Elevators Carry Millions In New York Skyscrapers
An estimate asserts that tens of thousands ride daily in 30 major buildings, with figures showing hundreds of thousands of elevator passengers monthly. Data from Potter Building New York Life Mutual Reserve Postal Telegraph suggest vast daily use, with hours and trips recording heavy traffic and high totals across multiple towers. The piece notes the difficulty of tracking elevator patronage and cites specific building statistics.
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New York
Busir
Indy
Sixth Avenue
Potter Building
Clearing House
New York Life Building
Mutual Reserve
Postal Telegraph
St. Louis Republic
Surgeon's Dilemma as Electric Light Fails During Surgery
A Lewiston physician recalls a midnight operation where an abscess under the left arm required lancing. With arteries near, he watched blood pooled on the floor as the electric light failed and a power belt broke. He improvised by kerosene lamp and threading the vessel to finish the wound.
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Lewiston
Journal
Russians Use Ant Baths to Treat Rheumatism
A Russian peasant remedy for rheumatic pain involves ant baths. An anthill is collected with ants Abtegus and soil, placed in a sack, sealed, and transported to the patient. The sack is submerged in a warm bath, releasing a pungent odor of formic acid as the bath forms.
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Oscow
Roots Entwined Him An Oak Tree Sealed His Grave
An old Virginia tale recounts the death of John Randolph of Roanoke on June 24 1983 in Philadelphia. His body was later moved to Hollywood Cemetery Richmond where a monument was placed by John Randolph Bryan. Eight feet underground, roots of an ancient oak burst the triple lead coffin and wrapped around him in a final embrace of the state he loved.
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John Randolph
Roanoke
City
Philadelphia
England
Theiladelphia
Senate
Henry Clay
Randolph
Virginia
Hollywood
Richmond
John Randolph Bryan
Saghalien Torture Report Stuns Readers Across Europe
Eye witness accounts describe brutal penal practices on Saghalien including shackled prisoners dragged to wheelbarrows, knout lashes on wooden horses, and extreme punishments for attempted escapes. The piece highlights widespread madness among inmates and the dire fate of women, including a nurse named Mlle Naumofa driven to ruin and suicide.
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Saghalies
Rasain
Odessa
Russia
Mlle
Naumofa
London News
Mule Raisers Offer Stallion At Hall Subdivision Mena Ark
Advertises a stallion named Jack for breeding at a barn in Hall's Sub-Division, Mena Arkansas. Details include service fees five dollars to insure with foal, two fifty for single leap, and payment due when foal or service is confirmed. Luke Emmerson, six years old, is listed for reference as a stock description. The season runs from the first day of one month to the first day of July, with the jack standing at the stable daily except Sunday, and the advertiser declines liability for accidents. All care will be taken.
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Jack
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