A Rare Benedict Arnold Bet Document Reunited With Witness
A Brooklyn collector reveals an 18th century pair of papers tied to Benedict Arnold and a witness named Adams. One paper records a bet that the first married would receive a silver tea pot worth £15, the other a pledge of Arnold gifting the item, both dated before the Revolutionary War. The two documents, long separated, were found together and hailed by antiquarians as a rare treasure.
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Benedict Arnold
Ann Hinman Kellogg
Fairfield
Arnold
New London
Major Andre
Tarrytown
Brooklyn
Adams
M. L. Barlow
Old man at Detroit post office found with 1600 dollars
A seedy fifty year old enters a Detroit post office and spends two hours there before police suspect him of vagrancy. A search uncovers $1600 in his pockets. He explains he planned to buy $600 pianos for his two married daughters for New Year and leaves without trouble.
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Detroit
Moderate tea use shown to impair metabolism and provoke symptoms
Observations describe moderate tea as a mild stimulant with no harm, while excessive use raises pulse and respiration, causes headache and vision issues, tremors, nervousness, exhaustion, and altered tissue metabolism including reduced urea. Conclusions warn against immoderate tea drinking and note urine reduction and slowed tissue metamorphosis.
Notion of Gentle Efficacy in Stomach Bitters
An advertising column extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior remedy for gentle bowel relief. It denounces violent purgatives sold by nostrum vendors, claiming the bitters invigorate digestion, strengthen constitution, and provide prompt yet safe action without weakening the bowels.
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Artemus Ward
Carry Test Reduces Value of Pure Blood Jersey Cattle
An agriculture column argues that blood purity alone should not define value in Jerseys. Performance data, such as butter yield targets, must accompany breeding records. The piece compares dairy cattle to racing horses, urging breeders to favor proven performers over pedigree alone as the era of pedigree craze wanes.
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Jersey
Rats and Harness Protection Methods
A historical note recommends protecting horse harness from rats by rubbing with oil infused with cayenne pepper or with oil mixed with aloes. An ounce of aloes per gallon of oil is proposed. also suggested is hanging harness properly to deter rats. A friend mentions carbolic acid as another remedy.
Planting Black Walnuts and Useful Hints From the Farm
Readers learn planting black walnuts right after fall nuts drop, with steps to mash hulls and sow. Advice covers celery trenching for winter, protecting crops with hay or leaves, and a note on soap prices rising while suggesting buying Dossus' Electric soap now at old prices.
Cleanliness and grooming advice for cattle stables
The guidance urges a pair of cards and a brush in every cowstable and strict cleanliness. Regular carding and brushing boost milk quantity and purity. Young calves should be freed from vermin with a linseed oil and kerosene mixture applied to infested parts.
Turnips and Rutabagas for Horse Feeding
The text advises turnips as healthful for horses and suggests slicing or pulping finely and mixing with a little meat and schéme salt. It adds rutabagas are better than white turnips.
Narrow escape as sleigh plunges into snow bank near Caribou
In a fierce Denver mountain storm, Mr. Smith and his English helper Richard Crow were plunged into a snow bank while driving from Nederland to Caribou Mine. Smith recovered after multiple trips to recover baggage, Crow revived later. both escaped with no permanent injuries and gratitude for survival.
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Caribou
Mr. Crow
Mr. Smith
Crow
Smith
Gilt Edge Butter Maker Endorsed by Irish Dairy Experts
A Dublin linked butter maker hailed for export quality wins praise from Lon don dealers. The Cortius New York notice reports 56 degree churning 15 minutes yields 4 18 pounds of butter with good color, claiming two cents more per pound potential. Sterling trials by Collins Creamery owner M E Wilzurd attest to strong results.
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Ireland
London
India
Cortius
N. Y
M. E. Wilzurd
Collins Creamery
Dairymaid
Butter Improvement CO
FALO
Domestic Washing Method for Family of Six
A household tip details dissolving one and a half pounds of bar soap in boiling water to make suds. Soak clothes for twenty four hours in warm and hot water, then wring through two rinses. Cold rinsing for flannels to prevent shrinking, with gentle pull when hung. An anecdote notes savings and improved wear.
Humorous Wordplay on Teeth and Oratory Skills
A dental editor argues many men fail as orators due to missing teeth, while a hen with no teeth is cited as a counterexample. A lady teacher compliments Dick on his improved manners and health, and he jokes about not having tummy ache anymore.
