Co Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
N, Y
Wonder Plants and Nature's Oddities Featured in Herb Lore
Read of a globular marvel called WonderWonder plant and the venomous Vegetable Constrictor, plus the carnivorous Butcher Plant near Wilmington. Also notes on Caspian Sea levels sinking, political party divisions, and a No-To-Hab tobacco ad promising strength.
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Ceylon
India
Wilmington
N.C
Picked Up On Broadway A True Incident
A woman found on Broadway with sores from morphine injection had once held a prestigious publishing job. Doctors cited a womb polyp as the primary issue, and a early treatment could have cured it. Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is urged as a remedy with a testimonial from Mrs Bretta Lewis praising its benefits.
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Lydia KE
Pinkham
Bretta Lewis
Erie St
Ward
Pittsburg
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Burglary Visit Ends With Empty Loot For Doctors
A burglar wandered through a St Louis residence but found little of value. Dr Bolshniova reported the intruder left a note on the patient slate saying nothing worth lugging away. The incident highlights a futile night for the would be thief and a curious scene at the medical offices.
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Rossliniere
St Louis
Bolshniova
Cracker Sees Yosemite Spring From Rim Verge
A sight-seeing party bound for Yosemite halted near the valley. A cracker with pall in hand wandered toward a spring but reached Inspiration Point. Standing on the precipice he called back asking if the spring lay beyond the gul, creating a vivid, humorous misdirection in a historic trek.
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Yosemite
Argonith
Hulls Catacelts Cure and Curious Remedies Mix
A garbled historical clipping mixes references to seaweed cures and iron tonics, with odd health claims and fake patent schemes. It mentions De Hialter’s Iron Vote and various quack suggestions, then shifts to a mock exchange claim about a Parliament inventor graphing a plan to bypass springtime and affect prices.
Endorsement of Soenn's Wine by Fare Ally of N
A committee of physicians examined Alfred Speer wines and reported them strictly palatable and rich in body. Cyran Edson of the New York Board of Health stated there is no better wine in the world. An unrelated line mentions a highwayman and a death.
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Soenn
Alfred Speer
Br. Cyran Edson
New York Board of Health
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