Phrenology and Health in 1851 Ohio Practical Utility
A fragment from The Telegraph discusses phrenology as a guide to health and longevity. It argues temperaments map to health risks and cites Pollock, Kirke White, Taylor, and Godman as illustrating dangers of physical laws ignored. Advice includes balanced life: study, labor, and rest. May 1851, Ruriany Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Pollock
Hany Kirke White
James Brainard Taylor
John D. Godman
Elton Vidlaston
Tilter Welvers
Ruriany
Ohio
Unsettling tale of Paddy and the lodging misadventure
An Irishman in a Western Pennsylvania inn stumbles into a lurid scene of seduction and tragedy. The sequence follows a sick sister, a fashionable dress quest, and a perilous night ending in death and shame, then years later two separated souls meet a grim fate, revealing social ruin and a harsh moral.
Boston Ship Forced Deportation Exposed by Irish Emigrants Aid
A Massachusetts law allowed deporting poor noncitizens. Bisga Sullivan, childless after years in the U S, was removed from Southbridge to Boston and shipped toward Liverpool. Rejected for charity, she faced incumbrance charges and eventual rescue by Irish immigrants. Emigrant Society aided her return to Southbridge as cruel “black laws” are denounced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elen
Fanny
Alra
Brown
Panny
Rand
Lllen
Sue
Southbridge
Masy
Bisga Sunnivan
Hursis
Down
Chariy
Reddy
Boston
Daniel Webster
Liverpool
Hur
New York
Eity
Shannon
Seeley
Oast
Fractured Tale Of Beans And Fashion In Odd Ink
A jumble of wry columns recounts a Indiana anecdote where a man, courting a woman, learns he is married. She fires a pistol loaded with beans, serving raw beans as a comic punishment while two beans wound an admirer. Separate items mock Western fashion, dress codes, and editorials on styles and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dlouits
Pabny
Arnes
Moipree
Mercer
Fanny
Dydg
Grances
Teci
Aniasy
Deoree
John Gray
John
Jobin
Panty
Dior
Daorelica
Anid
Indiana
Aingle
Varius
Dayton Journal
Albany Knickerbocker
Weversi
Tibet
Re. Firine
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Tan Morn
Rane
Zartehse
Wunabine
Barrett
Commerce
Beneal Intelligence
Bok San, Iden
Ory Ata
Paddy
A.xch
Erin
Pennsylvania
I Fishman
Leishman
Bannon
Sistey
Sean
Aircorpet Tailoreas
Mr. Green
Misa Norton
Benno
Miss Jones
Erebus
Ellen
Wiond Aghaman
Gineger
Herom
Jody
Rose
Haron
Rowe
Barton
Abe
Geome
A Iial
Minnesota
Rum River
Henry A. Whee
Slater
Baltimore
Pallhe Baitkmone
Odie
Foney
Rocaieh Wuffer
Puting
Fifa
Bonnpiteo
Oreabe
Shan Nove
Cnet
Elton
Dreas
Diana
Seine
Shin World
Inter
Cpe
Panay
Sleer
Dreds
Dha
Carpenter
Blum Law
Massachuseta Alio
Sint
Bar
Siotre
Bettie Wilds
Pbokr
Oshawa
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