World Notes and Opinions From a Fragmented Page
A mix of sci fi speculation, political jabs, and social notes. Mentions a new elixir promising longevity, Edgar Saltus’s Bible stance, theater risks, and the 1092 World’s Fair license for Illinois. Also references Sitting Bull, a Columbus expo site debate, and coal wage debates in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
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Cuiiaco
Secretary of State of
Illinois
Bautiong
Baltimore
Washington
Noted citizen travels 300 miles to confer with mayor
A renowned person appointed to a committee for the International Exposition journeyed 300 miles to meet the mayor. The New York Sun notes such civic effort contrasts with local mail habits. Other items mention Bre Akck as North Dakota’s capital, set by the Constitutional Convention on August 16, and a new constitution banning trusts, prohibiting blacklists, granting women school voting rights while general suffrage remains to be decided by popular vote.
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New York
Grant
New York Sun
Bre
Notorious Inmate Jonx Centis Said to Be Laziest Man
Oregon State Penitentiary prisoner Jonx Centis allegedly burned food in the foundry to avoid work and later cut off his hand with a hatchet to escape labor. He reportedly may emerge as a symbol of labor strife, described as a possible walking delegate or anarchist. The week also saw violent incidents across several locales, including a judge shot and wounded in San Diego and other gunfire in Covington, with multiple casualties reported.
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Jonx Centis
Oregon State Penitentiary
John
Sally
Molly
Jenny
Aurey
Tara
Aurelia
Mra. Bevan
A Strain of Music Sparks Youthful Memories
The speaker recalls a single strain of music that floods memories of a distant youth. He describes warm friends, few cares, and familiar faces revived by the melody. The mood shifts to yearning as the tune resurfaces, bringing back old emotions and nostalgia from years past.
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Poe
Harry S. Chester
A Strange Lover and a Turbulent Home Arrival
A suit at dawn. A halted wedding proposal leads to a tense vow between Mary and Gray. Aurelia and Bowley Marsh confront a clash of manners after returning to Mrs Bevan's London home with Bowley's brash behavior and a tumultuous reception.
Engaged Mary Writes Sister Amid Busy Hopeful News
Mary informs her sister of an engagement while Amelia’s reply shifts from cool politeness to warm sisterly happiness. Aurelia worries she is miserable. Audrey Bevan adapts to dispensary duties as Penton Gray presses for an early marriage, with Doctor Jecka supporting.
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Cnutitde
Mary
Amelia
Danis
Gordon Gravia
Aurelia
Audrey Bevan
Buichaii
Jess
Penton Gray
Doctor Jecka
Piti
A Forgotten Rejuvenator
A rambling, old fashioned monologue recalls alleged French cures using a nasal gas to treat bronchial diseases and claims of dramatic lung restoration. The speaker mocks elixirs and utopian health miracles, referencing government promises and perpetual life myths in a scattered reminiscence.
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Caunet
Abe Wilt Pursues Ahead Despite Opposition
An unclear historical note mentions Abe Wilt steadfastly pressing forward amid headwinds. The fragment implies persistence in a political or personal contest with referenced determination and forward momentum, though specifics are unreadable.
Heroine Frontierswomen of Early American West
A recounting of Mrs John Draper Mrs Mary Jogles and other frontier women who faced Shawnee and Indian attacks. It highlights their extraordinary courage during sieges long treks through mountains to reach saltworks and forts and notable feats like Elizabeth Zane's powder run to sustain a Wheeling fort defense.
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John Draper
Mary
William Jogles
Blacksburg
Wraper's Meadows
Mia. Jogles
Ohio
Mra. Logles
Lick
Draper's Meadows
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Shipple
Poriholes
John Bush
Muskingum Valley
Cabina
Oine
North Carolina
Anne Bailey
Clemedemin
Charleston
W. Va
Lewisburg
Elizabeth Zane
Ebenezer Zane
Zanesville, O
Wist
Wheeling
Zane
Theolonel
Philadelphia
Cal. Vanes House
Col. Zane
How to Launder Colored Dress Fabrics and Color Fastness
A newspaper tipsheet explains washing colored dress fabrics to preserve brightness. It contrasts boiling water with cold salt water, noting salt helps set colors while cold water fades little and hot irons damage hues. Practical, step by step methods illustrate washing cycles for plaid school dresses and similar goods.
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Mael
Edge of Bluff Witnesses Goats and Ghosts on Mississippi
On a tavern veranda we viewed a Mississippi bluff as a white river current carried a goat toward us and a Black elderly man with a cane emerged from an abandoned warehouse near the edge. A tense moment followed with the animal and man at risk, prompting silent alarm from the group and an improbable escape.
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Wwe
Ree Bir
Ted
Talmage on Castaways at Portland The Brooklyn Divine Addresses Pacific Coast Audience
The Rev T De Witt Talmage at Portland uses a nautical castaway metaphor interpreting 1 Corinthians 9 27 to warn ministers and laypeople alike. He likens false lights and sudden temptations to shipwreck, urging prayer and a life boat of salvation through Christ, citing sailors and rescues to urge universal family salvation.
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T. de Witt Talmage
D. D
Pacific
Atlantic
Cardinal Wolsey
Hampton Court
Mersey
Caffraria
Goodwina
Wier
Mbrcht
Antiverops
Barnegat
Vasinet
Hollyhead
Indies
Custaway
Costa
Cadler
Margate
Dan
Dame
Temperance in Poverty Cardroom Scene
A clerk in a ten cent lodging house notes a guest who jokes that a man in hunt 40 is probably a regular prohibitionist. The remark prompts amazement as the clerk says there are bugs in the bed, while other guests reportedly fear snakes.
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Hunt
New York Weekly
Lightning fatalities in France from 1452 to 1882
Survey notes 653 people killed by lightning in France over 430 years. The text claims "na" men and 166 women died. Most deaths happened in open fields, not mountainous areas, contradicting common assumptions about lightning danger.
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France
German universities plan 800th anniversary of the microscope
Preparations are under way in several German universities to celebrate next year the 800th anniversary of the invention of the microscope. The milestone highlights early work by Zacharina and the first microscope in Middleburg.
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Zacharina Ae
Middleburg
Dersey writer on images causing hay fever in city
A dersey writer claims files bursting around the human countenance cause hay fever though the idea is deemed unproven. The Louis ville Courier Journal notes the theory remains unseeded. A bareses thief is the most difficult to detect because he takes all traces with him.
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A.dersey
Lea
Loulaville Courier-Journal
Bareses
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Sanam Antara Tashi-Stranox Trary
W. L. Scott
Pennsylvania
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Superior Court
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Covington
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