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Bosh
Hetty
Auction Cradle Delivers Quiet Lesson In Politeness
A prominent manufacturer recalls his wife never attends auctions yet once attended. She nodded to a friend across the room and the auctioneer knocked down a patent cradle, then asked her where she wished it delivered.
The O Finigan Confronts Spies at the Door
The O Finigan recalls fending off rascally spies of O Brady. He warns to be vigilant, to check entrants at the door, and to require personal entry rather than allowing others inside.
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O’finigan
O’brady
How Like Its Father It Is at Christening
A nurse exclaims the baby resembles its elderly father at a christening while a satirical lady quips the child is toothless, highlighting the age gap and humor surrounding a father over seventy with a young wife.
Brown's Bronchial Tree Remedy Promoted For Throat Relief
An 19th century note touts Brown's Bronchial Tree as a mild yet effective daily remedy for hoarseness and throat irritation, claiming steady proof of its soothing action.
Tablecloths and Lambrequins in Japanese and Chinese Motifs
A discussion of decorative textiles features chair-backs made from striped strainer cloth with garnet velvet bands and orange silk, blue flannel backgrounds with orange borders, and olive knittings. Lambrequins display tassels and woven fans in a Japanese pattern alongside peacock feather motifs.
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Trores
Kensington
Hop Bitters Cures Infant Bowel Irregularity
The Parents of Rochester New York report their baby was cured of a dangerous lingering bowels problem by Hop Bitters. The remedy also restored the mother to full health and strength. See another column.
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Rochester
N. Y
Streets Observe Woman Walking Dog In Grim Metaphor
A woman strolls with a dog on a string while a bleak view of marriage unfolds. The line suggests husbands fail to greet wives with warmth, erasing affection before homecoming.
Tramp’s Trade Shifts With Seasons In Town Folklore
A local saying notes a tramp who claims a trade fails to find steady work, becoming a bricklayer in winter and a lumberman or ice sawyer in summer, illustrating seasonal labor fluctuations.
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Dippou
Death loves a shining mockery quote in obituary note
An Eastern paper ran a death notice for a famed Black man with a cruel line calling Death loving a shining mockery, reflecting a harsh, demeaning sentiment embedded in the obituary context.
Sat as a remedy and risk in human health
The text describes Saturday’s varied roles in traditional medicine, noting that it can function as an atonic, condiment, emetic, purgative, and disinfectant, reflecting historical beliefs about its effects on the human body.
Physicians Endorse Cure Claims For Dr Buils Cough Syrup
The advertisement asserts no remedy exists for Consumption yet promises cures through Dr Buils Cough Syrup with guaranteed relief in every case. The claim highlights medical remedies and patient relief promises from a patent medicine notice.
Truth and Honor and Cooks Advice in a 19th Century Column
A column extols Hop Litters as a perfect safe remedy for bowels and blood purification. It also offers Delmonico style cooking tips on sauces for cold leftover meats and notes sour milk as poultry feed. Baron Barthelemy touts snails for chest illnesses with snail syrup and related preparations.
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Truth and Honor
Baron Barthelemy
France
M. Barthelemy
Italy
Bridget Jars Self After Fall While Lighting
A brief witty exchange shows Bridget telling her mother she was not hurt by the fall but jolted herself when she lit. The dialogue preserves a rural voice and humorous tone.
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Bridget
A Glimpse of Oddities and Advice From Saturday Pages
A collage of quick quips on daily life includes a coin exchange gag between a glove seller and a cabman, notes on oxygen use, fever risks, heart aids, and humorous observations. Also features tales of dinners at stations, Wall Street lambs, and a farmer losing ground on Ontario shores.
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Lake
Ontario
Free remedy for consumption offered by Rochester physician
An elderly physician, long retired, announces a simple vegetable cure for consumption and lung ailments after testing it in thousands of cases. He will mail the recipe free of charge in German, French, or English, with full preparation and usage directions, to anyone requesting it and citing this paper.
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East India
W. W. Sherar
Powers’ Block
Rochester
New York
Use of Soft Coal and Its Wide Range of Byproducts
The article traces soft coal from fuel to source of a combustible gas and its chemical derivatives. It lists applications and products including lamp oil, benzole for portable lamps, baptha for dissolving rubber, lubricants, asphaltum for coatings, and paraffin wax, all derived from soft coal.
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Ihs
India
Vegetine Promoted as Headache Remedy By Hrapacir
The advertisement asserts headaches arise from circulating, digestive, or nervous system derangements. It claims Vegetine acts on these causes and treats nervousness, indigestion, constipation, rheumatism, neuralgia, and biliousness, urging readers to try it.
Peculiar Case Highlights Fire Hazard From Varnish Dipped Hemp
In St Louis a curious incident shows risk of storing varnished hemp cloth. Used to polish newly varnished floors, waste pieces were heaped in a bake and smouldered until self ignition occurred. The blaze was attributed to varnish saturation on the cloth.
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St. Louis
Simmons Liver Regulator touted as cure all
An editorial style notice defends Simmons Liver Regulator as a safe vegetable medicine that stimulates liver secretions without nausea and warns against imitations. It cites broad claims about medicine use and contrasts quinine and opium consumption with alleged undercounts. It also mentions deep ocean water motion effect on telegraphic cases.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
Hirsews Tetter Ointment Promises Quick Skin Relief
Hirskew's Tetter Ointment claims to cure sore eyelids sore nose barber's itch on the face grocer's itch on the hands for 50 cents a box or 60 cents by mail from Johnston Holloway & Co Philadelphia. Also advertised HirskeLL's Tetter Ointment for scabby or scaly skin and Hoorand's German Bitters for nervousness and low spirits.
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Hirskew
Grocer
Johnston Holloway & Co
Phila Pa
Hirskell
Anakesis External Pile Remedy Promises Infallible Cure
A dramatic advertisement touts Anakesis by Dr. S Sisbee claiming instant relief and cure of piles. It asserts 500 000 testimonials and notes a 1.00 per box price with samples mailed from P Neustaedter & Co New York.
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Anakesis
S Sisbee
Job
P. Neustaedter & Co
New York
Thoughts for Teachers and Self-Government Principals
A didactic set of guidance for educators stressing patience in speech and action. It urges teachers to model labor, self-improvement, and grammatical speech, to involve parents, and to set strict yet kind standards. It emphasizes beginning well with students and guiding them through early schooling to foster their development.
Exposure to drafts and sudden temperature changes
A 19th century remedy notice urges rapid use of Dr Jaynes Expectorant for colds to prevent lung inflammations bronchial issues and other pulmonary symptoms. It highlights drafts and temperature shifts as causes and claims the product strengthens pulmonary organs.
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Jayne
Vegetine Restores Girl After Medical Trials
Calliersville letter from Dr T E Callier testifies that after exhaustive treatment by Selma physicians his daughter recovered from nasal catarrh bladder kidney scrofulous diathesis using Vegetine. He presents the note as a simple act of justice, not advertising.
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Calliersville, Chilton Co
Ala
Sik
Selma
T. E. Callier
M. D
Testimonial on Vegetine Cure for Child’s Erysipelas and Salt Rheum
Horatio Grindley of Rome New York writes that a year ago his son suffered a severe facial outbreak of erysipelas and salt eczema. After using two bottles of Vegetine the boy was cured, and Grindley praises the remedy as a charm. He notes his role as city watchman and offers the letter gratuitously.
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St., Roms
N. Y
H.R. Stevens
Rome
Horatio Grindley
H. R. Stevens
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the Barber
United States
Hoorand
the New American Dictionary
Wildes & CO
Arch St
Boston
Mass
General Grant
Grant
Addres National Publishing CO
Philadelphia
Johnson
D. W. Johnson
DR. Call
Westminster, Conn
G. R. Thatcher
Vegetine
HM. BR. Stevens
Boston, Mass
Red River Valley
North
D. A. McKinlay
Land Com’r
St. P.M
St. Paul
Mion
Eggleston Truss Co
Chicago
Iil
NEW Music Books
Parton
A. N. Johnson
Oliver Ditson & Co
E. Ditson
Mrs. Pot Ant
Advantars
Ediaia
Bem
Orel
Ctioneie Unie
Sree
Érmgrrete Hoo Bitsers Bt
DYKER_SEARD
Erg
Johnson & CO
Bangor
Penn’a Salt Manuf’g CO
Phila
N. c. Gray
oOptictan
Philadelpia, Pa
Landreth & Sons
SIXTH
Dr. M. W. Case
Arch Street
M.w.case
M. W. Case
S.M. Pettengill & CO
S. M. Pettengill & CO
Chestnut Street
Philada
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